Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 915 Indian Destroyer ([-])

"The human body is like a precision instrument, under the command of the brain, it is constantly running." In the Taoist temple of Baicaogou Township, Ye Yongxing and Ye Zhenren from the Religious Affairs Office are explaining to several soldiers from the Bingtuanbao. knowledge of the human body.

I saw him holding a diagram of the human body structure-this is a diagram drawn by the Taoist Medical Research Association through human anatomy-and said to the students who followed him: "The brain is the command system, the heart is like a pump, muscles, cartilage, etc. , fibers, and blood vessels are like levers, springs, pulleys, and pipes. When this machine is functioning normally, our body is in health, and when the machine malfunctions, such as machine breakdown, lack of fuel, and mechanical friction Big and so on, it means that our body is in an unhealthy state. In fact, many diseases are caused by organ infection, blood vessel blockage, parasite invasion and other reasons. We can relieve and cure these diseases through external operations or drugs. It’s like machine repairers repairing a damaged machine—of course, due to technical reasons, we are still unable to replace the damaged parts, which has to be said to be a great pity.”

Ye Yongxing is the director of the Religious Affairs Department, one of the Four Great Masters of Taoism, and has been making his own efforts to promote Taoism throughout the country.One of the methods he came up with was to find a new way in medicine, that is, he wanted to expand the influence of Taoism by studying medicine and setting up Taoist hospitals in order to develop more believers.And his efforts are in line with Zhao Yan Zhao Zhenren who focuses on land reclamation and civil affairs (helping immigrants solve daughter-in-law and livestock), and Yu Yu who focuses on Chenghuang Temple and Taoist construction (also responsible for helping believers handle weddings and funerals, etc.) Wang Baowang, who is kind to real people and focuses on the compilation and update of teachings, has continuously promoted the steady development of Taoism in the East Coast Republic-now it has firmly ranked first. There are Taoist temples all over the country, while the Catholic Church is Only two (one in Dongfang County and one in Ping'an County) can be seen.

The students he is teaching now, although they are only eighteen or nineteen years old, have all gone through a ten-year closed education in the Bingtuanbao in Luocha County. Their basic knowledge is quite good, and they are all relatively devout. Taoist believers.This time I was fortunate enough to learn medical knowledge from Ye Zhenren, and it was also after a fierce competition.

After all, there are not many sources of funding for Taoism at present. Apart from state financial appropriations, only believers solicit donations. Therefore, the funds that can be used for medical research must be limited, and it is impossible to enroll students on a large scale—besides, this large-scale training The Ministry of Health is also doing things for medical talents, and it's not their turn yet.Groups interested in medical research, such as the Taoist Church and the Southern Railway Company, can only serve as a supplement to medical research at present, and are temporarily unable to cultivate medical talents on a large scale and research new drugs.For example, the Southern Railway Company is currently mainly responsible for the prevention and treatment of certain types of diseases, and the Taoist Church is also similar. They are more concerned about the diseases that are prevalent among infants and young children, and have devoted a lot of energy to research.

And just when Ye Yongxing was about to give these students some in-depth lectures, a young Taoist priest in the next room hurried over, and then said in a slightly trembling voice: "My lord, the fake membrane in that child's throat has begun to recede." , Horse serum is really useful!"

Ye Yongxing was also shocked when he heard the words. At this time, he didn't care about the lecture, and as soon as he released the lesson plan, he hurried into the next room, and the students of Bingtuanbao also entered the room following his footsteps.

There was a dying boy lying on the hospital bed in the room, and his father sat beside him, looking slightly agitated and disturbed at the same time. It seemed that he was still not sure whether his child had been pulled back from the death line.

In fact, the doctors couldn't be sure, they only saw that the bacteria multiplying in the throat was temporarily suppressed, but no one was sure what would happen later - because a cruel fact was before them, the East Coast Republic of China was established 20 years ago. , There are countless children suffering from diphtheria, and the mortality rate is extremely high, especially for this kind of severe diphtheria, the mortality rate is almost [-]%.

Everyone present had seen the scene when the child was brought in. At that time, he was very ill. After the trachea was cut open by the doctor with a scalpel, the back of the throat was like a white velvet, full of false membranes.Doctors inserted a cannula through his slit throat to help re-breath the clogged airway, but this only slowed the illness slightly as the cannula gradually became clogged.If it was in the past, the child could have been declared dead, because if he could not get rid of the infection by himself during the extra time gained by the intubation of the throat, then the doctors would be powerless, after all, there was nothing special about them means or drugs can treat him.

