Chapter 3446: Extra Chapter 25
The Liaozi tribe was a large tribe that placed more emphasis on military force, so the status of the witch was not very high. He was under the leader and could barely be on an equal footing with the elders of the tribe.
Wu Yin is one of Zhou Man’s students, and like other barbarian students, he will return to his country or tribe after completing his studies.
Because it involves diplomacy, Zhou Man also pays attention to the whereabouts of these students. Wu Yin is considered to be one of the better ones. It is said that he was selected as the next successor to Wu just a few years after returning to the Liaozi tribe.
But, that was when the previous chief's father was in power. He became the witch of the tribe when Zhang Teng was the chief. Now...
Zhou Man looked around and asked, "Where is he now? I want to talk to him about Madam's treatment plan."
There was no sense of panic that his identity might be exposed.
Bai Shan looked at her with a smile, and also looked at the chief steward.
The chief steward was silent for a moment and then said, "Doctor Zhou, please wait a moment. I will go and get him right away."
As soon as the chief steward left, Zhou Man turned back to look at the patient lying on the bed. After a moment's silence, he said to Bai Shan, "You can go out now. Dress warmly these days and put on the insect repellent bag I gave you to prevent mosquito bites."
Bai Shan agreed, glanced at the person on the bed and whispered, "You should be careful too."
After Bai Shan left, Zhou Man fell into deep thought. The important thing about this disease is not only the patient himself, but also its infectiousness.
Moreover, this disease is not transmitted from person to person, so wearing a mask is basically useless. The real problem is mosquitoes.
Zhou Man's eyes swept across the room and his heart skipped a beat. Mosquitoes have legs and wings, can give birth to offspring, and their offspring have grandchildren. How could people possibly guard against them?
The Chieftain's Mansion thinks that by locking people in this backyard and preventing patients from coming into contact with the outside world, they can prevent malaria?
So, in ten days, how many patients have been infected in the corners outside that they cannot see?
Did they know they had malaria and not just common typhoid?
Zhou Man had a headache.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Zhou Man turned around and met the eyes of Zhang Yin who walked in.
Zhang Yin, with a sullen face, couldn't help but stop when he saw Zhou Man and looked at him in shock.
The chief steward had been paying close attention to the expressions of both parties, and upon seeing this, he confirmed Zhou Man's identity. It seemed that this Madam Zhou was not lying, she was indeed a student of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and might be a classmate of Zhang Wu.
He immediately smiled and enthusiastically introduced them to each other, "Zhang Wu, this is the doctor from the Central Plains I was talking about. Like you, she graduated from the Imperial Medical Bureau. You two might even be classmates."
Zhang Wu looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man smiled and nodded at him, "Wu Yin, it's been many years."
Zhang Wu hesitated for a moment. Seeing that she did not correct the mistake in the chief steward's words, and it seemed that she did not want to reveal her identity, he did not point it out. Instead, he bowed deeply and said, "Madam Zhou."
"Come on, let's discuss her condition."
Zhou Man walked to the table and placed the prescription they had written earlier on the table. "I've seen the prescription you used, and it doesn't seem to be very effective."
"Yes," Wu Zhang said cautiously, "I also used acupuncture, but it only barely controlled the condition from getting worse. It couldn't cure it, or even alleviate it."
Zhou Man sighed and pulled out a blank piece of paper. "Let's change the prescription. The acupuncture prescription should also be changed..."
The two men were discussing together, and the chief steward stood by and listened. Although he did not understand the medical theories they were discussing, he had a good memory and could memorize them by rote.
Zhou Man wrote out a new prescription for medicine and acupuncture, and handed it to the chief steward: "Go get the medicine and boil it, I'll give her acupuncture."
She paused, turned around and asked Zhang Wu, "Do you want to stay and be my assistant?"
Wu Zhang glanced at the acupuncture points above and bowed, saying, "Yes, I'll help you."
Upon hearing this, the chief steward glanced at Zhang Wu. Zhang Wu was the chief witch of the tribe. Although his relationship with the chief had been ordinary in the past two years, he was still highly respected. Why would he be so polite to Madam Zhou?
Even if we were classmates, we were too respectful.
When the chief steward saw Zhang Wu take out the needle bag, he lowered his eyes, bowed and retreated, letting the maid in the room serve them with acupuncture.
As Zhou Man took the needle bag handed over by Zhang Wu, he sighed that the protection between men and women in southern Xinjiang was even weaker than that in the Central Plains. Now in the Central Plains, male doctors could also give acupuncture to women, but the treatment was mostly concentrated on exposed parts such as the hands, feet and head. Places like shoulders and neck were still inconvenient.
I didn't expect that this place would be ignored.
Zhou Man sat back in front of the bed, asked the maid to help take off Mrs. Li's outer clothes, and then began to pierce the needle.
While she was performing acupuncture, she explained the reasons for doing so. Wu Zhang was handing her the needles and listening attentively.
As soon as Zhou Man opened her mouth, he knew that the teacher wanted him to stay and learn. Otherwise, she had practiced such difficult acupuncture techniques in the palace and didn't need an assistant, so why did she need one here?
Wu Zhang watched carefully and wrote down all her acupuncture steps and techniques.
After Zhou Man finished the acupuncture, he waited for it to take effect. He turned to ask Zhang Wu, "How many people in the mansion are sick now?"
She had asked the chief steward this question, but she wanted to hear it again from Zhang Wu.
Zhang Wu pondered and said, "We found eighteen, but I think there are more than that."
He glanced at Zhou Man carefully and whispered, "And it's not just the maids serving in the Madam's room who are infected. The servants serving in other places are also infected."
Zhou Man frowned, "Don't you know that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes?"
Wu Zhang was stunned. "I thought malaria was caused by the malarial evil, the miasma poison. Madam is the first case. The people who took care of her were infected with the malarial evil..."
Zhang Wu paused and stopped talking.
Zhou Man frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "That's correct. Although it's not transmitted through droplets of blood, mosquito bites are indeed a form of malaria."
She said, "Let's first find a way to kill mosquitoes and reduce the infection rate."
Zhang Wu breathed a sigh of relief not being scolded.
"We also need to pay attention to protection, and it's not limited to the chief's mansion," Zhou Man asked: "Where is the chief? These things need people to do, and people need to be sent out to check for infected people."
This is a public health event, not just a matter of a noble person getting sick.
Zhang Wu was shocked and remembered something. He quickly stood up and said, "I will go see the chief now."
He turned and took two steps, then remembered something and turned back to ask Zhou Man, "Madam Zhou... do you want to come with us?"
Zhou Man thought about it and shook his head, "I'll take care of the chief's wife, you go first."
She didn't know Chief Li, and was not even from the Liaozi tribe. If she rashly made suggestions, it might backfire. It would be better to let Wu Yin go.
Zhou Man didn't think there would be any surprises. After all, malaria was a highly contagious epidemic. No leader would sit idly by and watch it spread. Measures would definitely be taken to prevent and control it. It just depended on what methods were used.
While waiting for the acupuncture time to arrive, Zhou Man bent over the table and wrote down many preventive and therapeutic methods and prescriptions.
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