This was the first time Song Yaoyao had heard of the Zhu You Department. After asking about it, she learned that it treated illnesses primarily by drawing talismans, burning incense and paper offerings, chanting incantations, and so on, occasionally using simple herbs as a supplement.
From the perspective of modern medicine, it used psychology, psychological suggestion, and hypnosis to treat illnesses.
The other departments were easy enough to understand from their names.
The highest official at the Imperial Medical Academy was its head, who held the Principal Fifth Rank. Below him was the Academy Director, of the Principal Sixth Rank, while the others were all called Imperial Physicians.
Of course, Imperial Physicians were also divided into several grades and ranks.
Over the course of that morning, Song Yaoyao had gained a thorough understanding of the Imperial Medical Academy, which would make her future work easier.
Li Mingyu specialized in Pediatrics, the treatment of children.
Director Li specialized in Internal Medicine, Gynecology, and the Cold Damage Department.
Before she knew it, it was noon, and time for lunch.
Song Yaoyao looked at the Imperial Physicians. Every one of them was busy with his own work, with no sign of intending to eat.
Song Yaoyao leaned closer to Li Mingyu and asked quietly,
"It's noon already. Don't you eat lunch?"
Li Mingyu glanced at the sky outside the window and said,
"Yes, it is noon.
"When we're on duty, we eat our fill in the morning. There's no midday meal. Only after we finish our shift can we go home for dinner."
Song Yaoyao understood. So working here meant eating only twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, with lunch skipped altogether!
Song Yaoyao had never imagined that her father went hungry through lunchtime when he