Chapter 461: Medical Enlightenment and Priestly Inheritance

The logs were nailed deeply into the soil to build a strong support. On the stand, 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, its body heaving and struggling, but it still did not die.

The female warrior Na Xiu stood nearby, using both arms to hold down the shaking deer head easily. The wild deer struggled for a while, then exhausted its energy from the constant blood loss and became a motionless specimen.

Obsidian's dagger is very fast, and Shulot's hand is very steady. He accurately sliced ​​open the deer's skin and cut through the muscles, revealing the deer's regularly beating heart. However, he did not damage the arteries, nor did he damage the deer's lungs above the heart, which were still breathing.

"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 and all body parts, Linked together, they form multiple systems and then form 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 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 and refers to the complete body. But the word can also mean "whole 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 offered sacrifices to the sun god or prayed for a good corn harvest, human sacrifices were required.

"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 is understandable in this era. He steadily stretched out his dagger and used it as a teaching stick to trace 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. It is breathing up and down; below the lungs is the heart, beating and supplying blood; behind the heart, there is the dark red liver, brown-red stomach, then to the light red intestine, and the light red kidneys, which together are responsible for digesting food and excretion ; And in the lower abdomen of the deer’s buttocks 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, took a few glances, 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 you, there are seven systems in total: thinking, movement, breathing, blood supply, digestion, excretion, and reproduction. Then, the remaining two are what?"

"Well, the remaining two cannot be seen at a glance, but they are everywhere in the body."

Shulot thought for a moment 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, and when to go to war. The messenger conveys instructions and controls every aspect of the kingdom, and also controls every aspect of the human body. Starting from babies, Growing up little by little, the voice changes, the body grows taller, and the ability to sing is the result of the messenger’s guidance.”

Hearing this, Alyssa's eyes flashed and she fell into long thoughts. She believed every word of her lover, 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."

Shulot worked hard to organize the language and describe the concept of hormones in the human body. Then, he exhaled and continued to finish talking about 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 militias of the entire kingdom. If there is an invasion by foreign enemies, they will be mobilized from all parts of the kingdom and gathered into a resistance army to fight the invading enemy to the death. 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. When we are cut, we can resist infection and heal wounds. When we catch a cold, we can recover and stop coughing, all relying on the body's immune system."

Then, Xiu Luote glanced at his thoughtful lover and added a few more sentences.

"In the human immune system, warriors and militias are some special cells. And they are produced from certain special organs, especially bone marrow, thymus and lymph. Simply put, resistance and defense against diseases are collectively called immunity, that is, immunity from epidemics. And the so-called immune ability is a kind of. Well. It is also a special vitality! "

After speaking, Xiu Luote looked at his lover with expectation.

".Alyssa, do you understand what I said about the messenger and immune system of the human body?"

"Well, I understand a little bit."

Alyssa opened her eyes wide, and her bright eyes were full of confusion. She first put her hand on her chest and made a gesture of understanding. Then, she spread out her white palm, curled up her fingers one by one, and finally only stretched out half of her pink little finger.

"About a palm. No, a finger. Well. A fingernail! Hehe."

Looking at his lover's playful movements, Xiu Luote suddenly had a headache.

Although the craftsmen of the kingdom have used priceless natural transparent crystals to grind several rare magnifying glasses, they are still a long way from the invention of microscopes. Without high-power observation tools, there is no real visible evidence. And wanting to directly popularize the medical knowledge of later generations in this ignorant era is tantamount to castles in the air, and it is probably difficult to last long.

Thinking over and over again, the only feasible way to improve the medical theory level of the alliance in a short period of time is to combine it with the medical heritage of the priests of this era and use traditional cognitive methods to understand the argument!

Two steps away, Nashu was in deep thought. She looked at the prince who was thinking hard and reminded him tentatively.

"Your Highness, the special vitality generated by the organs maintains the functioning and health of the human body. Are you talking about the 'tonalli' in the brain, the 'teyolia' in the heart, or the 'ihiyotl' in the liver?"

"Hmm? Tonalli, teyolia, ihiyotl?"

Hearing these mysterious and familiar words, Xiu Luote was slightly startled, and suddenly it was like an epiphany.

"Tonalli", "Teyolia", "Ihiyotl", these three words appear from time to time in sacred prayers and have very rich meanings. The three words symbolize three different special energies, which are passed down from generation to generation in orthodox priest education. They tell the unique understanding of the Aztec and Mesoamerican ancestors about the human body and the world. And if the medical common sense of later generations wants to be widely accepted by people of this era, they cannot do without these inheritances.

Xiu Luote pondered for a moment and made a decision in his heart. He smiled slightly, looked at the cold female warrior, and gave a solemn order.

"Nashu, you have received a complete priest education and learned the healing rituals of witch doctors. You will be the first to talk about the explanation of the human body in the priest heritage!"

The two chapters about the alliance's medical heritage are a bit difficult to write, but they have to be written. The author has tried hard to find information and restore the traditional cognition of that era. There will be ancient paintings and illustrations in the Easter egg chapter.