Chapter 2391 Stealing Blood
When the morning glow appeared on the horizon, Xiao Yuanzheng reached out and patted Zhou Man on the shoulder, saying, "The strong medicine in the kitchen has been kept warm. I asked Doctor Liu to get another dose and give it to the kitchen to boil. If... give it to them in time."
This time Manbao didn't object and nodded.
Given that there has already been a death, Manbao changed his mind. Although the side effects of the strong medicine may be greater, at least the person's life can be saved.
Manbao lowered her eyes and thought, going over in her mind the manifestations of all the patients she had seen since the vaccination, but still couldn't find the problem.
It was almost scabbing and healing, so why did it suddenly get worse?
Dean Xiao also looked at the increasingly bright sunset in the sky and recalled the patients and data he had seen during this period. After a while, he said, "After breakfast, one person will stay to watch over these two, and the rest will go through all the patients again and reassign their accommodations, grouping those with similar conditions together, and keep records of their data."
Manbao agreed.
Xiao Yuanzheng stood up and patted her shoulder again, saying, "Good girl, don't be sad. Smallpox is a thousand-year-old stubborn disease. It's not something we can completely eradicate just by saying it can be eradicated."
Manbao lowered his head and said nothing.
Dean Xiao turned and went into the ward to check on the two patients, leaving Manbao to think on his own.
Manbao thought about it and got up and went to the next ward. There was only one person in the ward, No. 121. His face had turned blue and his whole body was cold.
The needles in his body had been removed, and he was now lying quietly on the bed. Once it was confirmed that he had indeed died of smallpox, his entire body would be cremated, turned into ashes, and sent back to his home.
Manbao walked over, took his hand and looked at it carefully, then looked outside. Koko said considerately, "There's no one outside."
Manbao took out a set of tools from the space, pricked his hand to take two drops of blood, sealed it up, and then used a clamp to take out two pimples on his body, sealed them up together, and put them in the teaching room.
Manbao and Keke said, "Send an email to Teacher Mo and ask him to help test these two things."
Keke agreed and sent an email to Teacher Mo according to Manbao's instructions.
Manbao took a step back, looked at No. 121 carefully, and finally pulled up the quilt to cover his face.
She also tucked the quilt in for him.
"What are you doing?"
Manbao was startled by the sudden sound. She looked up and saw a person standing at the door with his back to the light. She could only see the figure and couldn't see the person's face for a long time.
The person at the door took two steps inside and saw that she had covered herself from head to toe. He frowned and said, "The kitchen has prepared hot soup and rice. Dean Xiao is just asking you to come over for dinner. You'll be busy later."
Manbao then saw clearly that it was Doctor Lu.
She said "Oh" and turned to go out with her.
All patients were not allowed to go out today and needed to sit and wait in their respective rooms, so there were only a few of them and a few soldiers who followed their orders in the huge open space.
When Manbao came forward, Doctor Liu gestured for her to wash her hands and change her outer clothes before coming to eat.
Manbao turned around to wash his hands, and when he came back, Xiao Yuanzheng and the others had already sat down to eat.
Manbao sat down in an empty seat, picked up a bowl of soup, took two sips, and asked, "Who's staying behind?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "It's Doctor Lu."
He said, "Both patients are not showing any significant reaction right now, and are relatively calm. Doctor Lu should take a nap. The three of us will be busy first, and we'll replace them at noon depending on their condition."
Manbao nodded.
She and Doctor Lu had both been busy all day and all night. If the patient's condition didn't worsen, she would be next. If...
None of the four could rest.
After Manbao finished drinking the soup, his stomach felt warmer and he had some strength. Then he started to bite into a steamed bun.
They had already checked all the patients last night, but today they checked three people together.
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "One room for those with scabs, one room for those with the same cowpox vaccine, one room for those with worsening symptoms, and one room for patients with similar conditions. Doctor Zhou writes quickly, so you take notes. Make sure they are clear, as we still need to write a report."
Manbao agreed.
So the three of them checked room by room. They had already checked it last night, so everyone already knew what was going on. Checking it again today was just to screen and confirm it again.
Manbao and his team had previously conducted statistics on the first 180 people who were vaccinated. They found that the number of people who developed pimples ranged from one to six. Only a small number of people developed more than six pimples, but the most was only fifteen.
Manbao flipped through the records and said, "Twelve people in total."
This ratio is indeed not very high.
Xiao Yuanzheng and the others checked each patient one by one. It was clearer and more intuitive to see during the day. Many people's scabs were about to fall off. Xiao Yuanzheng reached out and pressed them, and they were indeed healed. If this happened in Xiazhou, they could have been sent home to recuperate on their own.
Dean Xiao was talking about the appearance, and Doctor Liu and Manbao took a look. After confirming that it was correct, Manbao recorded it, and then these people were transferred to the outermost room.
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "You will all be well soon. Those who have received the swabs should take their own bedding and move to the outer rooms. The inner rooms will be given to those who are still recovering from the pox."
They had no objection to this and immediately took the quilt and went out. One of them even turned back and asked them, "Master, we are all cured of the pox. Does that mean we have survived?"
This time, Xiao Yuanzheng did not promise them anything, but said, "You guys should move out first."
They left with some trepidation.
At noon, Doctor Lu came over and said, "They both have high fevers. I checked and they've started to break out on their chests and backs, as well as their necks. They also seem to be breaking out on their faces."
The three of them stopped their rounds and ran back to check.
Both of them were still conscious and even in good spirits. Perhaps because of the fever, their eyes were bright and seemed to be glowing.
Seeing so many imperial doctors coming to see them, they could hardly lie down for a moment.
Xiao Yuanzheng raised his hand to stop them from getting up, stepped forward to feel their pulses, and after checking them one by one, signaled Doctor Liu and Zhou Man to come over.
After checking everything and examining the two men's bodies, Xiao Yuanzheng said to Manbao, "Give them acupuncture and we'll change their prescription."
Manbao went up to give them injections. After she was done, she remembered the things she had left in the classroom. She wanted to prick their fingers again and draw some blood, so she quietly looked up at Xiao Yuanzheng and others.
The three of them were standing at the table at the door discussing the prescription.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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