中医外科手术,在公元前两千余年就有所发明,据素問異法方宜論曰:“东方之域,魚盐之地,海濱傍水,其病为痈疽,其治宜砭石”。砭石,是手术器械之一种。以后又逐漸发明了九鍼,灵樞玉版篇謂:“故痈疽已成膿血者,其为砭石鈹鍼之所取也”。按九鍼的形状及用途,大体区为三类:①破裂皮肤肌肉。②破血管洩血。③刺皮下、肌肉、内脏。古人对刀与鍼,似无甚区別。又如灵樞痈疽篇說:“发于足趾,名曰脫痈,其状赤黑,死不治;不赤黑,不死,不衰急斬之,不則死矣”。从以上文献,可以看出,首先,說明了痈疽形成的原因及手术对象,継則发明了砭石,进一步 Chinese medicine surgery, more than two thousand years in BC have some inventions, according to Sui Fang asked different parties should say: “The East of the land, fish and salt land, waterfront waterfront, the disease is ulcer, and its cure 砭 stone” . Stone, is a kind of surgical instruments. Later gradually invented the nine-pin, Ling Shu-yu version of the article said: “Therefore, ulcer blood has become pus, which is the stone Beryllium needle taken also.” According to the shape and purpose of nine needles, the general area for the three categories: ① ruptured skin and muscles. ② broken blood vessel bleeding. ③ thorn skin, muscle, internal organs. The ancients on the knife and needle, it seems no difference. Another example is the psychic jaundice article said: “hair on the toe, name off 痈, its red and black, dead; not red, not dead, not bad cut, not dead carry on.” From the above literature, we can see that, first of all, explains the causes of formation of ulcer and the object of surgery, then invented jade stone, and further