Chapter 550 A Dream of Youth 82
Before Du Mingzhao could answer, a commotion arose outside.
The two women exchanged a glance, put down their books, and peeked through the curtain. Zhang Mama tugged at Xie Ning, urging her to keep a distance from Du Mingzhao. Although the child was still young, it was not good for them to be too close physically.
Xie Ning didn't notice anything; she was simply craning her neck to watch the excitement.
A young boy was kneeling in front of the doctor, holding a little girl in his arms. The girl was thin and small, with a flushed face, clearly suffering from a high fever. Her exposed arms and neck had small red rashes the size of fingernails, which looked like flowers.
Just by looking at the symptoms, even a doctor with some experience could tell what kind of illness it was. Even Du Mingzhao whispered, "Is this a cold? It looks pretty serious. The little girl is delirious with fever."
Xiao Shi was still holding a prescription in his hand. Hearing this, he said in a low voice, "I think so too, but there's nothing we can do. The kid who was kneeling earlier asked Doctor Yu to treat him, but the family refused and kicked him out."
The Doctor Yu that Xiao Shi mentioned is another relatively young doctor at Dejitang.
"Why did you kick the doctor out?"
Could this involve some deep-seated secrets within the family? Du Mingzhao's mind instantly flashed through various stories of intrigue and backstabbing that his elders had told him.
Xie Ning and the other two looked at Xiao Shi with bright eyes, full of curiosity.
Xiao Shi cleared his throat; he didn't know either. "I heard that the brother and sister came to the capital with their father. Their birth mother died early, and they have a stepmother..."
Xiao Shi gave Xie Ning and Du Mingzhao a knowing look.
The two instantly understood, and then Xiao Shi and Du Mingzhao each received a slap on the head. "What are you thinking about?"
Dr. Yu's voice came softly from behind. The group of people who were gossiping quietly didn't feel embarrassed at all, but just looked at Dr. Yu with bright eyes.
"Dr. Yu, isn't that how it is?"
Dr. Yu paused for a moment, thinking that this matter was really nothing... but he was indeed angry. After all, although he was a doctor, he still had a strong sense of self-respect. He had gone to treat patients with the intention of saving lives, but he was not only scolded but also kicked out.
He has practiced medicine for many years and has never been insulted like this before!
However, he still warned his apprentices, especially his own apprentice Xiao Shi, not to suspect others without reason, before revealing the truth.
"This Liu family came from Jinghu."
Xiao Shi and Du Mingzhao still looked somewhat bewildered, but Xie Ning already understood.
Sure enough, "the people there are superstitious about witch doctors." It's a folk custom.
Du Mingzhao and the other girl were not very old, so they knew even less about such things. Xie Ning returned to the courtyard after seeing the little girl being carried into the clinic.
"This is the first time I've ever seen someone distrust doctors like us who have real skills and expertise, and instead believe in those charlatan witch doctors..." Du Mingzhao muttered, his tone filled with resentment.
Xie Ning opened her book, and the two continued studying. Du Mingzhao also answered the question that had just been interrupted.
Du Mingzhao is sixteen years old this year, and he will be able to enter the Imperial Medical Bureau to study next spring. Before that, he has been auditing classes at the Imperial Medical Bureau for a year and has already obtained the qualification of a candidate.
However, the number of students in each department of the Imperial Medical Bureau is fixed. He can only participate in the selection examination for that department when there is a vacancy, which means he still has to compete.
However, thanks to his second uncle's previous experience in Quanzhou, he was able to obtain an extra spot, meaning he could directly enter the Imperial Medical Bureau to study next spring.
If he achieves excellent exam results a year later, he may be able to enter the Imperial Medical Academy, also known as the Imperial Medical Academy.
Xie Ning calmly turned to the next page and began taking notes. Since she had chosen the path of medicine, she had naturally made a careful choice after gaining an understanding of it.
Before the Great Zhou Dynasty, apart from the government's medical officials, most doctors in society were grassroots healers, of lowly status, and were called "craftsmen".
Furthermore, shamanism and medicine developed in a mixed manner.
Even now, let alone in the past, people still have great faith in witchcraft. The reason for this is that local medical standards are not high enough, so when people get sick, they can only turn to shamans for help.
The dynasty placed great importance on medicine, not only placing it on par with the Imperial Academy and introducing a corresponding examination system, but also establishing a special "Hanlin Medical Academy" and compiling specialized textbooks.
What Du Mingzhao was referring to was the content from the textbook.
Time flies when you're learning. In less than a month, Xie Ning was able to sit next to Doctor Gu and listen to his teachings. Of course, she could only listen to pulses; her main focus was on learning the four diagnostic methods of observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation, and then writing pulse diagnosis records.
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