After three years of fighting the epidemic, the new coronavirus infectious disease that broke out in 2019 is finally coming to an end. Do you know how ancient people responded to such a terrible disaster in ancient times? Let’s talk about the story of fighting infectious diseases in ancient China.
According to the " Three Kingdoms ", infectious diseases in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were one after another among the people, with plagues occurring as many as 22 times. Every few years, one or even more infectious diseases occur. In the fifty years from 171 to 220 AD, the death toll reached 48 million, and the population dropped sharply to less than 20 million. The number of deaths in the plague was far greater than the number of deaths in war. In the famous Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Cao's army came to Jingchu area where schistosomiasis was prevalent in autumn. By the time of fighting in winter, nearly half of the soldiers were infected with plague.
So how did each dynasty fight against infectious diseases? ?
First of all, Qin Dynasty pays great attention to using the law to control infectious diseases. Qin Law stipulates that all leper patients must be sent to migrant office for isolation, and this migrant office is a prison specifically for detaining leper patients.
During the epidemic in the Western Han Dynasty, timely isolation measures were also taken to prevent infection. Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty was only 9 years old when Liu Zhi ascended the throne. In fact, the government was presided over by Wang Mang. In the 2nd AD, severe droughts and locust plagues occurred in counties and countries. Qingzhou was particularly serious, with thousands of miles of naked land and starvation everywhere, and a plague pandemic occurred. Wang Mang also built a neighborhood in Chang'an City and built a 200th district of houses. The court placed the infected people among the victims in it, sent doctors to send medicines, and was isolated and treated to prevent mutual infection.
Jin Dynasty In order to protect royal family and court officials, it is stipulated that more than three relatives in the family of officials are infected. Even if the officials themselves are not infected, they are not allowed to enter the palace to attend court. is quarantined at home for 100 days.
According to historical records, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in 568 AD, infectious disease temples appeared in Ji County, Henan for the first time. In Xishan Temple, monks set up wards to "adopt patients with disease".
Sui Dynasty specially set up a special isolation hospital for leper patients.
The plague occurred during the period of the Tang Dynasty. The government adopted the method of giving away medicine, burying and informing everyone of the prescriptions on major traffic roads to control it. It is also very popular to set up hospitals in temples, and Wu Zetian also has a special envoy to manage it.
2 Northern Song Dynasty also The first case of vaccination with smallpox vaccine , 22-Year rule of the Song Dynasty 3 3 3 3 4 249 plagues
So Song Dynasty has a very rich experience in dealing with plague. The central government has established Imperial Medical Bureau , and medical schools are set up in the county and prefectures. The local government has also established Yangjiyuan, Futianfang, Anjifang, Anlefang and other institutions. The Anlefang was established in Hangzhou by the Song Dynasty literature master Su Dongpo . He is also a hero in the fight against the epidemic in history.
Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with significant progress in the research on infectious diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. During this period, a large number of infectious disease scientists emerged. They summarized the experience of the previous dynasty and published medical monographs specializing in infectious diseases such as plague, pimple, leprosy, syphilis, and malaria, , respectively. It is said that an unknown person has reported a method of preventing vaccination, which undoubtedly took a big step forward in the process of preventing infectious diseases in ancient China.
Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi also personally studied smallpox and vigorously promoted the method of acne , but Tongzhi Emperor still died of smallpox.
Nowadays, human beings have accumulated thousands of years of experience in fighting the epidemic. Coupled with the rapid development of science and technology, human scientists have also developed more advanced new crown vaccine . We firmly believe that in the near future, the infectious diseases of the new coronavirus will be eliminated by humans, the development of the world economy will quickly return to normal, and people's lives will get better and better!
