"I will prove it to you today!" Li Mu said, waving his hand, and Li Tai came in with a box. When everyone saw Li Tai, they quickly saluted again, but Li Tai did not return the gift. All his
He put all his energy on the box in his hand. It was not that he was rude, but Li Mu told him that the box was worth one hundred thousand gold. Even though Li Tai was a prince, he couldn't afford to pay so much money.
He carefully placed the exquisite wooden box on the table, and all the famous doctors saw that the lid of the rosewood box was engraved with a line of majestic official script "microscope".
Wang Tong was the closest and saw the most clearly. He muttered: "Microscope?"
"What does this mean?"
"Is it difficult to understand how to make tiny objects appear?" Li Mu said angrily. Wang Tong did not dare to answer. Li Mu took the box and continued: "This thing is worth a hundred thousand yuan..." He pointed upward.
, said: "It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an object from heaven. Such an object should not appear in the mortal world. It is hard to obtain and extremely difficult to copy!
Everyone has heard the saying that Li Mu Nai is the "Exiled Immortal" from the heaven and the lower world. He talked about it so eloquently that everyone didn't feel that it was different. Instead, they seemed to have confirmed what they thought in their hearts, and they suddenly became enlightened.
Seeing them like this, Li Mu didn't explain, and then said: "Microscope... what does it show? Microorganisms... you can't understand microorganisms, can you understand floating?"
Everyone nodded, and Fuyou was mentioned in many classics. In medical science, Fuyou is often used to refer to things that are insignificant and cannot be detected.
"They are organisms that are invisible to the naked eye." Li Mu gave a definition and said, "I call them microorganisms. The reason why people get sick is mostly caused by these invisible gadgets."
As he spoke, he said seriously: "According to my research, this big belly disease is caused by microorganisms."
Wang Tong didn't want to argue with Li Mu, but as a doctor, he really couldn't listen to a layman's rhetoric, so he couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, this is all your conjecture..."
"It's not a guess!" Li Mu gestured again, and someone brought a plate. On the plate, there was a pile of feces. Li Mu subconsciously took a half step back, but the doctors did not. As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, they had already observed feces.
They knew that there must be something fishy in Li Mu's feces when he asked someone to bring him feces.
Li Mu found a pair of long chopsticks, rummaged through the excrement, pointed at it and said, "Look carefully, are there any insects in this excrement?"
The adult worms of schistosomiasis are between 12 and 20 millimeters, visible to the naked eye, and are not difficult to detect. In fact, experienced doctors like Wang Tong have already seen the appearance of schistosomiasis in their previous medical practice.
But where this thing comes from and how it grows is an eternal mystery. Due to the limitations of the times, they would never have thought that it has anything to do with microorganisms.
"Master Hou, we have seen this bug, but how can you be sure that this bug is grown from the microorganism you said?" Wang Tong vaguely felt that maybe what Li Mu said was right, but it was passed down in his family.
There was no example of illness caused by 'microorganisms' in the medical arts. It was difficult for him to accept it for a while, but out of curiosity, he couldn't help but ask.
Wang Tong's question hit the right spot. Otherwise, it would be a bit boring for Li Mu to talk alone. It's like talking about cross talk, there must be someone to praise.
"My microscope is a treasure that allows you to see larvae. If it doesn't have such ability, how can it be worth a hundred thousand yuan?" Li Mu gently touched the sandalwood box and asked with a smile.
"If Lord Marquis can allow us to see the larvae with our own eyes, we will believe it." Wang Tong was also happy, he couldn't wait.
"That's right." Others also nodded and said, "As long as we can see it, we will accept it. We will do whatever the Marquis says, and we will do it without any hesitation."
"Haha, that's not necessary." Li Mu had finished digging the hole, and waved his hands, thinking that it was really not human work to deceive people, it was too much of a waste of words: "Well, let's make a bet, if I can let you see The eggs of microorganisms that have never been seen before prove that what I said is true... You don’t have to lose anything to me. After this epidemic, you arrange your shifts, take turns to diagnose and treat patients in this hospital, and study medical skills together. How about writing a book and telling it to be passed down to future generations?”
