Royal medicine
The Institude of Medicine of Nguyen dynasty
The Institude of Medicine Nguyen Dynasty was formed when King Gia Long was throned in 1802, until April of 1804 is basically completed. Institude of medicine was originally built in Duong Sinh district in Canh Ngo year (1810). Under Minh Mang reign It moves to the eastward Duyet Thi Duong, in the Forbidden City. The first year of Minh Mang (1820), the institude of medicine totally completed.
The mission of Institude of Medicine
– The main mission of Institude of medicine is take care royal family health and also sodier and other people.
– The second mission is to study and collect prescriptions or make the books. The books were published under the Nguyen dynasty still have are: Lieu dich phuong phap by Nguyen Gia Phan (of King Gia Long), Dau Khoa Y Nap by authors Tran Duc Hung (1869 ???) Nam Thien Duc Bao by Le Trac Nhu authors (1880), Y Mon Hoi Anh by author Bui Van Trung (1884), Van Khe Y Ly Yeu Luc by Nguyen Dich(1885) …
– The third is to teach medicine, doctor training, raising the level of higher medicine by sending people to go abroad to learn.
– At the end of the reign of King Tu Duc, Tay Y (Western Medicine) was from. Dong Khanh King more established Western medicine hospital, the doctors come from France.
Strict medical procedures
Medical examination and offer the medicine to the king be done regularly, expressed in the form of recital. Gia Long had a total of 94 retical which did used for the king.
First of all, the eunuch let the Institude of medicine know that the king was getting sick. They will have a meeting and pick one person come to checkup. The doctor that diagnose for the king already choose before. In the 19th Minh Mang king, the main doctor directly take care for the king health is Dang Van Giang and Tran Duy Huan is associated doctor. In the reign of Thieu Tri king, the main doctor is Hoang Duc Ha and associate one is Nguyen Van Duong.
After diagnosing, doctor explain for the king know his disease and have a meeting again. Then, he give the retical to the king. The King will comment in that retical: Di lam (seen already) or Tri dao lieu (known already).
Gia Long king often have long comment, with encouragement such as it’s really effectively.
The number of doctor taking the checkup can be 1, 2, or 4 depend on the king’s health and they always have a fear and respectful feeling.
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