Guanshishan Academy is now firmly seated at the top of the Tang Dynasty’s first institution.

In the entire academy, the number of teachers and students has exceeded 10,000, and the influence is getting bigger and bigger.

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Award, various new discoveries have emerged in the academy, and people's attitude towards innovation has also changed dramatically.

Needless to say, the Academy of Geology and Physical Science and Technology, they are the college with the largest number of students who have won the Tang Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Award in recent years.

Naturally, other colleges are not willing to fall behind.

In medical schools, all students are also working very hard to find new directions for innovation.

As a student of the Medical College, Chao Qiong is an outstanding existence because he has been instilled with medical knowledge since he was a child.

But innovation is not that simple.

For this reason, she set her mind on the Hu people who came to Chang'an City.

Due to the popularity of globes in Guanshishan Academy, Chao Qiong also knew that in this world, in addition to the Tang Dynasty and surrounding countries, there were also the Great Food Empire, the Frank Kingdom and the Visigoth Kingdom, the Lombard Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire in the distant West.

Moreover, according to His Highness the King of Chu, the strength of these countries is actually very strong.

Even if it is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, it is a top-notch country in the local area, with a long history and culture.

Chao Qiong was thinking that these powerful countries must have their own medical skills. If they can learn from it and improve it with the knowledge of the medical school, they might be able to impact the Royal Science and Technology Award of the Tang Dynasty.

Hard work pays off!

After many inquiries, she finally found a noble doctor who was said to be well-known in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, who was very good at performing surgery on people.

"Justin, then, are you still the royal family of the Byzantine Empire?"

Chao Qiong looked at the slightly old Hu man in front of him with distrustful eyes.

This is the slave she bought from a Dashi merchant. This Dashi merchant has been in Chang'an City for three years, so even a servant like Justin can speak Chinese.

This also saves Chao Qiong a lot of trouble.

"Yes, master! The cannibal led a large army from the east to attack our Byzantine Empire. As a doctor in the army, I was unfortunately captured and sold to a merchant. After tossing and turning, I came to the Tang Dynasty. I like the Tang Dynasty, and here I finally had the opportunity to live a few years of stable life. As long as I serve my master well every day, I don't have to worry about being hungry. The food price of the Tang Dynasty was cheaper than that of the Dashi and Byzantine. The life of the Tang people was so rich and stable..."

"Okay, I didn't ask you all this!"

Chao Qiong interrupted Justin's flattery.

He is not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so it is useless to praise these things here.

"Master, you can ask any questions. In Constantinople, I am a celebrity of all sizes. I know much more than other Hu merchants in Chang'an City. Even my original master does not know much."

Justin seemed to have not spoken happily for a long time. Now he has changed to Chao Qiong, the new owner, with an expression of excitement on his face.

"Are you really a doctor in Byzantium?"

Chao Qiong had never seen a doctor who talked so much.

Whether it is Sun Simiao or Lin Ran, they are serious teachers.

Especially Lin Ran, he had a cold expression all day long, and he couldn't see him laughing a few times a year.

This made the students of the Medical College of Guanshishan Academy accustomed to maintaining a serious expression and not laughing casually.

This attribute makes people who come to visit the medical clinic affiliated to Shishan Academy Medical College more confident, and they feel that these doctors are more calm.

"According to the Tang Dynasty, I am a doctor. But in our Byzantine, I am actually a barber surgeon and a licensed barber surgeon."

"Barber Surgeon?"

Chao Qiong felt that his brain was not enough.

Chao Qiong can understand what a barber is or what a surgeon means.

But what the hell is a barber surgeon?

"Yes, it's a barber surgeon! In the Byzantine Empire, in order to avoid random operations, the barber must have obtained the barber surgeon's license before he can treat the patient and perform surgery, otherwise he can only cut his hair and beard."

Chao Qiong:...

Where am I?

who I am?

Didn’t Your Highness say that the Frank Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire are powerful countries and have their own unique features?

Is it unique to the Byzantine Empire to ask the barber to treat patients and perform surgery?

"In other words, the doctor in your country is actually a barber?"

"The kind of doctor who needs to perform surgery on patients is a barber, and other doctors are usually served by pastors."

"Why don't the pastor perform surgery on people? Isn't this a joke to ask the barber to do the surgery? This is a joke on the patient's life!"

