Cao Cao's Death
When Cao Cao started complaining about splitting headaches in the last days of his life, his subjects recommended Hua Tuo, a physician with remarkable healing skills. Upon examination, Hua Tuo diagnosed Cao Cao's illness to be a form of rheumatism in the skull. He suggested giving Cao Cao a dose of hashish and then splitting open his skull with a sharp axe to extract the pus within. Due to an earlier incident with another physician called Ji Ping, who attempted to poison him, Cao Cao grew suspicious of any physician. He believed that Hua Tuo intended to kill him to avenge Guan Yu so he had Hua imprisoned. Hua Tuo died a few days later in prison. Cao Cao died from his illness not long later.
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