The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 490 Prohibition of "Baby Protection"

The group of midwives are generally not well-educated, and this line of work depends on inheritance of experience.

There was a midwife surnamed Miao who lived outside the city of Taiyuan. The family was originally a rich farmer, but a "gardener" who specialized in growing vegetables. But a few years ago, her eldest son fell ill and left the family poor. Sick, eight mu of vegetable land was sold for five mu, and only three mu were left, but he still hadn't been rescued.

If she is not a midwife who can help people deliver babies and earn some money, there are so many people in the family who don't know how to survive.

When they came to the College of Gynecology and Gynecology, Jiang Zizheng sent them a brochure, which was as thick as a thumb. The imperial doctor even said that this was his simplified content, and asked everyone to try their best within three months. Familiar with it, there will be two open-book exams and operational exams after three months.Even if you can't memorize it, if you encounter a problem, you can immediately know where to look in the book, which is also very good.

During these three months, the palace will give each midwife a monthly stipend of one tael of silver.

Three months later, those who pass the open-book exam will be issued a temporary qualification certificate by the gynecology hospital to continue to receive scholarships.

With this temporary qualification certificate, in the case of a very urgent situation, you can go to the people's home to deliver the baby, but you must send someone to the hospital to notify, ask the medical officer to be there, or send the person to the hospital to complete the delivery task independently.

This temporary qualification certificate is only valid for two years. Within two years, they must pass the school's closed-book exam before they can get the official qualification certificate. At this time, they will be allowed to deliver babies independently.

Midwife Miao was dumbfounded!

She doesn't even know how to read and can't hold a pen, so how could she pass the difficult exam within two years!
But the midwife earns a good income. If she stops being a midwife like this, there will be seven people in a big family, and the family has only three acres of vegetable fields, and it will not be able to support them at all!

She can't give up!
Even if she can learn to read from scratch, she still needs to get this "qualification certificate"!

At this time, she thought of Zhaoyue Primary School where Yaoer studied!

She thought, why not go to Zhaoyue Primary School to learn how to read?
Zhaoyue Primary School has an adult literacy class. Every morning, from the beginning of Mao to the end of Mao, one hour will not delay everyone's work, and the medical school starts in the middle of Chen, so she can go to it early in the morning. Literacy class, after finishing the literacy class, there is half an hour free, enough for her to walk from Zhaoyue Primary School to Chongshan Temple.

"Old woman, is it too hard for you?" Her husband asked worriedly, "Why don't I go to the city and find another job. Otherwise, I will work in the mines. I'm old enough to be buried. Just bury it, I heard that if it is buried, the palace will also issue a pension, which is quite a lot, 30 taels of silver!"

After the Wangfu took over the coal mine, the treatment of the miners has improved, and the wages are more than other jobs. If there is an accident, there is also a pension.But I am afraid of accidents, no matter what, this is a "death" business.

Granny Miao waved her hand: "No need, just take good care of our three acres of vegetable fields."

Her husband is still not reconciled: "How much money can I make growing vegetables? The third son of the He family next door, went to the mine three years ago, learned to read in the mine's literacy class, and was later elected to the firearms camp to become a corps leader." , I was promoted to Shichang in half a year. I heard that this time I went to fight the Tartars with the emperor. If I have made meritorious service, I am afraid I can still be promoted. It is said that the prince likes to pick people from the mines to go to the firearms camp. After entering the firearms camp, hey! Not to mention how beautiful it is, three days a little meat, five days a big meat, just eating is enviable."

"Come on! At this age, you are still daydreaming!"

Mrs. Miao's husband also knew that at his age it was unlikely that he would be selected to go to the firearms camp, but it was comfortable to have a good dream and have a mouthful. He was pushed by Mrs. Miao unceremoniously and fell asleep .

The next day, Mrs. Miao got up early.Starting today, I will go to Zhaoyue Primary School to attend a literacy class.

