Chapter 1404 The name of the doctor and the great pea
"The officials are right. I should not execute him privately; the knowledge he gained from dissecting the body is also useful and should be passed on." After hearing Yunxi's words, Zhu Xi hurriedly said.
Zhu Ji didn't know what Yunxi was thinking. He thought that his private execution of a person who was not a servant of the palace had touched his nerves, so he hurriedly spoke out. He then ordered a young eunuch next to him to call a guard in and give instructions
The guard said a few words. The guard hurriedly retreated and dared to pass on the order.
Yunxi took a deep breath. Contrary to what Zhu Zhu thought, he was overjoyed that such a person, such a doctor who could be compared with Andrea Vesalius, appeared in the Ming Dynasty. What is medicine essentially studied?
?It is a science that studies the secrets of the human body, just like astrophysics is a science that studies the secrets of the universe. Since it is a science that studies the secrets of the human body, how can it develop rapidly without dissecting the human body?
But as in Europe during this period, due to ethics and morals, dissecting the human body was against morality or even violated the law. Yunxi could not advocate it publicly. Even if there were people who did so, they would not dare to publicize it. Yunxi wanted to discover the talents of the people.
It was also very difficult. It took a lot of effort for someone to appear. How could he allow this person to die?
'I wonder if it's too late for Zhu Xi to send someone to deliver the order? If it's not too late, it would be such a pity.' Yunxi thought so, and then ordered Zhu Xi: "Immediately send an order to the guards who are staying in Kaifeng, and let them
Go and search the doctor's residence in his hometown to see if there are any objects or paintings related to human anatomy. If there are any, bring them all to the capital without leaving any behind."
"Yes, from the official family." Zhu Tie hurriedly agreed.
"By the way, what is this man's name?" After Yunxi finished giving his instructions, he suddenly remembered that he still didn't know his name and asked again.
"Guan family, this person is called Zhu Di Zhou."
"Brother Zhu Zhou." Yunxi said softly, exhaled again, and asked another question about his doubts. "Fifth Uncle, what did my nephew say just now, how did it make you think of this deviant doctor?"
Before Zhu Zhu's expression changed, he just said, "As the saying goes, oranges grow in Huaibei and become tangerines. Uncle Wu should not have high expectations. Even if they are grown, they will not be the same as the original rubber." There is not a single word in this sentence.
Is it related to anatomy or the human body?
"It's the official reason." Zhu Ji explained: "This person who secretly stole autopsies and dissected them put forward an idea based on various popular sayings among the people. He believed that animals are also divided into distant and distant relatives. For example, due to folk reasons,
Cats and tigers are similar. It is said that the cat is the husband of the tiger, so the cats and tigers are closer to each other; and dogs and wolves are similar, and there are wolves and dogs that are very similar to wolves, so the dogs and wolves are closer to each other."
"That's okay. After all, some people have thought this way since ancient times. But this person also thought that plants also have this kind of relationship. We need to study which plants of different species are closer to each other and which ones are more distant."
"Why, isn't there a way to classify different plants and animals now?" Yunxi asked with some confusion. "Jiemen Gangmeida", "genus" and "species", this is something he learned in nature class when he was in elementary school. Oriental and
It's different in the West, so naturally they won't have the same classification names, and there are even many errors in the more backward classifications, but this matter is not technically difficult. Why is there no classification method yet?
"It is not difficult for officials to classify animals and plants, but who would do such a laborious but useless thing?" Zhu Ju said.
‘Then it’s even more important to save this doctor’s life and never let him die!’ After hearing this, Yunxi didn’t say anything, but just said to himself in his heart.
"Now that this doctor came up with this idea, and when I heard the official saying that oranges growing in Huaibei are tangerines, I couldn't help but think of the classification method proposed by this person, and then I thought of this doctor again."
Seeing that Yunxi didn't speak, Zhu Xi continued to explain.
"That's it." Yunxi nodded.
"This doctor is naturally morally corrupt, but the classification he mentioned is indeed useful." Zhu Ju added: "I have also thought that the medicinal properties of the same type of medicine should be similar. If the classification method is used, it will
It is also beneficial to identify the properties of drugs.”
"Besides, I have a very interesting idea. If the tiger really transforms into a cat, and the dog really transforms into a wolf, then why can the change happen? This is of no use, but I have another extended idea: Under the sun
Are all the people in the country exactly the same at first, but gradually become different? Now there are people with colored eyes in Beijing. Are the people with colored eyes at first completely different from Chinese people? Then they became like that?"
"As for why they are different from the Chinese people, I have also thought about it. It is probably due to changes in the surrounding environment and different food. It is said that the place where the Semu people live is either very cold or very hot, and the land is not as fertile as the Central Plains. The environment
Well, it naturally affects the appearance; the second is the difference in food. For example, I mentioned Min'er just now. Although she is only twelve years old, she is already taller than many adult women. From the time when his father ascended the throne to Min'er, it was passed down to Min'er.
The third generation is already so different from ordinary people. If they don't intermarry and live in a very different environment, they may look different."
"Well, this is a good idea, but it's not easy to research it. Who knows how many years people have been living on the earth, and how long it took for Semu people to look different from ordinary people?" Yunxi asked Zhu Ju.
I like this idea very much, but I don’t have any hope for the research prospects. According to his remaining memory, it seems that this problem did not have a reasonable explanation until 19XX AD. Now many, many preliminary biological results are not available
, according to Zhu Rui, it is absolutely impossible to study it.
However, the idea should be encouraged, and it seems that we can also study other things. "Uncle Wu, my nephew thinks that Uncle Wu should not study people or even animals from the beginning, but study plants."
"crop?"
"Yes, it's crops. Although humans, animals and crops are completely different, they are all born from heaven and earth, and there are similarities. Uncle Wu, if you study how different varieties of a certain crop are produced, you may be able to draw parallels and guess.
How do different people come into being?”
"That's fine. Just study crops. According to what the officials said, what crops are you studying?"
"pea."
"pea?"
"It's just peas." Yunxi said with certainty.
"Then study peas." Although Zhu Zhu felt strange, since Yunxi said it, he agreed.
Yunxi smiled when he heard his promise. Although he didn't know why the great biologist wanted to use peas, it was definitely right to use peas for research. (To be continued)