Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 67 The Theory of Germs
"Is this an injury camp?!" The two doctors were stunned, unable to believe what they saw and heard. "You won't lead the wrong way!" Bai Yikun said to Tian Ming with some uncertainty.

"What's going on here?" Tian Ming asked as he casually pulled a soldier who was about to go out.

The soldier was holding a water basin and was anxious to get out, he pointed to the room and said, "Of course the genius doctor brought someone to do it."

"Master Doctor Ye... Doctor Ye." The two looked at each other, left the soldiers behind, and walked into the barracks of the wounded soldiers together.

Passing through two wounded and sick barracks all the way, both of them are experts. Although there are still some doubts about what they saw along the way, judging from the changes in the wounded barracks, they are already amazed and admired by what Ye Chen has done. , Bai Yikun was still skeptical about Ye Chen's deeds, but he hadn't seen the real person at this time, but the doubts in his heart had been somewhat dispelled.

When the two came to the third wounded and sick barracks, they just glanced at Ye Chen.There were three to four hundred people in the barracks, but Ye Chen, who was wearing a white robe and brocade robe, made him stand out from the crowd, and he could be recognized at a glance.

Tian Ming rushed to Ye Chen in a few steps, bowed and bowed: "My lord Tian Ming pays homage to the Lord!"

"You are Tian Ming!" Ye Chen turned around and asked sharply instead of replying.He already knew from the military doctor that he was in charge of the wounded soldiers that Tian Ming was the one.

When Tian Ming saw Ye Chen's unkind expression, his face changed slightly, his body bowed lower, and he said, "The next official is Tian Ming."

"You didn't bring someone to treat the wounded soldier before, what did you do?" Ye Chen scolded.

Sweat dripped from Tian Ming's forehead. Although he didn't think so in his heart, he didn't dare to contradict him, and said, "Returning to my lord, I have been running around in the city for the past few days, busy treating the injured generals of the Imperial Army. He was ill, and just now he went to treat General Gao Sanya Nei, the Jiedu envoy of the Wu Sheng Army, so the wounded barracks is indeed slack."

Ye Chen saw that Tian Ming admitted his mistakes with a correct attitude, and there was a reason for the incident, so his anger subsided a bit. In addition, he remembered that General Gao Sanya Nei was the Gao Wuxiong who was implicated by him last night and was seriously injured. !Feeling a little embarrassed, he said, "Let's forget about the past. You can see clearly. From now on, the wounded barracks will be set up according to the current standard. Alright, hurry up and save people!"

Tian Ming naturally said yes respectfully.

Bai Yikun had been standing behind watching the fun, Tian Ming was being criticized, but he was happy watching.

The old doctor stood behind, looking left and right.While he was deeply moved by the clean barracks, he couldn't help thinking about it, and was greatly inspired in many ways.Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of a military doctor cleaning the wounds of wounded soldiers with spirits.

The old doctor's eyes widened suddenly, he rushed forward, grabbed the wine bowl from the military doctor's hand, took it up and smelled it, and asked angrily: "Who told you to use strong wine to clean the wound? Being so strong will only make the wound that has finally solidified fester again."

Bai Yikun was startled suddenly, and everyone looked at the wounded soldier together.This wounded soldier was placed in the entire wounded barracks, but there was nothing special about it. He had four wounds all over his body, the most serious of which was a knife in the back, which almost cut him open. Besides, there was a serious wound on his right arm Heavy, pierced by a long arrow.Now the knife wound on the back has been treated and bandaged properly.The military doctor was treating an infected arrow wound on his arm.

Tian Ming also cast his gaze on the arrow wound on the wounded soldier's arm, and immediately shouted: "How do you use strong wine to clean the wound? Why not use salt water!"

Without waiting for Ye Chen to say anything, Bai Yikun sneered from his nose: "The wounds have been infected for many days. Washing them with salt water is useless! Now the only way to do it is to dig out the infected parts with a knife."

Ye Chen heard the dispute between the two doctors, and felt that Bai Yikun was right, but Tian Ming dismissed it.From Tian Ming's point of view, Bai Yikun only used quack tricks and healed people by luck. When it comes to medicine, medical books should be the basis.He snorted coldly and said, "The best thing to clean a wound is salt water. Besides, if it's infected so much, if you dig it all up, you'll definitely see the bone and hurt the tendon. How can he use his arm in the future?"

Ye Chen frowned, shook his head, and said, "Both of you said something reasonable, but you only know one, not the other."

Seeing that it was Ye Chen who spoke, Tian Ming's face immediately became respectful, and Bai Yikun also seemed to be listening attentively, Tian Ming even said: "Return to Sir, wash the wound with salt water, this is also the medical book "A Thousand Gold It is the best thing for cleaning wounds as mentioned in the "Prescription."

"Medical books are only a summary of the experience of predecessors, and what the medical books say will never be complete. So you can't do everything with faith in the book!"

