Chapter 210 Cowpox

No one knew Lin Qian's personality and how she treated patients better than Wei Xiaoran. So Wei Xiaoran didn't say anything nonsense and just said to Lin Qian, "Don't worry, I'm here."

Lin Qian smiled, stood up, tiptoed and kissed Wei Xiaoran, then said goodbye to Wei Xiaoran and went back to Medical Academy under the cover of night.

After returning to the Medical Academy, Lin Qian added a lot of cold spring water to the water and then went back to have a good sleep.

The next day, Lin Qian changed the prescription for these children and increased the dosage of cold spring water. After another two days, the fever of these children in Medical Academy subsided.

Although the fever subsided, the rash on their bodies did not subside and was still very itchy. Lin Qian prescribed anti-inflammatory and antipruritic ointment for them to apply.

Another day passed, and news came from Wei Xiaoran that the situation in Hanjia Village had been brought under control and the fever of many people had subsided.

This smallpox outbreak started off strong but ended poorly, infecting no fewer than 5,000 people but killing fewer than 30.

After another ten days or so, the children's rashes scab over and fall off, and the smallpox is completely over. The Medical Academy is finally unsealed.

"I didn't expect that this smallpox epidemic would be over so quickly. In my understanding, it would take at least half a year, seven or eight months for a smallpox epidemic to completely subside, and we don't know how many people would die." Qu Nan sighed as he looked at the wide-open gate of the Medical Academy.

Ye Zelan, who was standing next to him, also nodded continuously, agreeing with Qu Nan's words.

Lin Qian held her swollen belly and said, "That's because I wasn't there when they had smallpox before. If I had been there, it would have been over in just over half a month."

Lin Qian looked very proud when she said this, but Qu Nan and Ye Zelan did not refute it because that was the fact.

"Uncle Qu, Master's wife, I suddenly thought of something." Lin Qian suddenly changed her playful attitude and said seriously to Qu Nan and Ye Zelan.

Ye Zelan asked: "What's the matter?"

Lin Qian said, "The last time we went to the Demonic Doctor Valley, I saw a medical book in the Demonic Eye Cave. It contained a prescription for preventing smallpox."

Qu Nan's eyes widened: "Really? This is a serious matter, you can't joke about it."

Lin Qian nodded: "Of course it's true. I'm sure you've heard of the Demonic Doctor Valley. It's a group of doctors with wild ideas. But I've carefully studied that method and I think it's feasible.

We all know that people who have had smallpox once will not get it again. However, smallpox is too severe, so the man came up with the idea of ​​giving people cowpox.

Having cowpox is very similar to having smallpox. Both will cause fever, rash, and blisters. However, cowpox is not a very serious disease. Although it is also contagious, it is easier to cure than smallpox.

And most importantly, people who have had cowpox are basically immune to smallpox, and even if they do get it, they can recover quickly."

After listening to Lin Qian's words, Ye Zelan and Qu Nan gradually became thoughtful. After a long while, they both nodded at the same time: "I think the method you mentioned makes sense. We can give it a try first."

Lin Qian smiled and nodded, "Let's collect all the scabs that have fallen from these children first. Then I'll ask Wei Xiaoran to bring in a group of death row prisoners. We can experiment on them. First, let them get cowpox, and then see if they can get smallpox."

Lin Qian knew that this method was feasible and would definitely not kill anyone, because modern vaccines evolved from it. That was why they used death row prisoners as experimental subjects.

Those death row prisoners will at most suffer a little, Lin Qian will never let them die.

Qu Nan discussed it with Ye Zelan, and then said, "Okay, but you don't have to participate in this matter. Just the two of us can take Ling Xiao, Jing Cheng and the others to do the research."

After hearing what the two said, Lin Qian immediately became unwilling. She had been bored to death throughout her pregnancy. Now she finally found something to do, but she was not allowed to participate.

Lin Qian was about to argue when Wei Xiaoran came over, put his arm around her waist from behind, and asked, "What's wrong? What's going on?"

Ye Zelan quickly explained the matter. Wei Xiaoran glanced at the reluctant Lin Qian, thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then why don't you all go to our house to study. Qianqian won't participate, but she can provide some guidance from the sidelines. After all, she knows the most about this matter."

Lin Qian nodded immediately and looked at Qu Nan and Ye Zelan with a smile, hoping that they would agree.

The two thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. This method was proposed by Lin Qian, and many details needed to be discussed in detail with Lin Qian.

Qu Nan said, "Okay, that's it, but this matter will have to be postponed for a few days. I still have to look after the Medical Academy for a while. When I can leave in a few days, I will go to your house."

The matter was settled, and Lin Qian happily returned home with Wei Xiaoran.

The family received the news that Lin Qian would be returning today and had been waiting for her for a long time.

As soon as they got home, Zhao Xiu and Zhang Yufang started nagging Lin Qian, saying that they would never let Lin Qian go out alone again.

Lin Qian immediately nodded obediently. She really didn't need to go out anymore because she had something to do.

Three days later, Lin Qian had Wei Xiaoran send someone to sell four cows infected with cowpox. Qu Nan and Ye Zelan didn't arrive, but Xu Jingcheng and Qu Lingxiao, who had received the news, and Huan'er, who hadn't seen them for a long time, came running over first.

Lin Qian explained the general idea to the three of them. Except for Huan'er who was a little confused, Xu Jingcheng and Qu Lingxiao already understood how to operate.

By the time Qu Nan and Ye Zelan arrived, the first batch of death row prisoners had already been inoculated with cowpox.

A few days later, Meng Ziling, who got the news, also ran over happily to join in the fun.

Lin Qian, who was in the late stage of pregnancy, was not bored at all. Because she was not allowed to enter the yard where the experiment was done, she lay on the wall and watched every day.

Once, Zhang Yufang saw this and was almost scared to death. That night, she called Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu over, and the whole family nagged Lin Qian for two hours.

Lin Qian's ears were almost callused. In the end, she promised that she would never climb over the wall again, and would accept supervision from all parties. She must bring more than four maids with her every time she went out. Only then did Zhang Yufang and the others stop nagging.

This went on like this. Two months later, the fifth batch of death row prisoners who were involved in the experiment recovered after being vaccinated with cowpox, and they were never infected with smallpox again after they were fully recovered.

The experiment of using cowpox vaccination to prevent smallpox finally came to a successful conclusion. By this time, it was already April 29th, and Lin Qian's due date was approaching.