Yipin Tang

Chapter 126 Crude Inoculation Method

Although Wang Xiang knows that cowpox is not a threat to human life, cowpox is a virus after all, and suffering from cowpox is not good, and looking at those yellow and white pustules, to be honest, Wang Xiang is also very resistant.

"Fever, rash and other symptoms similar to smallpox will appear after inoculation with vaccinia, but these are not fatal. They will heal after a few days, but they will leave a scar on the site of vaccinia infection."

Wang Xiang explained what would happen after being inoculated with vaccinia, and the faces of the surrounding ministers changed again. Who knows whether the vaccinia is smallpox or not?

Li Shimin said: "Why don't you try to find some death row prisoners first, it would be inappropriate to let Daoist Sun take risks rashly."

Li Shimin didn't hesitate at all when it came to using death row prisoners for the test, and all the officials next to him also agreed.

Sun Simiao shook his head and said, "Let me come directly. It will be a few days before the condemned prisoner tries it first. I'm afraid the people in Xishui Village won't be able to wait."

There is another more important reason, he is unwilling to test the lives of other people, even death row prisoners.But he didn't say the reason, because he knew that none of the people present would care about the lives of those condemned prisoners.

After listening to Sun Simiao's words, Li Shimin thought of Li Chengqian and Li Zhi who were still in Xishui Village, and nodded solemnly: "In that case, I will try this cowpox with you."

"Absolutely not!"

"Your Majesty, don't do that!"

The surrounding ministers turned pale with fright and knelt down to dissuade him.

"Both the Crown Prince and King Jin were trapped in Xishui Village by smallpox infection, how can I feel at ease."

Changsun Wuji said: "If Wang Zixin and Sun Daochang go to rescue the crown prince and the king of Jin, they will be safe and sound. Your majesty is the lord of the Tang Dynasty. The people of the country should be the most important thing, and you must not take risks lightly."

All the ministers agreed one after another: "Your Majesty, please put the people of the country first!"

Wei Zheng even said directly: "The crown prince is not out of trouble yet, if His Majesty insists on taking the risk himself, he will be the first to register a new crown prince candidate."

Li Er's eyelids trembled when he heard this, the old man Wei's speech was as hard and smelly as his face, far worse than Changsun Wuji.

Li Shimin directly ignored Old Man Wei's "nonsense", raised his head and closed his eyes in silence for a moment, as if he was brewing a special emotion.

"For the sake of Tang Sheji and the people of the world, I...can't try cowpox with Sun Daochang." The voice was full of sorrow and helplessness.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

After watching an exaggerated and touching show of monarchs and ministers, Wang Xiang was speechless. Seeing the faint dissatisfaction in Li Er's eyes, he immediately put on a respectful expression and shouted: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Nima, the level of acting is not as good as the third-rate starlets of later generations. It's just vaccination.

No one dared to be careless when it was related to smallpox. Wang Xiang and Sun Simiao were isolated in a vacant hall in the backyard of the imperial palace, and there was a panicked cow with them.

When it came time to inoculate vaccinia in such a rough way, Wang Xiang flinched a little. There was a dagger on the small table in front of him, which was left by Li Er. Looking at the empty hall, he always felt a little gloomy and desolate. Well, could it be the legendary cold palace...

Sun Simiao didn't know what Wang Xiang was thinking, and while rolling up his sleeves, he asked, "How many days does it take to complete the vaccinia vaccination?"

Wang Xiang faltered and said, "Three to five days." In fact, he didn't know exactly how long it would take to recover from the vaccinia vaccination when he was a child, let alone this primitive and rude way of vaccination.

Sun Simiao responded lightly and picked up the dagger on the table.

"Aren't you afraid that what I said is actually wrong? What if cowpox is smallpox?"

Sun Simiao paused when he heard the words, looked back at Wang Xiang and said with a smile: "I believe you, you know that cowpox grows in the vicinity of cow's milk, which is difficult for ordinary people to detect, you probably know something about cowpox, and if cowpox is smallpox, why are these cowpox But nothing happened."

Wang Xiang looked at the calm Sun Simiao and smiled: "Vaccinia vaccination will not be life-threatening."

When the dagger sliced ​​open his arm, Wang Xiang grinned in pain. He felt ashamed when he remembered that Sun Simiao had cut an inch-long wound on his arm without changing his face. The young man was really inferior to an old man.

Accidentally saw many scars on Sun Simiao's arms, which seemed to be caused by sharp weapons, Wang Xiang asked curiously, "Why are there so many scars on Sun Daochang's arms?"

Sun Simiao was squatting down and using a dagger to pick up the vaccinia on the milk, and he replied casually: "I did it when I was testing herbs. Recently, I found a herb that has a very good hemostatic effect. If it can be promoted, it will be very beneficial to the people."

"Smear the vaccinia pus directly on the wound?"

Hearing Sun Simiao's question, Wang Xiang regained his senses and nodded, "Yes, just apply it directly to the wound. Cowpox is also a pox virus, which is highly contagious."

Sun Simiao wiped the pus from the dagger on the wound, fearing that it would not be contagious enough, he took some pus from milk and wiped it on, then handed the dagger to Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang took the dagger and looked at the yellow-yellow-white pus on it. His stomach rolled and he almost didn't spit it out. At this time, there was nothing to hesitate. If he didn't get vaccinated, let alone saving others, he would be in danger of being infected by smallpox.

He cruelly wiped the pus from the dagger to the wound on his arm, and when the dagger hit the wound, there was another piercing pain.

Of course he wouldn't get some pus to smear on it like Sun Simiao did, because pox virus is contagious, as long as you get a little bit of it, you can't avoid being infected, otherwise smallpox wouldn't be so terrible.

After wiping the vaccinia pus, Wang Xiang and Sun Simiao sat on the ground and waited for the "onset". not painful.

At the beginning, there was no reaction. After a few hours, Wang Xiang felt a little dizzy and flustered. By the end of the night, he had a fever, and Sun Simiao was not much better. The vaccinia virus broke out. It was quite ferocious at the time, not weaker than the initial reaction of the smallpox virus.

Li Er ordered the guards who were guarding outside the hall to hear the movement and secretly opened the door to look inside and shuddered. Both Wang Xiang and Sun Simiao collapsed on the ground and murmured in a delirious voice. The cows who came to get the cowpox mooed restlessly in the hall.

The guard swallowed his saliva looking at the miserable two people. These two people are ruthless people. How could anyone take the initiative to wipe the pus of smallpox on their body?

This matter has to be told to His Majesty.The guards didn't dare to enter the hall, and after hesitating for a moment, they ran towards the Tai Chi Hall.

(End of this chapter)