Source of this article: The original "Morning Post Supplement", transferred from Boya Good Books on June 2, 1926
In "Evil Does Not Prevail Over Justice" directed by Jiang Wen, Li Tianran, played by Peng Yuyan, was led by the director to recite the "Hippocratic Oath" to a kidney when he joined Union Hospital. The dean explained that this was a kidney that had been cut wrong, and it came from a famous person in Beiping.
This story is based on the rumor that Liang Qichao was cut by the wrong kidney, and in response to this rumor, the party Liang Qichao once wrote a special article to refute the rumor.
Looking back now, it was likely to be a "misdiagnosis" limited to technology at that time, but Liang Qichao did not lead this matter to a doctor-patient dispute, but defended Xiehe from the perspective of defending Western medicine that had just entered China:
I hope that the society will not use my illness as an excuse to give birth to a reactionary strange theory, which is an obstacle to the future progress of Chinese medicine. - That's the reason I published this short article.
This article is excerpted from "The Disease of Life", formerly known as "My Illness and Union Hospital".
In his later years, Liang Qichao recently became a small problem in the medical field because of my illness. The most popular reading books in Beijing society, the Modern Review, and the Morning Post Supplement ,—— all discussed this matter. I think I need to say a few words myself! First, many relatives and friends, who don't know how sick I am after the operation, are very worried, and I should take this opportunity to report it. Second, for fear that the society will cause misunderstanding about Concord, I should defend myself with my conscience. Third, I am afraid that there will be bad reactionary ideas about medical or other students in society or because of this incident. I should mention my thoughts and opinions in passing: I have been suffering from blood in my stool for more than a year. Because it didn't hurt or itch, my body didn't feel weak, and my spirit didn't feel depressed at all, so I didn't take him seriously. The second half of last year was one of the hardest working hours of my entire career. In six months, he wrote about 100,000 words, and he gave lectures at an average of 8 o'clock a week. At the end of the solar calendar, I took urine to the Tsinghua school doctor for a test, saying that it contained 70% of the blood quality, so I was a little anxious, and went to doctors in Germany and Japan, took medicine for more than a month, and took a lot of injections, but there was no effect at all. Later, the doctors said, "The urine does not contain toxic bacteria, and of course it is not gonorrhea or anything like that." Then, there are only three sources of disease: one is urolithiasis, the second is tuberculosis, and the third is ulcers. There are two kinds of ulcers: one is benign - tumor and the like, and the other is malignant - cancer. But if it is not painful, it must not be uroliths, if it is not fever, it must not be tuberculosis, and all that remains is swelling and ulceration. However, it cannot be concluded after being examined with a refractor in a non-hospitalized hospital. So he was admitted to a German hospital for half a month. I was examined three times, but because the equipment was not very good, I could not be examined, so I was discharged. I've always been ruthless with my own body. However, when I heard the word "cancer", I was thrilled. Because my wife died of this cancer the year before last. This disease has nothing to do with the strength of his constitution, he will die as soon as he comes! I heard these words, and I muttered for many days. If it is him, I want to cut him off, and before he sends it again, I want to abandon Pepsi, narrow the scope, and complete my work of "A History of Chinese Culture". At the same time, I will send a telegram to call my beloved daughter back from the Americas, and to be closer to me for a while. - This is my impression the day before I entered Concord.
