Chapter 461 Medical Enlightenment and Priestly Inheritance
The logs were nailed deeply into the soil to build a strong support. On the support, a wild deer was tied tightly, with its limbs spread out, clearly revealing its body and abdomen. At this moment, the injured wild deer whined miserably and its body heaved.
He struggled, but he never died.
The female warrior Naxiu stood nearby, using both arms to hold down the shaking deer head easily. The wild deer struggled for a while, then exhausted its energy due to constant blood loss, and became a motionless specimen.
The obsidian dagger was very fast, and Shulot's hand was very steady. He accurately cut open the deer's skin and cut the muscles, revealing the deer's regularly beating heart, but he did not damage the arteries or the upper part of the heart.
Breathing deer lungs.
"Alyssa, my love. In Nahua language, we never talk about an organ individually, such as eyes, nose, ears, mouth and teeth. Instead, we say, my eyes noixteyotl, my nose
noyacatzotl, my ears nonacas, my mouth nocamac, and my teeth notlancoch.”
Shulot pondered for a moment and did not rush to explain. Instead, he started from the traditional concepts of the Nahua language and gradually integrated them into the medical common sense of later generations.
"The reason why we say this is precisely because the parts of the body cannot survive without the body. They are not independent objects and need to be connected together to form a living whole... Just like all my organs, all my body
The parts, connected together, form multiple systems, and then constitute me.”
"Xulot, I understand! You are talking about the organs and what system together form the tonacayo, which is our entire body! And as the priests said, the vitality in our body comes from
Sun, corn and water!"
Alyssa blinked her eyes and showed a knowing smile. She looked at Shulot expectantly, waiting for her lover's praise.
In the Nahua language, "tonacayo" is the combination of all the organs, referring to the complete body. But this word can also refer to "complete corn" and "the warmth of the sun". The meaning of "tona"
, is the sun. In traditional concepts, the human body corresponds to corn, and even more to the warmth of the sun. Therefore, whenever the alliance makes sacrifices to the sun god or prays for a good corn harvest, it needs to sacrifice humans and animals.
"Exactly! Tonacayo is the human body. In the entire body, nine organ systems can be divided, each of which is responsible for different body activities."
Shulot paused for a moment and decided to simplify the concept of the human body system and try to explain it in language that was understandable in this era. He steadily stretched out his dagger and used it as a teaching stick to outline the body of the wild deer.
"Alyssa, you see, there are many organs in the body of this deer. There is a brain in its head, which can think; there are a lot of muscles in its limbs, which can run fast; under the neck are the lungs on the chest.
He is breathing up and down; below the lungs is the heart, beating and supplying blood; behind the heart is the dark red liver, brown-red stomach, then to the light red intestines, light red kidneys... They are all responsible for digestion
Food and excretion; and in the lower abdomen of the deer’s hip are the organs responsible for reproduction... Well, this is a stag!”
Shulot's expression paused, and he looked at a certain part of the stag's body, slightly surprised by the length. After a few breaths, he coughed lightly and made a conclusion.
"In short, the brain thinks, the muscles move, the lungs breathe, the heart supplies blood, the liver, intestines, stomach, and kidneys correspond to digestion and excretion, and then reproduction is added. These are seven organ systems, corresponding to seven types of body activities!"
"Hehe, I understand, these are easy to understand!"
Alyssa held back her smile, looked at it for a few times, and bit her lip. Well, I want to give my lover a good refreshment tonight... Then, she thought for a while and asked doubtfully.
"Xulot, you said before that there are nine systems in the human body. According to what you said, thinking, movement, breathing, blood supply, digestion, excretion, reproduction... there are seven in total. So, the remaining two
What is it again?"
"Well...the remaining two cannot be seen at a glance, but they are everywhere in the body."
Shulot thought for a while and gave an example that was not particularly accurate.
