16世纪之前,最令士兵恐惧的就是海上作战。茫茫大海上,一旦士兵得了重病或在交战时挂了重彩,其结果就同自己的战船被敌人击沉一样。唯一不同的是,前者是在船上等死,而后者是在海上等死。这种恐惧心理直至16世纪才被西班牙人打破。当时的西班牙是绝对的海上霸主,先进的造船技术让他们在大海上所向披靡,而唯一让西班牙海军头痛的,就是因伤病而造成的士兵减员。看到这种情况,国王很生气,舰长很着急,后果则是西班牙人研制出了世界上第一艘海上医疗船,从而拉开了专业海上医疗的大幕。 Before the 16th century, most of the soldiers were afraid of the sea operations. In the boundless sea, once the soldier got seriously ill or hung heavy battles during the war, the result was the same as the sinking of his own warship by the enemy. The only difference is that the former is waiting to die on board while the latter is waiting to die at sea. This dread was not broken by the Spaniards until the 16th century. At that time, Spain was the absolute naval hegemony. Advanced shipbuilding technology made them invincible in the sea. The only cause for the Spanish navy’s headache was the loss of soldiers caused by injuries. To see this situation, the king was very angry, the captain was anxious, the consequence is that the Spanish developed the world’s first marine medical ship, which opened the curtain of professional maritime medical.