But the boy's father - a tough Scottish sailor - begged the doctors to save his child, so after a brief discussion, Ye Yongxing decided to use a premature treatment method, that is, to use the medicine that is immune to diphtheria. Antipoison drugs made from horse serum are used for treatment.Because it is still in the exploratory stage, the effect of this anti-drug is limited, and the success rate is not very high-to be unethical, the doctor of the church once experimented with Guarani children, only 6 out of 2 children He recovered and survived, and the other 4 died—but now that there is no other way, he can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor, after all, it is better than doing nothing.

Later, Ye Yongxing personally injected a small dose of anti-drugs under the skin of the little boy to see if it worked.What is exciting is that this child was very lucky. His body successfully produced antibodies, and the momentum of bacterial reproduction was curbed. The doctors also took the opportunity to replace a cannula in the child's larynx, ready to continue Observe the condition.

"Inject the child with a second dose of anti-drug, just under the skin of the stomach." After carefully observing the little boy's throat, Ye Yongxing gave an order to his most trusted Taoist priest (part-time doctor).The doctor nodded, and then took out a set of expensive handmade medical equipment from the medical box, preparing to inject the child with anti-drugs.

The child's father watched all this nervously, and the others held their breaths, until the doctor successfully completed the injection, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.The following is an anxious wait, especially for the father of the child. He is undoubtedly full of love for his child who has been sailing abroad all year round. He cannot accept that his child will be killed by the disease like this, especially It was when he hadn't touched the child's little head a few times because of his work.He looked at a toy gun in the child's little hand, bit his lips tightly, and sat there stiffly.

Ye Yongxing was not in the mood for class at this time, so everyone simply sat down and waited quietly for the development of the disease.The Taoist priest who injected anti-drugs to the children just now checked the trachea of ​​some children's larynx and trachea every once in a while. It works!

The atmosphere in the room gradually became active, and Ye Yongxing was also very happy. If the child can finally recover, then he will be the first cured diphtheria patient in the history of the East Bank.This news will definitely cause a sensation in the whole country, and thousands of parents who are troubled by the diphtheria epidemic will cry with joy, because they will no longer have to helplessly hold their sick children in their arms and watch them die .If the propaganda department cooperates with some in-depth reports, I believe this will have immeasurable positive significance for expanding the reputation and influence of Taoism, and for uniting the hearts of the entire East Coast.

In the evening, after repeated careful examinations, the doctor announced that the pseudomembrane in the child's throat had completely disappeared, and the blocked trachea had also recovered, which means that if there is no secondary infection in the later stage, the child will be almost dead. It can already be declared a successful cure.

The news quickly spread throughout the Taoist temple, and everyone was beaming, because this was the first serious infectious disease that the Taoist Association had conquered, and it was definitely worthy of a special mention.

Ye Yongxing looked at the crowd with a smile, then walked up to the child's father, smiled and said to him: "Fortunately, the child was saved. The Heavenly Lord wanted the child to survive, so he gave us a cure."

The child's sailor father forcibly tore off the cross hanging from his neck, then slowly knelt down on the ground, kissed the toe of Ye Yongxing's boots, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, Tianzun wants little Rock to live, Tianzun I like him very much. Little Rock will learn more in the future, the teachers say he is very smart, and he will definitely become a decent person."

"We also like Little Rock very much." Ye Yongxing smiled and helped the child's father up.This child's mother died when he was very young. His mother from Daminghebei died of tuberculosis. If the only child who grew up at this time died again (their other two children died of tetanus and cholera respectively), Maybe this tall and strong sailor would collapse on the spot.

"Little Rock will become a glorious navy in the future. This is his dream. He is much better than my evil father." The sailor gently moved away Ye Yongxing's hand that helped him up, and then said in calm words A shocking statement came out: "I am a sinner. I hope that the Heavenly Lord can forgive and accept my confession. I am a shameful spy. I was appointed by the English Parliament. On the east bank, I have many accomplices. Among them Some people have even become low-level officials. If you need, I will assist you in the arrest. I don’t want to work for those shameless businessmen and nobles. They never care about the suffering of the people, and my children will never There will be no opportunity for education, they..."

Ye Yongxing stared blankly at the man kneeling at his feet, but didn't speak.After a long time, he sighed, helped the sailor up firmly, and said, "Follow me to meet the agents of the Mei Agency. Believe me, you will be forgiven for your meritorious service. If you are willing to serve us instead , then there is no problem."

"Of course I would!" said the sailor without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)