Chapter 485 Immunological Infertility
More than half a month has passed since Li San Niang last discussed smallpox with Mr. Bu Ke, and finally, there is news again.
(Chapter 469 plot.)
In Shihualou, Mr. Bu Ke said to Li San Niang, "I have already told the Sage about the matter you proposed last time, and I listened to your opinion. I selected ten people from within the Bad People to get smallpox treatment, and in the end, judging from the results, all ten people have obtained the immunity you mentioned."
Moreover, all ten of them are alive and well.
Li San Niang looked through the report that Mr. Bu Ke had prepared using her previous method and gained a certain understanding of what was written on it.
"Sir, you've made far too little."
If we were to actually implement smallpox vaccination throughout the Tang Dynasty, with only this many people, it wouldn't be very effective.
Are you willing to listen to me and start with the royal family first, and then the regular army?
If these two things are done well, the smallpox vaccine production might not be high, and people might even fight over it.
At that time, there would be no need to worry about whether people would dare to get vaccinated against smallpox.
Mr. Bu Ke didn't speak, but nodded in agreement with Li San Niang's words.
"Sir, the people of Chang'an are living a relatively comfortable life. Although most people can't eat meat every meal, they can always have enough to eat."
But once you leave Chang'an and go to the nearby villages, you'll find that not every family can afford to eat their fill.
The Tang Dynasty was so vast that it was impossible to vaccinate everyone.
A person's physical condition greatly affects the success of smallpox vaccination.
According to my plan, it would be great if all the soldiers in the camps on the outskirts of Beijing could be vaccinated against smallpox this year. Further promotion would be a matter for next year or even longer.
However, if done well, it can be a highly profitable venture.
“I have considered everything that Third Sister said.”
However, as Third Sister said, all of this takes time.
The purpose of this visit is to tell Third Sister that the Sage has agreed to Third Sister's request to gather other extraordinary individuals to improve the smallpox vaccination program.
To be honest with Third Sister, we won't simply rely on the methods of you extraordinary people. The Emperor will also likely consult the methods of other ministers in the court.
Li San Niang waved her hand, "Sir, we have a saying where I'm from: 'It doesn't matter if a cat is white or black, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.'"
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the sage wants to use our methods or the methods of the court.
My original intention was simply to ensure that all people in the Tang Dynasty could be vaccinated against smallpox, thus preventing deaths from the disease during epidemics.
The two chatted about smallpox for a while longer before Li San Niang saw Mr. Bu Ke off. Then, she and Ling Lan began their practical teaching, examining the pulses of dozens of women at Shi Hua Lou.
Li San Niang didn't lie down until late at night after working so hard.
The man closed his eyes and lay down, but his mind was still racing. One moment he was thinking about how to tell his fellow transmigrators about the smallpox outbreak, the next he was thinking about going to the West Market to buy beef for Luzhu'er, and then he was thinking about how to insert the needles in the golden needle technique that Doctor Liang had recently taught him.
In a daze, I finally drifted off to sleep to the sound of string and wind instruments.
The next day, following the old custom, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang boarded the carriage driven by Lao Shi and headed to Yongpingfang.
However, before going on duty, Li San Niang and the other two went to eat wontons.
The small dough wrapper contained a chewy, thumb-sized meat filling. Li San Niang ate a whole big bowl by herself, even drinking the soup clean.
Feeling warm all over, Li Sanniang greeted Nanxing and Qili as soon as she entered the clinic.
Li San Niang raised her hand and handed over the meat-filled bun wrapped in oil paper. "Here you go. I saw Wang's family selling these at the street corner ahead. Qiu Xiang and I shared one on the way. They were quite delicious."
Nanxing accepted it without ceremony, bowed strangely to Li Sanniang, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Doctor Li. Doctor Li is thinking of me and Qili. We'll eat this baked bun in a bit."
Nanxing looked at the meat-filled bun wrapped in oiled paper, and smelled the aroma of the dough soaked in oil. "It smells delicious."
As the weather warms up, people's clothing on the street becomes more colorful and vibrant.
Those laborers with the body heat are already wearing short tunics and going out to work.
And there are also those fashion-loving young women who are already strolling the streets at noon wearing gauze dresses.
Just then, after Li San Niang finished seeing a patient, a woman in a light yellow dress and a man in a sky-blue round-necked shirt walked in hand in hand.
Now, when Nanxing saw that this was a group of men and women coming together, he roughly knew that they had come to see Li Sanniang to check on their ability to have children.
Because Li Sanniang was different from other doctors who treated fertility issues, she required that if anyone wanted to see her for fertility, the man must also come for a pulse diagnosis; otherwise, she couldn't see him.
Sure enough, Li San Niang took the number plate from the woman in yellow.
"My lady, what's wrong?"
After Li San Niang finished her examination, it turned out that the woman and the man had indeed come to see a man for an heir.
According to the woman, they had been married for five years, but the woman in the yellow dress had never become pregnant.
"To be honest, Dr. Li, Fenglang and I have seen quite a few doctors before, including doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau who came to our home privately."
However, after each doctor examined our pulses, they all stated that Fenglang and I were in good health and there was nothing wrong with us.
But Fenglang and I just can't have a child.
I heard that Doctor Li was very skilled at treating fertility issues, so I called Fenglang over to take a look together.
"Please extend your hand, madam, so I can take your pulse."
After taking her pulse, Li San Niang found that what the woman in yellow said was indeed true. The woman was in excellent health and could be said to be at the peak of her twenty-year-old self.
"Please, sir, extend your hand to take my pulse."
The young man in the blue robe was easy to talk to. He smiled at Li San Niang and then placed his hand on the pulse pillow.
After taking the pulse of the young man in the blue robe, Li San Niang's eyebrows furrowed.
"Dr. Li, is there something wrong with my body?"
Dr. Li, please don't be shy about my identity as a man, just say it directly.
I know that many times, it is because the man is not healthy that the woman is unable to conceive.
Li San Niang looked up first at the woman in yellow, then at the young man in blue, and then said, "I have another examination that I can perform. If you two don't mind, you can come into the inner room."
The couple exchanged a glance, then got up and opened the door for Qiu Xiang to go inside.
After Qiu Xiang drew the curtain, the couple stood facing Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang in the cramped space, feeling extremely awkward.
No matter how embarrassing it is, you still have to see a doctor if you need to.
So, Li San Niang first had the woman in yellow lie down on the wooden bed. After using her X-ray vision, Li San Niang did not find anything wrong with the woman in yellow; everything seemed normal.
"If you don't mind, please lie down on the bed so I can examine you."
This involves touching the body, since the young man in the green robe had just seen Li San Niang tapping and touching the woman in the yellow robe's abdomen.
The young man in the blue robe hesitated at this point, finding it hard to accept being touched on the belly by a strange woman.
Li San Niang noticed the hesitation on the man's face and said, "Examining a man is simpler; just tap him a couple of times through his clothes."
The woman in the yellow dress was eager for a child, but she also thought that since it was right under her nose, what could possibly happen?
"Feng Lang, just think of it as doing this for me."
So, in the end, Li Sanniang still tapped the man's abdomen twice through his clothes, actually using her X-ray vision to check if his reproductive system was normal.
Then, Li San Niang frowned again.
According to the man's examination results, he was a healthy and normal man.
Logically speaking, if both the man and woman are healthy and have been sleeping together without using contraception for five years, how could they not have gotten pregnant?
That doesn't make sense.
However, after eliminating all the impossibilities, only one fact remains.
The woman in the yellow dress and the man in the green dress are likely a rare case of immunological infertility.
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