"So I want to leave this matter to you. Only you can make me feel at ease."
Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin and realized that he had been able to cure his intestinal carbuncle through surgery. This made Emperor Hongzhi trust Liu Jin very much.
He had personal experience. Before his intestinal carbuncle was cured, he was only in his thirties, but he was as depressed as an octogenarian, unable to do anything.
The intestinal abscess was cured, and my body became younger and younger, full of energy, and I was in good physical and mental condition.
With personal experience, he was full of gratitude and absolute trust in Liu Jin.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will do my best!"
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly replied respectfully.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, then thought for a while and said: "Since ancient times, women have always passed through the gate of hell to give birth. Every year, we don't know how many women die because of this, and we don't know how many children die just after birth.
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"Every time I am in this grade, I feel deeply heartbroken."
"Reproduction is the order of heaven and human relations. Only by having more children can our Ming Dynasty be more prosperous. However, the mortality rate is so high. Our entire Ming Dynasty has a population of tens of millions, so the number of people who die every year is extremely large."
"If good methods can be developed to greatly reduce the mortality rate of pregnant women and children, it will be a great blessing and a great good thing for our Ming Dynasty."
When he said this, Emperor Hongzhi looked very sad.
Empress Zhang gave birth to two sons for him, and Zhu Houzhao raised him to adulthood. The other one died at a very young age. It must be said that with limited medical technology, even the emperor's son could easily die.
"Your Majesty, you love your people as your own children. This is the blessing of hundreds of millions of people in the world!"
"I also know something about this matter."
"I talked about this with professors from Daming Medical College. They said that there is a 30% mortality rate in this area. This is an extremely scary number."
"This means that one in every three mothers is facing the threat of death, and because no effective measures are taken, the mortality rate of newborns is also very high, as high as 40% (this is not a fabrication, but it is really that high,
In the early days of liberation, the infant mortality rate here in Tibet was as high as 43%, which is an extremely terrible figure), and almost every household had children who died young."
The Emperor Hongzhi in front of us truly loves the people like his son. He can think of the people all over the world when his wife gives birth to a child, which shows that he is really a good emperor and an emperor who loves his people like his son.
"That's why I thought of you. My intestinal carbuncle can be cured. I believe you also have a way to significantly reduce this mortality rate."
"If the mortality rate of pregnant women and infants can be reduced to about one tenth, our country will be able to produce hundreds of thousands more people every year, or millions of people in ten years."
"And this is a major event that will benefit the present generation and benefit the future!"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard Liu Jin's words, his expression changed slightly. If some things were not counted, you wouldn't think it was scary, but if they were actually counted, they would be very scary.
"Your Majesty, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high. There are many reasons for this."
"First of all, the method of midwifery is very simple and ignorant. Because men and women are in great defense, the midwives are all women who deliver babies. These women are often illiterate women, and the methods they use are all crude methods, such as whipping.
Hair eating, acupuncture and other methods.”
"Not to mention whether it is effective or not, the psychological shadow left on the mother will probably linger for the rest of her life."
"When various emergencies occur at the same time, these stable women often do not know any medical techniques and methods and are unable to provide first aid, resulting in the death of pregnant women and infants."
"In terms of neonatal mortality, the mortality rate remains high, and there are many reasons for this."
"One is that the delivery process is unprofessional, and sometimes the child is even forced to pull, causing the baby's death. Sometimes the delivery time is too long, causing the baby's death."
"In addition, incomplete disinfection can easily cause tetanus. The ancients said that the wind blows in seven days and is thrown away in eight days."
"In addition, there are measles, smallpox, scarlet fever, pneumonia, typhoid, etc., which are all fatal."
"The last thing is superstition. When you are sick, instead of seeing a doctor, you go to ask ghosts, witches, Taoist priests, monks, etc., and you miss the time for treatment, which leads to the death of the child."
After hearing this, Liu Jin nodded solemnly and began to describe some things in this regard in detail.
Emperor Hongzhi listened carefully. He knew very little information in this area. After all, since he was a child, all he had learned, read, and been exposed to were Confucian classics and the so-called emperor's art and the way of governing the country.
