Chapter 192: The Beginning of Medicine
The development of medicine is not something that can be achieved in a day or two.
Zhu Youzhen understands better that a large number of state means are still needed in this process, and now there is a shortage of doctors in Daming, and this shortage is mainly manifested in.
In prosperous states and counties, there are often a few Langzhong who open medical clinics.
And in those remote villages, there is no such thing as a doctor at all.
Not to mention what sub-specialties are diagnosed and treated, and what scientific medical treatment is.
To put it mildly, the dancing gods who don't give you a little superstition are already a bit of craftsmanship, not to mention that some of the charlatans who are still particularly popular in the countryside in recent years are also a lot of charlatans who cheat under the guise of hanging pots to help the world.
In this environment, the people are expected to hand over their lives to Lang Zhong, not to mention whether the money in their pockets can support the hands of some black-hearted Lang Zhong.
Even if they are supplied, the scarce drugs will make many patients wait for death.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen wanted to use the barefoot doctor's manual to start the infrastructure construction in the field of public healthcare.
This is not only a way to relieve the pain of a large number of people.
More importantly, it can improve the average life expectancy of the people in the Ming Dynasty, and the improvement of medical level is of course one of the necessary prerequisites for improving life expectancy.
For this reason, Zhu Youzhen summoned a large number of doctors from the Tai Hospital.
The redacted portions of the Barefoot Doctor's Manual were revised again.
Why did you choose the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook?
The main reason for this is that Zhu Youzhen has many considerations, the main factor of which is that it is rich in a large number of illustrations of Chinese herbal medicine, in order not to be out of touch with the core elements of Chinese medicine treatment in the current Ming Empire.
After all, the transition from TCM to Western medicine is not a simple matter.
It's not a year or a half, it's a problem that can't be solved for even a decade.
Therefore, this manual, which includes acupuncture and herbal medicine to commonly used simple diagnostic techniques, was verified by Zhu You.
And the handbook is valuable for more than just teaching doctors how to administer medicine.
The most important thing is to be able to make a preliminary diagnosis of some common diseases in rural people.
It contains some common pediatric diseases, how to prevent diseases, how to recognize and treat diseases, and traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, massage, and commonly used Chinese herbal medicines, what to do if you are injured in case of emergency, and some basic knowledge related to infectious diseases.
Regarding infectious diseases, Zhu Youzhen regretted that the person named Wu Youxing in history who wrote a famous book on infectious diseases called "Treatise on Plague" has not yet completed "Treatise on Plague", and it can be said that he is still unknown.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen resolutely started from the barefoot doctor's manual to expand Daming Tai Hospital into the Daming Royal Medical College.
So far, the royal medicine of the Ming Dynasty has changed from serving Zhu Youzhen alone to serving the people of the whole world.
The leap forward is quite obvious.
On the other hand, Zhu Youjian added a new article in the Ming Five-Year Plan, which is about medical treatment.
Among them, it is not only necessary to build the Royal Ming Medical College, but also to set up a group of advanced medical talents with professional knowledge and professional quality of Daming and talents of traditional Chinese medicine to teach.
More importantly, a group of students who are willing to devote themselves to medicine will be selected in next year's Ming Dynasty's new imperial examination.
Carry out the study of new medicine, as well as expand the private hospitals, and form a group of barefoot doctors to enter the villages.
At the same time of diagnosis and treatment for the people, a number of general hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Ming royal family were established in the people.
For this batch of hospitals, Zhu Youzhen specially prepared a batch of silver in order to provide financial security.
Nowadays, the people of the Ming Dynasty do not even have the slightest understanding of many infectious diseases, and Zhu Youzhen is very sad about this.
He specially summoned Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua to discuss in the Dongnuan Pavilion.
"I have a very sad thing, the people of the Ming Dynasty now drink more cold water during the day, and most of the water sources come from wells or rivers. Not only does this not prevent disease, but more importantly, it can easily lead to the spread of infectious diseases. ”
Xu Guangqi also felt a little sad.
He spoke.
"When Weichen was in Shandong, I often saw some little peasant girls, who just gently brushed the water in the well and used them directly to drink, and you can imagine how many things that are easy to make people sick."
"Yes, the emperor's move is undoubtedly a great act of kindness for the benefit of the people." Sun Yuanhua also echoed on the side.
"Then this matter will be decided according to what I said. In addition, a copy of today's events will be sent to the Cabinet, and the Cabinet will draw up its will and announce it to the people of the whole world. Zhu Youzhen picked up the teacup and said lightly.
The sprouts of medicine began to take root in the Ming Empire, from zero to one.
The content of the deliberations in the Dongnuan Pavilion soon spread to the cabinet of the Ming Empire.
Huang Liji felt a little worried, after all, the Ming Imperial Court had done enough things now, and at the same time, the burden on the Ming Empire was actually quite heavy to spread out such a huge stall.
But Zhu Youzhen actually doesn't take these issues very seriously.
In his heart, only by bringing true well-being to the people can what he, as an emperor, do, be meaningful.
Why is it that although the south is more prosperous because of commerce, a large part of the people are not willing to move from the north to the south?
In addition to the fact that the people who can't survive can't go to escape the famine, the other is more important because there are a large number of miasma poisonous insects in the south.
It is difficult for people in the Central Plains and the north to adapt to that kind of environment, if they can't even adapt to such an environment, how will the Ming Dynasty go to overseas countries to those primitive places to develop in the future?
What's more, the Ming Dynasty will have a large number of sailors in the future, and the army needs to be equipped with a large number of military doctors.
Although the military doctors of the Ming Dynasty have a preliminary prototype, the overall treatment methods are still quite backward.
It contains some thoughts brought by Zhu Youzhen on the battlefield emergency treatment in later generations, as well as some emergency battlefield rescue measures in the Ming recruit training manual, and nothing else.
For some forms of treatment on the battlefield, the powder is usually applied directly to the wounded soldier's disease.
After a simple bandage with gauze, it is transported backwards to the rear hospital for recuperation, but there is no good way in the hospital, and even the disinfection measures are proposed by Zhu Youjian, and the alcohol is distilled again, and the soldiers are disinfected after reaching about 75 degrees, and even in this way, the people are actually very rare.