Pox inoculation only ensures that people who are not infected with smallpox will not be infected again, but it cannot save those who have already contracted smallpox.

This also means that in order to completely eliminate the epidemic in Yuzhou, it is necessary to plant cowpox for tens of thousands of people in Yuzhou.

Although Weichen is clear about the principle of pox, he is still cautious about it, after all, it involves tens of thousands of lives, and clinical trials in advance are necessary.

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As for whether anyone would dare to risk their lives as this experiment, Wei Chen was not worried about it.

Acne is a terminal disease at the level of the ghost gate, not only the symptoms are serious, but also the spread is extremely widespread.

Looking at the whole Great Zhou, ask any household, count up the generations, and always find relatives and neighbors who died of acne.

Everyone understands what acne means, and the fear of acne is deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people of Dazhou.

Especially in Shenyuan Town, the center of the outbreak of the epidemic in Yuzhou, the surrounding people saw the scene like a ghost domain in the world, and they were already frightened by the six gods.

Some people even seek medical treatment in a hurry, go to the temple to ask for incense ashes and water, in an attempt to fight the disease, and the rest of the various messy home remedies are too numerous to mention, and the situation of eating the dead also occurs from time to time.

In this case, once Wei Chen stands up and announces that he has a way to treat acne, even if it can only be prevented, even if it is not verified, hundreds of people will rush to it and willingly serve as an experiment.

To put it bluntly, this is an era when a person's life is as thin as paper, but everyone is struggling to survive, and the people in the epidemic area will not let go of even the slightest hope of survival.

In the courtyard in front of the Houya Flower Hall, Wei Chen told everyone his thoughts, and then instructed Gu Tingye to take people to select some people who volunteered to plant pox near the epidemic area to carry out pox experiments.

Unexpectedly, after listening to this, Gu Tingye waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "There is no need to be so troublesome. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Wei Chen to react, he quickly pulled out the saber at his waist, rolled up his sleeves and raised the knife, and slashed it on his arm.

The bright red blood was bubbling like a spring, ticking down on the stone bricks on the ground, but Gu Tingye didn't blink his eyes, and puffed up his chest very heroically.

When Wei Chen saw this scene, he was speechless.

Of course, he admired Gu Tingye's fearless dedication, but this waist knife was slashed on his body without being sterilized......

In case Gu Tingye worked hard to become a pioneer in defeating smallpox, but died of tetanus unexpectedly, Wei Chen really didn't know what to write on Gu Tingye's epitaph.

Seeing that the wound on Gu Tingye's arm was bleeding non-stop, Wei Chen could only glare at him helplessly, and asked several servants to hold on to the cow and prevent it from struggling.

Immediately, without waiting for Wei Chen to give an order, Zhao Ceying, who was unwilling to be left behind Gu Tingye, took the initiative to ask Ying to step forward, squatted down and pounded the abscess on the special part of the cow, and finally took out a little pus.

Then, according to Wei Chen's instructions, Zhao Ceying carefully and slowly smeared the pus on the wound on Gu Tingye's arm.

After Zhao Ceying finished doing all this, Gu Tingye grinned nonchalantly: "Xingyun, this is the end?" ”

"It's over." Wei Chen glanced at this guy angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Next, we will wait for the clinical response." ”

"What will be the reaction?"

"It's nothing more than a fever, dizziness, and red spots on my body and face."

"Oh, how serious I should be, but that's it! Uh......, wait! ”

Gu Tingye consciously covered his handsome face and said, "Xingyun, you just said that my face will be covered with red spots, this shouldn't leave any sequelae, right?" ”

"There may or may not be, who knows." Wei Chen spread his hands and patted Gu Tingye's shoulder with a sympathetic expression: "Zhong Huai, I've suffered you, tens of thousands of people in Yuzhou will remember you from generation to generation." ”

"This, this, this ......"

Gu Tingye's eyes widened in horror, looking like a bitter melon, and he regretted not being at the beginning.

Risking his life to be the first person to get pox is nothing to Gu Tingye, but if he is allowed to change from a beautiful man with a dignified appearance to an ugly monster with a pockmarked face, it is better to die with a sense of relief.

In the future, how can you have the face to go back to Fanlou to see your old friends!

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In the afternoon of the same day, Gu Tingye, who still had a grudge, was temporarily isolated by Wei Chen, and was specially taken care of by a Lang Zhong.

Wei Chen specially explained to Lang Zhong that when contacting Gu Tingye, he must cover his mouth and nose with a thick linen towel, in addition, drinking water should be boiled first, change the bedding frequently, wash hands frequently, and Gu Tingye's daily shipments should also be splashed with lime to sanitize.

Lang Zhong is the only one who responds.

In the evening, Gu Tingye really began to have symptoms of fever, and the next day, Gu Tingye had a lot of red spots on his body.

Fortunately, he was vaccinated with cowpox after all, and the symptoms were much lighter than those of normal acne patients, and there were only two inconspicuous small red spots on his forehead on his face, which should not be in danger of breaking.

This gratifying discovery finally made Gu Tingye, who had been frightened all night, put down the big stone in his heart.

Five days later, Gu Tingye's body temperature gradually returned to normal, and the red spots on his body gradually disappeared.

Lang Zhong, who was in charge of taking care of Gu Tingye, was surprised and delighted when he saw this, and hurriedly reported the situation to Wei Chen.

After obtaining Gu Tingye's consent, Wei Chen instructed Chen Jun to send Gu Tingye to the hospital in Shenyuan Town, where he lived in the same room with several acne patients, eating and sleeping together every day.

After another five days, Gu Tingye was still alive and well, eating Ma Ma fragrant, and there was no sign of acne at all.

Wei Chen immediately decided to set up a health and epidemic prevention department, and dispatched doctors from Yuzhou City to train and inoculate cowpox, and pilot it in Shenyuan Town, where the epidemic was most serious.

Anyway, the Jun porcelain kiln in Shenyuan Town has come to a halt because of the epidemic, and Zhao Ceying, the president of the Jun Porcelain Guild, has nothing to do, so Wei Chen handed over the newly established Health and Epidemic Prevention Department to Zhao Ceying to manage.

Zhao Ceying naturally couldn't ask for this.

A month later, under the command of Wei Chen and the unremitting efforts of the Department of Health and Epidemic Prevention, thousands of people in Shenyuan Town were infected with cowpox, and no one was heard of contracted with pox.

Lang Zhong, who was stationed in the acne clinic in Shenyuan Town, excitedly reported to Wei Chen that this terrible pox epidemic had been completely extinguished in the territory of Shenyuan.

The people of Shenyuan who survived the catastrophe were overjoyed, and their laughter was mixed with a lot of bitter tears, after all, the pox method can only treat those who have not been infected, and most of the patients who contracted acne before this time have passed away forever after all.

According to the data reported by the Department of Health and Epidemic Prevention, 163 people died as a result of the plague that ravaged the gods.