Great Doctors Series: 🦠🌱 From First Aid to Malaria: Ge Hong's Timeless Medical Legacy

🌿 Could a physician writing over 1,700 years ago help inspire a Nobel Prize–winning discovery? Ge Hong (283–343 CE) was far more than an alchemist. In Emergency Formulae at an Elbow's Length , he emphasized practical medicine, first aid, careful observation, and experimentation. His description of Artemisia annua for malaria later inspired the work that led to artemisinin and the 2015 Nobel…