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Chapter 381 Compendium of Materia Medica

Under the canopy

Some wealthy businessmen who were familiar with Song Ci came to his home and wanted to pay him to print books.

The prisoners who were also helped by Song Ci started to cry when they saw this: "Without Song Tixing, where would we be today?"

"I know how to write. I want to buy a collection of vindication and copy it. I will make a few more copies and pass them on to my children and grandchildren."

"I will also buy a few more copies to pass on to my children and grandchildren. If I don't believe it, I won't be able to pass them on to future generations."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Wuyou waited for a while before continuing: "The contents of the "Redress of Wrongs" include the importance and specific steps of forensic examinations, the identification of difficult casualties, and the analysis of true and false injuries, etc. It involves the identification of corpses, the four seasons Forensic medical knowledge such as mutilation of corpses, homicide, suicide, burning, drowning, poisoning, hanging with ropes, death with sticks, death by falling, death by cattle and horses, death by four-turn mortification, death by overeating with wine and food, internal injuries caused by building and trampling."

"Contains medical knowledge such as pharmacology, pathology, anatomy, first aid, pediatrics, gynecology, etc. It also contributes to toxicology. The book records the symptoms of poisoning by various poisons, and also includes many practical detoxification and first aid methods."

"It can be said that the Collection of the Cleansing of Wrongs received the attention of the imperial court as soon as it came out. It was soon promulgated throughout the country and became a must-have book on the desks of forensic officials. After the Opium War, it was translated and introduced to the Netherlands, Germany, and France by Western scholars. , the United Kingdom and other countries. In the 20s, the book History of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Medical Examination written by Professor Chilifakov of the Soviet Union included Song Ci’s portrait at the front of the volume, revering him as the founder of forensic medicine.”

"Forensic medicine is also a part of medicine, so we include Song Ci among famous doctors and respect him as the ancestor of forensic medicine."

Wuyou finished speaking and waited for a while.

She saw many people on the screen asking her about the "Redress of Injustices" collection.

Especially the dynasties before the Song Dynasty asked a lot.

People from the Qin Dynasty left the most messages.

They not only asked about the collection of redress of wrongdoings, but also about the works of the famous doctors introduced earlier.

The sky was full of people saying: "Fairy, please give me the book."

"Fairy, we all want these medical books."

"Please give me a book from the fairy."

In addition to these messages, there were naturally a lot of fireworks exploding.

This is a reward from an unknown number of people.

Just by reading these messages, we can see the urgent need for medical books.

After all, no one can avoid getting sick. Only if you are diagnosed and treated by a famous doctor can you live a long life and not die in a short life of suffering.

And they also need books on forensic science.

In case someone is harmed, a skilled forensic doctor can help them clear their wrongdoing.

Wuyou read the message and thought for a while: "Well, I don't have these books on hand now. How about I buy some and give them to everyone when I get back?"

This is naturally good.

There were another words of thanks on the marquee.

Wuyou smiled: "No thanks."

Because the previous video took up a lot of time, by now, Wuyou was hungry again.

She looked at the time and saw that it was really getting late. She thought that many ancient people were going to bed.

"Well, let's talk faster next." Wuyou found a biscuit and ate it to make up for it: "The person I'm talking about next is Li Shizhen, a famous doctor from the Ming Dynasty who was revered as the Sage of Medicine by later generations."

"Medicine Saint?"

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were overjoyed when they heard this.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Finally, I have the reputation of Daming."

"Who is this Li Shizhen? When will he be born?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his sons: "Remember them all for me. You must remember this... medicine sage and pass it on to your descendants. You must respect it."

His sons nodded vigorously.

They finally have a saint in the Ming Dynasty, so they must respect him.

Didn’t you see how greedy they were when we talked about the saints of the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties?

"Li Shizhen was born in the 13th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. His grandfather was a herbalist, and his father Li Yanwen was a famous doctor at the time. Because the status of doctors at that time was very low and life was difficult, his father was not willing to let Li Shizhen study medicine, but wanted to Let him take the orthodox imperial examination path and teach him to read sages' books since he was a child, but Li Shizhen has loved medicine since he was a child and is not keen on imperial examinations."

"It's just that it was hard to disobey his father's orders. At such a young age, he had no choice but to study hard. At the age of 14, Li Shizhen went to Huangzhou Prefecture to take the exam with his father and became a scholar."

"He was selected as a scholar at the age of 14. This was a big deal at the time. His father was very happy. He felt that Li Shizhen would be able to go all the way to high school and turn his family into a scholarly family and a family of officials."

"It's a pity that Li Shizhen really didn't like the imperial examination. He went to Wuchang to take the exam three times and failed."

"Seeing that his son failed to win after three attempts, his father had no choice but to let him develop. Li Shizhen began to concentrate on studying medicine with his father. He was really talented in this field and could quickly treat diseases and save people. And the reputation spreads.”

"When Li Shizhen was 38 years old, she cured the illness of Fushun King Zhu Houkun's son and became famous. Later, he was recommended to Shangjing to serve as a judge at Taiyuan Hospital. However, he resigned and returned to his hometown after only serving for one year."

"After he returned to his hometown, he began to practice medicine and conduct research on medicines. During this period, he founded Dongbi Hall with his own name, Dongbi."

"Li Shizhen has been practicing medicine for decades. He discovered many errors in ancient Materia Medica and decided to re-compile a Materia Medica book. In 1552 AD, Li Shizhen began to compile a Compendium of Materia Medica. He referred to more than 800 books and left home many times for inspections. He has traveled all over Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhili and many other famous mountains and rivers, and has clarified many difficult problems."

"After 27 years of long-term efforts, the first draft of the Compendium of Materia Medica was completed in 1578. Li Shizhen was 61 years old at that time. After three revisions in 10 years, the Compendium of Materia Medica was officially published in Jinling in the third year after his death, which took 40 years. .”

"Compendium of Materia Medica has a total of 16 parts, 52 volumes, and about 190 million words. The whole book contains 1518 kinds of medicines collected by various herbalists, and 374 more kinds of medicines are added on the basis of previous works, totaling 1892 kinds... This great work absorbs the Materia Medica of all ages. The essence of the work corrects the previous mistakes as much as possible, makes up for the shortcomings, and has many important breakthroughs and discoveries. It is the most systematic, complete and scientific medical work in my country until the 16th century."

Wuyou couldn't help but eat something after talking about this.

Under the sky, Li Shizhen's family members were already laughing from ear to ear.

His father, Li Yanwen, touched Li Shizhen's head when he was a teenager. He couldn't hide his smile: "You are indeed my child. He is capable... Since you have no intention of taking the imperial examination, my father won't force you. Let's study medicine and study hard." , please help our ancestors as soon as possible."

Li Yanwen was also really happy.

What happened to the imperial examination? What can I do if I am an official?

There are several names of those officials who are prominent in the world and are remembered and revered as saints by future generations.

Just my own son.

Medicine Saint, Medicine Saint, haha, I have a saint in my family too.


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