"Master! You can't say that. You can beat me and scold me, but you can't insult the profession of barber surgeons. This is an important profession for saving lives and healing the wounded. Almost all doctors on the battlefield call on the barber operating room."

Justin seemed to think of his glorious years in Constantinople.

At that time, my clinic was one of the largest in the local area, and the operating room was as big as an opera house.

When you have surgery yourself, dozens, or even hundreds of VIPs or patients are often watched.

And in order to show respect for the surgical occasion, those onlookers often dress very formally, which is almost the same as going to watch an opera.

Justin, a barber surgeon, is the protagonist of the operation and enjoys a high reputation.

Especially since he had some blood relationship with the royal family of the Byzantine Empire for many generations ago, he always boasted that he was a nobleman.

"You haven't answered why I had to have a barber do the surgery, not the pastor you mentioned?"

Chao Qiong knew that some tribes around the Tang Dynasty had wizards who specially treated everyone.

In her opinion, the priest mentioned by Justin was equivalent to the priest of the tribe.

So she could accept a pastor for treating people, but she could not have the ability to undergo surgery on the barber.

Isn’t this an insult to Professor Lin Ran?

"Because in the Byzantine Empire, touching blood was considered a humble thing. Those priests had noble identities and could provide medical services to everyone, they would not touch blood, so they would not have surgery for people. But this thing needs someone to do, so it ended up on us barbers."

"Why is it a barber?"

"Because when a barber shaved, his hands will inevitably tremble, causing bleeding on the guests' faces. In other words, every barber's hands are actually stained with blood, so it doesn't matter if it's more or less. Besides, the barber has a scraper. If a patient comes in, he doesn't even need to change the tools and can start the surgery directly!"

Chao Qiong:...

She was a little doubtful whether her innovation direction was right.

"Don't you disinfect it? There are a lot of bacteria on the scraper or on the patient's wounds, which will cause wound infection and will kill people."

"Bacteria? What are bacteria? How can one not die if you do surgery? If you don't have surgery, you will die. If you do it, you may be alive. Besides, in Constantinople, many people like to find a barber who feels uncomfortable and like to ask a barber to release blood, which can relieve the condition. I have not seen a few people die because of this."

Justin's words further refreshed Chao Qiong's three views.

However, considering that the Byzantine Empire was among the countries that Li Kuan once praised, Chao Qiong felt that there must be some unique features in the medical skills described by Justin that he had not yet understood.

"Can bloodletting cure the disease?"

After listening, Chao Qiong only found this treatment that seemed to have a unique feature.

With the technology of Guanshishan Academy Medical College, intestinal abscess surgery and caesarean section can be performed. It is no problem to just bleed.

Chao Qiong doesn’t have to worry about the infection of the wound after bleeding, because alcohol disinfection has become very common in medical schools.

This method, which is still widely used in later generations, also proves its effectiveness and convenience.

"Of course it's true! I returned several nobles from Constantinople to cure their illness through bloodletting."

Justin's words made Chao Qiong fall into deep thought.

The Chao family is a medical family, and Chao Qiong has been familiar with medical books since he was a child.

After a little recollection, she thought of the records in "Huangdi Neijing" that "thrust blood vessels are the blood vessels of small vessels" and "If you are old, you will get rid of them and produce evil blood." In this way, ancient medical books also mentioned that bloodletting can treat some diseases.

Nowadays, the Byzantine Empire where Justin is located, advocates bloodletting therapy so much, which seems to echo the description in the "Emperor's Internal Classic".

In this way, bloodletting therapy still has great potential to be explored.

If I could make bloodletting therapy more applicable to patients, I might leave a strong side in the history of the Tang Dynasty’s medical history.

Thinking of this, Chao Qiong became excited.

Next, she had a good conversation with Justin about how he could have a bloodletting method to treat the patient.

"Chao Qiong, it's our turn to go to the affiliated clinic this afternoon. Do you want to go there with me?"

When Chao Qiong and Justin were in full swing, a student came to greet her to the clinic.

Put what you learn into practice!

This is a sentence that the teacher of Guanshishan Academy often talks about.

Chao Qiong felt that he should immediately apply what he learned from dysleptic therapy.

"Wait for me, I'll go with you!"

...

Liu Sanlang is from Liujia Village, Wannian County.
To be continued...