Chapter 54: Human Pox and Cowpox
"I disagree!"
Chen Ge's face sank, and he said coldly: "There are still people in the village who have not been infected with smallpox, you are letting those innocent people die in vain!"
Now that all the doctors in Jizhou City have been summoned, is it just for them to go over and make a show? They are destined to die, shouldn't they find a way to prevent such a tragedy from happening? ”
Lu Wen and Xiao Changfeng couldn't help but look at Chen Ge in surprise.
She even guessed it.
The reason why they couldn't immediately burn down the village where the plague had broken out was not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.
The whole world is watching them, and if they give up on those people without making some efforts, it will only attract the scolding of the literati and the chill of the people.
Therefore, even if they knew that this was a fatal disease, they also had to behave, and those doctors and soldiers who volunteered to go to Jizhou knew very well that this was a journey with no return.
They just want to use this sacrifice to tell the people of the whole world that they have tried their best, they don't want to give up their people, but they have no choice, in order not to let more people sacrifice, they can only endure the pain of parting this part of the people.
Naturally, they don't want to give up on those people, and they don't want those doctors and soldiers to die in vain, but they can't help it, this is the cruelty of politics.
Han Dong looked at the woman in front of him with some astonishment, and a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart.
That's when ......
A small servant's voice came from outside the door, "Lord, Dr. Chen is here, and he is waiting outside the study, can he be summoned to him?" ”
Wei Yuan glanced at the woman beside him, "Let him in." ”
Then he looked at the others and said, "I asked Ling Fang to invite Dr. Chen, as Madame said, although everyone knows about smallpox, we can't do nothing and let the people die in vain." ”
After a pause, he said indifferently: "Whether the method Madame said is feasible needs to be decided after Dr. Chen's judgment." ”
Han Dong looked at Wei Yuan in surprise, and hurriedly said, "Lord ......"
What does the lord mean is that he is really seriously considering infecting a living person with that beast's disease?!
This is playing with fire!
Although the lord's indifference to women in the past few years worried him, he is now conniving at a woman who doesn't know what his intentions are, which makes him even more worried.
"General Han," Wei Yuan interrupted him in a deep voice, looking at him with a hint of forbearance in his eyes, "I said, I don't allow anyone to treat my wife with such contempt and insult, whether my wife's proposed method is feasible or not should be judged by someone who understands medical skills." ”
Although Wei Yuan had deliberately suppressed it, the residual coldness in those eyes still made Han Dong's heart tremble slightly, and his brows furrowed deeply, but he couldn't say anything anymore, and the worry in his heart was even stronger.
Chen Ge looked at Wei Yuan with some surprise, he didn't expect that he really listened to her words.
She knows that it is not a simple matter to make people in this era accept the concept of vaccines, and she is mentally prepared that people will be afraid to avoid the unknown, which is normal.
However, as a person in charge of the fate of millions of people, he should be cautious about every decision, and the so-called both listening is clear, and partiality is dark, and the rulers who can truly go down in history are bound to be tolerant and open.
Chen Ge couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart, she felt that she might be lucky enough to see the birth of a generation of masters.
After Wei Yuan finished speaking, he walked back to the main seat and sat down, and said to the little servant, "Add a place for Madame." ”
The little servant immediately responded, picked up a cushion and put it in the back of Wei Yuan's left, Chen Ge glanced at Han Dong, who was frowning, lightly, and walked over to sit down.
After a while, Zhang Jing, who was dressed in a cyan robe, walked in.
He was still as if Chen Ge had seen him at the beginning, his delicate face was a little shy and cramped, and his eyes were so clear that there seemed to be no trace of impurities.
Since she came back from Laiyang, it was the first time she saw him, and she remembered that the Wang Tong and medical skills collection notes he lent her last time had not been returned to him.
