Because of years of overwork, Cao Cao's old headache has been made again recently. Just a few days ago, it was said that Hua Tuo, the imperial doctor, gave Guan Yu a "bone scraping therapy" in Jingzhou, which cured Guan Yu's long-standing disease of poisoning into the bone marrow. So Cao Cao sent someone to invite Hua tuo to treat him.
This Hua Tuo is no ordinary quack. He was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He studied medicine for many years and is proficient in medicine, acupuncture and health preservation. He is also good at internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatrics. His specialty is surgery, and he also invented leprosy powder for surgery. He is a veritable imperial doctor.
After Cao Cao invited Hua tuo, Hua tuo explained Cao Cao's illness after some diagnosis. It turned out that Cao Cao had a head wind disease. Finally, Hua Tuo gave a treatment suggestion: "This disease is very troublesome. If it can't be cured in a short time, it can only be cured slowly and prolong life."
Cao Cao was in a hurry, so he quickly lowered his posture and let Hua Tuo think of a good way. Finally, Hua tuo had to give Cao Cao an idea: split Cao Cao's head with an axe and do a surgical cure.
Cao Cao expressed doubts about this. In order to test Hua Tuo's medical skills, he asked people to find patients similar to himself and let Hua Tuo do experiments by himself. Results Hua tuo first gave the patient hemp boiling powder, then performed craniotomy, and finally the patient really recovered. Cao Cao was overjoyed, but to be on the safe side, he invited several patients to do experiments, but one of the complications died. Cao Cao was suddenly afraid, and his determination to have an operation was shaken again.
When Hua Tuo saw that Cao Cao was hesitant, he lost his temper and left Cao Ying temporarily on the grounds that his wife was ill at home. It turned out that although Hua Tuo had excellent medical skills, at that time, doctors were still regarded as "cheap jobs" and their status was not high.
Therefore, Hua Tuo has been looking for opportunities to be an official, improve his status, and save his wife from scolding him for incompetence every day. This time to treat Cao Cao, he originally wanted to stay here as an official, but Cao Cao only treated him and didn't talk about being an official, so Hua Tuo left Cao Ying for an excuse. His original intention was to play hard to get, and to get high officials and high salaries by Cao Cao's illness.
After Hua Tuo left, Cao Cao felt a more unbearable headache, so he repeatedly asked Hua Tuo to come back. Hua tuo deliberately delayed in order to make Cao Cao pay more attention to himself. Cao Cao couldn't wait for Hua tuo, and finally got angry, so he sent someone to check it out. If Hua Tuo's wife is really ill, he will give Hua Tuo property and let him continue to take care of her at home. If Hua Tuo's wife is sick, then take Hua Tuo back.
As a result, Hua tuo told a lie. Cao Cao got Hua Tuo back in a rage and tortured him every day in prison. At this time, Cao Cao, who was terminally ill and lost his mind, would not let Hua Tuo treat the disease. Even if Huatuo can cure him, he is still worried about Huatuo's treatment. Soon, Hua Tuo was tortured to death in prison, and his medical books were burned together.
To sum up, in order to cure the disease, Cao Cao did an experiment to ask Hua Tuo to open a skull for others, but Cao Cao, who was too suspicious, could never give his life and death to others, and eventually hurt himself!