When Mrs. Miao went there for the first time, she was a little timid, even a little awkward. She was almost forty, had grandchildren, and came to the school to study. She felt a little ashamed.

However, on the way to school, I saw a lot of people hurrying in the same direction carrying a light blue cross-body bag of the same style, men and women, old and young, all kinds of people, and there were even a few who looked younger than her. Still old, she felt relieved at once.

When we came to the school gate, two very good-looking women stood at the gate and greeted everyone with a smile.

Everyone called them sir, and their attitude was very respectful.

"Morning, Mr. Lin!" A burly man greeted the beautiful woman at the door.

"Good morning! I haven't seen you for two days!" the woman said.

The man rubbed his head in embarrassment, and said, "There is something to do at home! Something to do! Sir, don't blame me!"

The female gentleman didn't care, she snorted and greeted the next student.

Mrs. Miao stood at the door in amazement and watched for a long time, but she was still afraid after all, and did not dare to go forward for a long time.

Suddenly, someone seemed to recognize her and greeted her from a long distance: "Hey! Midwife Miao, are you here too?"

"I..."

At this time, that "Mr. Lin" finally noticed her, and while looking at her, he stepped forward and asked, "This lady, is this your first time here?"

"Hey! I, I... this is the first time I've come here." Mrs. Miao was a little nervous when she saw this overly beautiful young woman in front of her. She felt that this gentleman must be a daughter of some family, and she became cautious all over. I was afraid that I would run into the woman in front of me, as if I would dirty her dress.

Unexpectedly, the woman's eyes lit up immediately, she bent up with a soft smile, took her hands and said: "This is a good relationship! Madam, at your age, you are still willing to come. You have set a good example for your children and grandchildren! Come with me. I'll get you a schoolbag, and you still have cornmeal steamed bun collars for the first month!"

"There are steamed buns!" Mrs. Miao said in surprise.

The woman called Mr. Lin led Mrs. Miao to a temporary cabin next to the school gate, and there was another pretty young girl sitting there holding a pen, and four or five of them were sitting together beside her. The big wooden tube is filled with delicious steamed buns, which look like cornmeal mixed with white flour, very fluffy and attractive.

Mr. Lin patted Mrs. Miao on the shoulder and left.

Granny Miao became cautious again, but the young girl who was sitting took the initiative to say: "Ma'am, what's your name, where are you from?"

"The old woman's original surname is Fang, but now her husband's surname is Miao. Everyone calls me Miao's midwife."

"Midwife?!"

"Yes...it's not...then I have to take some exams and certificates. I don't know how to read. When the medical books are handed out, I can't read a few big characters. I can only look at pictures. I just want to come here to learn." Mistress Miao said in embarrassment. Said.

The little girl laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Then you are really amazing!" She took out a blue crossbody bag from the side, picked up a strangely shaped seal, and tapped it on the bag, and a sign appeared on the bag immediately. The row of eye-catching black numbers, the midwife Miao recognized, this is today's date.

The little girl handed the cross-body bag to Granny Miao and said, "Everyone has this schoolbag. You take it. Starting today, you can come here to pick up a steamed bun within 30 days."

The midwife Miao weighed it, and found that there was something in the bag. It was a small blank book, two charcoal pencils, and a booklet with writing on it.

"No money?" Midwife Miao was surprised.

The little girl nodded: "No money, no money, no money! I've said it three times, don't ask any more! After one month, as long as you pass the monthly exam, the master will give you another stamp, and you can go to the office again. Receive 30 days of steamed buns."

After she said that, someone came in with her bag and said, "Mr. Xiaohong, I'll take a steamed bun!" Mantou left in a hurry.

Midwife Miao looked at this scene with a look of surprise, but Mr. Xiaohong in front of her took out a booklet, opened the first page, and asked, "How many words can you recognize?"

The midwife Miao took a look, and she really recognized and remembered a few: "Yes, yes, these are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. This is the field, this is the mountain... This one doesn’t recognize it, it’s metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.”

