Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 40 Smallpox Strikes

As soon as Wu Yi knocked on Shen Hanshan's door, a huge medicine box was thrown towards him, and it hit his outstretched hands in a daze.

"What are you doing standing there stupidly, go see a doctor!"

Shen Hanshan was dressed in plain clothes, lost the usual smell of alcohol, and added a sense of energy. His usual slovenly appearance suddenly changed into a neat one, which surprised Wu Yi a little bit.

Shen Hanshan woke up the sleep-deprived student with a burst of chestnuts: "What's the matter, I still have to apply for three times and five times, Master?"

Wu Yi just came back to his senses, and carried the medicine box on his shoulder: "How did the teacher know..."

"I don't know, I don't know!" Shen Hanshan interrupted him impatiently, and strode out the door, "I don't know what nonsense you said to that bastard, it took me so long, follow up quickly! "

In the whole world, the only one who dares to call Li Hong a "bastard boy" is this eclectic Shen Hanshan.

Wu Yi had already figured out this man's hard-spoken, soft-hearted and unforgiving temper, so he only smiled "hey", and rushed up in small steps, and followed his teacher to see the doctor for the mother and child.

Shen Hanshan walked forward quickly - he had inquired about the residence of the female beggar from the guards last night, and was only waiting for this edict from Wu Yitong.

The two of them stepped on the small road in the country, one deep and one shallow, in the mud.

Shen Hanshan clearly had nothing in his hands, but his footsteps were heavier and heavier than Wu Yi who was carrying a huge medicine box, and he sank into the mud step by step, as if he was carrying a heavy burden on his body.

Wu Yi looked at Shen Hanshan's thick shoulders, and he couldn't help but think of the last time he followed Zhang Qiren to visit Pei Wang Lixian's condition. It was also like this in the morning when the first sun was breaking. Thousands.

Regardless of whether they are facing the noble prince or the humble poor, these teachers all carry the heaviest thing on their shoulders.

responsibility.

Shen Hanshan seemed to have noticed Wu Yi's burning gaze, and looked back at him silently, rarely without a smile on his face, his cold eyes shone with the faint sunlight, like a piece of morning star cut from the corner of the sky.

The master and the apprentice looked at each other, although the words were not spoken, it seemed that they had reached the bottom of each other's heart.

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The road in the countryside is rough, the master and the apprentice rushed to the house, and it took about two hours to arrive at the beggar's house.

The woman's house was really barren, with only two layers of thatch on the roof to barely shelter it from the wind and rain, but fortunately it was kept clean.

Wu Yi walked into the house while observing, but he didn't expect that there was a piece of slippery moss under his feet, and he fell into the mud with the medicine box on his back.

Seeing them coming from afar, the woman thought it must be the crown prince's order. She was still moved in her heart, but she was amused by Wu Yi's fall.

Shen Hanshan sighed and waved his hands: "This is not my student, my lady [1], don't get me wrong!"

Seeing that his master and apprentice were making fun of each other, the woman hurriedly helped the young boy up from the ground, and dusted him off: "The concubine follows my husband's surname."

"My surname is Shen. He doesn't need to be mentioned." Shen Hanshan smiled and stopped joking with her, "I'm here to check on your son's condition."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yu quickly opened a hanging curtain in the room, revealing a tattered wooden bed, carried her child out of it, uncovered the swaddling clothes, and showed Shen Hanshan and Wu Yi a closer look.

Wu Yi took a closer look and found that the child was indeed in the rash stage. Bright blisters had begun to form on the rash, and some of them had even suppurated. However, after one night, it turned out to be much worse than yesterday.

The eyes of a baby who was several months old should have been moist and clear, but this child's eyes were frozen, and his eyes were opened motionless.

Wu Yi was in a bad mood. The baby's convulsions were not as exaggerated as those of adults. Judging from this picture, the child had already fallen into convulsions, and the situation was already very difficult.

Shen Hanshan took out a white scarf and probed the child's forehead through the white scarf, it was really hot.Then cut the lower pulse, and the lower pulse is floating and counting.

The master and the apprentice looked around, each carefully washed their hands with clean water, exchanged a few words between washing hands, and came up with the same answer.

"Your son is suffering from smallpox."

"what……"

Although Mrs. Yu had been prepared for this terrifying answer, she felt a little dizzy for a moment when the heavy words hit her, and she was almost untenable.

Her husband has been conscripted to the frontier, and until now there is no letter from his family, and he does not even know whether he is alive or dead.Apart from this child, there was no third family member to be found in the mediocre land.

The only thing that supports her in suffering in the barren life is this little baby in her arms who was born less than a year ago. This is her husband's blood, the continuation of her life, and the only happiness she can feel in her life.

All the motivation to support her standing here was suddenly taken away by the word "smallpox", her knees gave way, and before she realized it, she was already kneeling in front of Shen Hanshan and Wu Yi.

