How did Hua Tuo die? Did he really scrape the bones for Guan Yu?
In the 5000-year history of China, there are many stories that show that our country has been ahead of other countries in the world for a long time in ancient times. Therefore, our country is called the center of the world, and it is called China. Then, what are the specific areas that China is relatively leading? In addition to the four great inventions, in fact, the medical field is also relatively good in China. The West is still in a barbaric era, and it is estimated that there is no doctor.
The story of the first genius doctor in history
And there have not only been many genius doctors in Chinese history, but there is also a man who is called the first genius doctor in history. His name is Hua Tuo, and he is a figure in the Three Kingdoms period. Hua Tuo has a lot of legendary colors on his body, and the biggest pen and ink about Hua Tuo’s introduction focuses on the story between Hua Tuo and Cao Cao and Guan Yu. After all, both Guan Yu and Cao Cao were influential figures at the time, and the doctors who could be valued by these two heroes were of course top-notch.
According to some wild history records, Hua Tuo used to scrape the bones of Guan Yu, and also proposed to perform a craniotomy for Cao Cao. The story of the scraping of the bones healed the wounds was heard a lot. Hua Tuo admired Guan Yu very much at that time because Guan Yu didn’t need it. Playing anesthetics, directly playing chess and drinking can withstand such pain. Then Cao Cao died of a headache. Originally, he called for a genius doctor. Hua Tuo wanted to treat the illness, but he did not expect that Hua Tuo proposed a rather advanced medical concept, which is to perform a craniotomy.
Come, drag it out and cut it out.
Then Cao Cao heard it very well, thinking that this person was not a spy sent by the enemy or a fool. Cao Cao thought it might be. The enemy sent Hua Tuo to take his own life, or Hua Tuo himself was a quack and his brain was a little abnormal. Then Old Cao waved his hand, come! I took this neurosis with a knife, so the generation of genius doctor Hua Tuo died inexplicably like this.
of course also makes the record somewhat incomplete after all, and there are conflicts between records of different unhistorical histories, but when we look at the official histories of undocumented history, the possibility of Hua Tuo's death to Cao Ying is indeed very high. In ancient times, there was a story called Cao Chong called the elephant. Cao Chong was Cao Cao’s favorite child. However, Cao Chong died of illness. Because there is no magical doctor Hua Tuo in this world, Cao Cao couldn’t find a true one, so he regretted it and cried bitterly. Shouldn't be killed.
Did Hua Tuo really kill Cao Ying in vain?
Cao Chong was Cao Cao’s child, so the time of his death is clearly recorded in AD 208. Since Cao Cao cried so bitterly, it means that Hua Tuo’s death date was before Cao Chong. Hua Tuo had already died in 208 AD. However, there is a conflict here. It turned out that Hua Tuo spent 219 years to heal his wounds. At this time, let alone Cao Chong, even Cao Cao was about to die, only one year away from his limit.
The record of bone scraping and healing is still very clear, that is, when Guan Yu was attacking Fancheng city, he was hit by a poisoned arrow, and then he was looking for genius doctors everywhere. At this time, there was a person who called himself Hua Tuo and he was treating him for Guan Yu. disease. Then came this wonderful story of bone scraping. The contradiction here is particularly big, let's talk about it in detail below.
True and false suspicion
If Hua Tuo had already died in 208, why could he treat Guan Yu after 11 years? And if this person is not Hua Tuo, then why is he capable of performing surgery? In ancient times, there were not many doctors, and there were very few doctors who could be called genius doctors. In that era, it was hard to find a doctor who knew how to sterilize and perform operations in a century. So this is enough to prove that the old man who claims to be Hua Tuo may really be Hua Tuo.
Therefore, based on the relevant historical data, some people also judged that because everyone respected and admired Hua Tuo very much, although Cao Cao ordered Hua Tuo to die, he moved sympathy for the person who executed Hua Tuo. I thought that if there was anyone in my familyHe had to ask Hua Tuo for help if he was terminally ill, so he let Hua Tuo die, but this required Hua Tuo to hide his name. After realizing Cao Cao’s cruelty and ruthlessness, Hua Tuo went to the Shu camp incognito, and tried his best to treat ordinary soldiers and common people. It was not until Guan Yu needed it that he finally declared himself, because if Hua Tuo’s name was not reported. If so, Guan Yu might not be treated by a doctor casually.
Is it really possible for surgical operations in ancient times?
Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that surgery is very complicated. The first element is disinfection, and then there is a lot of preparation. The stories about Hua Tuo all record the operation. In the era 2000 years ago, after all, the science of that era was too underdeveloped. Is it really possible to perform surgery?
In terms of disinfection, in ancient times, people have recorded the use of fire knives to perform some simple disinfection, and since a large amount of ancient history records the operation, it means that the ancients did indeed have such things. However, due to lack of complete scientific theoretical support and limited by the immaturity of conditions, the success rate of surgery is not high, so ancient surgery with a high mortality rate is regarded as a side effect, so it has not been carried forward.