Giving birth to a child is something that is quite taboo. Naturally, he, as an emperor, has very few contacts and understandings.
"Then in your opinion, how should we solve this problem?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a long time and then asked after thinking about it.
"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be effectively solved at present. The most important thing is people's ideological concepts!"
"For a long time, we have been relatively taboo about this aspect. There is a lack of research on this aspect. Even doctors only diagnose the pulse before delivery and prescribe tocolytics. As for delivery, doctors cannot get involved.
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"It's just relying on a group of stable women with no medical knowledge and no education to deliver babies."
"If this concept does not change, our medical technology in this area will never be improved. If we want to improve the survival rate and reduce risks, we must have doctors involved and conduct specialized research to make progress."
"But this matter is very taboo and involves the protection of men and women, so even doctors are not willing to get involved, and mothers and their families are obviously not willing to let men get involved."
Liu Jin also shook his head helplessly.
If he were to travel back in time to ancient times, what would make Liu Jin feel helpless the most would be the ignorant and ignorant feudal ideology.
"I remember, didn't Daming Medical College have an obstetrics and gynecology department?"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. People felt it was taboo to talk about this matter, let alone operate it.
"It is true that there is an obstetrics and gynecology department, but until now it has been difficult to recruit students. Few people are willing to send their daughters to the obstetrics and gynecology department to learn this knowledge."
"Until now, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has only recruited a few students. As for imparting knowledge and experience in this area, they are all traditional women. They are all women. Firstly, they are illiterate. Secondly,
"We are very self-conscious, so it is difficult to acquire any knowledge and experience, and no one is willing to ask teenage girls like them to deliver babies, so it is still embarrassing to this day."
"Originally, nine students were enrolled. However, because they could not learn anything and there was no job of delivering babies, their parents called them back and gave up their studies."
At this point, Liu Jin felt really helpless.
Research and teaching in other aspects of Daming Medical College are very good, and many have made great progress, especially in the field of surgery. Now the technology has improved a lot. For small operations such as treating intestinal abscesses, the success rate has been as high as nine.
become.
But in the obstetrics and gynecology department, it's very embarrassing.
The professors at the medical school are all men, and no one knows anything about this. They only teach how to diagnose the pulse and prescribe prescriptions for miscarriage and miscarriage. They also don’t know how to deliver babies and cannot teach them. It is also relatively difficult.
taboo.
Therefore, some stable women were invited to teach their experience. However, these stable women were worried that someone would steal their business, and they were worried that they would starve the master to death, so they were unwilling to teach them their experience.
The key is that the experience taught is all crude methods, there is no science at all, and they often kill people.
In addition, girls from poor families were studying this. They found that they could not learn anything, and no one was invited to deliver the babies. Naturally, they soon stopped learning.
"That's it~"
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded to express his understanding. Then he thought about it and said, "Then how do you think this matter should be resolved?"
"Your Majesty, I believe that in order to resolve this matter, the first step is to break the shackles of thought and get rid of the influence of backward concepts."
“First, we need to carry out research in this area, summarize experiences and lessons learned, and conduct related research at the same time.”
"The second is to increase investment in research in this area, invest more people and more money in research, and allow more people to learn."
"Of course, the most important thing is to have an influential woman to set an example for the world, to let the world know about the difficulties and risks that women face during childbirth, and to let more people know about the consequences of improper delivery of pregnant women and babies.
How high is the mortality rate?”
"This will make more people pay attention to this matter, gradually change everyone's ideas, and promote the research and development of medical technology. Only in this way can we truly improve the survival rate and reduce risks."
Liu Jin thought about it and gave his own suggestions.
"Are there enough influential women to set an example for the world?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Liu Jin's words. He wanted the Queen to set an example and serve as a case for the world.
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, then thought about it again and again, and then said after a long time: "What you said makes sense. Someone should stand up and set an example for the world."
"The Queen, her mother, is a role model for the women of the Ming Dynasty. If she can set an example for the women of the world, she will definitely be able to break the shackles of traditional ideas and let the people of the world follow her example."
"Liu Jin, I will give you full responsibility for this matter. Not only must you ensure the safety of the Queen and the unborn child, but you must also use this as an example to set an example for the world!"