"Jin, pull back from the elbow, straight along the line, and don't twist."
Once the patient was completely asleep, Du Heng began the bone-setting process, calling over the few onlookers to help.
With Du Heng's continuous guidance, everyone realized that there was nothing mysterious about bone setting. It was much like their own work wielding hammers and saws—essentially manual labor requiring physical strength.
The only difference was that when they performed orthopedic surgery, it was done in a visible field by clearing away the muscles and tendons constraining the broken bone. But at least they were performing surgery, which involved some technical skill.
However, Du Heng's bone-setting method was different. Did it involve technical skill? It did, certainly, but not a great deal. Pulling, twisting, pushing, and pressing—anyone could do that.
