Chapter 299 Two Famous Tuberculosis Patients
"Masters, I'm back. Come on, everyone must be hungry. Here are my pineapple buns. They're fluffy, soft, and sweet. Try some."
After Lin Sanqi finished speaking, he sat down next to the old men.
Mr. Shi took a bite and was quite satisfied:
"Mm, not bad, it has a strong pineapple milk aroma, suitable for us old people."
After taking a bite, Mr. Ding was also a little surprised:
"It really tastes like pineapple. This is authentic southern bread. It's so rare to find it in Peking."
In those days, there was no technology or hard work. Whatever the flavor was, it must have been made from that kind of fruit, and it was all natural.
Lin Sanqi took out another lunch box and opened it, revealing a bunch of pale yellow pastries.
"Come on, Masters, try this again. This is a crystal cake from Xi'an. It's made with a variety of ingredients, including white sugar, rock sugar, green and red silk, pork fat, walnut kernels, and rose petals. It's especially suitable for the elderly, but I bought it specifically to honor you."
Mr. Yao Qiming picked up a piece and tasted it, and instantly became excited:
"Yes, yes, that's exactly what it tastes like. It's our traditional Xi'an snack. Everyone, try it. Xiaoqi, you haven't been seen these past few days. Did you go to Xi'an?"
Lin Sanqi thought that he had been to Xi'an, but that was a thing of another era.
"Master Yao, you've forgotten that I'm in the purchasing department, so I travel all over the place. I've exchanged all the food coupons subsidized by the company for special cakes for you. How about this, isn't my apprentice filial?"
When Mr. Han Bangxu heard this, he burst into laughter:
"You're full of nonsense, kid. Everyone knows you're famous for having a lot of money, tickets, and food. Do you still need a bite to eat?"
The old men were enjoying their meal happily, attracting the staff of the Chinese Medicine Hospital and the audience to look back frequently, and they were all drooling with greed.
Lin Sanqi thought, now everyone knows that he has enough food and drink and eats a lot of meat, and everyone envies him. It won’t be long before he becomes a rat that everyone wants to kill.
The more glorious you are today, the more miserable you will be in six years. Fortunately, I have left a way out, otherwise I would never be so high-profile.
At this moment, the "drum stage" for warming up the audience had already started beating, and the noisy scene instantly became quiet.
On one side of the stage was a sign that read "Silang Visits His Mother", starring Zhang Junqiu and Tan Fuying.
Zhang Junqiu is a male dan, known as one of the Four Little Flowers in the opera world. He later founded his own Peking Opera school called "Zhang School". He is definitely a master of his generation, but he speaks in a very funny way and likes to talk about the quintessence of Chinese opera.
As for Tan Fuying, he was known as "Tan Si" in the opera world. The Tan family, starting from Tan Xinpei, were all old actors. The opera family was very famous. Unfortunately, starting from Tan Liu, each generation was worse than the previous one, and Tan Qi had completely forgotten.
The two people on the stage are famous actors of the time, and their singing is naturally mesmerizing. Several old men also cross their legs and gently clap their hands to the beat.
Lin Sanqi thought, these old men must be dreaming of the glory days of the Republic of China. Then the waiter called out, "Give me 10 flower baskets for Mr. Shi and 20 flower baskets for Mr. Xiao."
Gradually, I started to sing the palace singing segment from "Silang Visits His Mother".
All I could hear was the princess singing, "Hearing his words frightened me to the point of breaking into a sweat. Fifteen years later, he finally spoke the truth. It turns out that the Yang family changed their names. He missed his homeland and his family, so he couldn't be reunited with them~~~"
The singing was normal up to this point, and then the actress sang faster and faster.
Yang Yanhui, played by Tan Fuying, also sang faster and faster:
"Princess, we are a good couple and have a deep bond of love. Why should you be so polite and modest? If Yang Yanhui ever finds his frown lifted one day, he will never forget your kindness."
The situation began to get out of control. The couple on the stage started to talk at an incredibly fast speed, as if they were arguing.
The lute player was playing so hard that he was almost smoking. (Refer to Gu Zhengqiu's version of Zuo Gong)
Mr. Shi said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, this is the Xipi Flying Arrow that can be said. How about it? Sounds cool, right?"
