Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 580 You Are A True Warrior
Zhu Xiongying was supposed to be nine years old at that time, past the high-risk age of child death.And Empress Ma has just turned fifty, and her bones are very strong, and she doesn't even have headaches or fevers.

Apart from a vicious infectious disease, there is no way to explain how such two people could get suddenly ill together and die one after another within a few days.

In addition, after Empress Ma fell ill, she refused to let the imperial physician treat her.

She said that if she couldn't heal herself too well, the emperor would definitely kill them to vent her anger.So simply don't let them see a doctor for themselves.This shows that Empress Ma knew that the imperial doctor could not cure her own illness.

So apart from the vicious infectious disease that can kill people, there are almost no other explanations.As mentioned earlier, the biggest possibility in the Nanjing area is smallpox.

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The smallpox epidemic in the palace that year caused a huge psychological shadow to the fifth brother, who was already sensible at the time. This was also the reason why he determined to study medicine.

Although it is cruel, Zhu Zhen feels that under the current medical conditions, isolation is the most effective means of dealing with this terrifying infectious disease.

Fifth brother felt that this approach was too negative.As a doctor, you should take the initiative to challenge the pox plague and overcome it!
So he has been studying books and medical records in this area.After studying for a long time, one day, the fifth brother excitedly told the sixth brother that he had found a way to prevent smallpox from the medical skills of the Song Dynasty - vaccination with variolation!

The sixth brother was scared to death, and he quickly told the fifth brother that you should try cowpox, which is much safer.

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The smallpox virus was introduced into the mainland of my country in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is said that when General Fubo, Ma Yuan, was in the pacification of Annan and escorted the captives back to the court, the soldiers were infected by the captives, and terrible acne appeared one after another.In the end, most of them died of illness, and the death was extremely tragic...

Afterwards, this terrible disease took hold in our country, and it has been exerting its power for thousands of years, regardless of high or low, taking people's lives.

Generations of doctors, in the fight against the smallpox disease, have discovered that the "human pox method" can be used to prevent smallpox infection.It is to use pus and scabs from smallpox patients as vaccines and plant them on healthy people to obtain smallpox immunity.

But variola vaccination is very dangerous. Basically, you have to hit the big luck, and you can reach the battle safely when you encounter the weakly toxic vaccine.Encountering highly toxic vaccinia is basically the same as getting smallpox, and the fatality rate is quite high.

The so-called "none of the ten Miao Shun people died, and eight of the ten Miao murderers survived", according to Wu Ge's research, the mortality rate of vaccination is one-fifth.

The mortality rate of natural pox infection is one-third, and not everyone will be infected with smallpox in their lifetime, so in fact, even if an individual does not vaccinate, the probability of dying from smallpox is much lower than one-third.The risk-benefit ratio is too low.

Therefore, the "human pox method" of this era cannot be promoted on a large scale.

With his talent as a doctor, Fifth Brother is keenly aware that he can cultivate as many Shun seedlings as possible through selective breeding of Shun seedlings, which can greatly reduce the vaccination mortality rate.

Lao Liu felt that this method should be feasible, but he could not let his dear Fifth Brother experiment.

For one thing, if there is no way to protect well, the risk of Brother Wu being infected is too great.

Secondly, he knows a safer source of vaccinia - vaccinia. Why did he let Brother Wu take a detour?
"Cowpox?" Brother Wu was shocked when he heard this. "Can the Great Sage Pingtian also suffer from smallpox?"

"That's not true." Zhu Zhen adapted the story about "milking girls don't get smallpox" into the story "shepherd boys don't get smallpox" and told it to his fifth brother.

"When we were in Jinqiaokan back then, the cow herders from several villages all herded cows together." Lao Liu seriously said:
"I found out that they didn't have a pockmarked face. I asked them if they didn't have smallpox? They still had some secret recipe. They said they didn't have it. The old man told them that because the pox god's mother's surname is cow, so she herds cattle As long as the baby takes good care of his cows, he will not have acne."

"That was made up by the old man in order to coax his children to herd the cows." Lao Liu concluded rudely:

"Based on my many years of experience in herding cattle, I have found that cattle can also get smallpox, and it can also be transmitted to humans through cattle. But cowpox is not the same as variola. People who get it will only feel slight discomfort and recover without any symptoms. Any sequelae. But you will never have to get smallpox again for the rest of your life."

"Is he really that amazing?" Fifth Brother said in disbelief.

"Have I lied to you?" Lao Liu asked back.

Brother Wu shook his head like a rattle...

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It has been two years since the two last spoke about the matter.

Unexpectedly, Fifth Brother did it without saying a word!

Lao Liu repeatedly looked at the chrysanthemum on Brother Wu's shoulder. It was almost the same as in his memory.

He asked excitedly: "Tell me, how did you do it?"

"First of all, I personally visited more than a dozen prefectures and dozens of counties in Zhili. I called all the local cattle herders to the county government and asked them if any shepherd boy had smallpox. The result was really as you said. explain……"

Talking about his career in the past few years, Fifth Brother became very energetic and his whole person was shining. "In fact, not only among shepherd boys, but also in the entire countryside, there are fewer cases of smallpox than in the city, and more cases occur in wealthy families.

"The old people said that ten years ago, there was not such a big difference. At that time, the disease was treated equally. It didn't matter whether you were rich or poor in urban or rural areas, you would get what you deserve." King Zhou said solemnly:

"The biggest change in the past ten years is that in order to reward the achievements of the dragon in the Nanzhi prefectures, every farmer gave cattle to every farmer. The treasures of small farmers and small households are kept. The whole family circles around the cattle all day long. It costs less. Rich families and city dwellers do not have access to cattle, so there is no change.”

"That's it..." The sixth child suddenly realized that the emperor's father was carrying out large-scale immigration, and every family immigrated to farm cattle, and it also unintentionally played a role in eradicating smallpox.

It seems that in the future, let Xiongying ride less in 'Geely cars' and get closer to 'Lamborghini' more.

"I also found that those shepherd boys and cattle farmers are not suffering from smallpox, but the symptoms are very mild. They just have some small pustules on their bodies. This kind of mild acne can be cured in less than half a month, and they will not Leave a scar." Lao Wu looked at Lao Liu with admiration and said:
"I guessed that this is the cow smallpox you mentioned, so I asked these patients to bring their cows, and they found that their cows were also sick - on the skin that was not covered by cow hair, some ulcers and blisters would be found etc. So..."

As he spoke, he clasped Lao Liu's shoulders with both hands, and looked at Confucius with the eyes of a Confucian scholar, a general at Yue Wang, and a beggar brother at Boss Zhu, staring at him fanatically and said:

"You're amazing—your guess is right, it's the cows that gave birth to flowers and infected people!"

"I was just guessing. It's all thanks to you that Fifth Brother can figure it out." Lao Liu hurriedly said humbly: "Then what?"

"Then, according to the method you said, I cut the shoulder with a blade and injected the pus from the sick cow." Zhu Xi patted himself on the shoulder and said.

(End of this chapter)