title: [Military medical and health care system in the Song Dynasty].
abstract: The military medical and health care system in the Song Dynasty manifested as two aspects, namely disease prevention and medical treatment. Disease prevention included ensuring food and drink safety, avoiding dangerous stations and enjoying regular vacations, etc. Medical treatment included sending medical officials to patrol, stationing military physicians to follow up, applying emergency programs, establishing military medical and pharmacy centers, dispensing required medicines, and accommodating and nursing sick and injured personnel, etc. Meanwhile, the imperial court also supervised the implementation of military medical mechanism, in order to check the soldiers' foods, check and restrict the military physicians' responsibilities, etc., which did play a positive role in protecting soldier's health, guaranteeing the military combat effectiveness, and maintaining national security.
authors.affiliation: School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DU
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel