Chapter 22: The Wolf Hunt (3)
Whether werewolves are human or not, that's the question.
It is both a question in the general sense and a question in the scientific sense.
In the case of the latter, werewolves have the characteristics of both humans and wolves, and although academically speaking, werewolves also belong to the primate order, a subject alongside humans, but naturalists have collectively forgotten the existence of this species.
Because from the perspective of human beings, this species should not exist in the world.
Vice versa.
Because werewolves are different from humans, does an experiment on a werewolf mean that it can get exactly the same results in humans?
Sean believes that werewolves are at least more reliable than guinea pigs.
On August 10, 1831, Fort Partenham welcomed a group of well-dressed guests, mainly professors from the University of Poitou, but also some well-known doctors from all over Genoa.
On this day, Professor Nolan will perform a great experiment that is destined to go down in history in the presence of the guests.
After some torture and extraction of all the information, the two werewolves will serve as free test subjects for Professor Nolan.
After lamenting the strange and vicious appearance of the werewolves, and commenting on it, none of the guests would initiate a discussion about whether this was inhumane.
In their eyes, using werewolves for experiments is just right.
The werewolves were horrified by so many humans in white coats, gloves, special masks and glasses, and this kind of serious and "evil" scene that they had never seen before was more terrifying than torture.
One of the werewolves was injected with the smallpox virus, which was taken from an abscess on a smallpox patient. After three days, the werewolf began to develop fever, chills, and listlessness, and after a few days, he developed a maculopapular rash on his mouth, face, and arms, which then rapidly spread to his trunk and legs, where the papules developed into blisters and then pustules.
By this time, it was August 20, 1831, and the werewolf, who had been shown to have smallpox just like humans, was secretly sent away by Sean.
He was free.
If all goes well, the werewolf will bring the smallpox virus to his own people.
Lieutenant Frank watched the implementation of Sean's plan throughout the whole process, and couldn't help but sigh that he had really met an evil wizard, and he could even come up with such a vicious method, and shuddered.
This made Lieutenant Frank suddenly remember that the young commander was actually a scholar and a wizard. At this time, in his opinion, the name of the wizard is very appropriate.
He secretly decided that he would never offend scholars easily in the future, especially those engaged in research in fields such as medicine and chemistry, and it was best to stay away.
At the same time, another werewolf was pricked in the skin and planted with cowpox. This is the pimple obtained from the ploughing cow, for the sake of insurance, the first time to plant relatively little, this werewolf did not have adverse reactions, two days after planting a large dose, this time the werewolf had a slight fever reaction.
When all of the werewolf's symptoms were gone, Dr. Nolan injected him with the smallpox virus, and while the other werewolf contracted smallpox, the werewolf remained in normal condition and gained immunity to the smallpox virus.
All the guests witnessed this amazing discovery with their own eyes, and in addition to their amazement, they were very impressed by Professor Nolan's discovery, which is a great discovery that will go down in the annals of human history, and will bring high honor to the discoverer, although the process of planting cowpox is very simple.
Soon, an 8-year-old farmer's son became the first person to grow cowpox, and the experiment was a great success.
In the name of the University of Poitou, Sean set up a hospital in the Doge's palace of Genoa to specialize in cowpox.
Sean was the first person to officially plant cowpox after the establishment of the hospital, and his godson, the future Earl Robinson, became the second.
The hospital charged 2 silver coins for each pox, and the income was divided into three parts, net of costs, one to the Doge's Palace, one to Professor Nolan personally, and the other to the University of Poitou.
After the project was warmed up, although only 2 silver coins were charged, it immediately became an extremely profitable business, and many outsiders came all the way to plant pox.
Once again, Sean's name as a wizard is firmly established - when he expresses his opinion on a certain natural science, no matter how whimsical, the most famous scholars dare not take it lightly, and secretly remind themselves that what comes from Sean's mouth may be the inspiration of a genius.
Professor Nolan made a fortune, and at the end of 1831 he and his colleague Lavadi were admitted to the Royal Society of Science.
When Professor Nolan is called the pioneer of "immunology", his vanity is greatly satisfied, while he humbly says that he is just a promoter.
The University of Poitou, which also has three members of the Emperor's Scientific Society, seems to be on the right path.
Although Sean later moved further and further away from the university, rarely intervening in the internal affairs of the university, no one took the initiative to propose that the university should be replaced by a president, who not only controlled more and more funds, but also had a stake in their great future.
That's of course an afterthought.
After seeing off Professor Nolan and a group of guests, Sean began to concentrate on his wolf hunting plan.
The werewolf who was "released" by Sean did not move, and if there was, Sean would not be able to know it at the first time.
