China's first infectious disease monograph plague theory"

     Wu Ming outstanding physicians sexual (A.D. 1592 - in 1672?) Compilation of the plague theory "is the earliest WenBingXue monographs.

     Great harm to human infectious diseases, it in some external environment condition can spread in the crowd, killing pop. Infectious diseases, severe disease symptoms, spread rapidly, the number of large range, influence, serious harm the life and health of the broad masses of the people. In ancient China, make large continuous popular infectious deaths.

    "Classic • six yuan are century" people exogenous febrile Li WenBing ", "WenBing is make" language, it is the earliest record WenBing name. "Classic drawing-killing law theory of say:" five epidemic to ", all dyed easily in. "Visible when Chinese medicine for WenBing this has certain infectious disease despite knowledge is rough, but also to the early han dynasty. ZhangZhongJing treatise on febrile disease, has involved some WenBing dialectical therapy problem. The sui dynasty in the nest yuan party of" the pathogenic syndrome WenBing 34 syndrome discussed, and pointed out the "turn the characteristics of dyed yi" is the daughter party. Tang dynasty ", the secret of Taiwan to the book also contains many prevention of herbal WenBing, if use too b hypercompetitive WenBing scattered burn smoke prevention, withering air temperature, university decoction "in the treatment of black cade for treatment temperature poison hair spot, but then WenBing understanding of treatment isn't out typhoid system.

    Song and yuan dynasties, WenBing departure from the aspects of French medicine began, especially in the treatment of typhoid fever system has a certain breakthrough. Jin LiuWanSu puts forward the beginning, not with XinWen fever XieBiao emphasizes adoption law of Zimbabwe, the method with cool, and set up double solution exterior-interior relationship between double disbanded, cool as cold sex with scattered proprietary treatment, broke the previous foreign feeling fever rises with XieBiao and XinWen anything after the habit of first table in therapies. The yuan and Ming WangAnDao medical classics in the collection of tracing back to that WenBing may not mix says: "", and theoretically typhoid fever that different from WenBing pathology typhoid.

      During the Ming and qing dynasties, plague, harm the shallow in frequency. According to some statistics, the Ming dynasty 276 years happened infectious disease is prevalent 64 times and qing dynasty 266 years 74 times, visible occurred infectious diseases of the frequent. The traditional Chinese epidemic prevention very seriously. As in huangdi neijing, treatise on febrile disease, "the pathogenic syndrome" and "dry JinFang of Taiwan", the secret to "outside the famous in medical records of infectious disease experience, but these records are not system. Our country the first in the treatment of acute infectious disease of specialized work is done in Ming dynasty sexual wu the plague theory ".

     Wu and sexual, word, jiangsu province in late Ming gusu (today). Wu sexual of age in, it is infectious disease is prevalent. The 1641, legitimate Ming sexual 49 wu, when infections in shandong, zhejiang, henan, hebei, etc. Then many doctors to find new treatment method, so that the treatment effect is very poor. Wu at sexual witnessed some infectious disease epidemic areas' a lane; over 100, without a A door mouth, without a dozens of remaining quake-damaged section, the 'assiduously medical reason, do not regard my safety, infectious diseases area, deeply into medical practice, based on the popular infectious diseases, combined with the detailed study of his own rich experience, and treatment and summarized, and finally in 15 years (A.D. * renowned 1642) written for the plague theory ".

     The plague theory put forward to book at the call 'epidemic' infectious etiology is' not its sometimes has its gas'. The plague of "think typhoid disease is due to feelings of heaven and earth, and often breath pathogenic disease 'is'' sense of heaven and earth epidemic pathogenic 'cause it. The plague theory "will 'plague' and other hot venereal, thus making the distinction between infectious etiology broke through the predecessors' six gas theory 'bondage. The plague theory "built the first in China with the body resistance function is bad, the infection for sternness morbi new argument. Not only to our country infectious disease epidemiology has contributed to the development of infectious diseases, but in world history, epidemiology, also has very important position. He WenBing research, to WenBing school to produce up leading role of the founders of WenBingXue said, can. The theory of "plague the influence is very big, some famous qing wear beishan, YangLi differ as mountain, LiuSongFeng, JuTong wu jiao tone, etc, are all more or less on the plague of theory basis, be creative play somewhat.