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Chapter 279 Medical Sage, Zhang Zhongjing... (for subscription)
"Seismograph, what is a seismograph?"

Some students asked again.

no way.

Regarding the technology of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some of them really subverted their cognition.

The previous armillary sphere was, and now there is a seismograph.

"A seismograph is an instrument that monitors the occurrence of earthquakes."

Although the explanation is very short.

But Chen Fan just said it, and everyone was wowed.

"Monitoring for earthquakes."

"I'm stupid, this is too sci-fi."

"I thought of monitoring earthquakes more than 2000 years ago. It really is a black technology."

What is the most unpredictable thing in this world?
That is an earthquake.

Earthquakes are not like weather.

Weather forecast satellites can go directly to the sky, so weather forecasts are often more accurate.

But earthquakes are different.

Earthquakes cannot be drilled into the ground because instruments can, even if they can be drilled into the ground, because the occurrence of earthquakes and other reasons are not well understood.

So basically there is no machine to predict earthquakes in this world.

Just like many people complained about the relevant units in the previous life.

Whether there is an earthquake or not will only be known when there is an earthquake.

No matter how big the earthquake is, you won't know until after the earthquake.

How would you know if there was no tremor?

and so.

Earthquake prediction has always been a difficult problem all over the world.

but.

Now Chen Fan threw out a seismograph.

This made everyone extremely excited.

In this regard.

Chen Fan explained: "Everyone, don't get excited. First of all, the seismograph is not an earthquake prediction machine. So far, there is no machine or other that can accurately predict earthquakes in the world. The seismograph is a tool for monitoring earthquakes. Said Simpler, that is, when an earthquake occurs, he can tell the technicians where the earthquake occurred."

Although forecasting and monitoring are not the same thing.

But actually.

Monitoring also plays a huge role.

like now.

Even if we cannot predict earthquakes, our monitoring can also tell you in the shortest time after an earthquake occurs.

For example, tell residents directly through TV.

This can also reduce damage caused by earthquakes.

And through the way of TV signals, his speed is often faster than the speed of earthquake propagation.

This has a huge effect on reducing people's life, health and property.

In ancient times, it was even more useful.

In ancient times, transportation and communication were underdeveloped.

Often it takes a day or two to send a message from one place to another, and sometimes it takes several months.

It's like reporting from the Western Regions to Chang'an or Luoyang, so you don't have to go for more than a month.

If there is an earthquake in a certain place, there is nothing the court can do with this method of communication.

But if there is a seismograph as a monitoring instrument, it will be different.

"Look, everyone, this is the restored version of the seismograph."

Chen Fan opened the PPT and said: "The seismograph has eight orientations, they are east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest, and each orientation has a dragon head with a dragon ball in its mouth. There is a toad corresponding to it below. If an earthquake occurs on either side, the dragon ball contained in the dragon's mouth in that direction will fall into the toad's mouth, and the direction of the earthquake can be determined from this."

"This seismograph was made by Zhang Heng. At that time, in the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty where Zhang Heng lived, earthquakes were relatively frequent. According to the records of "The Book of the Later Han Five Elements", there were more than 30 earthquakes from the fourth year of Emperor Yongyuan of the Han Dynasty to the fourth year of Yanguang of Emperor An A total of 26 major earthquakes occurred during the year. The earthquake area was sometimes as large as dozens of counties, causing landslides, house collapses, and river flooding, causing huge losses. Zhang Heng had a lot of personal experience of earthquakes. In order to master the national Earthquake dynamics, after years of research, he finally invented the Houfeng Seismograph in the first year of Yangjia."

"In Renyin in November of the third year of Yangjia, Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, a dragon machine of the seismograph suddenly activated, spit out a copper ball, and fell into the mouth of the toad. The people in the capital at that time did not feel the slightest sign of an earthquake. So some people started talking about it, wondering if the seismograph didn't work. A few days later, someone from Longxi came to report and confirmed that there was indeed an earthquake a few days ago..."

and so.

Logically speaking, a seismograph is an instrument for monitoring earthquakes, not for prediction.

but.

Even with the monitoring equipment, everyone was dumbfounded.

