Wei Yilin

He compiled the medical treatise Shiyi Dexiaofang and invented a suspension method for reducing dislocated joints and fractures.

The historian George Lane compares it to a similar technique adopted by Western physicians in 1927.

In 1339, the treatise was printed by the Office of the Inspector of Public Health in Jiangxi and sent to the National Medical College.

[3] The treatise was well-received, and Jianning Circuit began printing the book to meet popular demand.

The Jianning edition of the compilation included a preface by Chen Zhi (陳志), who was the supervisor of the circuit's Office of the Inspector of Public Health.