In 1921, after entering Xiehe after entering Xiehe for a group photo of the opening of the hospital at the west gate of Xiehe, he carefully examined: the first time, the urethral tube was tested with a refractive mirror, and there was no disease, the bladder was tested, and the kidney was tested, and the left kidney was secreted, which was as clear as water, and the right kidney secreted blood. The second time, a medicine was injected, and the doctor said, "If the secretion function is good, the medicine will come out with the urine after five minutes." "I injected it, and my left kidney was secreted in five minutes. The right kidney is too late. The third time, an X-ray showed a black spot in the right kidney, which of course should be a swollen ulcer. I have seen this kind of examination with my own eyes, so that the doctor and I have no doubt that "the sinner is the sinner." The doctor said, "It is not possible to predict it unless it is cut open, but Daniel deduces that it is a benign tumor, not a malignant cancer." Although it is not impossible not to cut for a while, it is impossible to cut off the roots. "—Doctor's diagnosis, Righteousness. My family and I are openly in favor of secession. Although there were many obstacles from relatives and friends, I had to ignore them. When I was mowing, I was drugged, and of course I didn't know what it was. Later, I learned that there was no ulcer in the right kidney that had been cut. But within a week of the cut, I felt that the blood in the stool was completely clear. Of course we are very happy. Later, according to the doctor, "It wasn't all clear that week, but there was no blood visible to the naked eye." "After a week, I saw that the colors were not very clear. Later, he was transferred to internal medicine. The result of several re-examinations by the physician was that "it is an unprovoked bleeding that is not harmful to the body, but the blood vessels are slightly hard, and it is good to take some medicine to soften it." - This is what happened in the thirty-five days of Concord. After I was discharged from the hospital, I continue to take Concord's medicine to this day. Although the disease is not clear, it is much better than before the surgery. I used to have blood every time I urinated, but now I only see it every few days. It used to be terrible red, but now it is a dull color even when it occurs occasionally. I did my own careful testing, and I probably walked a little more, or didn't get enough sleep, and there must be blood. As long as you recuperate, you will be no different from ordinary people. I think that if I can really abandon Pepsi absolute rest, in three or two months, I should be completely recovered, as for the other paths, there is no one at all. Although I underwent a major surgery, my body was originally strong because of the doctor's excellent skills, but ten days after the surgery, my spirit was as usual, and now I am getting stronger and stronger. To my loved relatives and friends, don't worry about me. Whether the right kidney should be cut or not is a medical question, and we laymen have no way of judging. However, during the three diagnoses, I was only drugged and my consciousness was still clear, so I saw the results of the examination very clearly, layer by layer. According to the view at that time, the sin was in the right kidney, and there was no suspicion. Later, in retrospect, it is not known whether he "did not commit crimes to death" or "improperly punished his crimes", and it is difficult to know whether he could "keep people under the knife" at that time, except for specialists. However, there is a problem with the right kidney, which is probably not suspicious. said that it was the doctor Meng Lang, I think it was wronged. The phrase "bleeding without reason" is a bit unscientific. But I've been sick for more than a year, and I'm in the same spirit, and the phrase "nothing to do with the body" is probably reliable. The reason is that, according to my own experiments recently, it is probably psychosomatic labor that has something to do with this disease. Or maybe that's the "unwarranted reason". Concord was really ruthless about my illness this time. After many discussions, the doctors were very solemn. During my hospitalization, I was very sincere. I am truly grateful to them. Xiehe is the most progressive in terms of its well-organized organization, research spirit and methods, and he bears great responsibility and hope for the future of Chinese medicine. I was hospitalized for more than a month, and I was very moved, and I hope that the attitude of our speech circles towards Concord's frequent awards will not be devastating.
Today's old building of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Rewindat (Pan Xuan) is a science, which is boundless. When Newton was dying, he said that he had gained no more knowledge than a child picking up a few mussel shells on the seashore. The "beauty of the temple and the wealth of a hundred officials" on the sea have not yet seen one in ten thousand. That's true. But just because modern people are still naïve in their scientific intellect, we should not doubt such a thing as science at all. That is, for my small illness, although the results of the examination are not as expected by the doctor, perhaps it is only an occasional exception. As for diagnosing diseases, this kind of strict inspection should be used, and it cannot be like the blind guessing of the "five elements of yin and yang" of the old Chinese doctors. There is no room for comparison. I hope that the society will not use my illness as an excuse to give birth to a reactionary strange theory, which is an obstacle to the future progress of Chinese medicine. - That's the reason I published this short article.