"It's amazing that such an instrument existed more than 2000 years ago."

"It seems that there are such instruments in the West, and they are more than 1000 years later."

"Even if it can't be predicted, just monitoring is awesome. After all, transportation was not very developed in ancient times. With this instrument, it would be much more convenient."

"It doesn't seem to be useful. He just explained the direction, and didn't say where the earthquake occurred."

"One seismograph is of course not very useful, but if you use several more, or set up one in each area. In this way, when these machines send out the positions at the same time, it will be much more accurate. "

"Oh, too."

"So, in fact, our ancient technology is not bad, it's just a pity that no one inherits it."

This is indeed no one inherits.

Chen Fan also said with some regret: "The seismograph you saw above is not a real seismograph. What the real seismograph looks like is now lost. This appearance is just a restoration based on the records in the history books. "

Speaking of this, Chen Fan was even more emotional.

In the previous life, the seismograph was originally included in Chinese textbooks, which also let everyone know that a man named Zhang Heng made a seismograph in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But later, the textbook deleted him again.

As for the reason, many people questioned the uselessness of this seismograph.

In fact, it is not that the seismograph is useless, but that the restored version is useless.

Because the real seismograph is lost.

The seismograph we have seen was only restored in the 50s based on the principle of Professor Wang Zhenyi.

Compared with the real instrument, the restoration is naturally far behind.

But if you only say that the restored seismograph is useless, and then suspect that the real seismograph is useless, then this is too lacking in scientific spirit.

In fact.

After Zhang Heng made the seismograph, the three important historical documents of the previous life, "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "The Chronicle of the Later Han Dynasty", and "The Book of Continued Han Dynasty", all had records about the seismograph.Moreover, in the Jin Dynasty, some people drew the structural design drawings of the seismograph, but because of the age, these design drawings were also lost.Until 2000, we only knew about the seismograph, but we still didn't understand what the seismograph looked like.

I have to say, this is a huge regret.

……

"After the Eastern Han Dynasty, although there were not many wise emperors and not many major events happened in the whole country, the strength of the Eastern Han Dynasty was still very strong. This strength is not only reflected in the life of the people, but also not only This strength is not only reflected in the aspect of technological invention, but also in the aspect of medicine."

If it is said that Zhang Heng's armillary sphere and seismograph may not have much effect on modern times.

Then.

The medicine inherited from the Eastern Han Dynasty had a great influence on China.

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a doctor named Hua Tuo. Yes, this Hua Tuo was the same Hua Tuo who healed Guan Yu. When he was young, Hua Tuo traveled abroad to study and practiced medicine in AH, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places. He did not seek an official career. He had comprehensive medical skills and was called a genius doctor by the people at that time. Once, there were two military officers who both had fever and headaches. The symptoms were the same, but Hua Tuo prescribed them very differently. The two were quite surprised to use the purgative medicine, but they both recovered after taking the medicine. It turned out that after Hua Tuo's examination, he knew that one was a superficial syndrome, which could be resolved by sweating; Ni Xun, an official in Tuozhi’s government, had a headache and body heat, so he treated it because of its external reality. When treating Li Yan’s headache and body heat, he sweated, because of his internal reality..."

Among the ancient genius doctors, Hua Tuo must be mentioned.

and.

Because Chen Fan had talked about the Three Kingdoms before, as soon as Hua Tuo in the Three Kingdoms came out, everyone immediately became interested.

"Not only that, Hua Tuo is also good at psychotherapy. A county guard was seriously ill, and Hua Tuo went to see him. The county guard asked Hua Tuo to treat him. Hua Tuo said to the county guard's son: Your father's illness is different from ordinary diseases. , there is blood in his abdomen, he should be provoked to spit out the blood, so that his disease can be cured, otherwise he will die. Can you tell me all the wrong things your father has done? I sent a letter to reprimand him. The son of the sheriff said: If you can cure your father’s illness, what can you not say? So he told Hua Tuo all the unreasonable things his father had done for a long time. Hua Tuo wrote A letter reprimanding the sheriff was left behind. After reading the letter, the sheriff was furious and sent arresters to arrest Hua Tuo, but they failed to catch him. In his rage, the sheriff spit out more than a liter of black blood, and his illness was cured. "

"This is psychotherapy, but Hua Tuo also knows how to keep in good health. Hua Tuo believes that life lies in exercise. If you can maintain a good body, you will not suffer from any serious illness. And he also understands that it is not a doctor who can cure the world. For this reason, he imitated the movements of five animals and created a set of "Five Animal Shows". Hua Tuo said that as long as you practice the Five Animal Shows once a day, you will be able to live at least as long as you are alive, not to mention how old you are. , can give you a healthy body."

