General Li
General Li, a figure in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, asked Hua Tuo to treat his wife’s lingering pregnancy injury.
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History · vol. 29Records of the Three Kingdoms
李將軍妻病甚，呼佗視脈，曰：「傷娠而胎不去。」將軍言：「聞實傷娠，胎已去矣。」…
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李將軍妻病甚，呼佗視脈，曰：「傷娠而胎不去。」將軍言：「聞實傷娠，胎已去矣。」佗曰：「案脈，胎未去也。」將軍以為不然。佗捨去，婦稍小差。百餘日復動，更呼佗，佗曰：「此脈故事有胎。前當生兩兒，一兒先出，血出甚多，後兒不及生。母不自覺，旁人亦不寤，不復迎，遂不得生。胎死，血脈不復歸，必燥著母脊，故使多脊痛。今當與湯，並針一處，此死胎必出。」湯針既加，婦痛急如欲生者。佗曰：「此死胎久枯，不能自出，宜使人探之。」果得一死男，手足完具，色黑，長可尺所。
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General Li is a figure recorded in volume 29 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms. His wife once suffered a miscarriage but did not seek medical care; he does not appear in the Romance.
Deeds
When his wife was gravely ill, General Li asked Hua Tuo to examine her pulse. Hua Tuo said the fetus had not yet been expelled, while General Li said he had heard that his wife had indeed suffered a miscarriage and that the fetus had already been expelled. (As recorded in the histories)
More than a hundred days later, his wife’s illness returned. Hua Tuo diagnosed that a stillborn fetus had remained in her womb. After administering herbal medicine and acupuncture, he removed a dead male infant with fully formed limbs and blackened skin. (As recorded in the histories)
Relationships
- Wife: She suffered a miscarriage but did not expel the fetus; General Li once asked Hua Tuo to treat her.
- Hua Tuo: At General Li’s request, he treated his wife.
Lines
- 史 ch.29 §18→ Hua Tuo
「聞實傷娠，胎已去矣。」