What should the ancients do if they were accidentally bitten by a dog? This solution makes one have to admire the wisdom of our ancestors!

With the development of the times and the continuous advancement of industrialization, the environment we live in is increasingly "polluted". The preserved green waters and green mountains are simply incomparable to what we had in ancient times. However, thanks to superior living conditions and continuous innovation in medical technology, our current average life expectancy has gradually increased to a level that the ancients could not even imagine.

The wheels of history are rolling away, and our new technologies and new phenomena are surprising the world every day. But if we study history carefully, we will still be impressed by the innate wisdom of the ancients. pictureThe world's wonders, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the Water Conservancy Pearl Canal, and the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are among the masterpieces of murals.etc. But let’s not talk about so many high-level things today. Let’s give an example close to ordinary things in our lives.

Many of us now like to keep one or two pet dogs to relieve loneliness and express feelings. Dogs are a good choice. In ancient times, dogs played a more important role in guarding homes and courtyards. With so many dogs, it is inevitable that someone will be accidentally bitten by a dog. It is very simple for us to deal with this problem today. We only need to get a rabies vaccine for a few days (of course, we cannot be unlucky enough to encounter a fake vaccine). But in ancient times, this matter would have been a troublesome matter.

Although the chance of getting rabies from a dog bite is not 100%, and many dogs do not carry the rabies virus, if you unfortunately win the lottery, it will be a fatal situation. The incubation period of rabies varies, and symptoms can occur as quickly as a few days.

So how did the ancients solve this problem? Speaking of this, I have to mention a very important person, he was from the Eastern Jin DynastyGe Hong.

Readers who have heard of this name may be surprised that Ge Hong is famous because he is an alchemist. This famous Taoist once lived in seclusion in Luofu Mountain and devoted himself to studying alchemy. What everyone may not know is that alchemy is often closely related to medicine and chemistry. In the process of continuous pursuit of advanced alchemy, Ge Hong gradually became a senior medical scientist and chemist. His writings"Behind the Elbow", which details how to deal with dog bites.

Ge Hong first described the symptoms of rabies, describing the patient's whole body convulsions and foaming at the mouth. He said that they could not be stimulated by sound, especially the sound of water, which frightened them the most. This is basically consistent with our modern records. The book calls rabies hydrophobia, which is very accurate. Moreover, Ge Hong also explained that if the bitten person does not become ill within the period of 7 to 20 days, then he is basically free of infection. This is also very similar to the research of modern medicine.

The treatment method recorded by Ge Hong is really amazing. He believed that after being bitten by a dog, he should beat the biting dog to death and then smash the dog's head.Take out the dog’s brain and apply it to the wound. Ge Hong believes that dogs' brains contain toxins, and fighting poison with poison can cure the patient.

Readers may be dismissive of this, thinking it is ignorant and fearless, but if you understand the birth of modern rabies vaccines, you will definitely not think so.

The birth of modern vaccines originated from the Frenchman Louis Pasteur, and the raw materials for his rabies vaccine were taken from the brains of mad dogs, but the dose of toxins was reduced. When this vaccine first came out, it was actually shipped across the ocean to the United States and successfully saved a child. It became famous and became famous. Based on this, we gradually improved and mass-produced it.

In our society today, Western medicine has become the well-deserved mainstream, but the traditional Chinese medicine left to us by our ancestors has been relegated to the sidelines and has gradually become the lowest level, which is really regrettable. As for the research on rabies, our ancestors conducted research more than a thousand years earlier than the West! It is really hard to be impressed by the wisdom of the ancients!