Lin Sanqi scratched his head: "There are no subtitles. Anyway, I can't understand it. When will that Xiaofan appear?"
"Noisy, listen carefully, I'm going to call Xiaofan soon."
Lin Sanqi thought to himself, "The legendary three yuan and three cents has arrived. I have to listen carefully."
Sure enough, as the song was going on, the princess stepped down from the stage, leaving only her husband, Tan Fuying, and everyone at the scene held their breath.
"When I saw the princess steal the imperial edict, I couldn't help but feel happy. I stood at the palace gate... and called out to Xiaofan~~~~"
Tan Fuying started singing!
There was immediate applause from the audience, and everyone was cheering.
Lin Sanqi was quite disappointed. How come Tan Fuying couldn't sing well in Tianjin, but was able to sing well in Peking? He had wanted to boo.
After the show ended in the afternoon, many people who came to watch the show sat on the ground, preparing for the second performance in the evening.
The staff of the Chinese medicine hospital returned to their dormitories one by one and began to prepare dinner.
Lin Sanqi supported the old men as they walked towards the dormitory. After looking for a long time, he did not see anyone selling melon seeds, peanuts, or boxed lunches or fast food. It was obvious that small vendors had begun to disappear, which was not a good sign.
Before I even reached the dormitory, Vice Dean Ji was already waiting in the distance: "Xiao Qi, over here, over here."
"Deputy Ji, what's wrong?"
"Let's go. The patients at the National Peking Opera Theater are still waiting for you, the little miracle doctor. Follow me."
Lin Sanqi grumbled inwardly: "If he knew he was a miracle doctor, why didn't he come to me for treatment? Why did he have to go there in person? What kind of level is that?"
No matter what he thought, in an era where all actions were under command, Lin Sanqi did not have much right to resist and could only follow obediently.
In the small conference room, Dean Shen was happily chatting with a group of guests. When Lin Sanqi entered, everyone looked at him.
Lin Sanqi was also observing the people in the conference room. In addition to some people who looked like cadres, there were also two middle-aged men with outstanding temperament who looked like opera actors sitting there.
Seeing Lin Sanqi come in, everyone stood up, which made Lin Sanqi feel that he had regained his status.
Dean Shen said with a smile:
"Come, come, let me introduce you all. This is Comrade Lin Sanqi, a direct descendant of the Lingnan School of Medicine. He's trained in both Chinese and Western medicine. Last year, he even cured his future father-in-law of tuberculosis. The chest X-ray from the Union Hospital later confirmed this."
"Xiao Qi, come here. Let me introduce you. This is President Su of the National Peking Opera Company. This is... and this is Teacher Ma Lianliang. This is Teacher Zhao Yanxia. You two have come here specifically to see you."
Lin Sanqi was mentally prepared, so he stepped forward and shook hands with several leaders of the Peking Opera Theater.
After seeing Lin Sanqi, Dean Su actually had some doubts in his heart. You have to say that Lin Sanqi's father, Doctor Lin Kushen, is very famous in the city.
But could this young doctor, who looked so uneducated, really cure tuberculosis? Dean Su had a big question mark in his mind.
But the leader never showed his emotions, so he smiled and shook hands with her.
"Dr. Xiaolin, I've heard so much about you. But you kept us waiting. We waited for a long time at the Chinese Medicine Hospital, and they said you were on a business trip. When we arrived at the Changping branch, you were gone again. It really is true that good things take time.
This time, two teachers from our Peking Opera Theater are here to seek your help. They are Mr. Ma Lianliang and Ms. Zhao Yanxia. These two teachers are the top stars of our Peking Opera Theater and are masters of our country's Peking Opera circle.
However, these two teachers have been diagnosed with tuberculosis in recent years. After seeking help from many famous doctors, they have only been able to control the disease and prevent it from worsening. In particular, the condition of Teacher Ma Lianliang is not optimistic. It is now difficult for him to perform on stage.
Well, we heard there's a young miracle doctor at the Chinese Medicine Hospital, so we came to see him, haha."