Such miraculous cases have also opened everyone's eyes.

"Dialectical treatment, psychotherapy, Wuqinxi... This kind of medical concept is not much different from modern times."

"So, the wisdom of the ancients is definitely not inferior to ours, and some even surpass it."

"But there is no such miracle doctor in modern times."

but.

There is more to Hua Tuo's medicine than that.

Chen Fan continued: "Hua Tuo is not only good at various diseases, but also good at surgery."

"Surgery?"

At this time, some students in the audience raised their hands and answered, "Mr. Chen Fan, do you mean bone-setting surgery?"

"Bone setting is just general surgery."

Chen Fan shook his head and said: "Hua Tuo is not only good at setting bones, he is even better at operating. Yes, it is like modern western medicine. He used surgical therapy. For example, when scraping Guan Yu's bones, this is a kind of Surgical method. At that time, Guan Yu asked Hua Tuo to operate directly without any protective measures. But in fact, Hua Tuo invented an anesthetic called "Mabosan". This anesthetic can be used during surgery It is also because of the creation of Mafeisan that Hua Tuo’s surgical operations went a step further. Hua Tuo’s original surgical operations were only for trauma. Later, after he invented Mafeisan, He can already perform laparotomy..."

When Chen Fan told about Hua Tuo's medical legend, everyone was dumbfounded.

Chen Fan continued: "Everyone knows that I mentioned that Hua Tuo cured Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms before. In fact, Hua Tuo also cured Cao Cao. Because Cao Cao had headaches for many years, he heard Hua Tuo's name, so He summoned Hua Tuo to treat him. After Hua Tuo came, he gave Cao Cao acupuncture treatment, and soon Cao Cao's headache was cured. But Hua Tuo said to Cao Cao, your headache is a chronic illness Caused by it, I can only cure you for a few days now, but the headache will still hurt after a while. If you want to really cure this headache disease, you have to start, that is, do a surgery on the head Operation."

"As soon as Cao Cao said, with a knife on his head, did Hua Tuo want to cure himself or take the opportunity to kill himself? Afterwards, Cao Cao locked Hua Tuo up. When he was dying, Hua Tuo put him in prison. What he learned all his life created a work called "Book of the Green Bag". After the creation, Hua Tuo felt that he was locked in the prison and could not go out. So he said to the jailer, you have taken good care of me during this period of time. , I don’t have anything for you, so I’ll pass this medical book on to you. But the jailer was afraid and didn’t dare to take it. Helpless, Hua Tuo burned the green bag book he wrote..."

There are multiple versions about how Hua Tuo was locked up by Cao Cao.

One version is to give Cao Cao a knife.

Another version is that Hua Tuo didn't want to treat Cao Cao, and then Cao Cao was very angry and locked Hua Tuo up.

But no matter which version it is, in the end Hua Tuo was locked up by Cao Cao.

Moreover, he died under Cao Cao's hands.

Not just died under Cao Cao.

The most regrettable thing is that Hua Tuo did not hand down his medical works until his death.

When Chen Fan finished telling Hua Tuo's story, everyone felt a pain in their hearts.

"My God, it's a fire."

"Ahhh, if Hua Tuo's green pouch book is handed down, the level of our Chinese medicine practitioners will be many times higher."

"Yes, it's hateful. A lot of our ancient knowledge, technology, medicine... have been lost."

"Damn Cao Cao, I hate Cao Cao now."

Everyone was extremely depressed.

……

"It's really a pity."

Chen Fan was also helpless.

