Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 87 Epidemic Prevention
Yichiro and his younger brother Jiro looked at their family in dumbfounded manner, and hurried over to ask, "What happened?"

The wife shyly said in a low voice, "They took a look at me and Asaki's hair and said..."

As she spoke, the voice behind the woman was like a mosquito.

Yichiro didn't hear what his wife was saying at all, and asked anxiously, "What did you say?"

"Say there are lice." The wife and the woman lowered their heads, their faces flushed.

"Huh?" Yoshiro was a little confused.How many lice does the poor have?

"People said that lice on the body will spread the plague." A man who had just shaved his head snorted into the tent.

And this point?Yichiro and his younger brother stared at each other, not knowing what to say.

"You two, come out and shave your heads!" Outside the tent, a woman in a white coat shouted towards the tent.

Yichiro and his younger brother sighed helplessly, forget it, just shave it, and you don't have to comb your hair.

So Yichiro obediently sat on the stool outside the door, and it didn't take long for his head to feel cooler as his hair continued to fall.

After shaving her hair, the woman behind her took out a soaked towel from a bucket on the side and twisted it slightly.He casually scratched Lamichiro's head and wiped it in three or two strokes.

The shaved woman waited for Yichiro to get up, then shook the white cloth to remove the remaining hair on it, pointed to the stool in front of her, and said to Yichiro's younger brother Jiro, "Sit down!"

Jiro had to sit there with a sad face.

When Michiro Hulu entered the tent with his bare back of his head, the young son in his wife's arms looked at him, and he became very happy.

After a while, after Jiro also shaved his head.The woman in charge of shaving her head swept the fallen hair into a pile.A guard came with a torch and set the hair on fire.Therefore, in the flames with a burning smell, there was a non-stop crackling sound, and there was no movement for a long time.

At this time, the women outside the tent called Miichiro and his family to come out again, and then took out five pieces of yellow soap and 19 yuan white cotton cloth from a red bucket.

Yaichiro took it and smelled it, there was a sour smell.Do you think this is for food?
"Remember, there are medicines in it. You should use this to wash your hair every day. After washing for five days, there will be no more lice. The cotton cloth is for your face."

Yichiro and the others looked at each other in dismay, thinking that the gentlemen here are really lenient, not only about lice, but also about wiping their faces.

After the women left, everyone just sat down and chatted for a while.A tall woman in a white coat and a mask walked in again.

Yichiro and the others looked at the woman's eyebrows and looked very good-looking, but they didn't know what was under the mask.

Then, from behind the woman flashed a little girl of short stature, dressed in ordinary clothes, but with a large brown bag slung over her shoulders.

What is this for?

The little girl said suddenly. "Master asked us to check your health to see if you are sick."

Are these two women doctors?Aren't all doctors supposed to be bald monks?
In the Edo period, most doctors shaved their heads like monks.This tradition is said to have originated in the Warring States Period, when doctors on the battlefield shaved their hair to show that they were non-war men.

Most of the doctors in the Edo period were hereditary families of doctors, and they generally took 10 to 20 years of practice before they could practice medicine independently.If the family has no children or the heir is unwilling to be a doctor and has poor medical skills, he will choose an excellent person from his disciples or accept a person from another medical family as an adopted son and let him inherit the family.Because the mainstream of medicine in Edo is traditional Chinese medicine, in addition to learning medical skills, doctors also need to learn Chinese, the Four Books and the Five Classics.

The tall woman took a few steps forward with her hands behind her back, looking at everyone in the tent one by one.When she saw Yichiro's son, she frowned and walked over.

Yichiro saw that the woman pointed at her son and said something to the girl beside her.He couldn't understand a sentence himself, and turned to look at his brother, who also shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand.

After the girl listened to the tall woman, she said to Yashiro's wife, "The teacher said that your child is sick, and she needs to check it carefully."

Since last year, Yichiro's son's health has not been very good. Not long after he arrived in Matsushima Town, he saw his son's belly swell and become thinner and thinner day by day.Yichiro knew that this was a disease caused by starvation. He tried his best to find food to eat right next to his son, but it was still not good. He had a cough recently, especially at night.

Thinking of this, Yashiro quickly took his son from his wife and carried him to the bottom bunk.I saw that the female doctor took out a strange thing from the box that the little girl was carrying and put it on her neck. There was a tube in the middle that looked soft, and I didn't know what it was for; The thing is shiny on one side and black on the other.

Yichiro's wife and daughter both got down from the upper bunk and walked to the opposite side of the lower bunk, not daring to look at it.

I saw that the female doctor untied the clothes on the child, and first hung the thing hanging on the chest over both ears.Only then did Yichiro realize that the end of this thing was actually made of metal.