People from the opera world are very traditional and always pay attention to the rules. So even though Ma Lianliang is already 60 years old, when he saw the young Lin Sanqi, he also bowed slightly and was very polite:
"Excuse me, Doctor Kobayashi."
Zhao Yanxia also smiled and politely extended her hand to shake hands with Lin Sanqi:
"Hello, Doctor Xiaolin, I'm Zhao Yanxia. I'll be your patient from now on. Please take good care of me."
Lin Sanqi didn't know much about Ma Lianliang, except that he seemed to have had a bad time in Tianjin and never dared to perform there again. In the original history, it seemed he didn't have many years left to live.
But he knew a little about Zhao Yanxia. Although she was polite now, the old lady was a typical hot-tempered girl.
He usually loved drinking dark beer and eating longans. He lived until 2013 and was still in good health at the age of almost 100. He even founded his own "Zhao School" based on the Xun School.
Although the Zhao School is known as one of the four evil schools, it cannot be denied that the Zhao School is very addictive, very pleasant to listen to, and very unique.
After Lin Sanqi greeted Ma Lianliang and Zhao Yanxia, he kept observing the expressions of the two men.
It can be clearly seen that Zhao Yanxia is full of energy and looks normal. She does not look like a patient just by looking at her appearance, which means that the damage caused by tuberculosis to her body is not obvious yet, and she may still be in the early stages.
Ma Lianliang was a little weak and looked sickly, his face was sallow and his Zhongshan suit was loose on him.
Obviously, Ma Lianliang's tuberculosis should be quite serious.
Dean Shen stood up at this time and reminded with a smile:
"Alright, alright, we're from the Peking Opera Theater. We're here to provide medical treatment, not just to be polite. Hurry up and see the two teachers."
After Dean Shen finished speaking, the staff member next to him handed over a red "pulse pillow" and a wooden medicine box, and another staff member spread out the letter paper and brush and began to grind them on the side.
Lin Sanqi gasped when he saw it.
How could he take a pulse? He knew next to nothing about traditional Chinese medicine. He couldn't even write, so wouldn't that just make him look ridiculous in front of everyone?
If this wasn't an order from Dean Shen, Lin Sanqi would have suspected that he was being bullied in the workplace and was deliberately embarrassed?
In fact, this is Dean Shen's mischief. He wanted to make you not study Chinese medicine well and make you talk about Western medicine all the time. Now let's see what you will do?
What could Lin Sanqi do? With the situation now at hand, he could only bite the bullet and fight.
In 1960, the incidence of tuberculosis was very high both at home and abroad.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of my country, the tuberculosis prevalence rate was 1,950/100,000, and the tuberculosis mortality rate reached 200/100,000, making it the number one killer of adult infectious diseases in my country.
Based on this ratio, there are 2 tuberculosis patients for every 100 people.
This data is based on incomplete and inaccurate statistics. If there had been conditions to screen them one by one when the country was founded, I believe the comparison would have been even more shocking.
Even by 2022, the number of new tuberculosis patients in my country will be 889,000, ranking second only to India among the 30 countries with a high tuberculosis burden in the world.
Many celebrities in modern times have suffered from tuberculosis, such as Lu Xun and Lin Huiyin, who died of tuberculosis.
If we count the celebrities that are more familiar to everyone, many of them are also tuberculosis patients.
Our beloved comrade Jiabao, the wicked Hong Kong businessman Li Ka Shing, Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou, Yu Minhong who was stabbed in the back by his subordinates, Hunan TV host Wang Han, movie actress Li Bingbing, etc., were all once tuberculosis patients.
Previously, it was written that Lin Sanqi brought his nephews and nieces to visit Pan Ye’s home. Some readers thought it was unbelievable and irresponsible. He dared to go even though he knew that Pan’s father was a tuberculosis patient. Wasn’t he afraid of infecting the children?
In fact, in that era, tuberculosis was not considered a malignant infectious disease. People only regarded it as an incurable disease.
Those who are lucky enough will survive, while those who are unlucky will die after a few years of illness.
Those who refused to give up would go to the beheading site at Xuantingkou and ask the jailer to help them put some blood on steamed buns to feed the tuberculosis patients at home.
