Chapter 140: The Difference Between Classical and Modern Medicine
In terms of personality, the family in the current dynasty didn't like to procrastinate, and Zhu Lingjing was the same, so she immediately began to prepare after returning to the mansion.
She doesn't have many brothers and sisters, except for the crown prince Zhu Likai, there is only one younger brother who is about to be weak, and now her studies have not yet ended, and Zhu Lingjing feels that this guy is unreliable, not like he can take on big things.
In contrast, she is more suitable for this aspect, and she is full of confidence in this as having just received her degree certificate.
The next day, the emperor's decree was finally issued - Qin sent her to Jiujiang Mansion immediately to take charge of the epidemic control in the seven counties of Hukou, Ruichang, Huangmei, Xingzi, Pengze, De'an, and Duchang; And the Imperial History of the Right Governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was originally planned to be in charge of this matter, was now ordered to "Sayuki".
The latter's name was Fang Bao, and he arrived at the princess's mansion that afternoon with a series of copies of the dossier and the chapter.
"Your Highness, this is a report on the situation and progress of all parties, with Hukou and Pengze counties being the most serious......"
"These are the statistics of the number of infected people in Rui, Huang, Xing, and De counties......"
"Also, the accumulation and transit of drugs allocated by Wuhan and Changsha, as well as Beijing......"
In the main hall, Fang Bao handed a large pile of files to Zhu Lingjing, who picked up a copy casually and browsed it.
The proportion of acute illnesses is more than 15%? The mortality and disability rates are appalling.
The more she looked at these reports, the more frightened she became, she frowned slightly, then raised her eyes and said in a deep voice: "In this way, the situation is even worse than expected, and it must be dealt with seriously." ”
Fang Bao, who also had a solemn face, nodded and replied: "The prevention and control in the past ten years has been effective, so the officials, soldiers and civilians have relaxed their vigilance, but the pathogen has not been eradicated, and this large-scale infection is considered to be a comeback!" ”
Zhu Lingjing closed her eyes for a few seconds and thought for a while, "Without further ado, since the will has been made, let's set off as soon as possible, and we will arrive as a messenger to stabilize people's hearts." ”
Fang Bao bowed his hand, "What His Highness said is extremely true. ”
"Come, get ready to travel, if you can, then leave tomorrow morning."
"Yes."
After all, she is a person who has studied modern medicine seriously, and Zhu Lingjing's achievements and knowledge reserves may not be worth boasting about, but there is no problem in passing the qualifications.
And she also has a clear understanding of the current situation - due to the deviation of economic development, the rural areas of Daming have poor sanitation conditions, human and animal waste is disposed of at will, and the rural people have poor hygiene awareness and lack of medical resources.
In terms of pathogenic theory, schistosoma eggs are generally excreted into the water with feces, and the "hairlarvae" in the eggs will burrow into the "snail" and develop into cercariae, and then leave the snail and re-enter the water. The typical process is to enter the vein and follow the blood through the heart to the lungs, and then enter the abdominal veins to develop into adult worms, and lay eggs in large quantities, the eggs will come to the liver or intestines in the veins, and the eggs will burrow through the intestinal mucosa after maturity, so they are excreted with the feces. And so on and so forth.
Based on decades of experience, people have long recognized a seemingly coincidental situation – the area where schistosomiasis is prevalent coincides with the distribution of snails.
Based on this, the joint team of Jinling Medical University and Tai Hospital made inferences and conducted in-depth research, which finally proved that the snail is an intermediate host.
In other words, as long as the snail is solved, this terrible epidemic can be truly eradicated?
However, it is easier said than done - there are so many rivers and lakes, streams and wetlands in the north and south of the river, how can it be wiped out cleanly?
"It's easy to treat the symptoms, but it's easy to cure the root cause... It's hard. ”
It was already moontop in the treetops, and she sighed as she looked at the books spread out on the table.
Outside the room, Su Yiyi, who had just learned the latest news, walked over quickly, and met a maid with a dinner plate halfway.
She took it and motioned for herself to drop in.
"Your Highness, the crown prince has sent a message to you to take his train, don't mind." As she spoke, Su Yiyi placed the plate with the wet towel and the orange sliced into petals on the table.
Zhu Lingjing stretched her waist and said casually: "Okay, remember to say thank you." ”
She didn't like to fly, because a few years ago there was a thunderstorm, lightning and thunder outside, and the plane was so frightening that it looked like it was about to crash.
Since then, she has never taken a plane again, which can be regarded as a psychological shadow.
Since she was going to leave tomorrow morning, Zhu Lingjing did not stay up late, and when it was halfway through, she bathed and changed her clothes and went to bed.
The next day, in the morning.
Not long after the sun jumped above the horizon, a streamlined high-speed steam train left Jiangbei Railway Station with a whistle, dragging a long black smoke to the west.
In addition to the standard marshalling, the train also has a rare additional ten additional stuffy tank cars loaded with various medicines, after all, as the crown prince's seat car, how can it be used to pull goods in ordinary times.
As far as medicine is concerned, today's medicine of Daming is a modern medicine that is a serious child, and it is a relatively independent modern medicine developed on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine.
It is very misleading to equate Western medicine with modern medicine, and it can only be said that because modern medicine was developed by Europeans, people often confuse it and identify Western medicine as modern medicine.
But how can classical medicine be compared to modern medicine?
What is the operation of traditional Western medicine? Bloodletting, amputation, and giving the patient some strange potions are obviously fundamentally different from modern medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine is relatively reliable, and it is not as many people think that it can only diagnose and treat internal medicine.
Surgical terms such as wound suture, laparotomy, and nasogastric feeding treatment seem to have nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine, but in fact, they were used as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties. Even suture surgery for abdominal and intestinal trauma or the trachea of the neck is well documented.
However, under the influence of the Song and Ming Dynasty theories, traditional Chinese medicine gradually shifted from "external treatment" and "internal and external treatment" to simple "internal treatment", and Chinese medicine and surgery declined.
Although there are many achievements in history, classical medicine cannot be compared with modern medicine with science and many technical blessings, and it is an irresistible historical trend for new things to replace old things.
This time, for the rampant epidemic, Zhu Lingjing, the "minister of the Qin Mission" who is proficient in medicine, can be said to be determined to win.
Since ancient times, "laymen lead insiders" is the norm, and the Ming Dynasty is no exception, and it is not uncommon for officials of the Ministry of Industry to be transferred to the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Rites to serve in the Ministry of War.
But it is undeniable that at critical moments, it is the experts who lead the experts who are the most efficient.
From a few days ago to now, Zhu Lingjing has learned all kinds of things about the current epidemic area, and the interests and interests hidden under the surface have also been initially clarified.
But after all, these are only on paper, and what the actual situation is like can only be known when you go.
Zhu Lingjing, who had complicated eyes, looked at the scene that was speeding by outside the car window, and once again fell into deep thought, she was weighing the pros and cons of all parties, and how to handle this matter properly in a measured manner.
There will be more changes in the past few days, so there will be two more shifts at midnight.
(End of chapter)