Mr. Xiao Hong smiled and said, "Miss Miao is amazing! You can almost recognize the first page!"

After being praised by Mr. Xiaohong, Mrs. Miao's confidence suddenly increased, and she said embarrassingly: "My youngest son has been studying here for two years. I usually recognize him by watching him at home."

Mr. Xiaohong nodded and said affirmatively, "Not bad! You can see how many words you can read on the second page."

Turning to the second page, Ms. Miao only knew four or five characters. Seeing her embarrassment, Xiaohong quickly comforted her: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! You already know a lot of characters, just go to the second class later gone."

At this time, three more people held up the schoolbags in their hands, showed the seal on it to Mr. Xiaohong, then took the steamed buns and hurried out.

Xiaohong stopped them and said, "Wait a minute! There is a new classmate here, take her to Class Two classroom!" After saying that, she stuffed a steamed bun into the midwife Miao's hand, and said, "Go quickly, Take it easy. The gentlemen are very nice people."

Midwife Miao started the first day of the literacy class in this way.

In the first half hour, the teacher taught twelve characters.Midwife Miao felt very strenuous, she didn't expect her husband to teach him so quickly, she could memorize at most eight out of twelve characters, and it would be good if she could write three.

However, the students all looked relaxed. Only those with cornmeal steamed buns in their hands reviewed the words taught by the teacher with a serious face. The rest of them started chatting as soon as they took a break. Women who were about the same age as the midwife even took wool and wooden knitting out of their bags and started knitting!
They talked to the midwife: "Hey, you're new here! I've never seen you before, where do you live?"

……

After talking for a while, the midwife Miao found out that the two women were knitting masters hired by the school to teach children how to knit sweaters.It's a pity that the two of them couldn't read and were forced by the principal to come to the literacy class to learn how to read, but they didn't work very hard. It's been three months and they haven't been promoted to the third class. They are old sticks in the class.

The rest time is not long, and after returning from the last hut, classes have almost started again.

In the next half an hour, the teacher said all the words learned today, yesterday and the day before yesterday, a total of 36 words.Midwife Miao felt like her head was about to explode!

When class was over, she was a little listless, and the women knitting sweaters comforted her: "Sister, it's okay! I will teach you a word several times! Even if you fail the exam, the steamed buns will be gone after 30 days at most. Just learn it again, the gentlemen will not blame you, what are you afraid of!"

Midwife Miao didn't have time to chat with them, and she had to go to the gynecology hospital to attend lectures.

Unexpectedly, another female teacher was teaching in the medical school.This female gentleman claims to be surnamed Shao, but she is a serious seventh-rank medical officer appointed by the imperial court!
Everyone was stunned, the female gentleman in front of him turned out to be an official!It's still classy.

Rank seven, the same rank as the magistrate!
Master Shao also said that as long as they worked hard enough, they would be allowed to take the medical examination in the future.

The midwives were stunned. A lowly midwife in her family who went through the door to help give birth had the opportunity to be an official!
Is this possible?
After saying this, Shaw began to explain some simple basic knowledge.

There was a strange-looking instrument on the podium. Mr. Shao said it was called a "microscope", which could magnify tiny things dozens or even hundreds of times.

She invited everyone to line up to the podium and look through a microscope at what she had scraped off her tongue.

Everyone went to the podium one by one. Some people looked at it for a long time and said that it was pitch black, and it took a long time to adjust the angle to see things. Some people started to scream after seeing it, saying that they saw a lot of bugs...

Master Shao then talked about this kind of "micro-worm", and said that everyone has this "micro-worm" all over their bodies, on clothes, in the air, on tables, on hands, in mouth, and even in stomach, everywhere. .

Some unheard of content that subverts cognition has been talked about all morning. On the one hand, everyone feels very tired, and on the other hand, they all feel strange. What does this content have to do with childbirth?