The female doctor picked up the hanging metal block, put the black side on her son's chest and stomach, and put it down after a while.Then she pressed Yichiro's son's stomach a few times with her fingers, then covered the child's clothes and said something to the girl.

After a while, the girl said to the Yichiro family: "The teacher said that your child lacks nutrition, so there is water in the stomach."

Nutrition?Standing water?what is this?

The girl didn't understand at first glance, so she asked the female doctor a few more questions, and then she said, "Just let him eat more."

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads and sighed.Who doesn't understand this truth, but after more than a year, taro, radish, wild vegetables, these farmers can't eat their daily food, let alone say good things.

But the girl's subsequent words terrified the Yaichiro family.

"The teacher also said that the child is also sick in the lungs and needs to be treated as soon as possible."

(In the "Complete Book of Measles Living People" in the Qing Dynasty, pneumonia was also called lung closed cough and lung phlegm asthma.)
The Yichiro family hurriedly bowed and saluted, begging the female doctor to save the child.The female doctor raised her head and said a few words to the crowd, then turned and walked out of the tent.

The Yichiro family looked at the girl and heard the girl say: "The teacher said that she has to check other people, and will come over at night to give the child medicine."

So everyone sent the girl outside the tent again, bowing and thanking her.

Two hours later, outside the RV at the camp next door.

Liu Siting took off her mask and white coat, raised her hand and knocked on the door.

It was Liu Sheng who opened the door: "Yo, Director Liu, please come in, please come in."

"Is Zhao Xin here?" Liu Siting asked.

"Yes, I just came back from the boat. I have something else to do, you can talk." Liu Sheng said, dodged to let the other party in, and then went out.

Liu Siting first went to the bathroom and washed her hands carefully. After she came out, she stood in front of Zhao Xin and asked, "Are you free? Let's talk about two dollars?"

"Yes, there must be. You can talk for ten yuan." Zhao Xin poured tea for Liu Siting while talking and laughing.

"Yo, you haven't slept all night, why are your eyes full of bloodshots? Your face is wrong." Liu Siting asked.

"I just didn't sleep well last night, I was dreaming. I woke up in the morning and felt very tired. It's okay, just get a good night's sleep." Zhao Xin explained with a smile.

"Hong Tao and I basically scanned the first batch of 500 people. The main problems are the following..." Liu Siting was talking, when A Miao who came in later picked up a cloth and was about to wipe the floor.

Liu Siting pointed to the seat beside her, and said sternly, "Miao, put it down. Sit next to me and listen."

A Miao timidly held the wipe and looked at Zhao Xin, neither putting it away nor holding it.

Zhao Xin shook his head helplessly, reached out and grabbed the cloth and threw it aside.

"Listen to your teacher."

When A Miao heard this, she sat down obediently.Big-eyed Bling Bling, will look at Liu Siting for a while, and Zhao Xin for a while.

Perhaps influenced by Liu Siting's stern tone, King Duofu wanted to hug A Miao, but turned around and jumped onto Zhao Xin's lap.

Liu Siting glared at King Duofu, took a sip of tea, and continued to Zhao Xin: "The problems of these 500 people are not serious. The main problems are lice and other parasites and malnutrition. More than a dozen children have pneumonia and need to be treated as soon as possible. However, the subsequent nutritional supplements have to keep up. Also, I looked at the faces of these people, and most of the children have white pityriasis on their faces. Considering the food and drinking water in this era, I think the possibility of roundworms is very high , so the problem of deworming must be done as soon as possible.”

Zhao Xin stroked the cat and thought for a while before asking, "Is there enough medicine?"

"This batch is fine. If there are dozens of people in the next batch of 500 people, it will be terrible."

Zhao Xin murmured: "It seems that I have to go to Nagasaki as soon as possible."

Liu Siting was taken aback: "What does this have to do with Nagasaki?"

Zhao Xin did not explain, he changed the subject and said, "Since the medicine is not enough, I will take Dr. Hong back tomorrow. As for the malnutrition, don't we have more than 200 horses? It seems that there are dozens of mares in it. After a while I went to Liu Zheng and asked him to get some horse milk for those people every day. In addition, I have to arrange people to go fishing in the river. Although it is not the season for salmon, I think there are still a lot of fish in the river. .Take it for a few days, and wait for me to come back."

Liu Siting nodded, and she could only do this first.

The two chatted for a while before Liu Siting left. She had to prepare the medicine. In the evening, she went to the quarantine area to distribute the medicine to the pneumonia patients.

When Liu Siting left, Zhao Xin asked A Miao to help.So he was the only one left in the car at this time.

(King Duofu, and me~~~~)

(End of this chapter)