The Tang Dynasty also adopted the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought and gathered together many veteran Chinese medicine practitioners with excellent medical skills in the empire, asking them to write about their experiences, or simply get them to teach Chinese medicine in universities, so as to form a unified teaching method of Chinese medicine.
Nowadays, Chinese medicine practitioners in Datang can be trained systematically, and they all receive the teachings of old Chinese medicine practitioners. Even if it is not good, they can copy Xuanke and open a pharmacy, which is much better than self-taught medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine research is one leg, while the other leg of Datang medical research is modern medical research based on anatomy, microbiology, etc.
It is worth noting that the Tang Dynasty did not distinguish between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, because there was no Western medicine in the Tang Dynasty. The term traditional Chinese medicine, regardless of whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or medical research on anatomy, microbiology and other medical research conducted in the past ten years,
They all belong to the category of medicine, but they are divided into traditional medicine and modern medicine.
The research theories of modern medicine are quite rich. Bold anatomy and the emergence of high-magnification microscopes have allowed students from the Department of Medicine at the Royal Institute of Technology to understand the internal structure of the human body, and even red blood cells, platelets, and microbial germs.
These things are already known.
Not to mention blood type and so on.
We also know the causes of many diseases, but how to treat them is a problem!
They can only conduct experiments one by one. So far, the most outstanding achievement of modern medicine is surgery. In theory, they have already done a lot of operations!
However, there are still very few targeted modern drugs, and the only good research results in recent years are salicylates.
However, from this thing, professors from the Department of Medicine at the Royal Institute of Technology saw a path of hope, and they began to frantically synthesize all kinds of messy things in order to find some ingredient that could cure the disease.
How should I put it? The development of modern medicine in the Tang Dynasty is somewhat abnormal. Theoretical things are already understood to some extent. They know the causes of many diseases, but there are no medicines available.
For example, tuberculosis, also known as tuberculosis, is a very talked-about disease. They know the cause of the disease, but there is no cure, so they are incompetent!
This is also the main reason why Datang has vigorously promoted traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, although a lot of perverts at the Royal Institute of Technology still can’t figure out why these traditional Chinese medicine can cure diseases!
But anyway, it can cure the disease!
In addition to research on medicine and theory, Datang also reformed the medical system in the empire.
The Ministry of Household Affairs established the Health Department very early, which is responsible for epidemic prevention, medical care and other affairs.
In the earliest days, the main job of the Department of Health was to govern private pharmacies and the like, and to urge colleges and universities to open medical departments and train regular doctors.
Beginning in the 15th year of Xuanping, Datang began to build government-run medical clinics across the country. In principle, every county had a government-run medical clinic. As for the size, it is another matter.
In the 18th year of Xuanping, the Health Department of the Tang Dynasty announced the implementation of a medical license system nationwide. Only doctors with medical licenses can legally practice medicine and have the authority to prescribe medicine. Illegal medical practices without a license will be severely punished!
In the 28th year of Xuanping Dynasty, the Datang Health Department began to support rural doctors, provide unified training for quack doctors, and provide subsidies so that rural areas can have the most basic medical security.
What's more important is that the Tang Empire directly established a large number of Chinese herbal medicine planting bases with very large output through the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises and the Royal Assets Department to ensure that there is a sufficient supply of various Chinese herbal medicine raw materials on the market.
After many measures, the current medical level of Datang is still quite good. From the perspective of traditional medicine, it has basically reached the peak that can be achieved.
And modern medicine is developing even more rapidly. Even if there are not a few modern drugs, many theories in modern medicine have finally developed into prevention, hygiene, nursing and other disciplines. These may not seem to directly treat diseases, but they have huge effects, because they
It can reduce the chance of people getting sick and increase the chance of recovery.
People in the Tang Dynasty now know that many diseases are incurable, and many diseases can be prevented through good hygiene habits and the environment. Therefore, people in the Tang Dynasty now pay great attention to urban health and personal hygiene, even more than during the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The official push is to pay more attention.
In the past, people in the Tang Dynasty didn't like to have contact with the indigenous people, purely because they despised the indigenous people. But now, people in the Tang Dynasty don't like to have contact with the indigenous people. It's not just out of contempt, but purely out of contracting diseases. To put it bluntly, they are afraid of death!
When traditional medicine and modern medicine are combined, the current medical development in Datang is quite rapid, and the overall medical situation is relatively complete. Except for some diseases, such as diseases caused by some microorganisms and viruses, there is no cure.
Outside of treatment, many other ailments and pains can be treated.
This is important!
The development of Datang's medical system and the development of medicine are one of the two most important reasons that have greatly increased the average life expectancy of people in Datang.
If the poor still die because of poor food, then the powerful have no shortage of food, but their average life span is still not long.
For example, Philip II’s family!
Philip II's first wife died at the age of eighteen, and his third wife, Elizabeth's mother, also lived to be twenty-five years old. This was all thanks to the treatment of Tang Dynasty doctors, otherwise it would have been a long time ago.
She died immediately, but even so, she died the second year after giving birth to Elizabeth.
Philip II's fourth wife only lived to be thirty-one years old.
Philip II had quite a few children, but very few of them survived to this day. The eldest son died at the age of twenty-three, and the second, third, and fourth sons all died in infancy!
His only surviving son is Philip III.
My daughter is better, and she has three adult daughters, including Elizabeth.
As can be seen from the family of Philip II, the mortality rate of minors is very high. Even if a wealthy family gives birth to ten children, five may not survive to grow up.
At the same time, the risks of pregnancy and childbirth for women in this era were also quite high. Philip II's first wife died of postpartum hemorrhage, his third wife Elizabeth also died of dystocia, and his fourth wife Anna also died of pregnancy and childbirth.
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Among Philip II's four wives, except for Mary I, Queen of Scots, who was only married to him in the name of husband and wife but not in reality, the other three all died in pregnancy and childbirth!
Philip II was a king, so this was the case, and it was even more so for ordinary people!
This shows the huge impact that backward medicine has on average life expectancy.
People have no food to eat, and medicine is backward, so the average life expectancy will naturally not be that high.
Nowadays, the average life expectancy in Europe is about thirty years old. In some war-torn areas, such as central France, it is estimated to be only in the twenties.