"I beg you two benefactors, please save him, he is only eight months old, he..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly burst into tears, and the crying sound rolled in the violently twitching trachea, mixing into a burst of ambiguous screams.

"I have a prescription for now, you can use it." Shen Hanshan took out a piece of paper and pen from the medicine box expressionlessly, and threw it to Wu Yi, "Write."

With a flick of his knuckles, Wu Yi quickly spread out the paper and opened the ink stick.

"Seven stalks of small thorns, tie them into a bunch, fry them in a bowl with fire, and take them when lying down." Shen Hanshan slowly said this simple prescription, and then instructed, "Smallpox is very contagious, you can also Be more careful, go to the river every morning to get a little ice, put a few layers of cloth on the child's forehead, try to let his heat recede."

Shen Hanshan looked deeply at the woman who was on the verge of collapse: "It's up to God to plan things, and that's all I can do."

After finishing speaking, he waved his sleeves, leaving only a slightly arched back.

"Wu Yi, let's go."

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Before going to Mrs. Yu's house, Wu Yi was already mentally prepared. After all, this is an era when a small cold can kill a person, let alone the famous smallpox.

But looking at that situation, there still seemed to be an unresolved knot in my heart, lying in my chest, unable to cry or swallow.

Human beings are not grass and trees, how can one be ruthless, even if you have seen people who have been separated for two lifetimes, it is difficult to get out of the sad emotions for a while.

The master and apprentice went all the way silently, and then returned silently, but the state of mind was completely different between the back and forth.

When the east wind picked up suddenly, it rolled up a burst of yellow sand that covered the sky and covered the sun. Wu Yi covered his cheeks with his sleeves all the way, and followed Shen Hanshan back to Yongning County.

As soon as he stepped through the door, before he could get rid of the sadness in his heart, he was hit by two flying Xiaotuanzi.

"Brother Imperial Physician is good or bad, he actually went out to play behind our backs."

"Brother Yi, where have you been?"

Two pairs of bright eyes looked up at Wu Yi, the two villains who were indifferent to the world really couldn't understand the helplessness contained in those slightly frowning brows.

The two small balls on the left and the right are like two sandbags, and they won't let go when they wrap around his feet. Even Shen Hanshan, who has always been liked by Taiping, is rarely treated coldly.

It's a pity that the master and the apprentice are not in the mood to coax the child at this moment.

Smallpox is not like leukemia. It is not only an incurable disease, but also an epidemic.

Shen Hanshan scooped it up with his left hand and raised it with his right hand, and pulled the two little guys off Wu Yi's lap, and threw them both to the wet nurse.

As soon as Li Jing and Taiping were left aside, he bumped into Zhang Qiren, who was busy in the world, and Xu Ziwen and Wu Xu followed behind him, all with panic-stricken expressions.

The two imperial doctors met their eyes, and they already knew what each other wanted to say.

"Go and report back to Your Highness!"

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"Smallpox?" Wang Chongji jumped up in shock, "Wang Taishou has never mentioned this matter, and the old man has never heard of it."

Zhang Qiren shook his head solemnly: "Dr. Shen and I have already discovered smallpox patients, and the disease must have its origin, but now the source cannot be traced, and we can only intervene before the epidemic spreads, so as to prevent the people from being trapped in the fire." ah!"

Shen Hanshan stared at the hazy yellow sky outside the window: "Once the epidemic starts, it will fall like a mountain. It is not easy to stop. Smallpox and one disease will kill nine out of ten. If you want to save more people, there is only one person." Method."

Li Hong calmly listened to their analysis of the epidemic situation, and after a while, he asked calmly: "Mr. Shen, do you mean to seal off Meizhou and prevent the epidemic from spreading?"

Before Shen Hanshan could speak, Zhang Qiren shook his head first: "The source of this disease cannot be found, and it may not be within Meizhou. In my opinion, not only Meizhou must be sealed off, but all states and counties in Shaanxi must be screened for smallpox patients. Once found , Immediately isolate and report to the government, but if there is a smallpox epidemic, the city must be closed and locked to isolate the infection."

Li Hong thought for a moment: "This matter was discovered in Meizhou, so we should inform the prefect of Wangling and invite him to come over and discuss together."

The rest of the imperial physicians also agreed, Wang Chongji first sent someone to invite Wang Ling, and he must come quickly.

While the group was discussing, they saw a servant from the county mansion staggering in. He probably didn't expect that there were distinguished guests in the hall discussing matters, and he froze on the spot in panic for a while. I know to kowtow to admit my mistake.

"The little one should be damned, he offended the nobleman, the little one didn't know what the princes were discussing, the little one deserved to be hit..."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand, ready to slap himself a few times.

Before he could decide whether to hit hard or lightly, someone had already strangled his wrist, and when he looked up, it was Pei Yuan's cold and serious face.

"Speak up quickly."

What Pei Yuan said naturally meant the prince's intentions, and the servant got this face, so he was very happy and reported the bad news as good news.

"Your Highness, Brother Tao has acne!"