(581 – 682 AD)
An eminent prodigy, Sun Simiao was meticulous and diligent: attributes which augured well with his interest in healthcare. He studied the works of preceding masters (like Zhang Zhongjing); and would dedicate all he learnt towards improving Traditional Chinese Medicine. His expertise traversed the entire clinical sciences. In addition to being skilled at diagnoses, his vast knowledge of herbs meant that he knew the right medications, and how to combine them. Thanks to his publications, his contemporaries emulated his innovations in ophthalmology, pharmacology, rheumatology and orthopedics. He was extolled for his proficiencies in parasitology: especially for his effective remedies against ecto- and endoparasites. Sun Simiao worked so masterfully that only a small percentage of patients died under his care. Equally meticulous, he authored a code of conduct which pledged that: “A worthy physician should not pay attention to status, wealth or age; neither should he question whether the particular person is attractive or unattractive, whether he is an enemy or friend, whether he is a Chinese or a foreigner, or finally, whether he is educated or uneducated. He should meet everyone on equal grounds. He should always act as if he were thinking of his own relatives”. This guide and/or principle (which resembles, but is independent of Hippocratic Oath); plus other techniques and practices, which he introduced, were adopted by his peers, educators and later successors. Deemed preeminent during his lifetime, (as well as for centuries afterwards), today’s Chinese still dub him Yào wáng: which means the King of Medicine.
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