Chapter 1696 Questions and Answers
Many things that were difficult to say were easier to say to Zhou Man, especially since several old ladies here had interacted with Manbao and had asked her to visit them for medical consultations.
The Crown Princess's mother, Lady Pi, waved to Manbao and said with a smile, "I haven't seen Miss Zhou for a while. You've grown a lot taller."
Manbao's eyes suddenly lit up, his back straightened a little, and he asked with a smile: "Really?"
The wife of the Duke of Pi smiled and nodded, "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, ask the wife of the Duke of Zhao."
The last time the wife of Duke Zhao felt chest tightness and discomfort, she also asked Manbao to see her, so the two of them were somewhat familiar with each other.
Lady Zhao smiled and nodded, indicating that it was true.
Manbao became happy and less restrained. She asked these noble ladies in a soft voice that they could ask her if they had any questions about the enrollment of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Those who could find their way to the Queen were naturally not ordinary people. Lady Zhao was the Queen's sister-in-law, Lady Pi was the mother of the Crown Princess, and in addition there was Lady Li, the Minister of Personnel, who represented the entire Li family, Lady Su, and Lady Cui, Lady Wang, and Lady Lu who stayed in the capital.
They were either powerful or from wealthy families. Manbao had seen most of them. Even if he had never seen a doctor, he had seen them at the hundred-day banquet of Han Wuniang's son. He was not familiar with them, but Manbao had a photographic memory, so he naturally remembered them.
The Queen gave Zhou Man a seat, and it seemed that the seat was placed opposite them so that they could communicate better.
Manbao glanced at the seat, then secretly glanced at the queen. After receiving her encouraging nod, he walked forward and sat down.
Several ladies opened their mouths to ask questions, but the queen suddenly raised her teacup and smiled at Manbao, "The ladies have many questions to ask. You don't need to go to the Crown Princess and Prince Gong this afternoon. It's better to answer their questions first."
Manbao bowed slightly and responded.
The ladies who were about to complain that Xiao Yuanzheng's price was too high suddenly changed their minds, swallowed their saliva, and asked, "Mrs. Zhou, we just told Xiao Yuanzheng that the people our families send to the Imperial Medical Bureau are different, and what they need to learn is also different from ordinary doctors. There is really no need for them to take classes with others. It would be better to form a separate class and let Miss Zhou teach them personally."
Man Bao smiled and declined, "All medical skills must be learned from the most basic. All medicine is universal. The other doctors in the Imperial Hospital are as skilled as me. It's impossible for me to teach the whole class. I can only be responsible for one or two courses."
Manbao looked at the Queen and said, "Although we, the imperial physicians, teach in the Imperial Medical Bureau, we cannot neglect our work in the Imperial Hospital."
The ladies exchanged glances, and Lady Zhao also picked up her teacup and began to drink. Lady Pi could only ask, "Then I wonder what kind of medical skills the Imperial Medical Bureau plans to teach them?"
What they care most about is whether the medical skills they want can be taught to them.
Manbao had been in the capital for a year and a half, frequenting the imperial court. He knew what they cared about most, so he counted them off on his fingers. "Even if we're teaching them individually, they still need to learn the four most basic medical books: Pulse Secrets, Materia Medica, Mingtang, and Suwen. If they can read, they can finish their studies in a year and a half to two years. In the third year, the Imperial Medical Bureau can teach them common diseases of children and women."
She paused and said, "I know that you ladies want to hire a private doctor so that your family can be more convenient in the future. However, your family has many illnesses, so what they need to learn must be more diverse than other subjects. If you want them to be proficient, then we should teach them according to the physical therapy department, which will take about eight years."
When the ladies heard this, they were reluctant. It was too long. In their opinion, three years was long enough.
Manbao saw what they were thinking and said, "Three years of courses only taught us the basics. We may not be as knowledgeable as the female doctors in the palace."
Manbao glanced at their faces and lowered his voice, saying, "They need to learn everything from women's rashes, pregnancy preparation, fetal protection, childbirth, and postpartum metrorrhagia. They even need to learn common childhood illnesses, as well as wind-cold, wind-heat, and stroke. They need to learn not only diagnosis and medication, but also acupuncture, moxibustion, and massage, which are targeted treatments. It will take at least five years to complete this training."
Madam Li immediately said, "Then five years."
After a moment's silence, the other ladies also said, "Five years is fine, but eight years is really too long."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief.
Several ladies tactfully expressed their wishes. They felt that it would be okay to teach less about children's and other general diseases, mainly gynecological diseases.
Especially acupuncture, they have all felt the benefits of Zhou Man's acupuncture.
If other family members are sick, whether they are male owners or children, you can ask a doctor or imperial physician to come to your home for a consultation. The family can also spend money to hire a doctor at home.
Even now, among those families with large members, who doesn’t have a doctor at home?
However, it was difficult to find a female doctor. Women, especially daughters, who felt unwell, especially if something broke out on their bodies or they felt pain, were too embarrassed to speak out, so they often asked their nannies to get medicine for them. Some of them had relapses because the medicine they got was not suitable for their condition.
Maybe it's because the medicine is not very effective, anyway it's always a little unsatisfactory.
But it’s different if there is a female doctor at home. Since they are all women, many things are easier to talk about. Even asking questions and giving acupuncture are convenient. There is no need to be secretive like when seeing a male doctor.
Not to mention, in addition to the girls in the family, there are also daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law. Who doesn't have some problems after getting married and having children?
Everyone looks healthy and happy on weekdays, but secretly they are feeling unwell, and probably only they and the girls around them know about it.
Most of the time it's just a matter of enduring.
Even the daughters of powerful families were like this, not to mention the daughters of ordinary people. Wasn't it because her mother kept all the problems she had when she was young and didn't talk about them?
Later, he went to see the doctor after he became too ill to move. He took the same medicine for nearly ten years and only went to Dali Village to ask Dr. Lu to take another look when he was critically ill.
Manbao regained his composure and quickly calculated the courses they needed to take. After a while, he nodded and said, "I'll go back and discuss it with Xiao Yuanzheng. It should be possible."
Anyway, they have money and the courses can be more flexible.
The ladies were satisfied, but also complained in a low voice that they were not comfortable asking outside doctors many questions. Not only because they were embarrassed, but also because if the outside doctors were not careful with their words, it would be very bad for the reputation of the girls in their family if the news got out.
Manbao expressed his understanding.
After talking about the most important content, the next thing is naturally to talk about money. Because the previous communication went well, the ladies were not as tough with Manbao as they were with Xiao Yuanzheng, but they also expressed the idea that the Imperial Medical Bureau's pricing was too high.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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