At noon, the medical school provides a free lunch, including eggs and minced meat, and the treatment is very good.

After a short lunch break, Master Shao went to sit in the hall in the afternoon, and a female gentleman surnamed Zou came instead.Based on the content of the morning, she continued to talk about the problem of "micro-worms" causing "infection".

With the foreshadowing in the front, the most important teaching content of this lesson is the following: teaching everyone how to disinfect the delivery room, how to wash hands, and how to keep clean before entering the delivery room.

The teaching content on the first day was rich and interesting, and the midwife Miao didn't find it boring at all. Even those midwives who were skeptical about the medical school had corrected their thinking.

Some midwives feel that giving birth is not the same thing at first!How many children have been delivered by them, what else can they learn?

But the first day's class opened their eyes, and they thought that these female medical officers who were appointed officials by the emperor were really different!

On the same day, Song Qingyue also visited the Women's Hospital.

At present, the gynecological hospital has two delivery rooms and eighteen wards. Jiang Zizheng also showed Song Qingyue the latest research on "micro-worms", and his chest is so high!A look of pride.

The knowledge about bacteria, or what they call "micro-worms" is definitely not the ready-made knowledge provided by Song Qingyue. Song Qingyue just asked the glass factory to make a microscope and send it over. This new knowledge is Jiang Zizheng and students from the School of Gynecology and Medicine. developed independently over the years.

Also because of these new discoveries, the women's hospital led by Jiang Zizheng gained a firm foothold in the medical circle of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the old stubborn people in the Tai Hospital had to bow their heads to recognize these female doctors.

Song Qingyue came this time because she wanted to chat with Jiang Zizheng about the "side cut".

In my previous life, I always saw pregnant women having dystocia in movies and TV dramas, and the midwives came out and asked the husband and mother-in-law about "keep the big one or keep the young one".

Song Qingyue had never thought about the bloody and cruel truth behind the words "Bao Da" or "Bao Xiao".

"Bao Da" means that the midwife puts her hand into the birth canal, cruelly breaks the child's clavicle or pulls the child out with brute force, in order to protect the life of the producer; while "Bao Xiao" refers to cesarean section. Without any anesthesia or even protection, the mother is taken alive.

Song Qingyue only found out about this fact some time ago when she was looking for the midwife to come to the mansion to chat.

When she heard the word "live dissection", her face instantly turned pale, and she almost spit out all the pears she ate in front of the midwife.

Bai Momo severely reprimanded the midwife and threw her out of the mansion, but Song Qingyue's mood couldn't get any better.

How cruel, how indifferent, how not treating people as individuals, is it possible to say the word "keep the baby" when the wife is enduring the pain of childbirth? !
How many "children" have these midwives done?Did they also pick up the scissors and perform live dissections on those poor, helpless mothers?

What's the difference between that and a hangman?
Aren't they women themselves?Why would you have the heart to do such a thing?

The emotions of pregnant women are prone to ups and downs. Song Qingyue lay down in the room for two days sullenly, before recovering a little energy and appetite, and immediately ran to the obstetrics hospital to chat with Jiang Zizheng's wife, Shao, about the caesarean section and side cut.

Because the situation is different now, and now there are broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs, the risk of caesarean section is still very high, but side cutting can be tried.

Shaw was very interested in this new technology proposed by Song Qingyue, and said that he would try it on cattle and horses in the near future.

"I have another idea. I don't know what you think, Mr. Shao." Song Qingyue suddenly changed his expression, and said in a slightly heavy tone.

"Your Majesty has something to say, but it's okay to say it. They are all women. Why are you embarrassed to say it?" Shao's tone was extremely gentle, and he poured another cup of sweet fruit tea for Song Qingyue, and pushed it in front of her. Well, there's no one else here."

Song Qingyue took a sip of the still steaming fruit tea, raised her head, and said firmly, "I want to add a rule to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is forbidden to 'keep the young', but must 'keep the big'!"

(End of this chapter)