Hua Tuo can be said to be the most famous miracle doctor in medicine.

but……

Not a single trace of his medicine has been handed down.

but.

In addition to the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo was not the only one.

Chen Fan went on to say: "Actually, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, not only Hua Tuo was outstanding in the field of medicine, but also a genius doctor who was also very good. This genius doctor is called Zhang Zhongjing."

In terms of fame, Zhang Zhongjing's reputation may not be as good as Hua Tuo's.

But in terms of contribution, Zhang Zhongjing's contribution far exceeds that of Hua Tuo.

even.

Zhang Zhongjing can be said to be the one who has made the greatest contribution to the clinical field of traditional Chinese medicine.

Then, Chen Fan talked about Zhang Zhongjing's life: "Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo were born at about the same time, both at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty is no longer the early Eastern Han Dynasty, let alone the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The whole country is often in the midst of wars. Not only that, there were many plagues at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original tens of millions of people were killed or injured because of the wars and plagues.”

"The original Zhang Zhongjing was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. Although he was not as good as those wealthy families, he had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child. Normally, he would be an official in the future. But Zhang Zhongjing liked medicine since he was a child, and he watched Countless people died of illness, which touched Zhang Zhongjing even more, and he devoted himself to studying medicine."

"After a long period of hard work and his own talent, Zhang Zhongjing quickly established his reputation and became a well-known doctor. Even Hua Tuo visited Zhang Zhongjing at that time. When he saw Zhang Zhongjing's medical skills, his eyes were high. Hua Tuo at the top also admired him very much. However, because of the family relationship, although Zhang Zhongjing did not want to be an official, he was arranged by the family to be an official, and finally achieved the post of Changsha prefect."

"Originally in the officialdom at that time, generally speaking, if you want to be an official, then don't be a doctor. If you want to be a doctor, then don't be an official. However, Zhang Zhongjing, who was a doctor since he was a primary school student, couldn't bear to see the people suffering from illnesses, but He no longer cares about the rules in the officialdom. He said to the outside world that on the first and fifteenth day of every month, he temporarily does not deal with the work in the officialdom and goes to the yamen to treat illnesses. The people who have been treated by him do not know How many."

If Hua Tuo's story has some legends.

But his legend, in fact, many stories may not be true.

Then Zhang Zhongjing, that is the existence of countless historical records in history.

"It's just that when he was 50 years old, Zhang Zhongjing suddenly thought. No matter how good his medical skills are, no matter how good his level is, there are only a few people who can be cured. However, there are so many people in the world, and so many people in the world are sick. How can he cure these patients by himself? For this reason, Zhang Zhongjing thought for a long time, and he decided to write his 50 years of medical practice experience and philosophy into a book."

"Because the common people suffered most from typhoid fever at that time. Therefore, he put most of his experience and ideas on typhoid fever, so he wrote Treatise on Febrile Diseases. However, after writing "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", Because there are many other difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Therefore, on the basis of Treatise on Febrile Diseases, he added Treatise on Miscellaneous Diseases. Thus, the most important clinical masterpiece "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" in the history of Chinese medicine appeared gone."

What is the meaning of this book?

It can be said.

Without him, it is estimated that Chinese medicine may disappear.

Yes.

Before Zhang Zhongjing, although there were many Chinese medicine works, these Chinese medicine works were all theoretical works.

He will not really guide you how to treat the disease clinically.

As for why some people heal, it is like a master leading an apprentice, and the master will gradually give it to you.

But the master may not be able to teach you everything.

A lot of content, if the master doesn't teach it, it will be lost slowly.

"Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" is a work that completely guides the clinical study of traditional Chinese medicine.

As long as you study the theories of Chinese medicine, and then read Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases, then, as time goes by, your medical level will gradually improve.

and so.

This work is also known as one of the four great classics of Chinese medicine.

As for the power of the famous book, how powerful is it?

Just like some modern diseases, the most famous Chinese medicine, Lianhua Qingwen...is the prescription recorded in this book.

It is precisely because of Zhang Zhongjing's contribution to the clinical science of traditional Chinese medicine that later generations also called Zhang Zhongjing a medical saint! ! !

(End of this chapter)