Chapter 1525: Chapter 1501: Specialization
The Imperial dical Office of the previous dynasty existed for less than twelve years, a very short period. However, despite its brevity, the system was quite complete in certain aspects, except for many shortcomings in the local dical offices.
The teaching section of the Imperial dical Office in the capital was specifically divided into dicine, pharmacy, and administration. Manbao copied this system from the previous dynasty’s precedent, and Director Xiao had no objections.
However, she further subdivided the teaching content. dicine was divided into dical treatnt, acupuncture, massage, and dicinal diet; within dicine, it was further subdivided into physical therapy, abscesses and swellings, pediatrics, ears, eyes, mouth and teeth, symptomatic thods, and ulcer treatnt…
Director Xiao knew how skilled Zhou Man was in acupuncture and understood she could handle it entirely on her own, so he marked a check on acupuncture. His gaze then fell on ulcer treatnt, and he couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t this similar to abscesses and swellings?”
Manbao lightly coughed and said, “Actually, I also want to teach bone setting, blood transfusion, and even cesarean sections within ulcer treatnt, but…”
Director Xiao imdiately marked a cross on it and said, “Little Lord Zhou, it’s not that I’m unwilling to delegate, but this is not feasible to teach within the Imperial dical Office. Where would I find such patients for you at that ti?”
Manbao felt slightly disappointed, “It can be proposed first.”
“After proposing, you have to recruit students. If you recruit students but have no resources or patients for them to learn from, wouldn’t that delay the students?”
Manbao’s mind remained clear, insisting, “Then rge ulcer treatnt with abscesses and swells for teaching. Imperial Doctor Zheng has witnessed the hemostatic thods of ulcer treatnt, and when necessary, surgery can save lives.”
Director Xiao hesitated for a mont but didn’t further oppose. Instead, he rged the two, “Who will be responsible for this?”
Manbao alone definitely wasn’t sufficient, as she hadn’t encountered many cases of abscesses and swells yet. Imperial Doctor Liu thought for a mont and said, “I’ll partner with Little Lord Zhou. I consider myself to have so experience in the treatnt of abscesses and swells.”
Thus, the four of them began discussing who would be responsible for what, or which tasks would be jointly responsible. Physical therapy and pediatrics were shared by all of them.
Especially physical therapy, Director Xiao served as the general overseer. He would discuss with everyone to finalize an outline before considering writing a book.
“It’s impossible to finish all dical books before starting teaching. Let’s at least finish the most basic first,” Director Xiao said, “Physical therapy is relatively simple; to learn dicine, one must first learn pharmacy. Regardless of other subjects, physical therapy requires knowledge of pharmacy, so morizing pharmacy books is essential.”
“What about pharmacy?” Imperial Doctor Liu asked, “If physical therapy already includes pharmacy, what is the point of having pharmacy as a separate subject?”
Manbao replied, “Pharmacy still has to study processing thods, or it could be separated into cultivation, but it doesn’t involve physical therapy.”
She said, “Physical therapy alone requires at least eight years of practice, while studying pharmacy can be less ti-consuming.”
Director Xiao nodded, “Correct. For acupuncture, pharmacy, massage, abscesses, pediatrics, and ENT, minimal is three years, while five years are sufficient for mastery. The ti for physical therapy, however, cannot be too short.”
Imperial Doctor Zheng said, “The previous dynasty set it at seven years.”
Director Xiao furrowed his brows, “Then we also set it at seven years, and other subjects would be set for three years initially. Annual assessnts will determine whether students advance, demote, or remain, depending on assessnt standards. Only those who pass all assessnts can graduate and leave.”
There wasn’t any disagreent on this point.
Because most of the precedent from the previous dynasty existed, they didn’t dwell much on this aspect. However, in private, Director Xiao said to Manbao, “The Imperial dical Office of the previous dynasty only existed for twelve years. Little Doctor Zhou, how long do you think our dynasty’s reford Imperial dical Office can last?”
Manbao replied seriously, “The short existence of the previous dynasty’s Imperial dical Office was due to the previous dynasty’s short lifespan. Our dynasty’s existence will be eternal if we have the will, and the Imperial dical Office can naturally be eternal too.”
She said, “The court encourages widows to remarry and couples to marry at twelve years old. Isn’t it for population growth? But you and I both know that n should mature after the coming-of-age ceremony, and won should mature before giving birth. This is best for children and lifespan. But now, early marriages are common among the populace, and many young won marry and give birth at thirteen or fourteen… This could be avoided. If dical offices were established nationwide, the infant survival rate could largely increase, and people wouldn’t need early marriages, pushing lifespan significantly forward.”
Director Xiao stared in disbelief; he had never considered such things.
After a long mont of disbelief, he regained clarity, “Who told you these court asures are for population growth?”
Manbao said, “Aren’t they for population growth?”
She said, “Expansion needs people, warfare needs people, the previous dynasty’s civil wars lasted over a hundred years, and there were many years of war from the previous dynasty to our dynasty, causing trendous population loss. Shouldn’t those populations be replenished?”
Manbao said, “After our dynasty was established, every person was given twenty acres of Yongye Fields and eighty acres of allocated fields. Where did so much land co from? Isn’t it because the previous wars killed too many people, leaving wasteland everywhere, allowing land to be distributed to people?”
This was sowhat beyond Director Xiao’s scope of thinking. He was dazed for a while before coming to his senses, “Weren’t we discussing the Imperial dical Office? Why is this about land distribution?”
Manbao said as if it were only natural, “Aren’t they related?”
“Related how?”
“How are they not related?” Manbao said, “dicine relates to lifespan, to people, and people relate to land. Aren’t these three things interconnected?”
She suspiciously looked at Director Xiao, “As the director of the Imperial Hospital, haven’t you considered these?”
It’s worth noting that Mr. Zhuang imdiately considered land distribution when she ntioned dical offices extending human lifespan across regions.
She and Bai Shan and Bai Erlang calculated behind the scenes whether when they grew up, they could still be allocated twenty acres of Yongye Fields and eighty acres of allocated fields.
If they could, would it be feasible for their descendants? If not, how much would they likely get? Could the distributed land alone maintain themselves and their family of three without other reliance?
Because won cannot receive land, the Yongye Fields and allocated fields received after becoming adults must sustain themselves and their spouse and children until their son grows up and receives his share…
Manbao looked at Director Xiao in disbelief, “At your age, haven’t you considered these things?”
Director Xiao: … Is his age a problem?
Aren’t they just Imperial Doctors?
Aren’t they supposed to treat the emperor, empress, princes, and royal grandchildren, and also treat the patients among the capital’s nobility?
Why should they consider such matters?
Looking at Zhou Man, who was younger than his daughter, Director Xiao was greatly shocked and only after a long mont, he asked with a stiff face, “Does Little Doctor Zhou often think about these issues?”
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