陈实功,字毓仁,号若虚,明代崇川(今江苏南通市)人。约生于明嘉靖三十四年(公元1555年),卒于崇祯九年(公元1636年),享年82岁。陈氏幼年多病,因而究心医理,传说他“少遇异人,授以刀圭之术”。遂后,乃肆力于医。他临证经验丰富,尤对外科专注,曾先后用了四十多年时间,精研自古流传下来的关于外科方面的论著。他读书,不仅涉猎广,而且注意选择,对“名医确论”的古医籍,总是“旦夕手不释卷”,“印之在心”,“慧之于目”,因而医术精湛,冠绝一时。他谦逊待人,虚心好学。据说他有一次出诊,路过南通南门水关桥,一个乞丐模样的人要向他讨 Chen Shi Gong, word Yu Ren, No. Ruoxu, Ming Dynasty Chongchuan (now Jiangsu Nantong) people. Born in Ming Jiajing thirty-four years (AD 1555), died in Chongzhen nine years (AD 1636), at the age of 82 years. Chen childhood sickly, so care medicine, the legend he “less unusual, taught knife technique.” Then, is to force the doctor. His clinical experience is rich, especially in the surgical focus, has spent more than 40 years, refined from ancient times handed down on the surgical aspects of the book. He studied not only to study extensively, but also to pay attention to his choice. His medical records on ancient medical books of “doctors and doctors” are always on the trail of the past, printed on the heart, and learned from the eyes. He treats people humbly, studious. He is said to have been on a visit, passing Nantong South Gate Shui Guanqiao, a beggar looking like him