Chapter 125: Rough Inoculation Method
Although Wang Xiang knew that cowpox was not a threat to human life, cowpox was a virus after all, and it was not easy to suffer from cowpox, and looking at those yellow and white pustules, to be honest, Wang Xiang was also very resistant in his heart.
"After vaccinia, you will have fever, rash and other symptoms similar to smallpox, but these are not fatal and will heal after a few days, but you will leave a pox scar on the site of the cowpox."
Wang Xiang explained the situation that would occur after vaccinating the cowpox, and the faces of the surrounding ministers changed again, who knows if this cowpox is smallpox or not, how can they not be afraid if it sounds exactly the same as smallpox.
Li Shimin opened his mouth and said: "It's better to find some death row prisoners to try first, it's a bit inappropriate to rashly let Sun Daochang take risks." ”
When it came to using death row prisoners for the test, Li Shimin did not hesitate at all, and the ministers next to him also said yes.
Sun Simiao shook his head and said, "It's better to let me come directly, a few days have passed when the death row prisoners have tried first, I'm afraid that the people of Xishui Village can't wait." ”
There was an even more important reason, he was unwilling to test the lives of others, even death row inmates. However, he did not say the reason, because he knew that none of the people present cared about the lives of those death row inmates.
Li Shimin listened to Sun Simiao's words and thought of Li Chengqian and Li Zhi who were still in Xishui Village, and nodded solemnly: "In that case, I will try this cowpox with you." ”
"Never!"
"Your Majesty, don't do this!"
The surrounding ministers were shocked and knelt down to dissuade them.
"Both the crown prince and the king of Jin were trapped in Xishui Village due to smallpox, how can I rest assured."
The eldest grandson Wuji spoke: "There are Prince Xin and Sun Daochang who go to treat the prince and the king of Jin will be safe and sound, Your Majesty is the lord of the Tang Dynasty, and you should put the people of the society first, and you must not easily get into danger." ”
The ministers agreed: "Please Your Majesty put the people first!" ”
Wei Zheng said directly: "The crown prince has not yet been freed from the predicament, if His Majesty insists on personally taking risks, he should appoint a new candidate for the crown prince." ”
Li Er's eyelids trembled when he heard this. This old man Wei spoke as hard and smelly as his face, far worse than the eldest grandson Wuji.
Li Shimin directly ignored Old Man Wei's "", raised his head and closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, as if he was brewing a special emotion.
"For the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the people of the world...... I can't try cowpox with Sun Daochang. The voice was full of grief and helplessness.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
After watching an exaggerated and touching show of monarchs and ministers, Wang Xiang was speechless, and when he saw the faint dissatisfaction in Li Er's eyes, he hurriedly put on a respectful expression and shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”
Nima. The level of this acting is not as good as the third-rate starlet in later generations, vaccinating cowpox, making it like a sea of fire, I don't want to be vaccinated now, I'm afraid I will rush to be vaccinated in the future.
No one dared to be careless when it came to smallpox, Wang Xiang and Sun Simiao were isolated in a vacant hall in the back garden of the palace, and with them was a panicked cow.
When it was really time to inoculate cowpox in such a rough way, Wang Xiang was a little cringe, and there was a dagger on the small table in front of him, which Li Er had left behind. Why does it always feel a little gloomy and desolate when looking at the empty hall, could it be the legendary cold palace......
Sun Simiao didn't know what Wang Xiang was thinking, and asked while rolling up his sleeves: "How many days does it take to complete the vaccinia vaccination?" ”
Wang Xiang hesitated and said, "Three or five days." In fact, he doesn't know exactly how long it took to recover from the vaccinia vaccine when he was a child, let alone this primitive and crude vaccination method.
Sun Simiao replied lightly and picked up the dagger on the table.
"Aren't you afraid that what I'm saying is actually wrong? What if cowpox is smallpox? ”
Sun Simiao shook his hands when he heard this, looked back at Wang Xiang and said with a smile: "I believe you, you know that cowpox grows near cowmilk, which is difficult for ordinary people to notice, you know that you know something about cowpox, and if cowpox is smallpox, why are these cows fine." ”
Wang Xiang looked at Sun Simiao, who had a calm face, and smiled: "Vaccination with cowpox will not be life-threatening." ”
When the dagger slashed his arm, Wang Xiang grinned in pain, and he felt ashamed when he remembered that Sun Simiao's face had cut an inch-long wound on his arm without changing his face. The young man is really not as good as an old man.
I accidentally saw many scars on Sun Simiao's arms, which seemed to be caused by sharp weapons. Wang Xiang asked curiously, "Why do Sun Daochang have so many scars on his arms?" ”
Sun Simiao was squatting down and using a dagger to pick up the cowpox on the cow's milk, and replied casually: "I got it when I tried the herbs, and recently I found a herb with a very good hemostatic effect, if it can be promoted, it will be very beneficial to the people." ”
"Do you apply cowpox pus directly to the wound?"
Hearing Sun Simiao's question, Wang Xiang came back to his senses and nodded: "Yes, just apply it directly to the wound, cowpox is also a pox virus, which is very contagious." ”
Sun Simiao wiped the pus from the dagger on the wound. Afraid that it would not be contagious enough, he went to the cow's milk, took some pus, smeared it, and then handed the dagger to Wang Xiang.
Wang Xiang took the dagger, looked at the yellow, yellow and white pus on it, his stomach rolled for a while, and he almost didn't vomit out, there was nothing to hesitate at this time, if he didn't vaccinate against cowpox, let alone save others, he was in danger of being infected by smallpox.
With a ruthless heart, he wiped the pus on the dagger from the wound on his arm, and the dagger hit the wound with a piercing pain.
Of course, he won't get some pus and smear it on like Sun Simiao, as long as the pox virus is infectious, it will inevitably be infected. Otherwise, smallpox wouldn't have been so terrible.
After wiping the cowpox pus, Wang Xiang and Sun Simiao sat on the ground waiting for the "onset of the disease", Sun Simiao's face was no different, but Wang Xiang was uneasy, he didn't know what the situation was when the cowpox attacked, and he didn't know whether the pain was painful when the attack occurred.
There was no reaction for a while at the beginning, but after a few hours, Wang Xiang felt a little dizzy, and his heart was also a little panicked, and by the time he reached the evening, he was already burned in a daze, and Sun Simiao was not much better, the cowpox virus was still quite fierce when it attacked, and it was not weaker than the initial reaction of the smallpox virus.
Li Er instructed the guards who were guarding outside the hall to hear the movement and secretly opened the crack in the door to look inside, and suddenly shivered, Wang Xiang and Sun Simiao both collapsed on the ground and muttered in a delirious voice, and the cow used to get cowpox mooed uneasily in the hall.
The guard looked at the miserable two and swallowed his saliva, these two are ruthless people, how can anyone take the initiative to wipe the pus of smallpox on their bodies, now it's okay, I look like I can't survive it......
I have to tell Your Majesty about this. The guards didn't dare to enter the hall, so they hesitated for a moment and ran in the direction of the Taiji Palace. (To be continued......)