He severed the limbs of another subject, the werewolf who had successfully obtained smallpox immunity, cut a cut in his body, doused it with honey, and tied it to the pass that led from Mount Ott to Genoa.
The werewolf carries a letter from Sean to the leader of the werewolves: this is a gift from the Genoese.
According to the soldiers who were secretly observing, this werewolf had a terrible fate, and his body was crawling with ants and insects, and he looked like a black bear from a distance. He howled in pain for a day and a night before being discovered by werewolves deep in the mountains.
Lieutenant Frank learns about Sean's terrible tactics and concludes that Sean's "machinations" will succeed in provoking the wrath of the werewolves.
As Frank expected, the king of werewolves, Worf, was in a thunderous rage at this time.
Posey's flight deprived him of an important bargaining chip, and Mr. Snake made an angry speech to his face, in fact, there was nothing he could do, but the series of conditions that he had promised was abandoned.
The two werewolves went missing, and at first they didn't pay much attention to Wolf.
Because such things will always happen without interruption, werewolves are born wild and difficult to restrain themselves, they surrender to force and are unwilling to obey the order, and there are always werewolves who will go down the mountain to have fun privately, especially human women.
When one of the werewolves returned with the disease, Wolf just locked him up in the wolf's den, but the werewolf soon died, and the werewolves who came into contact with him fell ill one after another, and Wolf realized that his people had contracted a terrible disease.
He is one of the few literate werewolves among the werewolves, and they also have their own civilization heritage that they are proud of.
As the leader, Wolf knew that this terrible disease had also appeared in the history and legends of werewolves, so he had the sorcerers of his clan perform rituals to sacrifice to the wolf god, and then burn all the infected werewolves to death.
This is also the most direct and rude way for werewolves to deal with infectious diseases, and it is also the most effective solution.
In the midst of the raging fire, Worf lost thirty of his clansmen at once, which is not indecisive.
At this time, he didn't know where the disease came from, and of course he had guessed that it was transmitted from humans, until the second missing werewolf was found.
The tragic situation of this werewolf made Wolf furious.
"Genoa! I will make all Genoese blood debts. ”
To vent his anger, Wolf had all the Genoese slaves in his possession executed.
If Sean knew that he had such a revenge move, I am afraid he would just frown, and then said to himself, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
That's all.
The souls of the Genoese who were slain will never find a way to appeal.
But who cares? Most Poittu people are still living their seemingly peaceful lives, and only northern Genoese feel the smell of tension in the air.
Sean was actively preparing for war, and while he stepped up his training army, he sent all the scouts out to keep an eye on any living creatures that came down from Ultra Mountain, and he planned to move the inhabitants of the Ott Mountains south in a planned way.
It was September 1831, and autumn in Genoa was not as pronounced as in the north, but after all, the hottest season had passed.
In the hills of North Genoa, unknown white wildflowers grow quietly, and when the breeze blows, the green meadows are covered with white spray.
A hare ran desperately across the field, and several knights fanned outflank, startling a flock of starlings.
The hare kept changing direction, but still could not escape the trap.
A gunshot rang out, and the hare flipped on the ground, motionless.
"Commander, you shot it in the head. ”
Daniel Davis galloped his horse, and he bent down to pick the rabbit up with his own bayonet.
"Okay, we'll have dinner at noon today. Sean laughed.
The campfire was soon lit, and on the autumn field, Sean took matters into his own hands and set up the packed hare on the fire, and soon the air was filled with the smell of roasted meat.
In addition, the soldiers bought two chickens from the herdsmen, accompanied by mushrooms and wild vegetables collected in the fields, and brought potatoes and bread as staple food. It was a very good meal.
Sean is checking the situation of war preparations, with a defense line of more than 100 kilometers in North Genoa, he cannot set up heavy troops everywhere, and he does not have so many troops, so he can only move the residents south in advance. Some moved into Fort Partonham, some into large villages and towns, leaving depth.
It was not an easy task to convince the residents to stay in the wilderness, and Sean was very skeptical of the local officials' ability to carry out the work, so he had to take matters into his own hands.
Those officials were suspicious of the possible southward movement of the werewolves, after all, one more toss would directly affect the harvest of farmers and herdsmen everywhere this year.
"I have to say, your commander is very good at cooking. Is it so tedious to roast a hare?, is it the case with all you nobles in the South?" said Lieutenant Frank, who was still munching on the drumsticks.
Sean had quickly finished his meal and slept in the saddle on his side.
"No, no, Lieutenant. Daniel smiled, "Our commander is different, you have seen a nobleman who likes to ponder food, and do you know what 'simmering' is?"
"What do you mean?" Frank really didn't know.
Click, click, a cavalryman galloped in, attracting everyone's attention:
"Report to the Commander, Deputy Commander Wells, please return to the headquarters immediately!
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