The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 657 Plague and Demons

At this time Huatai came to see him, Zhu Hongyu was full of expectations.

If Tai Hospital can really make the vaccinia vaccine come out 200 years earlier, it will be a real meritorious deed.

You must know that in the history of mankind throughout the ages, the disaster with the highest killing efficiency, apart from wars, is the plague.

In today's era, smallpox and plague are the most typical representatives of plague!

Needless to say, the plague, the famous Black Death!

The entire Middle Ages in Europe was shrouded in the shadow of the Black Death.

It is conservatively estimated that one-third of the population of Europe in the Middle Ages died of the Black Death.

Every time the Black Death breaks out, hundreds of millions of people die at every turn, this is no joke!
The great plague that spread throughout Shanxi and Beizhi at the end of Ming Dynasty was also a typical plague.

It was precisely because of that great plague that indirectly led to the collapse of the Ming court.

Let Daming's Beijing camp completely lose its combat effectiveness!
When Li Zicheng was killed outside the city of Beijing, Chongzhen couldn't even recruit all the civilians who guarded the city.

Because most of the young and strong population in the entire capital died in the epidemic.

And the horror of smallpox is no worse than the plague!
For another example, the smallpox virus brought to the Americas by the Spaniards wiped out more than [-]% of the Indian population in a short period of time.

From 2000 million to 100 million!

It can be said that smallpox was the best partner of the Spaniards in conquering America.

The Inca Empire with a population of tens of millions fell not under the guns and artillery of the Europeans, but under the smallpox virus.

At about the same time, in Chinese history, after smallpox was introduced to China by Europeans, more than one or two emperors were infected with smallpox.

According to legend, Shunzhi and Tongzhi, the two Manchu emperors, both died of smallpox.

And the reason why Kang Mazi was able to sit on the throne is also related to the reason why he survived the smallpox infection!
Especially in the few years between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the two emperors, Shunzhi and Kangxi, were infected with the disease. It was the most terrible years of the smallpox virus.

After all, there are two emperors infected with smallpox in succession, how many people at the bottom will be infected?
This thing is really impossible to think about, and I dare not think about it.

A little thought will make your scalp tingle!

The reason why there are no relevant detailed records in history is entirely because of the constant wars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Whether people died because of the wars or because of smallpox is really uncertain.

There is no way to count at all!
As for the fact that smallpox was introduced to China, there is a high probability that the Spaniards tasted the sweetness of using the plague to destroy a country and a civilization after seeing the collapse of the Inca Empire.

Ready to replicate it again in China!
What they didn't expect was that the Chinese are not Indians, and the Chinese are much more resistant to smallpox than the Indians, and Chinese medicine also has a certain way to deal with smallpox.

Therefore, in Western myths and legends, the places where demons haunt and carry plagues may not be legends, but facts!

They are demons themselves!

To be honest, if the imperial hospital of Ming Dynasty can invent cowpox in this era, it will be a great contribution!
Once the smallpox vaccine is popularized, Daming will no longer suffer from smallpox.

Moreover, smallpox may also become the most powerful weapon in Daming's hands...

The world is like a jungle, every civilization is a hunter, and the ultimate goal is to kill the enemy and allow itself to continue to exist.

In this process, there are only two laws, one is the law of the jungle, and the other is unscrupulous.

As long as the final goal can be achieved, there is nothing that cannot be done!

Zhu Hongyu never thought of himself as a good person!
Without making Zhu Hongyu wait long, Huatai came to Zhu Hongyu.

The moment he saw Zhu Hongyu, Huatai bowed down to pay homage.

"Ming Tai Hospital, Zheng Huatai, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty's blessings are as good as the sky, forever!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and asked.

"Hua Yuan is asking to see me, why?"

Huatai bowed slightly and spoke.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister is here to congratulate Your Majesty on behalf of all the colleagues in the Imperial Hospital!"

Zhu Hongyu's eyes lit up, and he asked in a faintly aggressive voice.

"is it?"

"Have you done an experiment? What's the specific situation?"

Huatai bowed slightly and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, colleagues in the Tai Hospital have already done experiments!"

"Take the experiments done by the Spaniards and the slave prisoners of war. After vaccination, the survival rate of the experimental samples is very high, and there is almost no disease or death."

"And after mild smallpox symptoms occur, if these experimental samples are exposed to real smallpox patients, they will not get sick again..."

"The only problem right now is that the mass production of the vaccinia vaccine will take some time!"

Daming's research and development of vaccinia is the same as the research and development of penicillin. The reason why the progress can be made so fast is due to a large number of experiments.

Through a large number of experiments, a large amount of corresponding data is collected.

Only then can we have the results we have today!
For example, whether it is vaccinia or penicillin, in the initial stage of the experiment, the mortality rate of the experimental samples was as high as 80.00%, or even more...

Today's medical progress in Ming Dynasty, just like the medical progress of Western countries in modern times, is based on the suffering and blood and tears of other countries and nations.

In vivo experiments are just the most basic means!
The most typical example is that 70.00% of the weight of the human body is water, which was verified by living experiments with Chinese people...

And Little Days actually learned from Europeans. Before that, Europeans also used blacks, Indians, and Asians for surgical experiments.

The piles of bones under the Christian churches in America, Africa, and Asia are the proof!
But now, it is Daming who is experimenting with Westerners, that's all.

That's right, in the Ming Tai Hospital, the first batch of experimental samples must be Spanish and other Europeans.

Then there will be the natives of Nanyang, the slaves and prisoners of war, and finally the most vicious traitors.

In this era, no one really treats foreigners with high noses, deep eyes, red hair and green pupils as human beings.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why the first batch of samples taken by the Tai Hospital for in vivo experiments must be Spaniards.

Isn't the sequence of medical experiments in later generations also started with monkeys, and then when the medicines are almost mature, they will be used on humans?

That's right, in the eyes of the people of Daming today, there is no difference between those Westerners and monkeys.

And Jian slaves and traitors, although not good things, can be counted in the category of human beings.

The pride of the Heavenly Kingdom is not just talk!

(End of this chapter)