Chen Shigong (1555 ~ 1636), a native of Nantong, Jiangsu, is a famous doctor in the history of surgical development in China. I have studied surgery from young people for more than 40 years and learned a lot. The book Authentic Surgery has a wide and far-reaching influence.

He systematically discussed 100 kinds of common surgical diseases. Generally speaking, under each disease, he first summarizes the etiology and pathology, then describes the symptoms and syndromes, then discusses the diagnosis and various treatment methods, then analyzes and introduces the successful or failed medical records, and finally selects the prescription. In surgical treatment, he creatively inherited and developed toe amputation, mandibular dislocation reduction, bone tuberculosis dead bone removal, nasal polyps removal, pharyngeal foreign body removal, esophagogastrostomy and so on.