Tang Shiyue waved his hands urgently: "It's too late! Stop talking! Someone in our village is infected with smallpox! There should be some in the town too! No matter what happens to you, you should leave immediately!"
Meng Yiqiu suddenly opened his eyes wide.
It took him half a minute to digest what she meant: "Smallpox!?"
"Yes! Leave right away! Cover your face! Don't eat or drink, don't stay! Leave Dongfeng County immediately! Leave quickly!"
Meng Yiqiu jumped off his horse and grabbed her hand: "Ah Yue, come with me!"
"What nonsense!" Tang Shiyue threw his hand away: "This is my home! I can't leave! You should leave quickly! Don't make trouble!"
She glared at him and left.
Meng Yiqiu was always a willful young man. Looking at her back, he gritted his teeth for a while and said, "If you don't leave, I won't leave either! If we die, we will all die together!" He followed her immediately.
At this time, several children with fever in the village had been sent to Tang Yi's home.
Tang Yi was an old bachelor with a very straightforward temper. He didn't clean up anything and just asked these children to move in.
Some adults had never had acne, but Tang Shiyue didn't even ask them to come in. Some of the children had no idea what was going on and were crying in panic.
Tang Shiyue said outside: "Dongzi."
Tang Dongzi responded, and Tang Shiyue said: "You take care of them and play with them. If you take care of them well, I promise you that I will ask your parents to come over and take you with me to help me."
Tang Dongzi suddenly choked up and said hoarsely: "Master Tang, we won't die, right?"
"No." Tang Shiyue said steadily: "Don't be afraid, I'm here! I won't let you die!"
Meng Yiqiu looked at her from afar, opened his mouth, but said nothing. He just felt that the look of this young lady at the moment... was more reliable than his father, the kind of trustworthy person who really wanted to rely on her.
Dr. Chen Cun was usually very greedy for money, but at this time, he went in to check these children without even mentioning money or showing any fear.
A lot of knowledge about smallpox quickly passed through Tang Shiyue's mind.
Smallpox is a severe infectious disease. The smallpox virus is transmitted through respiratory contact or direct contact. The scabs and pox fluid fall on bedding and dust. They can withstand dryness and low temperature and can survive for several years.
After being infected with smallpox, there is no good way to treat it.
Ancient prescriptions have said that you can use good honey to smear all over the body, or boil cohosh with honey, and then drink it frequently. Or boil cohosh with water, and use cotton dipped in the liquid to smear the sore surface. Of course, if you use wine to soak it
Cimicifuga will be more effective, but it will cause severe pain that is unbearable.
However, one infection with smallpox provides lifelong immunity.
In other words, as long as you get smallpox once, no matter how mild it is, you will be immune for life after you recover.
Therefore, you can be vaccinated against cowpox before you are infected, and of course you can be vaccinated against variola, but there is a certain risk.
Tang Shiyue was desperately recalling and giving orders continuously.
She asked people to buy honey and cohosh, and asked people to quickly find out if there were any cows with pox. Then she asked people to wrap their hands and faces, and collect all the bedding, clothes, utensils, and even excrement of all the sick patients.
I found a big pit from afar and threw it away, burned it and sprinkled it with lime.
In the high tension, she didn't feel the passage of time at all.
It was not until she was still young that she shouted: "Master's wife! Divine Doctor Su is here!"
Tang Shiyue turned around and saw Su Ji standing there. Tang Shiyue was overjoyed: "Mr. Su!"
Su Ji hummed, but Tang Shiyue didn't have time to say hello, so she quickly took him to Tang Yi's house, while quickly introducing the situation: "We have found seven people, five children and two adults, and the oldest child is ten years old.
He was three years old and probably contracted the infection at about the same time as his mother-in-law. It has turned into pustules. Two of the children had red rashes on their faces and hands, but they were not swollen yet. The remaining two children, one of whom is an adult, just started to have fever and back pain.
No rash yet.”
