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At the beginning of August in the 20th year of Chongzhen, Wu Xinglin took the newly developed "smallpox medicine" to Fujian by sea.He was accompanied by Professor Wu Youxing and his disciples, who were the backbone of the medical team sent by Xinglin University to Fujian to form a medical team to Taiwan.

And Wu Xinglin just took the smallpox medicine to Fuzhou Xingyuan to repay the meritorious service to the crown prince.

Generally speaking, those who have the opportunity to repay their merits will always get some benefits, which shows that Cheng Lin really treats him as an apprentice.

Zhu Cihong was very happy to get the news, and personally observed the weak infection reaction of the condemned prisoners after vaccination, which was not even as severe as a typhoid fever.Moreover, he accidentally discovered that doctors in the Ming Dynasty vaccinated in a more civilized way than those of later generations. They did not introduce vaccinia by opening an incision on the arm, let alone poke randomly with a needle and then sprinkle the medicine.

Wu Xinglin mixed the dry vaccinia powder with distilled water, then dipped the fruit with cotton and put it into the nasal cavity, left it for a while, and then announced the end of the vaccination.

"I'll try." Zhu Cihong said.

Wu Xinglin's face flushed with excitement.

This undoubtedly represents the trust of the Crown Prince in him.

Lu Suyao was also excited about solving smallpox, but she was shocked when she heard that the Crown Prince was going to inoculate it himself.

Zhu Cihong couldn't let her explain, she had already walked towards Wu Xinglin, waiting for him to prepare the medicine.According to the data collected from Ningguo Mansion, nearly 9000 people have been vaccinated in medical records since Longqing, but less than 30 people have been clearly recorded to have died from vaccination.

In this era, the mortality rate of smallpox is as high as 30.00%, even if it survives by chance, it will be disfigured.The more you go to the south, the more prevalent this disease is, because smallpox was first introduced into my country from the southwest during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was called Lushang at that time.

Donglu probably never saw smallpox when he was in Liaodong.In this time and space, they didn't enter the customs for a long time, but the number of people who died of smallpox was not small.

Zhu Cihong's current environment is completely incomparable with that of the palace, and it is difficult to eliminate the possibility of smallpox infection by relying on hygiene habits.In order not to bet on the 30.00%.It is obviously more rational to bet on this three thousandths now.

Two days after the inoculation, Zhu Cihong really had a high fever reaction. He didn't use any medicine except cold water to cool down, and it subsided after a night of sleep.According to what Wu Xinglin said.This already has the ability to resist smallpox for life, and there is no need to worry about infection anymore.

——It always feels a little unreal.

Zhu Cihong thought to himself.

"From Xingyuan scribes to army officers and soldiers, everyone must be vaccinated against smallpox." Zhu Cihong said to Wu Xinglin, "But it's better to inoculate the arm instead."

Wu Xinglin didn't know the medical principles, and was about to ask, when he suddenly remembered the identity of the crown prince, so he had no choice but to accept the order first, and then go back and study it by himself.Maybe he can really find out the scientific principle in the future, but the fundamental reason why Zhu Cihong asked for arm vaccination is to facilitate statistics and inspection, and has nothing to do with medicine.

The formula of "smallpox medicine" is not complicated. It is just dried and ground after the acne scabs.It’s okay if you use acne cream directly, the effect of the medicine is stronger.However, not many people knew that vaccinia could cure smallpox. Even the people who were sent out to look for vaccinia were gathered together and repeatedly warned them to keep the secret.

the reason is simple.In this era, smallpox afflicted all civilizations, East and West.Especially for Westerners, smallpox is even more terrifying than the plague.Plague is a severe infectious disease, but it has its attack cycle, while smallpox is a haze that always hangs over people's hearts.

If the secret of vaccinia can be blocked, in addition to raw silk, tea, and porcelain, Huaxia will also have a very profitable export product-smallpox medicine.

Such a small bottle of smallpox powder.It is bound to make those European nobles pay the price of the same volume of gold.

And as early as 100 years ago, Europeans brought smallpox to the New World and consciously relied on this virus to carry out genocide.The Indians, who had been isolated from the Old World for 1 years, could not resist smallpox at all, and the mortality rate was as high as 90.00%.When hundreds of colonists rushed to the fortresses of the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire, all the Indian warriors inside were dead.

With such a history of war, if the Europeans have mastered the method of dealing with smallpox.They were even more reckless in using smallpox as a weapon.

Based on these two reasons, vaccinia vaccination must be popularized to the greatest extent in the Ming Dynasty, and it must be kept secret to the outside world.

For this reason, smallpox has a scientific name: Mengshuang.

Because the cow is "ugly" in the earthly branches, and ugliness means the beginning of all things.The powder made from acne scabs is as fine as "cream", so it is named Mengshuang.If it can't be as the name suggests, it can only show that he is not academically proficient and can't keep up with the crown prince's thinking.However, because universal vaccination requires a lot of manpower, and involves equipment disinfection, reaction observation, and the effect of the second vaccination test, the workload is huge.Under the huge workload, Mengshuang was naturally abbreviated as Menshuang.

When the name Menshuang spread, all those who wanted to search for the raw materials of smallpox medicine from the naming went into a dead end.