Therefore, tuberculosis patients do not need to be strictly isolated like the "mask disease" in later generations. Of course, there is another reason why they do not need to be isolated. As mentioned before, 2 out of 100 people are tuberculosis patients.
Just think about it, even after the city was streamlined, it still had a population of 2.5 million in 1960, and at least 50,000 tuberculosis patients.
You can lie down on the first day but you can't avoid the fifteenth. If there is a tuberculosis patient at this relative's or neighbor's house and you don't go there, God knows that there is also a tuberculosis patient at another relative's house.
According to this kind of thinking, you basically can't leave the house, because there are so many tuberculosis patients on the bus, in your workplace, and in your class at school.
It is unavoidable, and no one takes the initiative to avoid it.
So this time, two famous actors from the National Peking Opera Theater took the opportunity of performing in Changping to come to Lin Sanqi for treatment. In the small conference room, the leaders of the two units did not avoid them.
At Dean Shen's urging, Lin Sanqi sat down calmly.
Ma Lianliang was the first to see the doctor. He was 60 years old at that time. As a master of Peking Opera, he was also an old comrade.
According to the normal historical trajectory, Ma Lianliang passed away in 1966. Although there were social factors involved, it was probably also closely related to his poor health and discouragement in his later years.
Lin Sanqi closed his eyes, shook his head and took the patient's pulse for a long time, which made Dean Shen roll his eyes.
"Teacher Ma, how long have you had tuberculosis?"
"Hi, I don't know how long it's been going on, but about five years ago I started to feel weak, have a low-grade fever, and have a persistent cough. So I went to see a doctor, and he told me I had tuberculosis. Later, I went to the Union Hospital, had an X-ray, and that's when the diagnosis was confirmed.
I've taken a lot of medicine over the years, but my cough hasn't gotten better. It's damaged my vocal cords. You see, my voice is my livelihood, and now that I'm on stage, I'm completely ruined."
Dean Su next to him quickly interrupted:
"Teacher Ma is a famous Peking Opera artist in my country, one of the representative figures of the old male role, the founder of the 'Ma School' of art, and the leader of the 'Four Great Bearded Male Actors' of Peking Opera. He is a national treasure and must not be allowed to fail."
Ma Lianliang quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I'm too modest."
When Lin Sanqi heard that there were X-rays, he became excited.
If you ask someone else to take your pulse, they can immediately tell everything, but if you ask him to take your pulse, he can only tell how many heartbeats per minute it is and whether the pulse rate is regular, that's all.
"Do you have an X-ray? Great, let me see it."
Dean Shen sighed when he heard this and grumbled to Vice Dean Ji, "I knew this guy would resort to Western medicine in the end."
Doctors at traditional Chinese medicine hospitals could sit in patients and diagnose illnesses by looking at X-rays, which was simply unimaginable in 1960.
When Ma Lianliang's apprentice heard this, he immediately handed over the X-ray film in the bag.
As soon as Lin Sanqi got the X-ray film, he felt relieved. The familiar feeling came back to him. After all, Western medicine was his major.
There are several films, which are obviously the result of multiple follow-up visits. Artists have high salaries. Mei Lanfang earns more than 2,000 yuan a month, and top-tier actors like Ma Lianliang earn more than 1,000 yuan a month. Ten yuan for an X-ray is no problem.
More than ten minutes later, Lin Sanqi put down the X-ray film and felt relieved.
Dean Su was a little anxious: "Doctor Xiaolin, how is it?"
Ma Lianliang still smiled politely and with great reserve. The disciple beside him couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Lin, can my master treat this?"
Lin Sanqi nodded calmly, pointing to the X-ray film and said:
"Look at these films taken by Professor Ma. This side shows flaky and flocculent shadows with blurred edges, which are signs of infiltration. And this side has a higher density of shadows with varying shades, and there are holes with ring-shaped borders and translucent areas, which are called caseous lesions.
Any chest X-ray showing exudative or exudative proliferation lesions, caseous pneumonia, caseous lesions, cavities, or fibrous lesions indicates active disease, meaning that tuberculosis is still worsening.
When Lin Sanqi talks about the specialized terminology of "Western medicine", he has a whole set of it, which is very professional and also very intimidating.
As a result, everyone in the National Peking Opera Theater was stunned.