When Zhang Jing saw Chen Ge, he seemed to be slightly stunned, and his eyes were immediately dyed with a little joy, but as soon as he saw the awe-inspiring man sitting on the main seat, he trembled slightly, his eyes drooped slightly, and said, "I've seen the prince." ”
"Sir," Wei Yuan frowned imperceptibly, and said, "Sir, I'm afraid that I've already heard about the smallpox outbreak in Changzhou, and I invited Mr. over this time to teach him about the epidemic." ”
After speaking, he glanced at Chen Ge on the side and said, "This is my wife Chen Qiniang, so let my wife explain the current situation to my husband first." ”
Zhang Jing's expression darkened slightly, and he couldn't help but glance up at Chen Ge.
Chen Ge nodded, looked at Zhang Jing, and told him the idea of planting cowpox to prevent smallpox for everyone.
The woman in front of him looked at him so seriously and attentively, Zhang Jing went from a trance at the beginning to surprise, and when Chen Ge finished speaking, the expression on his face had turned solemn.
Han Dong couldn't wait to say, "How can this beast's disease be infected?" He also said that smallpox could be prevented through this method, which was really unheard of and shocking! Dr. Zhang, what do you think? ”
After Zhang Jing pondered for a while, he raised his eyes and glanced at everyone present, and said, "Madam, this method is also the first time I have heard of it, and I don't dare to judge it at will, but ......"
He paused and said, "The method of planting pox to prevent smallpox has been witnessed by a certain person, but at that time it was not cow's pox pulp, but ...... Pox pulp for smallpox patients. ”
As soon as he said this, Han Dong and the others all looked at him in shock, but Chen Ge couldn't help but be a little stunned.
In ancient China, there was indeed a practice of preventing smallpox from human pox, but due to the limitation of medical level, it has not been promoted, and it was only secretly carried out among the people, and it was not until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty that it was valued and popularized by the rulers.
The earliest dynasties that began to adopt the method of human pox cultivation can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty.
Could it be that the concept of pox planting to prevent smallpox also began to appear in this era, but none of the medical books she read mentioned it, so it can be seen that even if there is, it is still in a very primitive embryonic state.
Wei Yuan immediately said, "Please tell me in detail." ”
Zhang Jing nodded and said: "That was what happened when he traveled with his master in the early years, when a smallpox epidemic broke out in a village, there was a Jianghu Langzhong who happened to take his family to stay in that village, although he fled with his family immediately after the outbreak of the epidemic, he was still terrified, and it didn't take long for Langzhong's youngest son to fall ill.
In his anxiety, he didn't know where he heard about it, so he took his youngest son's pox and smeared it into the nostrils of the other family members, and within a few days, the whole family fell ill, and finally ......"
The corners of Zhang Jing's mouth twitched slightly, and said: "His wife, two women and youngest son are all dead, and he and his eldest son are the only ones who survive."
After he recovered, he didn't do anything, just like an ordinary healthy person, but he ...... The whole body was covered with acne scars, and it couldn't be eliminated no matter what, and since then, I haven't even dared to see people.
After a moment of silence, Zhang Jing said: "But the miraculous thing is that since then, he and his son have been in contact with smallpox patients again, and they have not contracted smallpox again."
The method that Madame said is probably the same principle as it. ”
But
The room was silent for a while, Lu Wen and Xiao Changfeng looked solemn, Han Dong's brows furrowed even tighter, and Wei Yuan was silent.
Although this confirms that people who have suffered from smallpox will not get smallpox again, this method is simply nine deaths and one life, and it is extremely dangerous!
No wonder this method has never spread among the people!
"Human pox is much more toxic than cowpox, and it is naturally very dangerous."
Suddenly, a tactful and pleasant voice sounded, Chen Ge glanced at everyone, and said: "Cowpox cultivation is ten thousand times safer than human pox cultivation, if you still don't believe it, I can try it on me first, and then make a decision after you see the results." ”
As she spoke, she greeted everyone's shocked expressions and said, "However, the people over there in Changzhou can't wait any longer, since they already have the possibility of contracting smallpox, I hope to inoculate those who have not yet become ill with cowpox, and isolate them from those who have already developed the disease."
Anyway, it's a matter of fate, so why not take a gamble? ”