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Chapter 143 Chapter [-] The Difference Between Classical and Modern Medicine

In terms of personality, the whole family in the current court did not like to procrastinate, and so did Zhu Lingjing, so they started to prepare immediately after returning to the mansion.

She doesn't have many brothers and sisters, except for the crown prince Zhu Liqie, there is only one younger brother who is only in his prime, and his studies have not yet finished, and Zhu Lingjing thinks that this guy is unreliable and doesn't seem to be able to take on big things.

In contrast, she is more suitable for this aspect. She has just received a degree certificate not long ago, and she is full of confidence in this.

The next day, the emperor's decree was finally issued-she was sent to Jiujiang Mansion immediately by imperial envoy to take charge of the epidemic control in the seven counties of Hukou, Ruichang, Huangmei, Xingzi, Pengze, De'an, and Duchang; The censor of Youqian Capital of the Procuratorate is now appointed "Associate".

The latter was named Fang Bao, and he brought a series of files and copies of memorials to the Princess Mansion that afternoon.

"Your Highness, this is a report on the situation and progress of all parties. The two counties of Hukou and Pengze are the most serious..."

"These are the statistics of the number of people infected with diseases in the four counties of Rui, Huang, Xing, and De..."

"Also, the accumulation and transshipment of medicines allocated by the two prefectures of Wuhan and Changsha, as well as Beijing and China..."

In the main hall, Fang Bao presented a lot of files to Zhu Lingjing, and the latter picked up a copy and started browsing.

The proportion of acute illness exceeded 15%?The mortality and disability rates are appalling.

She frowned slightly, then raised her eyes and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the situation is worse than expected, and we must deal with it seriously."

Fang Bao nodded with the same dignified expression, and replied: "The prevention and control over the past ten years has been effective, so the officials, soldiers, and civilians have relaxed their vigilance, but the pathogen has not been eradicated. This time, the large-scale disease has come back!"

Zhu Lingjing closed her eyes for a few seconds, and thought for a while, "It's not too late. Since the order has been made, we should leave as soon as possible. I will be there as an imperial envoy, so I can stabilize people's hearts."

Fang Bao cupped his hands and saluted, "What Your Highness said is very true."

"Come here, prepare to travel, if possible, then leave tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

At any rate, she is a person who has studied modern medicine seriously. Zhu Lingjing's grades and knowledge reserve may not be worth bragging about, but it is no problem to be qualified.

And she also has a clear understanding of the current situation - due to the deviation of economic development, the sanitation conditions in the rural areas of Daming are not good, human and animal excrement is disposed of at will, and the rural people have poor hygiene awareness and lack of medical resources.

In terms of pathogenicity theory, schistosome eggs are usually discharged into the water with feces, and the "miracidia" in the eggs will drill into the "snails" to develop into cercariae, and then leave the snails and enter the water again. "Cercariae" can burrow into the skin of animals or humans, and move while developing inside. The typical process is to enter the veins, follow the blood, pass through the heart, reach the lungs, and then enter the abdominal veins to develop into adults and lay eggs in large numbers. The eggs come to the liver or intestines, and after the eggs mature, they will drill through the intestinal mucosa and be excreted with the feces.And so on and on.

Based on the accumulation of decades of experience, people have long realized a seemingly coincidental situation—the flooded area of ​​schistosomiasis coincides with the distribution area of ​​Oncomelania snails.

The joint team of Jinling Medical University and Tai Hospital made an inference on this basis, conducted in-depth research, and finally proved that Oncomelanias is an intermediate host.

That is to say, as long as the snails are eliminated, this terrible disease can be truly eradicated?

However, it is easier to think than to do—there are so many rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands in the north and south of the river, and the snails are everywhere, how can it be completely wiped out?

"Treating the symptoms is easy, but treating the root cause...is difficult."

It was already the time when the moon was above the treetops, and she sighed as she looked at the books spread out on the table.

Outside the room, Su Yiyi, who had just learned the latest news, walked over quickly, and met a maid carrying a plate on the way.

She took it casually, and signaled that she would just send it in along the way.

"Your Highness, the prince sent a message to let you take his train, don't mind." Saying that, Su Yiyi put the dinner plate with wet towels and sliced ​​oranges on the table.

Zhu Lingjing stretched her waist, and said casually, "Okay, remember to say thank you."

She doesn't like flying, because there was a thunderstorm a few years ago, and there was lightning and thunder outside, and the plane bumped up and down terribly, as if it was about to crash.

Since then, with lingering fears, she has never taken a plane again, which is considered to have left a psychological shadow.

Since she was leaving tomorrow morning, Zhu Lingjing didn't stay up all night. When it was half past Haishi, she took a shower, changed clothes and went to bed.

The next day, morning.

Not long after the sun jumped out of the horizon, a streamlined high-speed steam train left Jiangbei Railway Station with its whistle, and drove westward with a long black smoke.

In addition to the standard marshalling, the train is rarely equipped with ten additional stuffy tank cars full of various medicines. After all, as the crown prince's car, how can it be used for goods.

As far as medicine is concerned, the medicine of Ming Dynasty today is a modern medicine with seriousness and eight classics, and it is a relatively independent modern medicine developed on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine.

It is very misleading to equate Western medicine with modern medicine. It can only be said that because modern medicine in later generations was developed by Europeans, people often confuse them and regard Western medicine as modern medicine.

However, how can classical medicine be compared with modern medicine?

What is the operation of traditional western medicine?Bloodletting, amputation, and giving patients some weird potions are obviously fundamentally different from modern medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine is relatively reliable, and it does not only diagnose and treat internal medicine as many people think.

Surgical terms such as suturing wounds, laparotomy, nasal feeding treatment, etc. seem to have nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine, but in fact they were used as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties; even the suturing of abdominal intestinal trauma or neck trachea is also clearly recorded.

However, under the influence of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties, Chinese medicine gradually shifted from "external treatment" and "both internal and external treatment" to pure "internal treatment", and surgery in traditional Chinese medicine declined.

Although there are many achievements in history, classical medicine cannot be compared with scientific modern medicine with many technological blessings. It is an unstoppable historical trend for new things to replace old things.

This time, Zhu Lingjing, the "imperial envoy" who is proficient in medicine, is determined to win the rampant epidemic.

Since ancient times, "a layman leading an expert" has been the norm, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception. It is not uncommon for officials from the Ministry of Industry to be transferred to the Ministry of Households, and officials from the Ministry of Rites to be transferred to the Ministry of War. In fact, this is a manifestation of the art of controlling subordinates.

But it is undeniable that at critical moments, after all, it is the most efficient for the experts to lead the experts.

From the past few days to the present, Zhu Lingjing has learned a lot about the current situation in the epidemic area, and the interests and interests hidden under the surface have also been preliminarily clarified.

But these are only on paper after all, what the actual situation is like, you can only know when you go there.

Zhu Lingjing with complicated eyes looked at the scenery passing by outside the car window, and once again fell into deep thought. She was weighing the pros and cons of all parties, and how to deal with this matter properly.

　There will be more updates in the past few days, so there will be two more updates at midnight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)