In 1960, there had actually been a certain degree of research on tuberculosis, but Lin Sanqi traveled from 2013 and possessed knowledge that was 60 years ahead of the times.
It just so happened that the 1960s was an era of rapid development in human technology and medicine, so when Lin Sanqi spoke these professional terms, everyone was confused.
What is a proliferative focus? What is a caseous appearance? Not only the actors, but even the people at the Chinese medicine hospital present found it difficult to understand.
Ma Lianliang had originally had some reservations about Lin Sanqi's age, but after being fooled by Lin Sanqi, he immediately realized that he had met a true master. He quickly sat up straight and asked earnestly:
"Doctor Lin, do you think I can be saved?"
“This, this…”
Lin Sanqi still wanted to sell the official, but Zhao Yanxia, who was waiting anxiously beside him, couldn't wait any longer:
"Doctor Lin, what do you think of my condition?"
Zhao Yanxia is 32 years old this year. Although she is young, she has a lot of experience.
She started performing on stage at the age of 6, and at the age of 14 she formally became a disciple of Xun Huisheng, one of the four major actresses. At the age of 15, she officially became the leading actress in the Zhonghe Theater. From then on, she only played the leading role in her life. She is a legendary woman.
After the liberation, there were only 14 national first-class Peking Opera actors in the country. The four famous actresses, including Mei Lanfang and Cheng Yanqiu, were all first-class actors, and Zhao Yanxia was one of them.
Moreover, she is the youngest and only female actress among these 14 first-class actors, which shows her high status in the world and artistic achievements. Later, she became the first generation of Aqing Sao.
"Teacher Zhao, please don't be so anxious. Please take out your X-ray film and let me take a look."
Lin Sanqi simply threw away the traditional Chinese medicine and treated patients according to his own ideas.
Zhao Yanxia quickly took out the film from her backpack and handed it over with both hands, her eyes full of expectation.
Lin Sanqi took a look and thought it was not too serious. The X-ray chest film showed millet-like shadows that were evenly distributed and of similar size and density.
Putting down the chest X-ray, Lin Sanqi felt relieved:
"Dean Su, Teacher Ma, Teacher Zhao, I have a good understanding of your conditions. Teacher Zhao's symptoms are relatively mild, so treatment will be more effective. I can guarantee that Teacher Zhao will be fully recovered within six months."
When Zhao Yanxia heard this, her already bright eyes became even brighter, and she couldn't help but smile:
"Thank you, thank you, Doctor Lin."
"But Mr. Ma, in Chinese medicine, it's called a long-term illness. You've lost too much. Now, not only do you need to kill the tuberculosis bacteria, but you also need to regulate your entire body. The course of this disease will be at least 12 to 18 months."
Ma Lianliang was equally surprised and said, "Doctor Lin, do you mean I don't have to die?"
A master of opera like him, who was not short of money and had status, naturally saw famous doctors all over the country and knew his condition. Anyway, he thought he would not live long.
He came to the Changping branch because of the precedent of Professor Pan, and he also came to try his luck.
As a result, he was given hope of life again. People are afraid of death, so Ma Lianliang naturally wanted to hold on to it tightly.
Lin Sanqi smiled slightly and replied confidently:
"Teacher Ma, look at what you said. It's not about life or death. It's just a minor tuberculosis. It's not a big deal in our Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Don't worry, we will take care of it."
When Dean Shen heard this, his chest straightened instantly. He thought that even in a critical moment, Lin Sanqi still stood by his unit. He was a man who loved his job and was dedicated to it. He was great and made the Dean of Traditional Chinese Medicine proud.
Speaking of this, Lin Sanqi frowned:
"However, tuberculosis treatment drugs have certain side effects, such as impacts on liver and kidney function, so they require constant monitoring and timely medication adjustments. Given your current physical condition, I'm afraid you'll need to be hospitalized and closely monitored."
The mainstream model for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis is the "quadruple therapy", which mainly uses four drugs: rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol.
Although the treatment is effective, there are also a lot of side effects. Hospitalization for observation is necessary. The key point is that the Chinese medicine hospital does not have an inpatient department. What should we do?
(End of this chapter)
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