Chapter 208 The Doctor Enters Xianyang
Another day passed, and Li Nian was teaching something to a group of people again.
But today, the number of people was much smaller than yesterday, only a few hundred people.
So there is no need to be outside, but in a palace.
These people are the doctors who were summoned to Xianyang from all over the country, and there are actually some women among them.
This is not difficult to understand. Although the earliest recorded female doctor was a concubine, there were actually women working as doctors in this era.
The reason is that at this time, there were constant battles, and men went to the battlefield. As a result, women not only had to do housework and farm work at home, but sometimes also had to work part-time as witch doctors and other jobs.
Otherwise, why was the status of women so high in the Qin Dynasty?
Only later, with the rise of Confucianism and feudal ethics covering China, women were no longer allowed to assume so many responsibilities, and their status became lower and lower.
Yiyu is the earliest recorded female doctor, but she is not the earliest female doctor.
But this is a good thing for what Li Nian is trying to do.
Li Nian stood in the hall and said to everyone: "My name is Li Nian, you must have heard of it. You are all famous doctors from all over the world. Li told His Majesty to summon you to Xianyang, so naturally there are I’d like to discuss some medical-related matters with you.”
Speaking of this, Li Nian said with a smile: "You are older than me. Maybe in your opinion, what medical skills can I have at my age? How many diseases can I diagnose and treat, and how many diseases can I discuss with you?"
< br>Although this is indeed what I am thinking, who dares to admit it?
This person's status is so high that one word can determine their life or death.
Of course the doctors didn't want to die, so they quickly said "I don't dare!"
Li Nian didn't care, and admitted generously: "As you may think, Li is not very proficient in medical skills, and he has not diagnosed and treated many diseases. .But I know some medical prescriptions, I want to discuss medical knowledge with you today, and do my best for Daqin medicine, hoping that there will be less illness in the world and all those who are sick can be cured."
These words made all the doctors have a higher regard for Li Nian. I have a good impression, this young man has a kind heart.
Li Nian asked: "Why do you think people get sick?"
The doctors quickly gave the answer. Although the words were different, they were summarized as the mainstream. The saying is: People will suffer from various diseases because of "evil energy".
Internal evils are caused by people's joy and anger, suspicion and fear, staying up late and indulging in lust, etc. External evils are when a person's yin and yang are not adjusted at a certain time, the five elements are not in harmony, and external evil gas enters the body, causing the disease to develop.
Li Nian did not deny this statement, but asked: "So what do you think the evil is? For example, external evil."
A doctor gave the answer, Li Nian Continuing to ask, the doctors also understood what Li Nian meant. He clearly wanted to ask them what the external evil was.
But they really don’t know how to answer this question.
However, this young master asked this, does he know?
Facing the looks of the doctors, Li Niandao said: "Medicine is profound and profound, and Li can't even get started. How can he claim to know everything? He just happens to know the faces of some 'external evils'."
"In the world There are many things that are invisible to human eyes but do exist. Once these things Entering the human body often causes some diseases. ”
“Some of them are insects, some are bacteria, some are viruses, and some are fungi. They are too small to be seen by the human eye.”
Bacteria. , viruses, fungi, words you have never heard of, what are these?
All the doctors were confused, and one doctor asked: "Master, is there a way to see these tiny things?"
Li Nian said: "If you want to see them, you need to use some tools. Let's take a look."
The doctors followed what Li Nian pointed at and saw several wooden tables placed there, each with a Very strange stuff. When they entered the temple, the doctors noticed it, but they didn't know how it worked.
This thing is an ordinary microscope made by Li Nian and the alchemists in the palace. The power is not high.
In order to prove to doctors that there are many tiny things in the world that are invisible to the naked eye, Li Nian and the alchemists searched for a long time before they found a group of things that were invisible to the naked eye but could be seen with these microscopes. sample.
Li Niandao: "Fang Yuan, you demonstrate it for them again!"
"Yes, Master!"
The doctors then saw a few middle-aged men standing in front of the weird thing and began to Tinker.
These alchemists are now sincerely convinced by Li Nian. Li Nian not only saved their lives, but also opened the door to the new world for them.
Even if we let them go free now, most of the alchemists don't want to leave. It would be great to follow the young master, to know those weird things and do those interesting things.
Like the thing that the young master calls a "microscope" that the few of them are going to operate now, they can see many things that are originally invisible.
While several alchemists were operating, Li Nian pointed to a glass and said, "Look, is there anything in the water in this glass?"
This glass of water is transparent and clean, and there is no visible liquid. Things, but since the young master said so, there probably are some in there.
In order to let the doctors see clearly, Li Nian asked someone to fetch the water cup and handed it to the doctors so that they could pass it around to each other.
But even if I hold it in my hand and look at it from a close distance, I can't see anything in the water.
Li Niandao: "There is actually something inside, but its appearance must be magnified before it can be seen. This thing is called a 'microscope', which can reveal the appearance of tiny objects in the water. However, these microscopes are not powerful enough to See more tiny things."
While Li Nian was talking, several alchemists had completed the operation and said to Li Nian: "Master, adjust. The test is complete!"
Li Nian nodded and walked to a microscope. He looked at it first and found that he could indeed see tiny things in the water, so he stepped aside and called the doctors. : "You guys can come and take a look!"
After hearing this, a brave doctor took the initiative to step forward and take a look through the microscope the way Li Nian observed.
I saw that there were many tiny things in the water that looked colorless from the outside. Those things seemed to be alive and moving, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces.
If these tiny things really exist in the water, wouldn't they drink a lot when they drink water?
After reading this, the man took the initiative to give up his position, but seeing the change in his expression, the other doctors also knew that they must have seen something in the water, and confirmed what the young man said.
Other doctors looked at the tiny things in the water through several microscopes.
Everyone knows that there are things in the water, and there are many things in the world that are difficult to see with the naked eye, but this time it was truly proven to them.
After reading it, a doctor said: "Sir, do the water we usually drink contain these tiny things?"
Even doctors who are used to seeing birth, aging, illness and death feel a little uncomfortable when they think that there are so many things in the water they have been drinking for so many years and that it has entered their bodies.
Li Niandao: "Yes, but don't worry, as long as the water is boiled, most of the tiny things in the water will be killed so that they can no longer harm the body."
Listen. Li Nian replied, another doctor The scholar said: "According to the Master, drinking raw water does not kill the tiny things in it. If it enters the body alive, it will harm the human body and cause illness?"
(End of this chapter)
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