Abstract
If new medical records are found as a result of uncovering new ruins during archaeological development, medical history will need to be amended accordingly. China was the most advanced nation in printing and preservation techniques, and vast ancient ruins have been excavated recently. It seems necessary to pursue the true fact through such historical resources. 1. Inscriptions on tortoise carapaces found in the Urumuqi Ruins on the Silk Road provide the oldest record in otologic diseases. 1. In Japan, it was believed the the Huang Di Nei Jung (the Yellow Emperor's Cannon of Internal Medicine) was dated 667-683 AD. It was, in fact, produced in 150 BC in China, a difference of almost 800 years. We can assume that the Japanese version was produced by great pioneering Japanese envoys to China in the Tung and Sui Dynasties who edited and compiled the then available medical knowledge which had been handed down by generations. It should therefore be regarded as a revised version of the original Chinese one. 1. The Wu Shi Er Bing Fang found in the ancient ruins of Zhangsha has about 20 descriptions of otorhinology. More ancient ruins are currently being excavated in China. It would take hundreds of years to complete the research. If any medical records are found, current theories may be overturned, which will be of great interest.