Su Ji couldn't help but nodded after hearing what she said was detailed and precise.
Tang Shiyue said again: "I asked someone to buy honey and cohosh. I wonder if I can use them?"
Su Ji was surprised: "Do you know medicine?"
"I don't understand," Tang Shiyue said, "What else do you want? Mr. Su told me to take care of it."
Su Ji said: "I'll take a look first."
Tang Shiyue nodded, gave him a cloth to wrap his hands and face, and sent him in. He turned to Qing Wei and asked, "How is the situation in the town?"
Qing Wei said: "I don't know yet. I invited Mr. Su and came back first."
Tang Shiyue asked again: "Where is the martial arts school?"
Ren Dong hurriedly rushed over: "I have seen all the children in the martial arts school, and no one has a fever or a rash. I told them that they are not allowed to take them home for the time being, and no one is allowed in or out. I will ask the doctor to check them again later."
"Okay," Tang Shiyue said: "Ren Donghuonan, you go through the village again to see if there are any problems, especially if there is anyone with fever. After that, you can go to the town and ask..."
But I heard a voice say: "Lord Lin County has sent people to seal the lantern shop and search for the people inside one by one. In addition, he also ordered the town medical center to check for patients with fever these days. When I came, I had already found three
The children, one of them is in serious condition, I suspect he was the first one to get sick, and the other two are also sick. I have left people there, and the news will come at any time."
Tang Shiyue turned around and saw Ding Jiu, and asked, "Why are you back again?"
Ding Jiu said seriously: "My duty is to protect you. If something happens to you, I will die too."
Tang Shiyue nodded and said no more.
She selected a few people from those who had acne, and asked them to be responsible for cooking for several children, taking care of them back and forth, and explaining how to take care of them, one by one, in an orderly manner.
Then he ordered people to pull cloth and said he wanted to sew some big robes.
Meng Yiqiu quickly interrupted: "Ah Yue! I'll do it!"
When Tang Shiyue saw that he was still there, she was so angry and anxious: "Are you crazy! Get out of here quickly!"
Princess Meng grabbed her neck and said, "I won't leave!"
Tang Shiyue was almost hurt by him: "It's not over! Throw him out!"
"No!" Meng Yiqiu stepped back: "Even if you ask someone to throw me out, I will come back! You want someone to pull cloth to make a robe. This is the best thing for me to do. I, Meng, have plenty of people!"
"
Tang Shiyue stared at him, while Meng Yiqiu looked at her stubbornly.
Tang Shiyue finally nodded: "Okay, you ask someone to do it quickly. I want to wrap it tightly from head to toe, face, and hands. Do more, and you have to deal with one piece after one wear. Ren Dong, you
Follow him and grab a few pieces while you're at it."
Er Shao Meng, who never rides with others, immediately agreed and said with his host: "Let's go on horseback!"
Then the two got on their horses and galloped away.
Su Ji came out and opened a few more prescriptions. Tang Shiyue sent Ding Jiu to buy them.
Ding Jiu went there and brought back news that another child had been found, a total of four. The other children were not infected and had been isolated. The county government is still continuing to investigate.
The doctors of Jishitang, Su Ji's two disciples, have already rushed over.
After all the busy work, it was already dark, and Tang Shiyue felt tired at this time.
She forced herself to arrange for Su Ji, and asked Xia Yuhui and Qiao Sangyu to guard Yuefang. She also asked Granny Ye to send Chang Rui and Xiao Yao'er to the martial arts school. Then she went back and took a nap for two hours. She took off all her clothes.
Throw it down.
She got up before dawn the next day, made breakfast in a hurry, ate it with Ding Jiu and others, and took another portion with her to find Su Ji.
Su Ji also just got up, frowning while eating the meal she brought.
Tang Shiyue glanced at Ding Jiu who was not far away, hesitated for a moment, then turned back resolutely and said to him: "Mr. Su, I have heard of a method of vaccination that can prevent smallpox." (To be continued.)