"If the human body is compared to a kingdom, and the normal operation of the body corresponds to the normal operation of the kingdom, then the eighth messenger system is the messenger running throughout the kingdom. The messengers convey various instructions and tell the city-states
, as small as a village, when to plow in the spring, when to harvest in autumn, when to pay tribute, when to mobilize, when to go to war... Messengers convey instructions and control every aspect of the kingdom, as well as every aspect of the human body. We start from babies
From the beginning, he grew up little by little, his voice changed, his body grew taller, and he gained the ability to sing. These were all the results of the messenger's guidance."
Hearing this, Alyssa's eyes flashed and she fell into long thoughts. She believed every word of her lover, but she just needed time to understand. After a while, she asked softly.
"Xulot, what is the messenger in the human body? How is it produced?"
"Messengers in the human body... are produced by organs, cells or glands. They are very tiny, small in number but have a huge impact... a special kind of vitality."
Xuelote tried hard to organize the language and describe the concept of hormones in the human body. Then he exhaled and continued to finish the last part of the immune system.
"As for the last immune system, it is the body's defense system, used to resist the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and recover from injuries and illnesses. They are equivalent to the warriors and militia of the entire kingdom. If there is an invasion of foreign enemies, they will come from all parts of the kingdom.
Mobilize everywhere, gather into a resistance legion, fight to the death with the invading enemies, and fight to the end...The strength of the army determines the survival of the kingdom, and the strength of the defense system determines the life and death of people. We were cut,
Being able to resist infection, heal wounds, recover from colds, and no longer cough depends on the body's immune system..."
Then, Shulot glanced at his thoughtful lover and added a few words.
"In the human body's immune system, warriors and militia are special cells. Their production comes from certain special organs, especially bone marrow, thymus and lymph... To put it simply, resistance to disease and
Defense is collectively called immunity, which means immunity from disease. And the so-called immunity ability is a kind of...well...also a special kind of vitality!..."
After saying that, Shulot looked at his lover with an expectant look on his face.
"...Alyssa, do you understand what I said about the human body's messenger and immune system?"
"Well...I understand...a little bit."
Alyssa opened her eyes wide, her bright eyes full of confusion. She first put her hand on her heart and made a gesture of understanding. Then she spread her white palms, then curled up her fingers one by one, and finally only stretched out half of her powder.
Tender little fingers.
"It's about as much as one palm...no, one finger...um...one fingernail! Hehe."
Seeing his lover's playful movements, Shulot suddenly had a headache.
Although the craftsmen of the Kingdom have used priceless natural transparent crystals to grind out several rare magnifying glasses, they are still far away from the invention of the microscope. Without high-power observation tools, there will be no real and visible evidence.
However, trying to directly popularize the medical common sense of future generations in this ignorant era is tantamount to a castle in the air and may not last long.
After thinking about it, I want to improve the medical theory level of the alliance in a short period of time... The only feasible way is to combine it with the medical inheritance of the priests of this era and use traditional cognitive methods to understand the arguments!
Two steps away, Na Xiu was thoughtful. She looked at His Highness who was thinking hard and reminded him tentatively.
"Your Highness, the special vitality produced by the organs maintains the operation and health of the human body... Are you talking about the 'tonalli' in the brain, the 'teyolia' in the heart, or the 'teyolia' in the liver?
Hotl'ihiyotl?”
"Huh?tonalli,teyolia,ihiyotl?"
Hearing these familiar and mysterious words, Shulot was slightly startled, and suddenly felt like he was enlightened.
"Tonali", "Tejolia" and "Ihotel", these three words appear from time to time in sacred prayers and have very rich meanings. The three words symbolize three different kinds of things.
Special vitality is passed down from generation to generation in orthodox priestly education. They tell the Aztecs and Mesoamerican ancestors’ unique understanding of the human body and the world. If the medical common sense of later generations wants to be widely accepted by people of this era, it
We cannot do without these inheritances.
Shulot pondered for a moment and made a decision in his heart. He smiled slightly, looked at the cold female warrior, and gave instructions in a deep voice.
"Naxiu, you have received complete priestly education and have also learned the healing rituals of witch doctors. It is up to you to explain the human body in the priestly inheritance!"