"Is this..." Everyone hesitated. Taking turns to sit in the clinic was the next best thing. However, most people were reluctant to write books and pass them on to future generations. In this era, most people are living their lives in solitude. In Jane's day, if anyone had a secret method or a good way to cure a disease, it could be passed down and support a family for several generations. If he wrote a book and passed it on to future generations, wouldn't it mean that my family's Can everyone learn the secret method? If so, what will my descendants eat and drink?
Seeing everyone's hesitation, Li Mu frowned and said, "Everyone, I have good words to persuade you, and I don't know how to praise you."
The voice gradually became colder, and everyone felt the cool breeze blowing on the backs of their necks. Only then did they wake up. Li Mu was not negotiating with them, this was an order. Unless they gave up their lives, or asked Li Shimin to support them, there would be no way for them in Jiangnan. In this world, who can resist the Marquis of Luoyang?
Wang Tong woke up quickly and immediately expressed his loyalty: "I am willing to be the first to stand up and agree with the Marquis's initiative. The Marquis has written a book and will be a model for all generations. We have the opportunity to add to the cake. It is really a great opportunity to be with the Marquis." How proud!"
Everyone also reacted, nodded repeatedly, and said: "How can I be honored by you? How can I be honored by you!"
Li Tai was secretly excited when he heard it, and said in his heart that Master is indeed successful in everything he does. There is nothing in this world that he does not understand!
Wang Tong and others also figured it out. Although it seemed to be a bit coercive, in fact, they had nothing to do with it. You contribute a secret recipe, and others also contribute secret recipes. If you put them all out, it is everyone's secret recipe. They all knew each other and it was even. What's more, Li Mu knew Divine Doctor Sun and his disciple Liu Shenwei. If he wanted any good prescription, he might not be looking at the little thing in his hand.
And if what Li Mu said was true, they would stay and study this new world of microorganisms.
Although they had previously grasped the symptoms through observation, hearing, asking, and feeling, they could also treat most diseases. However, they could cure diseases, but they could not understand the real cause of the disease. They only relied on speculation, which is a very strange thing in itself.
Seeing and hearing is the most real thing. Being able to see the cause of disease with your own eyes is the dream of every doctor.
"Okay, let's make an agreement." Li Mu nodded and happily opened the box.
The doctors then saw a strange instrument made of brass, which looked like a lampstand, standing quietly in the velvet-lined wooden box.
"What is this?" Everyone came up and looked at the delicate instrument curiously.
It was more than a foot high. There was a copper pillar cast on the circular base. On the pillar was a square anvil. There was a small round mirror under the anvil. There was a round mirror that could be adjusted in height hanging on the anvil.
cylinder.
Yes, this is exactly the microscope that Li Mu took out. It is produced by the system and there is no accuracy error.
The structure of this microscope is very different from the optical microscope used by middle school students in later generations for experiments, except that it does not yet have a rotating diaphragm and an objective lens converter.
For Li Mu, who has reached an advanced level in machine skills, there is no technical difficulty. It is just a matter of considering whether it is appropriate to use it.
In the end, he decided to take it out. After all, the technology involved in this thing can't see any 'kill' in a short time. It's just that 'glasses' have become popular earlier, and when it comes to the military, it's just a telescope.
Li Mu caressed the telescopic cylinder and said, "This thing can be seen under the microscope, but it is most magical."
"Calling it a microscope comes from the meaning of 'the body uses one source, and the microscope is seamless'."
Chinese culture is all about "origin". After hearing what Li Mu said, everyone looked at the microscope with new eyes.
"As I just said, not every snail has eggs parasitized. In order to save time, I first prepared a batch of slices and selected a few with larvae."
Then he picked up a thin piece of glass, placed it carefully on the stage, put his eyes on the objective lens, and said while adjusting the focus: "You can take a look at what it looks like first, and you can use the snail to make slices yourself later."
, you will find larvae in it soon... Of course, you must take good protection, otherwise you will be infected."
"Yes." Everyone nodded. After hearing what Li Mu said so seriously, they actually believed it. They just wanted to see the microorganisms now and didn't want to worry about anything else.
"Let's see." Li Mu adjusted the focus and stepped aside.
Everyone gave in, but in the end Wang Tong went up first.
Wang Tong followed Li Mu's example and put one eye on the eyepiece, staring wide-eyed.
I saw a few pear-shaped worms in a chaotic liquid, symmetrical from left to right, covered with ciliated insects, wandering slowly.