Wu Youxing also took his disciples to participate in the vaccination work, and he himself is responsible for supervising the disinfection process of all equipment.No one wants to drive away smallpox with the first hand and tetanus with the second hand.

On the tenth day after the fever symptoms subsided, Zhu Cihong vaccinated again with the method pioneered by the arm.This time there were no symptoms, indicating that the previous vaccination was very successful.

A small number of insiders were incorporated into the new Yamen of the General Administration of Epidemic Prevention, with high salaries, responsible for manually inoculating cattle, and then taking acne from the cattle, and then making it into cute cream.

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On August 20th of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the crown princess had been in labor pains more and more frequently since the day before, showing signs of giving birth.After Guo Jingzhong felt the pulse, Yu Chang personally compared the labor pain responses and interval time of more than [-] other pregnant women, and finally sent the Crown Princess to the delivery room on the evening of the [-]th.

Wen Po, nurses and others have been waiting in the delivery room for a long time. All the staff who enter the delivery room must strictly clean their hands and change their clothes, and their hair is tightly wrapped without revealing anything.

Duan finally understood why the old man said that childbirth is a journey before the gate of hell. This kind of severe pain seems to tear her in half several times.She couldn't help but think: If she just gave birth to a prince and died, she would be worthy of her family and the prince, and she wouldn't have to suffer such a big crime again.

"Exhale!"

"Inhale!"

"Strength!"

After tossing for another hour or two, Duan's mind was already blurred from the pain, and suddenly he relaxed all over, and soon heard a baby crying like a heavenly sound.

Mrs. Wen holds the newborn with experience, cuts the umbilical cord with scissors that have been sterilized for one day, then wraps it with fine hemp rope, folds it carefully, wraps it up, and wraps it with soft cotton cloth. ".After waiting like this for three to five days, the remaining umbilical cord will dry up and fall off naturally, forming a slightly sunken navel eye, which can be seen by Wen Po's effort of cutting.

Among the folks, if the umbilical cord falls off and the navel protrudes, Wen Po's reward will be much less, and if the word spreads, it may even ruin her job.Therefore, Wen women are most willing to put their minds to it when "crossing the umbilical cord". Some Wen women are afraid that the scissors will be too cold and the air will invade, so they will wrap them in cotton cloth, bite off the umbilical cord with their teeth, or slowly burn it with hemp oil paper.

A bunch of nurses gathered around Duan, and they either wiped her sweat with dry cotton, or changed her sweaty clothes to clean up the blood.

"Let me see..." The strength that Duan had exhausted just now seemed to regenerate, and he sat up stiffly.

"Your Majesty, it's an emperor's grandson." The midwife brought the ugly baby with wrinkled skin like a monkey to Duan's eyes. She only gave her a look at the protruding penis, and immediately hugged it for the nurse to wipe it clean. Take a bath, then weigh yourself, and rub the lines of your hands and feet.

- so ugly...

Duan glanced at it, and finally couldn't bear the exhaustion of childbirth, and fell into a deep sleep.

The midwife watched the assistants go through the procedures, and watched them clean up for the princess before she bypassed the partition wall and went out to announce the good news through two doors, without letting a single breeze enter the delivery room.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the empress, he is a grandson of the emperor, weighing seven catties and two ounces, and now the mother and child are safe." Aunt Liu was beaming, and went inside to report the good news.

Chongzhen and Zhou Hou felt relieved immediately, they said hello repeatedly and ordered a reward.

"I don't know if Brother Chun has prepared a name for this child." Zhou Hou said.

Chongzhen laughed and said: "Where is it his turn? I have already thought of a name, and it is for the emperor and grandson."

Zhou Hou also asked with a smile, "What is it?"

"He should be the generation of He Zi, from the side of the soil," Chongzhen said: "The Gui character can't be better."

Guicong weighs the soil and is a precious ritual vessel. "Zhou Li" uses Qing Gui's gift to Dongfang to explain the identity of the emperor's grandson in the East Palace.

"Okay, okay, let people report to Brother Chun as soon as possible." After Zhou Hou finished speaking, he suddenly felt a little lost and said, "I can no longer be called Brother Chun in the future." My son has a son, and he has grown up completely. , can no longer be called by milk name.

For the empress, most of the thoughts were finally settled.As long as the Mengshuang developed by Xinglin University is useful, and the emperor and grandson are not infected with smallpox, the possibility of surviving will be much greater.Judging from the emperor's grandson's physical condition, the little kick was very powerful, and it didn't look like he was weak and died prematurely.

Zhu Cihong didn't know the news until ten days later, and it was also due to the contribution of Fei Ge to pass on the letter, which shows that the empire is really too big.

"Zhu Hegui, this name is a bit rustic." Zhu Cihong looked at the family letter, put it in the "read" column, and said to Lu Suyao: "Is there any news from the medical team and Daoist Li in Taiwan?"

Lu Suyao was still excited about the crown prince's happiness with Yuan Zi, but when asked about political affairs suddenly, she couldn't respond.

"Control your emotions." Zhu Cihong tapped his temple lightly: "You only need to know a lot of things, don't waste time and energy."

Lu Suyao should claim that it was true, so she quickly calmed down and reported: "The medical team and Li Daochang have already settled down in the Han village. Not much progress is being made right now.”

Ps:

The protagonist has finally completed the task of inheriting the family, and can continue to concentrate on state affairs.Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket~!