Chapter 73: Writing a Medical Book
The Barefoot Doctor's Manual is a wonderful book.
According to legend, there are three magical books. If you get them, you will be able to become a treasure even if you travel back to ancient times. If you encounter a nuclear war in the future, you can also rebuild human civilization with the help of these three books!
These three books are "Barefoot Doctor Manual", "Militia Military Training Manual" and "Friends of Military and Civilian Dual-Use Talents".
But in Su Che's opinion, most likely one more book should be added, which is the "Five Small Industrial Technology Series".
This book was written to help rural areas maintain their industrial capabilities when large cities are destroyed after a nuclear war. It can be considered a guide to the industrialization of agricultural societies.
When Su Che was very young, he was still ignorant and liked reading books. There were no martial arts novels at home, so he read whatever was available. He read the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" as a novel. This medical book covered everything, including Chinese and Western medicine, bone setting, childbirth, and major and minor surgeries.
There is even a segment describing "hydatidiform mole", which shocked Su Che greatly when he was a child.
In addition to these four books, there are also "Veterinary Handbook", "Foundations of Natural Sciences", "Collection of Folk Prescriptions", and all kinds of strange books. Su Che has read a lot.
Later, when I grew up and became sensible, I had less time to read, and the amount I read was actually less than when I was a child.
If Su Che did not have the gift of a photographic memory and the ability to discover fragments deep in his memory, he would not have been able to rewrite this magical book.
In the preface, Su Che wrote: "Let the people of the world no longer suffer from pain and disease."
【Chapter 1, Health Prevention】
Prevention is worse than cure. It is better to prevent disease before it happens. It is the act of a great doctor to prevent and eradicate it in advance before you get sick.
In fact, Zhang Zhongjing's idol, Bian Que, the greatest doctor in the Spring and Autumn Period, also said something similar.
The Records of the Grand Historian records:
Wei Wenhou once asked Bian Que: "Who among you three brothers is the best doctor?"
Bian Que replied: "My eldest brother is the best doctor, my second brother is second, and I am the worst."
Wen Hou asked, "Can you tell me about it?"
Bian Que said: "My elder brother treats diseases before they occur. Since most people don't know that he can eliminate the causes of diseases before they occur, his fame cannot spread."
"Brother Zhong treats illnesses at the very beginning of their course. People generally think he can only treat minor illnesses, so his fame is limited to the local community."
"I treat patients when their condition is serious, inserting needles into the meridians to let blood and applying medicine on the skin, so everyone thinks that my medical skills are the best and my reputation is known all over the world."
This is the story of the three Bian Que brothers that is talked about by later generations.
This chapter written by Su Che has the same purpose, which is to eliminate the possibility of getting sick before you get sick!
Health prevention and control can be placed in the first chapter, which can be said to be the top priority.
There are three sections in total in health prevention and control: the first is drinking water safety, the second is feces management, and the third is pest control.
Su Che plans to write each of these three links in great detail and in an easy-to-understand manner. At the same time, in order to adapt to this era, Su Che also needs to make some slight changes.
Su Che took a deep breath, then picked up the pen and began to write.
For drinking water safety, the first thing to do is to ensure the hygiene of the water source. Toilets, manure pits, sewage ditches, livestock sheds, and garbage dumps cannot be built near the edges of wells, rivers, or ponds. These will pollute the water source and must be moved ten feet away from the water source.
The second is how to ensure that the well water is not too turbid. The well walls should be built with bricks and stones, the bottom of the well should be covered with small stones and coarse sand, and the well should also have a well cover and a well platform.
Third, you cannot wash anything in the river or pond, such as urine buckets or feces buckets, nor can you dump garbage or feces in the pond, and you cannot throw human or animal corpses in the river...
While Su Che was writing, he also drew pictures, such as schematic diagrams of the manhole cover, well platform, well wall, and well bottom.
In addition, for further hygiene and safety, Su Che even wrote down the production process of bleaching powder.
As a bactericidal disinfectant, bleaching powder has strong bactericidal power, good disinfection effect and low production price. If bleaching powder can be produced, it will definitely be a magic weapon for treating the sanitary environment in rural areas.
Unfortunately, making bleach is a little difficult in this era. Even in the last simulation, no bleach was made at the end of the simulation.
But this does not mean that it cannot be produced this time, Su Che still wrote it.
In addition to bleaching powder, which is difficult to make, Su Che also wrote about how to make alum, which is slightly simpler and also has good results.
Su Che wrote very seriously. After writing only a few thousand words, sweat broke out on his nose and forehead. He was working so hard that the mental exhaustion was enormous. This book was obviously dozens of times more difficult to write than a vernacular novel like "Journey to the West".
When I was writing "Journey to the West", I found it very interesting, but this book is different. Su Che cannot copy it word for word. He needs to make appropriate modifications according to the background of this era, and decide what to add and what to reduce, so it is particularly difficult to write.
After a long time, when Zhang Ying came into the study, Su Che didn't notice.
Zhang Ying stood beside Su Che, looking at what he wrote, her eyes slightly widened, and she said uncertainly: "Is this... a medical book?"
Su Che came back to his senses, glanced at Zhang Ying, nodded and said, "Well, it's a medical book. Why are you here?"
Zhang Ying blinked, pointed at the door and said, "I knocked on the door just now, but there was no response for a long time. I thought you were not at home, so I pushed the door open and came in. I found you writing a book. You were so focused that you didn't hear the knock at all. I came over to check. Did I disturb you?"
"No, I've written so much and I can't continue. It's time to take a break." Su Che said with a smile.
At this moment, Zhang Ying was wearing a rather simple plain white long brocade dress. Dark brown silk threads were used to embroider exquisite and vigorous branches on the fabric, and pink silk threads were used to embroider blooming plum blossoms, which extended from the hem of the skirt to the waist. A wide dark purple belt tightened her slender waist, showing off her graceful figure.
Seeing Su Che looking at her, Zhang Ying's cheeks turned slightly red. She lowered her eyebrows slightly as she met Su Che's gaze and asked, "This is my new dress. What do you think of it?"
"Yeah." Su Che nodded and said, "It looks good."
The beauty is like a painting, pleasing to the eyes. Fourteen or fifteen years old, Zhang Ying is gradually blooming, like a flower in bud about to bloom.
"Really?" Zhang Ying was delighted by the compliment. She smiled and nodded, saying, "That's good! As long as you think it looks good."
Then she asked curiously, "By the way! Why is your medical book different from other medical books? It doesn't talk about curing diseases, but about hygiene and cleaning?"
Su Che put down the pen in his hand and said, "I will write about curing diseases later, but that is secondary. Hygiene and cleanliness are the top priority. Bian Que said that treating the disease before it occurs is a great doctor."
"Is that so..." Zhang Ying nodded thoughtfully.
"Please help me check if there are any typos. Check and correct any errors. If you are unsure, just ask me directly." Su Che stood up, stretched, and assigned a task to Zhang Ying.
"OK, all right!"
