Tang Shiyue asked anxiously: "Why are you here!"
He said, "I..."
Tang Shiyue waved her hands anxiously: "It's too late! Stop talking! Someone in our village has been infected with smallpox! There should be some in the town too! No matter what you want, leave now!"
Meng Yiqiu suddenly opened his eyes wide.
It took him a full half minute to digest what she meant: "Smallpox!?"
"Yes! Hurry up and leave! Cover your face! Don't eat or drink, don't stop! Leave Dongfeng County immediately! Go!"
Meng Yiqiu jumped off the horse and grabbed her hand: "Ayue, come with me!"
"What nonsense!" Tang Shiyue shook his hand away: "This is my home! I can't leave! Go away! Don't make trouble!"
She glared at him and walked away.
Meng Yiqiu was originally a willful young master. Looking at her back, he gritted his teeth for a long time and said, "If you don't leave, I won't leave either! If we die, we die together!!" He quickly followed her.
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At this time, several children with fever in the village had been sent to Tang Yi's home.
Tang Yi was an old bachelor with a straightforward personality. He didn't pack anything and just asked the children to move in.
Some of the adults had never had acne, so Tang Shiyue didn't ask them to go in. Some of the children had no idea what was going on and were crying in panic.
Tang Shiyue said from outside: "Dongzi."
Tang Dongzi responded, and Tang Shiyue said, "You take care of them and play with them. If you take good care of them, I promise you that I will ask your parents to bring you over and bring you to my side to help me with things."
Tang Dongzi choked up all of a sudden and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Tang, we won't die, right?"
"No." Tang Shiyue said steadily: "Don't be afraid, I'm here! I won't let you die!"
Meng Yiqiu watched from a distance, opened his mouth but said nothing. He just felt that the young lady at this moment... was more reliable than his father, the kind of reliable that made people want to rely on her.
Doctor Chen was usually a money-hungry person, but at this time, he didn't even mention money, nor did he show any fear, and just went in to check on the children.
A lot of knowledge about smallpox quickly flashed through Tang Shiyue's mind.
Smallpox is a highly contagious disease. The smallpox virus is transmitted through respiratory or direct contact. The scabs and pox fluid fall on bedding and dust, and can resist dryness and low temperatures and survive for several years.
There is no good way to treat smallpox.
Ancient prescriptions said that you can use good honey to apply all over the body, or boil Cimicifuga with honey and drink it frequently. Or boil Cimicifuga with water and apply the liquid medicine to the sore with cotton. Of course, if you soak Cimicifuga with wine, the effect will be better, but it will cause severe pain and unbearable.
However, a single infection with smallpox provides lifelong immunity.
In other words, once you have had smallpox, no matter how mild, you will be immune for life after recovery.
So before being infected, you can get vaccinated against cowpox, and of course you can also get vaccinated against human smallpox, but there is a certain degree of risk.
Tang Shiyue tried desperately to recall the past while continuously giving orders.
She asked people to buy honey and rhizoma cimicifuga, and also asked people to quickly inquire whether there were any cows infected with smallpox. Then she asked people to cover their hands and faces, collect all the bedding, clothes, utensils and even excrement of the sick patients, find a big pit far away and throw them away, burn them and sprinkle lime on them.
She was so nervous that she didn't even notice the passage of time.
Until Qing Weiliao called out, "Master's Wife! Divine Doctor Su is here!"
Tang Shiyue turned around and saw Su Ji standing there. Tang Shiyue was overjoyed: "Mr. Su!"
Su Ji hummed. Tang Shiyue didn't have time to say hello and quickly took him to Tang Yi's house, while quickly introducing the situation: "There are seven people found so far, five children and two adults. The oldest child is thirteen years old. He and his mother were probably infected at about the same time. It has become pustules. Two children have red rashes on their faces and hands, but they are not swollen yet. The remaining two children are one adult. They have just started to have fever and back pain, but they haven't had a rash yet."
Su Ji couldn't help but nodded after hearing her detailed and precise words.
