Zhong Nanshan: Guardian of Life

Chapter 9 The Enlightenment of Medicine

After the liberation of Guangzhou, Zhong Shifan stayed to continue his clinical and academic research work.When Zhong Shifan was studying in the United States, he found that fetal mice could be used as an ideal medium for virus growth.After returning from the United States, his research direction was the cultivation and isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus.The school's funds were limited, so Zhong Shifan used his own salary to buy experimental mice and conduct experiments in his study.

The smell of mice is so strong that the whole building is filled with this smell.This smell has even become the hallmark of the Zhong family.People often say "search for houses according to pictures", but now if you want to find the Zhong family, you can actually "search for houses according to taste".

Zhong Nanshan was very curious about the little white mice raised by his father.As soon as school was over, he ran to his father's study to see the little white mouse.He played with the little white mice and fed them.He followed his father's example and observed various changes in the mice.He watched curiously while his father was doing the experiment.He watched as his father took out the brains of the mice, separated the brain cells, and tested them.When his father was doing the experiment, Zhong Nanshan, who was on the side, seemed to be a different person. He was quiet and did not dare to disturb his father, and carefully watched every movement of his father.

why?Why is that?The mouse experiment caused many questions to pop up in Zhong Nanshan's mind.He asked his father for advice, and when Zhong Shifan was free, he answered them patiently and seriously.Seeing that his son was so interested in the mice, Zhong Shifan simply asked his son to help raise the mice.Of course Zhong Nanshan was happy to accept this task.Since then, Zhong Nanshan has become his father's little assistant and a mouse breeder in the laboratory.He no longer just thinks about teasing the mice. Now he has a task. He has to complete the work of a "breeder". He must do his duty and feed the mice regularly and regularly every day.Zhong Nanshan did a good job, and Zhong Shifan was very satisfied.Zhong Nanshan obtained the opportunity to observe the mice at close range from raising the mice, and unconsciously became familiar with the habits, physiology and functions of the mice, which is very helpful for medical students.Not only that, as a small experimental assistant and a mouse breeder, Zhong Nanshan got close to his father at work, subtly learned his father's rigorous academic attitude, and cultivated patience, observation skills and a sense of responsibility.At the same time, he also learned some basic medical knowledge.What he has learned is exactly what a doctor must have.Consciously or unintentionally, his father used mice to enlighten him in medicine.

In 50, Zhong Shifan was hired by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a medical consultant.In the [-]s, Zhong Shifan founded the Pediatric Virus Laboratory of Zhongshan Medical College, using the laboratory to conduct virus research.His father, Zhong Shifan, is a famous doctor, and his mother, Liao Yueqin, is also an excellent doctor.After graduating from Peking Union Medical College, Liao Yueqin was sent by the then National Government Health Department to study advanced nursing in Boston, USA.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she served as the vice president of the South China Cancer Hospital and one of the founders of the Cancer Hospital of Zhongshan Medical College.Both parents are doctors with noble medical ethics. Zhong Nanshan has seen the fraternity, dedication and sense of responsibility of doctors from his parents.

People often came to see my father, and they talked in the study, sometimes very loudly.Zhong Nanshan thought his father was arguing with the visitor, but his mother told him that they were not arguing, but were discussing issues.It is normal for researchers to have their own views and express their opinions.Only by discussing and discarding the false and preserving the true can we gain insights.Zhong Shifan is rigorous in his studies and seeks truth from facts.He said that everything you do and say must be based on evidence.That's what my father said, and that's what he did.Seek truth from facts in academic research, and be honest in life.Zhong Shifan taught Zhong Nanshan since he was a child: "Speak out your truest feelings." Zhong Nanshan kept his father's teachings in mind.

At home, Zhong Shifan seldom idled. He continued to do experiments, read books, and do research in the study without sleeping or eating.At this time, the only thing that can disturb him is the patient.Sometimes Zhong Shifan was reading a book, and there were patients seeking medical treatment outside. The situation was urgent, and Zhong Shifan who was disturbed would just frown and visit the doctor without complaint, rain or shine.Being a doctor is hard work and the responsibility is heavy, but it is a noble and great thing to use one's own wisdom and medical skills to help patients, relieve their pain, and even save their lives!The gratitude and sincere love in the eyes of the patients who were cured by their parents made Zhong Nanshan feel that being a doctor can solve problems for others, he will be respected by the society and have a strong sense of satisfaction, which made him feel close to the doctor Feeling, and sincerely love the profession of doctors.

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