Chapter 2065 Prescription
Seeing Manbao enter the palace, Doctor Xiao, who had also been up for most of the night, looked up from a pile of documents. He looked around and saw that there were not many people in the Imperial Hospital, so he waved and called Manbao into his office.
He pulled out a letter, opened it, and took out a piece of paper from it and gave it to her. "This is the prescription that Doctor Lu gave me yesterday."
Manbao took it and saw that it was written in quite detail, with prescriptions for internal and external use.
This is much better than the recipe she worked out all day and all night yesterday. Manbao was very surprised and took a closer look.
Doctor Xiao poured himself another cup of tea, took a sip, and then said, "During the Later Wei Dynasty, the Jinzhou area was plagued by war and famine. It was a chaotic place. One day the Wei army attacked, and the next day it was occupied by the Northern Han. The death toll piled up, and then smallpox broke out."
"The Lu family was a famous doctor in Jinzhou at the time. This prescription was created with human lives. Even without mentioning the Lu family's records, the official sources claim that six out of ten people who contracted smallpox survived after using the Lu family's medicine."
Manbao squeezed the prescription tightly and said, "This is an excellent prescription."
"Yes, this is the only prescription we can find that has such a cure rate. For the others, since each patient is different, if only one or two out of ten can survive, it's considered a good outcome."
Doctor Xiao looked at the prescription in her hand and sighed. After all, it was a prescription made with human lives, and the Lu family had saved countless lives. Therefore, even if their descendants were not good and there was a time when they could not continue the business, with this prescription, the Lu family would always have a place in the medical field.
This is Zuyin, and it is also the realm that Doctor Xiao, Doctor Liu and others are determined to achieve.
"Doctor Lu has had smallpox, but you and Doctor Zheng haven't. Smallpox favors the young and weak. Doctor Zheng is in his prime and in good health, but you are young. I heard that the reason you studied medicine was because you were in poor health since childhood."
Manbao had indeed been weak since childhood, she nodded.
Doctor Xiao sighed, "Then you have to be careful."
Man Bao said solemnly: "I will be careful. By the way, Doctor Xiao, I was just about to tell you that there are not many doctors among us who have contracted smallpox, and we have the most contact with patients when treating them, so we must take some precautions..."
She rummaged in her sleeve pocket and pulled out a sealed piece of cloth to show him. "This is for covering your face, called a mask. I'll have the Ministry of Revenue allocate funds to the Ministry of Works to make some."
This is what Teacher Mo found for her last night. In addition to this, there is also a complete set of protective clothing, including masks, gloves, eye protection, etc.
He said that this is the most commonly used thing for epidemic prevention. It was invented in ancient times, but it is still in use today. It is just that through continuous improvements, the protection effect is better than before and it is also lighter.
But the characteristic of protective clothing is that it is not breathable, and now at most an internal circulation system has been added.
Manbao thought that an air purifier similar to Mingda's would be enough, but after asking, he found out that ordinary people can use it to isolate 90% of virus invasions, but doctors cannot.
Because of their work, they are likely to have direct contact with the virus.
Teacher Mo also knew that there were many things missing from her world, so she just found the most basic version available for her and let her see what was available in her world, because besides her, there must be many doctors in that world.
Not to mention taking care of so many doctors, she even had a hard time finding an excuse to wear all these things herself.
Manbao searched around and found that they could only make masks. Things like gloves would be impossible to make in the short term because the material was not available in this world.
Even a mask is different. Now she is sewing layers of gauze onto cotton cloth, but she doesn't know how effective it will be.
Unexpectedly, after feeling it, Doctor Xiao said, "This gauze is cheap, but this cotton is expensive. I'm afraid it's difficult to use. How about using linen instead?"
The gauze used by Manbao is the one commonly used by doctors for bandaging. It has large holes and is sparse, so it is relatively cheap on the market, but the cotton is expensive.
Doctor Xiao touched it carefully and found that it was still made of fine cotton cloth, which meant it must be even more expensive.
Manbao hesitated for a moment and said, "That should be possible, but cotton is probably the best. It uses less material. You can ask the Ministry of Revenue to allocate more money. One piece of cloth can make quite a few."
"I'll talk to Imperial Physician Liu later, but it might not work," Imperial Physician Xiao said. "The Ministry of Revenue delivered the herbs yesterday, and today they delivered the last of them. Imperial Physician Liu is taking people to inventory them. We inquired with the Ministry of Revenue, and they bought three times the amount according to the prescription. Some pharmacies raised their prices yesterday. You probably didn't know this when you entered the palace early today, but yesterday evening some pharmacies raised the prices of some herbs to more than double their previous prices."
He said, "The Ministry of Revenue will definitely intervene, but according to the rules of this dynasty, government orders do not extend to commercial matters. If the Ministry of Revenue wants to stabilize the price of medicine, it has to spend money to buy medicinal materials from other places to replenish the market. Yesterday evening, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue led his men south."
This means we have to go somewhere else to buy medicinal materials, and the subsequent expenses will only be higher. Given the nature of the Ministry of Revenue, they will definitely spend every penny carefully. Let alone some fine cotton cloth, I'm afraid it will take some effort to get even gauze.
Manbao understood and nodded, saying, "Take this mask and pass it on to the imperial physicians and assistants in the Imperial Hospital. If there's any problem in the capital... also tell the doctors in the city. If the Ministry of Revenue doesn't allocate money, you can make some yourself. As long as they're properly ironed and washed, they'll be fine."
Doctor Xiao wrote it down.
Manbao stayed in the Imperial Hospital until noon, and finally waited for Doctor Liu and others who went to count the medicinal materials to come back. She took out all the prescriptions she had written down and circulated them to everyone.
Everyone looked through it. Although these prescriptions were not as good as the one by Doctor Lu, several of them were very simple and could be passed on so that some poor people could use them at home.
The recipes are not difficult. After passing them around, most people memorized them. Those who didn’t memorize them just copied them down.
Manbao put the manuscript away and went to discuss with Imperial Physicians Lu and Zheng about the time to leave the city tomorrow.
"Let's go as soon as the city gates open," said Doctor Lu. "The Imperial Guards are ready, and they'll escort us."
Manbao was puzzled, "Why do we need the Imperial Guards to deliver it?"
Aren’t the people escorting the medicinal materials the runners and clerks from the Ministry of Revenue?
Doctor Liu said, "The Imperial Guards have followed us to Yongzhou. They are going to block the road to the north."
Manbao understood, and after confirming the time to leave the city tomorrow, he went home. Doctor Lu and Doctor Zheng also went home. They had a final reunion dinner with their family tonight.
When he returned to Zhou's house, he saw Yin Huo sitting in the study drinking tea. He looked up at the noise and smiled slightly when he saw Zhou Man. "With you gone, can I still give you acupuncture every two weeks?"
(End of this chapter)
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