明清时期中西外科学发展的比较研究

中医外科学发展到明清时期已较为成熟,外科专著增多,逐渐形成了不同的三大学术流派。"文艺复兴"以后的西医外科学得到突飞猛进地发展。通过比较研究,可以得出中医内外一理、气血外荣,西医解剖定位、自外而入的思维模式;西医凭技术、中医重学派的关于中西外科学术发展的基本特征。从而分析看到:中医外科病利用植物药进行治疗、西医内科疾病通过外科手段干预之不同的治疗思路和发展趋向;旨在说明两种不同的医学体系在临床实践中可以形成优势互补。

Comparative study on development of TCM surgery and modern surgery in the Ming and Qing dynasties

Chinese surgery of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) had developed into an important stage marked by the formation of three famous medical schools termed as "zheng zong","quan sheng" and "xin de" in the Ming and Qing dynasties.While after renaissance time,modern surgery in western medicine has been largely improved by its technologies.Through comparative studies,it was concluded that TCM addressed in internationally flouring and smoothly flowing of qi and blood,resulting in elimination of carbuncles and local devastations.These medical schools of TCM were mainly by means of pure natural herbs in healing.In contrast,modern surgery was based upon anatomy and pathology,by finding the focus and then proceeding surgical operations.The latter paid great attention to the improvement of its technology.Therefore,they make different evidently both in their medical systems and treatment methods.Possibly the two medicines in each surgery may share their advantages and enrich each other clinically in the future.