Famous Doctor Stories ⁽³⁾

I watched a movie online a while ago. Its Chinese title is "Shen Ji" (Divine Miracle), and its English title is "Something the Lord Made." It is a film based on a true historical story. The protagonist is a Black man named Vivien Thomas. He…

Internal TCM recognizes four incurable diseases: wind (stroke), consumption (痨), tympanites (abdominal bloating), and dysphagia. Of these, "consumption"—also called lung consumption, lao zhai, xu lao, xu sun—is what we today call tuberculosis. TB is a contagious, wasting disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; in…

Smallpox is a severe infectious disease with a very high case fatality rate; it was once one of humanity's leading causes of death. Ancient Chinese medical texts contain extensive records of smallpox; in traditional TCM it was called "dou chuang" (pox sores), "pao chuang" (blister…