"This, this is the luring insect? It's so infiltrative!" Wang Tong's skin broke out. The insects he had seen were not so terrifying. They were too ugly to look like things from the underworld.
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"That's right." Li Mu nodded and said, "This is what it looks like after magnification three hundred times." He pointed to the eyepiece and objective lens of the microscope and introduced, "This is called the eyepiece, which can be magnified ten times. This is called the objective lens.
It can be magnified thirty times. If the two are superimposed, the appearance of this larva can be magnified a full three hundred times!"
The larvae of Schistosoma are between thirty and eighty microns. When magnified three hundred times, they are one to two centimeters in size!
Not only can you see it, but you can also clearly see its evil appearance.
"Let's see, let's see!" The doctors couldn't hold back and took turns watching, just like a child who got a new toy and couldn't put it down, and couldn't move away from it until it died.
Sure enough, no one can resist the temptation brought by the word ‘curiosity’.
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The people present were all doctors. Although they had never been exposed to a microscope, they learned it quite quickly.
After listening to Li Mu's introduction to the preparation method of slicing, Wang Tong was able to use a special knife to cut the snail meat into thin slices, place them firmly on a glass slide, and then cover them with precious coverslips.
It's like it has been tested for many years, as stable as an old dog.
After a while, all the thirty slides were used up. In order to ensure the coverage and accuracy as much as possible, the thirty slides came from five different snails.
As a result, I was pretty lucky, and evil-looking schistosomiasis larvae were found on three of the slices.
After personally testing and seeing the larvae, the doctors were finally convinced that there were indeed parasites in the snails.
How to confirm that the larvae are the pathogenic schistosomiasis?
The method is very simple, that is, let these larvae grow up, and when they grow to maturity, you will understand everything by comparing them with the adult worms in the feces.
For the first time in history, traditional Chinese medicine has moved from a vague and mysterious area to a clear scientific exploration. This is of epoch-making significance. Li Mu couldn't help but think that maybe because of this step, those who say that traditional Chinese medicine is useless on the Internet more than a thousand years later
The trolls out there can more or less restrain themselves.
But it’s not necessarily true. Trolls can always find wonderful angles to turn on their own watering cans. This is a unique skill that most people can’t learn.
After seeing the disgusting larvae, the doctors were still not satisfied and asked Li Mu what the ubiquitous 'little rods' and 'little curls' in Li Mu's microscope were.
Fortunately, Li Mu had not completely forgotten all the biological knowledge he had learned. After thinking about it for a while, he said angrily: "These, I call them bacteria."
"Bacteria?" It was another word that he had never heard before. Wang Tong opened his big eyes full of curiosity, "Is it also a kind of microorganism?"
"Not bad." Li Mu nodded.
"So this...bacteria can also cause disease?"
"Hmm..." That's a bit over the top. Li Mu's original intention was to convince them of his epidemic prevention measures. He didn't want to open a biology cram school. He built a microscope and wanted them to study it on their own. He didn't study biology.
interest.
Li Mu sighed and said: "Bacteria, like animals and plants, are also a type of living things. They are everywhere and there are many kinds... But they can be divided into three types in terms of shape. Those 'little sticks' you see are various
The bacilli, the 'curls' are various spiral bacteria. There are also various 'cocci'."
"Bacteria are so invisible, but they are everywhere. For example, when making wine, there are bacteria in the koji. There are also bacteria in making noodles. It is also the help of bacteria that makes the noodles rise. This is good for bacteria.
On the one hand, there are also many bad things. Food rot is caused by bacteria, and wounds become suppurated because of bacteria. Most epidemics of plague are caused by bacteria, which cannot be generalized."
Wang Tong and others became more and more confused as they listened. Finally, Wang Tong couldn't help but ask a question that everyone was curious about: "Master Hou, please forgive me for being bold, how do you know this? You have invented the microscope a long time ago.
Years of dedicated research?”
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Wang Tong felt stupid. Li Mu was only nineteen this year. How many years could he study from his mother's womb?
Li Mu sighed. He had already thought that someone would ask this question. But it didn't matter. He had already thought of a solution. He looked up at the sky and sighed quietly: "This was all tens of thousands of years before I came to earth.
It has been gained through practice over the long years. Don’t reveal too much of the secrets of heaven. If you mortals want to know..." Li Mu patted the microscope and said, "Study for yourself."