manynovel Chapter 282 Debate
Chapter 282 Debate
Chapter 282 Debate
"The body, hair and skin of the parents should not be damaged. The officials and ministers believe that this matter is absolutely unacceptable..." In the court hall, an official said to everyone excitedly.
"Master Liu is right. The dead are the most important. How can you do something that violates ethics and morals..." Some ministers agreed.
In ancient times, people believed that if a person was not buried with all his limbs after death, he would not be reincarnated and would not be able to rest in peace after death.
Dissection is obviously against ethics and morals.
Historical records indicate that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a man named Tang Ci fell ill after drinking wine and vomited out many worms.
After Tang Ci's death, his wife Zhang followed her husband's dying instructions and was determined to find out what kind of disease he had. She performed an autopsy on her husband's body and found that all internal organs were broken.
This is the earliest documented human pathological anatomy in the world.
However, in the feudal society, the Zhang family was regarded as treasonous and immoral, and thus was sentenced to death. Even Tang Ci's son was also executed at the same time for the crime of "not obstructing, disobedience and unfilial piety".
It can be seen from this that in such a feudal society, how appalling it is to dissect a human corpse.
However, it is not that no one quietly dissects. During the Song Huizong period, there was an imperial physician named Yang Jie who quietly dissected the human body and drew what he saw. This is the famous "Cunzhen" by later generations. picture".
However, even though someone dissects the corpse in private, as long as it is not discovered, it will be fine.
But it is too big to write the dissection as a memorial and ask the court for permission.
When many people hear such a situation, they cannot accept it emotionally or rationally.
"Yang Aiqing, you brought up this matter, what do you have to say?" Zhao Kuo looked at Zhang Qingfeng behind the court hall.
Because of Zhang Qingfeng's performance, Zhang Qingfeng was called over this morning.
Hearing Zhao Kuo's painting, Zhang Qingfeng stood up and said, "Return to the official's house, my lords, the reason why I propose to let the medical school dissect the corpse is because it is a great thing for the benefit of all people."
"A piece of nonsense..."
After hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, someone immediately stood up and wanted to refute.
"Master Liu, please listen to me." Zhang Qingfeng hastily interrupted the other party's words.
He said: "The official is not a doctor, and dissecting a human corpse is not of any benefit to the official. But why should the official report it? Because this matter is for the benefit of the country and the people, regardless of whether it is ethically acceptable or not. , the ministers have to bring it up.”
Zhang Qingfeng said: "Half a month ago, I used needle and thread to treat a patient who was injured by a knife. All of you must know this."
This incident was reported as news in several newspapers, and everyone knew about it.
Zhang Qingfeng continued: "At that time, the patient's wound was very deep, and it can be said that the injury to the tibia is not an exaggeration. If the traditional method is used to treat the wound, even if the wound does not fester, it will take at least one or two years to heal.
And after I sutured the wound with needles and threads, the patient was cured in less than two months. This is the treatment method I boldly adopted after understanding the structure of human skin. Facts have proved that this method is very effective. "
"You talk so much, what does it have to do with the anatomy you talked about?" someone asked Zhang Qingfeng.
"It has a lot to do with it." Zhang Qingfeng said: "Our body has internal organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney. If these internal organs are sick, if we know the structure and function of these internal organs, we can find a way to rescue them.
For example, if the heart suddenly stops beating, if we understand the heart, we may be able to use some methods to make the heart beat again, thus saving a life. "
"For another example, if a child is ignorant and eats some metal or stone by mistake, he will surely die. If we understand the human body, we can cut open the child's stomach, take out the things, and then sew up the wound It might save the child."
"Also, if someone is shot in the body by an arrow, and the shot is very deep, and the arrow is stuck inside and cannot be removed, we can use a knife to cut the wound and remove the arrow."
Zhang Qingfeng said: "If you don't know the location of the internal organs, it is easy to damage the internal organs when cutting the wound, which will lead to death."
"Also, if a person has tumors in his body, such as tendon tumors, intestinal tumors, etc., such tumors are incurable diseases, but in my opinion, this is not the case. We can completely cut the patient's body and remove it. If the tumor is taken out, wouldn’t the patient be fine?”
Tumors have been recorded in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, "tumor" was used to represent tumors, and later the words "tumor", "rock", and "cancer" were used to represent tumors.
In 1170, more than 30 years ago, the Imperial Physician Dongxuan wrote the "Weiji Baoshu", which has detailed records on tumors, cancer, gangrene, gangrene, chronic, and carbuncle.
Among them, the observation of breast cancer pointed out that women over the age of 40 are prone to this disease, and there are records such as festering and dying within three years.
After a pause, Zhang Qingfeng continued to say to everyone: "There is also an incurable disease of intestinal abscess (appendicitis). I think it is also possible to disembowel the patient and use surgical treatment to cure the patient."
"Besides, there are many visceral diseases, as long as we understand their structure, these diseases can be cured."
Finally Zhang Qingfeng said: "Although dissecting corpses is against morality, it can save tens of thousands of living people. Therefore, I implore the imperial court to allow the medical school to dissect the corpses of executed prisoners."
"No..."
Hearing what Zhang Qingfeng said, some people still want to jump out and object.
Zhang Qingfeng became a little anxious, and he said to those who objected: "Master Zhou, I want to ask you, if someone in your family has a tumor or an incurable disease such as intestinal ulcer, would you still prevent the doctor from dissecting it? Don't you want to save your family?"
"Yang Sanlang, can the anatomy you mentioned really cure intestinal abscess?"
Just when Zhang Qingfeng was questioning Minister Zhou righteously, a minister in his 60s or [-]s rushed to Zhang Qingfeng and asked loudly.
He looked a little excited, but his eyes were fixed on Zhang Qingfeng.
"Mr. Wu, as long as you can understand the structure of the human body, I believe you can do it." Zhang Qingfeng nodded and said, his scalp was a little numb.
"Okay, I support you and support your autopsy." The official Zhang Qingfeng called Wu Lao said to Zhang Qingfeng.
Zhang Qingfeng was very surprised when he heard what he said.
"Mr. Wu's son seems to have intestinal carbuncle..."
"No wonder he is like this."
Seeing Mr. Wu stand up, other people in the hall also talked a lot.
When Zhang Qingfeng was in a daze, he only heard Mr. Wu continue to say: "My son has an intestinal abscess, and the imperial doctor diagnosed him that he will not live for half a month. It seems that the white-haired person will be sent to the black-haired person. My heart is very sad every day. Pain, if you can cure him, I can do whatever you want me to do."
Elder Wu's tone was so sad that it was hard to refuse.
"If the imperial court allows the lower official to dissect the human body and find out the specific symptoms of the intestinal ulcer, the lower official may give it a try, but there is no guarantee that it will be completely cured." Zhang Qingfeng said to Elder Wu.
He didn't dare to say enough. Although appendicitis can only be regarded as a minor operation in later generations, it does not mean that the patient can be saved perfectly.
If he is full of words now, if he fails to save Mr. Wu's son, how will it end then?
Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Elder Wu nodded, and then he turned to all the court ministers and said, "Dear colleagues, what Yang Sanlang said is correct. Although dissecting corpses is against morality, it can save more living people."
"Think about it, everyone, if your family members get intestinal ulcers, tumors and other incurable diseases that day, can you let them die slowly?"
(End of this chapter)