I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Chapter 24 Getting Rid of God
But Mayfair didn't come to Johns just for food and drink.

She knew that John Smith knew about the southern disease before she did, and she wanted to see how he arranged the protective preparations for Raya Town.

After several exchanges, I found out.

John has already arranged for law enforcement officers to issue orders. Now the guards at the town gates on both sides of Raya Town are standing ready. They can only come in regardless of going out. People who come in must have their bodies checked. If there are ulcers or black lumps on the body, they are not allowed to enter. city.

Raya Town has also already communicated with other surrounding lord castles, and they all agreed to handle this matter in this way.

Fei'er felt that this arrangement was a bit awkward, but based on the news she had received so far, she didn't know how to make a better arrangement.

She turned to look at Dr. Poker: "Mr. Poker, since you are from the south, you should know that the people in the south of the kingdom are suffering from a terrible disease. I wonder what you think about this."

After hearing this, Pork first smiled calmly: "I talked about this matter with Mr. John when Miss Raya was still here."

"Mr. Polk is erudite and has amazing knowledge." John laughed and cheered.

"Does Mr. Poker know what causes the disease?" Faile became interested.

"Everyone now believes that this sudden disease is God's punishment for the people, and those who get the disease are guilty of sin." Pork said slowly.

This explanation certainly doesn't make sense to Feier. She doesn't believe in God at all, and God's punishment is even more ridiculous.

If Pork really wanted to say that this disease was caused by God, she would leave this poor place later.

"But it's not."

"This disease is collectively known as the Black Death among us southern doctors. I happened to be studying it with my friends."

“As far as I know, patients will have ulcers on their bodies, and there will be large and small lumps with thick black blood, and then the body of the patient will turn black after death, so we call this disease the Black Death. Therefore, Sir John and Miss Raya, you must pay attention to patients with similar symptoms in Raya Town."

Fei'er couldn't help but ask: "Then what caused this disease."

Pork coughed lightly, took a sip of wine and stood up. He enjoyed the two nobles looking at him with expressions of curiosity, he said confidently.

"The Black Death was not a punishment from God. It originated on March 1345, 3."

Faile couldn't help but be surprised to hear that Bo Ke was so confident in telling such an accurate date.

"While I was researching the Black Death, I discovered that on that day, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars coincided at 40° in Aquarius."

"Saturn represents heat and humidity, which produces wind and steam, while Mars represents dryness and heat."

"When Saturn and Mars meet, it ignites Jupiter's steam, causing lightning, and the miasma produced by the lightning infects humans."

“That’s how the Black Death came about, so it wasn’t God’s punishment.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Johns clapped his hands, and even Fei'er looked enlightened and couldn't help but nod.

If Xu Siling heard Bo Ke's words here, I'm afraid she would have thought of beating him to death with a brick.

But it’s no wonder that Mayfair believed it. On the contrary, Polk’s theory had a lot of basis. Even for a long time, all doctors in Europe believed that this was how the Black Death came.

Because today's European doctors still follow the medical theory of ancient Greece, which is the theory of the four humors. Privately everyone calls it the theory of the four humors.

To put it simply, the world is composed of four elements: earth, water, fire and air.There are also four corresponding body fluids in the human body.

The mucus produced by the lungs represents water, the blood produced by the liver represents qi, the black bile produced by the spleen represents earth, and the yellow bile produced by the gallbladder represents fire.

The four elements in turn represent dryness, moisture, cold and heat.

Anyway, later on, the famous Roman doctor Galen carried forward this medical theory and combined the theory of the four humors with astrology. Therefore, these body fluids and colors are related to the changes of the seasons, age, and temperament, and they have become Geology. Lun's Theory of Temperament.

Galen's various researches had a profound impact on European medicine.

Also because of the Theory of Temperament, astrology was one of the required courses for doctors at that time. If you didn’t know astrology or how to read stars, you were not worthy of being called a doctor.

Johns didn't seem to understand, but seeing that Poke spoke clearly and confidently, he naturally believed him.

And Mayfair is well-read, and books on medical theory and astrology theory are naturally involved.

Naturally, he accepted the research theory proposed by Polk and believed in his words.

At least what Pork said was free from God, and Faile could accept it.

No wonder Fei'er is stupid, it's just her background that hurts people.

"So Mr. Pork, this disease is still caused by miasma and the production of corrupted bodily fluids in the human body?"

"Miss Raya is very knowledgeable, it is true. Including several plague diseases that have occurred in the past, they were all caused by these."

Fei'er finally understood and accepted Xu Siling's foreknowledge of the outbreak of the disease.

Although she still didn't understand why Xu Siling was able to prepare medicines to treat the so-called Black Death in advance, she had to know that the doctors in the south were helpless against the disease, otherwise Bok wouldn't have fled here.

But at least he can accept Xu Siling's ability to predict diseases.

Po Ke can predict the date of disease outbreak by looking at the stars. Xu Siling, the executioner whom he is so optimistic about, believes that his ability to look at the stars is no worse than these doctors, right?
Johns then asked: "How to treat and prevent this Black Death? I hope Mr. Polk will not hide it. As long as you are willing to speak out, I will give you a lot of benefits!"

Mayfair didn't have much confidence in this, otherwise Pork wouldn't have escaped here, but she still listened carefully.

"I'm quite experienced in prevention." Hearing that there was a reward, Bo Ke felt happier inside, and the confidence on his face became stronger.

"First of all, try not to open the windows and doors in the south to prevent the humid air from the south from coming in. Then burn some fragrant wood regularly in the house these days, especially in the patient's room. This can remove the smell of putrefaction and also It can prevent the spread of the smell of the patient’s putrid body fluids, and even fumigate the patient’s lungs!”

Johns nodded, the hair on his chin poking his neck, and he secretly thought that he would have to arrange for someone to do it later.

"Sometimes you need to keep yourself warm for a long time. Through a lot of sweating, it will also help the discharge of putrefactive body fluids."

Having said a lot, the summary is to take less baths, because bathing will cause the pores of the human body to open. Although putrid body fluids can flow out, it is easier for putrid odors to enter.

Then exercise less and your breathing will accelerate after exercise, which will also speed up the intake of putrid smells.

It's a pity that Xu Siling is not here, otherwise the hammer in his hand will definitely come into close contact with Bo Ke's mouth.

(End of this chapter)