Man Bao stood at the door and looked at it before saying, "He gets acne very quickly now. Would it be too risky to promote acne?"
Dr. Lu frowned and thought for a while, "Then he will probably have a fever all night tonight. When I gave him the injection just now, it was very hot to the touch. He probably won't be able to survive it. Let's prescribe a comprehensive prescription to bring down the fever a little bit."
Man Bao nodded, "Don't press the pimple."
"I know."
So the two of them discussed and came up with a prescription. It was not difficult to discuss. They had prepared several useful prescriptions when they were in Xiazhou. Now they just need to add or remove some medicinal materials or the amount according to the actual situation of the patient.
There are just some changes.
The two of them wrote out the prescription, and Man Bao took the medicine to the medicine shelf nearby. These were the medicinal materials they had obtained from the Imperial Hospital, and they were all useful.
They were packed in boxes with the name of the medicine written on them.
Man Bao weighed out a packet of medicine, handed it to the servant and said, "Go and make some medicine."
No. 3 recovered quickly, but the acne on her body began to scab in two days. It is estimated that the acne scab will fall off in less than two days.
Man Bao looked at it thoughtfully and said, "How about using his acne scab to continue the next experiment?"
Xiao Yuanzheng and Dr. Lu couldn't help but look over, and then looked at the drowsy patients on the two beds next to them. They sighed and nodded, "He is recovering well. Judging from his acne, the toxicity of the acne is
It shouldn’t be very big.”
The condition of the other two people was not very good. It was strange. It was obviously the same acne scab and the portions were about the same. Why were the conditions of the three of them so different?
Man Bao frowned and said, "Because of age?"
Xiao Yuanzheng and Dr. Lu only visited No. 3, who was still young, and then went to see No. 2 and No. 1. This was the only reason.
Dr. Lu said: "Judging from the situation in Xiazhou, the mortality rate of the elderly after contracting smallpox is indeed higher, followed by adults, and children and teenagers are the least."
Man Bao also nodded.
Xiao Yuan was deep in thought, "In the future, you have to get vaccinated as early as possible. I don't know what the success rate is. It would be great if everyone was like No. 3."
Man Bao said: "There are very few prisoners who are so young, right?" So where can we find test subjects?
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "Only among the family members of the implicated prison officers. You have to go to Dali Temple to find it. However, vaccination is very dangerous. Most of the family members of the implicated prison officers were exiled or transferred to Yeting. I'm afraid they won't be able to find it."
I am willing to risk my life."
Man Bao nodded slightly, and let's take a look at the situation. If his acne scabs are less toxic, then the risk of vaccination won't be very great. At that time, we can discuss with Dali Temple to let them plead guilty and meritorious service. "
There are those who think life is more important, and naturally there are also those who want to take a chance and seek wealth in the midst of danger.
Neither Xiao Yuanzheng nor Dr. Lu expressed objections, but it was too early to mention this now. The top priority now is to save the lives of the two people in the hospital bed. Otherwise, two of the three will die if they contract smallpox. This mortality rate is even higher than that of Xiazhou.
high.
The three of them tried their best to treat the patient, taking turns applying acupuncture and concoctions. No. 2's condition gradually stabilized, the acne showed signs of improvement, and his fever gradually subsided.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and then most of their attention turned to No. 1.
But he didn't know whether it was because he was older or because he was in poorer health than the other two. The high fever never went away, and the smallpox could not be fully dispersed. However, he became confused with the fever in two days.
Man Bao and the others saw that it was not working, so they had to give him medicine to cool down his temperature, but now he couldn't lower his temperature at all, and even if he suppressed it, he would rebound violently afterwards.
Moreover, if smallpox cannot be transmitted, it will inevitably cause other diseases. They have seen too many cases of this kind in the past four months.
At noon on the third day, Dr. Lu felt his pulse and looked at No. 1, who was lying on the bed with a pale face. He shook his head and went out and said: "It's no use. There's no way he can be saved."
Man Bao went in to take a look, and couldn't help but give him another set of acupuncture, but there was still no one there at night.
This was not the first time that everyone saw a dead person, so they just sighed with regret and then recorded what was needed.
Man Bao took a look at the fresh pimples on his body, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at No. 3 and No. 2 who had completely healed.
The two of them were startled when they met his gaze, and they both took a step back.
Man Bao put down the small book in his hand and said to Doctor Zheng Lu of Xiao Yuan: "We haven't tried it yet to see if the people they vaccinated with pox can really no longer be infected with smallpox."
Dr. Lu: "Isn't it a well-known fact that people who have had acne will never have acne again?"
Xiao Yuanzheng understood what Zhou Man meant, "But their situation is a little different, especially No. 3. It didn't even take five days from the time he got the acne to the time he recovered."
Moreover, there were very few pimples on his body, and he basically didn't suffer much. To be honest, Xiao Yuanzheng himself was trembling a little. What if the pimples were useless, would smallpox still be transmitted to him?
Man Bao said: "There is a way. Try it with fresh acne pulp from his body."
Xiao Yuan was looking at No. 1 who had just closed his eyes on the bed...the smallpox on his body was still red and he began to think thoughtfully.
After a while, three imperial doctors came forward with a piece of cotton cloth, pricked two fresh smallpox on his body, and then went to No. 3 after soaking in the serum.
No. 3 shivered, thinking that they were going to stuff it into his nose again. Who knew that Manbao took his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and pricked his arm with a thick needle. It started to bleed, and then they took it.
He wiped his wound with the piece of cotton cloth.
Man Bao said: "We will know in two days whether it has any effect."
Teacher Mo was overjoyed when he found out about this and said, "Isn't the reason why you want to vaccinate against smallpox so that you can weaken the toxicity of smallpox so that you can obtain smallpox immunity without danger?"
He said: "According to the pulse number 3 you gave, his condition is not even good. The best smallpox vaccine I know will not cause any discomfort on the body except for a slight pain when it is injected.
Successful people will have a trace of a pox on their body, which means they are immune to smallpox."
Man Bao listened with longing and asked: "Is this the cowpox method written in the book?"
Teacher Mo smiled and said: "According to records, cowpox is much safer than variolation. Unfortunately, I have been searching for a long time and could not find a detailed production method. However, I asked some colleagues and they all believed that cowpox vaccination should also be cultivated through several generations.
, it must be at least the second generation, so that the toxicity will be much weaker."
Man Bao asked: "It's the same as the water vaccine method for human pox. Is it made from powdered acne scabs?"
Teacher Mo shook his head, "My guess is to use pox pulp, which will have a faster effect. If cowpox is so much safer than human pox as described in the book, then the smallpox virus that has been domesticated for several generations will not have much toxicity.
The vaccination at this time should be a direct vaccination, but unfortunately you don’t have injections there. Maybe you can prick your arm directly and use the vaccine to contaminate the wound like you did today?"
Man Bao thought deeply: "Since we can't explain clearly, we can only try one by one."
Teacher Mo also thinks so. Science is inherently about trial and error.