Tang Shiyue added: "I asked someone to buy honey and Cimicifuga heracleifolia, I wonder if they can be used?"
Su Ji was surprised: "You know medicine?"
"I don't understand," Tang Shiyue said, "What else do you want? Mr. Su told me to do it."
Su Ji said, "I'll take a look first."
Tang Shiyue nodded, gave him a cloth to wrap his hands and face, and sent him in. At the same time, he turned around and asked Qing Weilai: "What's the situation in the town?"
Qing Weiliao said: "I don't know yet. I came back after I invited Mr. Su."
Tang Shiyue asked again: "Where is the martial arts gym?"
Ren Dong hurried over and said, "I have checked all the children in the martial arts school. None of them have fever or rash. I told them not to take them home for the time being and not to allow anyone to come in or out. I will ask the doctor to check them again later."
"Okay," Tang Shiyue said, "Ren Dong and Huo Nan, you go through the village again to see if there are any problems, especially to see if there are any people with fever. Finally, go to the town to ask..."
But a voice said, "Mr. Lin has already sent people to seal up the Lantern Shop and look for the people inside one by one. He has also ordered the town clinic to check for patients with fevers recently. When I came, three children had been found. One of them was in a serious condition. I suspect he was the first to get sick. The other two are also sick. I have left people there, and news will be passed on at any time."
Tang Shiyue turned around and saw that it was Ding Jiu, so she asked, "Why are you back again?"
Ding Jiu said seriously: "My duty is to protect you. If anything happens to you, I will die too."
Tang Shiyue nodded and said nothing more.
She picked out a few people who had had smallpox and asked them to be responsible for cooking for the children and taking care of them. She taught them how to take care of them, one thing at a time, in an orderly manner.
Then he ordered people to get some cloth, saying that he wanted to sew some large robes.
Meng Yiqiu quickly interrupted: "Ayue! I'll do it for you!"
When Tang Shiyue saw that he was still there, she was furious and anxious: "Are you crazy? Get out of here!"
Princess Meng stiffened her neck and said, "I won't leave!"
Tang Shiyue was so angry that she almost got hurt: "It's not over yet! Throw him out!"
"No!" Meng Yiqiu backed away: "Even if you ask someone to throw me out, I will come back! You want someone to tear the cloth to make a robe, I am the most suitable person to do this kind of thing, and my Meng family has plenty of people!"
Tang Shiyue glared at him, and Meng Yiqiu looked at her stubbornly.
Tang Shiyue finally nodded: "Okay, tell someone to do it quickly. I want to wrap it from head to toe, and the face and hands must be wrapped tightly. Make more. You have to deal with one piece each time it is worn. Ren Dong, you follow him and bring a few pieces while he is working."
Young Master Meng, who never shared a ride with anyone, immediately agreed and said to Ren Dong: "Let's go on horseback!"
Then the two of them mounted their horses and galloped away.
Su Ji came out and wrote a few more prescriptions. Tang Shiyue sent Ding Jiu to buy them.
Ding Jiu went there again and brought back news that another child had been found, making a total of four children. The other children were not infected and had been isolated. The county government was still investigating.
The doctors from Jishidiang, who were Su Ji's two disciples, had already rushed over.
It was already dark after being so busy, and Tang Shiyue only felt tired at this time.
She managed to arrange for Su Ji, asked Xia Yuhui and Qiao Sangyu to guard Yuefang, and asked Mrs. Ye to send Changrui and Xiao Yaoer to the martial arts hall, and then went back to take a nap for two hours. She took off all her clothes and threw them away.
The next day, she got up before dawn, hurriedly made breakfast, and ate it with Ding Jiu and others. She also took another portion with her to look for Su Ji.
Su Ji had just stood up and was eating the food she brought with a frown on her face.
Tang Shiyue glanced at Ding Jiu who was not far away, hesitated for a moment, and resolutely turned back and said to him: "Mr. Su, I have heard of a method of vaccination that can prevent smallpox."
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