Everyone turned to look at the doorway, and the person who entered was none other than the Regent's Wife!
Xiao Yanchu was also surprised. Why was A Jin here?
As the regent, Xiao Yanchu naturally did not need to announce his presence when entering the palace. He gave his token to Su Ruojin, allowing her to freely enter and leave the palace.
Because of Su Ruojin's status and her medical skills, and because the epidemic was indeed no small matter, no one in the palace cared about it, or rather, dared not care about Su Ruojin, a woman, entering the palace without being summoned.
Su Ruojin strode into the main hall and gave Xiao Chenyi a curtsy. “Your Majesty, there is no cure for those who have been infected with this plague. Whether they can survive depends on themselves. But I have a way to prevent those who have never been infected from contracting it.”
Su Ruojin hadn't originally planned to come to the palace; she was simply preparing for the vaccination, waiting for Xiao Yanchu and his father and brothers to finish court so she could vaccinate them against smallpox.
But just after Xiao Yanchu left the palace, Su Ruojin received another message from the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion.
It describes the infection situation of the disease in more detail, including the time of transformation of each stage of the disease, the specific symptoms, and the modes of transmission.
With these additional records, her doubts vanished completely, and she was now 100% certain that the disease was smallpox.
She had originally planned to vaccinate Xiao Yanchu, his father, and his brothers with smallpox as a precaution.
We'll discuss nationwide rollout once it's truly confirmed.
But now that I'm sure it's smallpox, I can't delay any longer. Every day I delay, more people will die.
In her time, smallpox was curable, but nowadays, without advanced medical technology, she has no way to treat it.
Xiao Chenyi and the ministers were all taken aback when they heard Su Ruojin's words.
In the past, all epidemics have been treated primarily through treatment.
The epidemic cannot be cured, only prevented. What a strange disease this is.
The Duke of Dingguo stepped forward.
"May I ask, Your Highness, what is this plague called? And what methods do you intend to use to ensure that others will not contract it?"
Su Ruojin had long anticipated these issues concerning the Duke of Dingguo.
This was not only a question in the mind of the Duke of Dingguo, but also a question in the mind of the Emperor and his ministers.
"This disease is called smallpox, and the treatment is called inoculation. Simply put, it involves inoculating a person with cowpox, which is infected with smallpox from cattle, so that the person will not be infected with smallpox again," Su Ruojin replied.
Now that it has been confirmed as smallpox, she has nothing left to hide. She needs to quickly let people know how to get vaccinated and send people who know the method to the epidemic area to save lives.
Moreover, it takes time for the smallpox vaccine to react and produce antibodies after being injected into the human body, so we can't delay any longer.
"Absurd!" the Duke of Dingguo roared. "Although I am not a doctor, I have read some medical books and know that cowpox is a disease of cattle. To infect humans with a cow disease and use it to treat this so-called smallpox is unheard of since ancient times. Your Highness, are you trying to save people or harm them?!"
The courtiers were also discussing it animatedly, as they had never heard of the method the princess had suggested before.
"There is no cure for smallpox patients. They can only rely on their own resistance. If they survive, they will never be infected again. If they don't survive, they will die."
Moreover, smallpox spreads very quickly; anyone who comes into contact with items used by a smallpox patient or is in the same room as a smallpox patient can become infected.
If I'm not mistaken, the Emperor will soon receive news that the epidemic in the affected areas is worsening.
If the entire population of Great Chu is not vaccinated with cowpox, even if the epidemic area is sealed off, smallpox will still spread. How many people in Great Chu will survive will depend on fate!
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