Ye Chen's voice was passionate, and he continued: "The reason why doctors clean the wound when treating the wounded is because the body function of the wound is damaged, and the body's self-protection function at the wound is reduced or even lost, and it cannot resist the reproduction and infection of germs, which affects the wound. The healing speed of the wound, and even the infection of the original good part next to it."

Bai Yikun and Tian Ming's eyes lit up when they heard the words, Ye Chen's statement is very novel, and the reasoning is simple and easy to understand, which is easier to understand than the ambiguity when it comes to such things in medical skills.It's just that some of the words Ye Chen said are very novel, especially what is meant by 'reproduction of germs'.

Tian Ming hesitated for a while and didn't dare to ask, but Bai Yikun didn't have so many scruples, he opened his mouth and asked directly: "May I ask Sir, what are the germs in the 'reproduction of germs', and what does this sentence mean?"

Ye Chen had already expected that the two of them would ask a question, and he had already thought up the words to say: "I learned the word germ from my master. According to the master, germs are very small and difficult to see with the naked eye." Parasites are the source of all diseases. Different injuries and diseases have different germs. Usually, there are all kinds of germs that we cannot see in the world. They will instinctively attach to all animals including us, and then destroy us by invading The body achieves the purpose of self-growth and reproduction, but our body has a self-protection function, which will block these germs, the stronger and healthier the body, the stronger this self-protection ability, which is why people with poor health are more likely to get sick When a certain part of our body is injured, the self-protection ability of this part will decrease, and these germs will easily invade, which not only makes our wound infected, but also sometimes causes other diseases. For example, people with severe trauma often have fever, This is because the wound is not cleaned and disinfected in time, which leads to the fever-causing germs taking the opportunity to invade the body, which is why the fever occurs. The poorer the sanitation environment, the easier it is for these germs to breed. Animals such as mice, cockroaches, and flies will also carry a large number of germs , That's why I asked everyone to clean up the environment in the ward first, and try our best to prevent the growth of these germs. The bandages, bedding and clothes are boiled in boiling water because there are a lot of germs on them, and they are killed and cleaned by boiling water .”

The above words of Ye Chen are because he has been busy for most of the day, while thinking over and over again to organize the language, trying his best to replace the germ theory of later generations with words that people in the world can understand, and he also brought out his unfounded expert master to top it off. thing.In addition, in order to let everyone understand, some details are not accurate, but as long as the purpose is achieved.He didn't want all the hard work he had done in the wounded barracks to be thrown aside as soon as he left, and returned to its original state.

Judging from the stunned and thoughtful expressions of most people at this time, quite a few people understood it to some extent, especially Bai Yikun and Tian Ming, two people with relatively high medical skills, fell into deep thought. Judging by his expression, he is clearly enlightened.

"The reason why salt water is used to clean wounds is because salt water can kill these germs. Spirits have the same function, even for wounds that have been infected for a long time, the effect of spirits in killing these germs will be even greater Good." Ye Chen was very satisfied with the changes in the people, and then added.

During the whole process, Ye Chen showed an unfathomable appearance, everyone nodded their heads and said yes.Although Bai Yikun and Tian Ming still had many questions in their minds, they couldn't refute them. They could only twirl their gray beards and frown in silence. Ye Chen spoke relatively plainly, everyone could understand.Especially when it is verified with the phenomenon in reality, it is really the same thing.The poorer the body, the more likely it is to get sick.Living in a dirty and messy environment is also prone to illness.If the wound is not cleaned and treated, it is true that the wound is not only infected, but if it is not treated in time, it will indeed be accompanied by other symptoms such as fever and dizziness.

Of course, if these words were uttered from another population, they would definitely not have the same effect as they do now.Ye Chen secretly sighed in his heart, who gave him the title of a peerless genius doctor, otherwise, few people would believe what he said and what he did so hard today.

Tian Ming and Bai Yikun had nothing to say. With their level and knowledge, the more they thought about what Ye Chen said, the more reasonable it was.The two of them, to put it bluntly, were already taken aback by Ye Chen. Needless to say, Tian Ming, Bai Yikun's doubts about Ye Chen had basically dissipated, and he only felt that Ye Chen was unfathomable.When he looked at Ye Chen again, he felt a bit of respect.

Not to mention other people, in their view, Ye Chen is a peerless doctor, whatever Ye Chen said, as long as it's not too outrageous, they didn't have the slightest doubt at all.

"My lord is really good at medical skills, he is worthy of being a genius doctor! I admire, admire!" Hearing Ye Chen's words penetratingly, Bai Yikun was not stingy with his praise.

But Ye Chen shook his head and said: "In fact, I have never studied medicine. I don't know anything about it, and I don't know anything about it. What I just said is just... the medical theory I heard from my master once. That's all." Ye Chen took the opportunity to quickly reveal his true level, so as not to be invited to see a doctor all day long.

(End of this chapter)