Man Bao took out a concave piece of porcelain as big as a fingernail, pulled out a short, thick needle and pricked his finger. She raised her head and glanced at the patient. Because he was lying on his back to get the needle, there were wounds on his back and head.
There was a needle, so he didn't dare to move. Naturally, he didn't know what Zhou Man had done.
When he noticed that his fingers were being pressed several times, he did not dare to move, thinking that Zhou Man was pricking an acupuncture needle.
Man Bao took the blood and put it in the classroom under the cover of the quilt. Just as he was about to press his finger with gauze to stop the bleeding, Man Bao saw some yellowing between his fingers and some black dirt between his nails.
Man Bao seemed to have seen it in No. 121 as well.
Man Bao frowned slightly, because the selected slaves were all slaves. When recuperating their bodies, the hospital also paid great attention to hygiene. Not only did they have to wash their hair and bathe, put on clean clothes, they also had their fingernails and toenails cleaned.
Repaired.
They didn't have to work during this period. They basically just ate, chatted and sunbathed. Their nails were cut twice. How could they be so dirty?
Man Bao put down his hand and turned to look at the other person's hand. Sure enough, he found that his fingers were also yellowed and there was dirt in his nails.
Man Bao frowned and asked the two of them, "What did you do yesterday?"
The two people lying down looked puzzled, "We didn't do anything."
Manbao paused and asked, "Do you recognize Fang Xu?" Fang Xu is No. 121.
The two of them didn't dare to move their necks and could only say repeatedly: "We know each other, we know each other, we often eat together."
"Were you together yesterday?"
"yes."
Xiao Yuan was waiting for someone to discuss the prescription and walked in. He happened to hear Man Bao ask the two of them, "What did the three of you do yesterday? Let's talk about it after you got up."
The two of them said with some anxiety: "We didn't do anything, we just washed up, ate, and walked around. We didn't go out, and we didn't dare to get close to the fence."
Man Bao asked: "I see your fingernails are a little dirty. How did you get them?"
"Oh, that was probably done when the straw was cut."
"What are you doing with straw?"
"Feed the cows," the two said, "aren't there cows in the cowshed not far away? We saw that the man who was looking after the cows was too busy, so we helped him."
Xiao Yuanzheng's expression changed slightly, he lowered his head and faced Zhou Man, then stepped forward and asked, "Are you just grasshoppers and not close to cows?"
The two people were questioned repeatedly, and they became a little scared and quickly denied: "No, we did not get close to the cow."
Dr. Lu was so angry that he slapped the table, "If you don't tell the truth, what were you doing in the cowshed? If you don't tell the truth, I will have someone come up to serve you."
Xiao Yuanzheng glanced at him, hinting that he should be restrained and that he should have a certain temper in scaring people. Now that they are so sick, don't they think they can really drag people down to beat them?
Who would have thought that before he could retract his warning gaze, the person lying on the bed cried out in tears: "I say, I say, we all say."
One said: "We really feed the cows. They all say that cows with pox will not be taken anymore. When we leave in the end, these cows will be divided among us."
He said: "We thought that although this cow could get smallpox, we could also get it, so we are not afraid. If we can get a cow back, it will be convenient for farming and other things. I, we will just go and have a look."
Another continued: "There are seven cows in the cowshed. They need to eat a lot of straw every day. They have to mix it with beans after passing through the gate and feed them to them. The soldier who takes care of the cows only has one hand, so we went to help.
, Actually we didn’t do much, we just cut some straw and stirred two buckets of fodder for them to eat.”
Xiao Yuanzheng asked them, "How many cows do you feed with your own hands?"
"Just, just both ends."
Man Bao asked, "There are seven cows in total, why do you only feed two?"
"The two cows were ripe, but they were different from the other five. The other five cows looked bulky, and we didn't think it was easy to plow the fields, so we didn't feed them."
Xiao Yuanzheng turned around and left. Man Bao also wanted to follow, but Xiao Yuanzheng ordered: "You stay here and watch them perform the acupuncture, and then go over after the acupuncture is finished."
Man Bao can only stay.
Manbao sat on a chair and watched them.
The two of them were very nervous and asked sweatingly, "Sir, can't we touch the cow?"
Man Bao said: "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be a problem. You have already had acne, but... the acne is not cured yet, and the antibodies in your body may not have formed yet. Have you ever encountered acne rashes on cows?"
"No," the two of them said immediately, "We have acne on our bodies. This thing looks disgusting. Why would we touch it?"
They said: "We just touched its neck, mouth and nose, but we avoided its pimples."
When Man Bao heard this, he was speechless for a long time.
Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, the two of them were worried, "Sir, sir?"
Man Bao said: "There is also our negligence in this. We thought that you had already been vaccinated and there was no need to avoid it, but it turned out that we were wrong."
Man Bao calculated the time, and when he arrived, he pulled out the needle for them and asked: "Apart from the three of you, who else has ever touched the people in the cowshed?"
The two looked at each other, lowered their heads under Zhou Man's gaze, and said several names.
This is all they know.
Man Bao nodded, felt their body temperature, then stood up to find Xiao Yuanzheng and others.
They were standing in the cowshed and had almost understood the situation. Xiao Yuan said: "All seven cows have pox. These two cows had pox just the day before yesterday. Yesterday was the time of high fever and pox."
"Is this why you got infected?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "That's not necessarily the case. We have to continue checking. Let's check everyone first."
The cause of the disease is the most difficult thing to determine. People are not roundworms in their stomachs. They can see what's inside and know the whole process of their illness from the beginning. All vicious things can only be guessed.
Xiao Yuan was telling the people guarding the cowshed, "Watch it, no one is allowed to go near the cowshed anymore."
He turned around and took everyone back, and said to Zhou Man: "Continue the investigation, group people with similar conditions together, and see how many of them have recurrences."
The four of them worked hard for a day and looked at all the patients. Finally, they sat on a chair and made a summary. Man Bao said: "There are twenty-seven people who are still having fever. Except for those two people, everyone else has a low fever. There is currently no fever."
Signs of recurring acne rashes.”
Just as Xiao Yuan was writing down the notes, Man Bao said: "I asked them, there are twelve people who have entered the cowshed in the recent period. Except for the three of them, there is nothing unusual about the others so far."
"It has been confirmed that there are 67 people whose acne scars are about to fall off when they are mature, and there are 58 people whose acne scars are becoming mature."
Doctor Liu sighed: "It's almost done."
Man Bao nodded, "Based on the proportion of people on both sides, cowpox has not failed, but now that there are death cases, it can't be considered a success."
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "Find out the cause of the disease. In a few days, the cowpox will mature and the next group of people will be vaccinated."
Man Bao and Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Lu responded.