Chapter 464: Smallpox Antibodies...Can this thing be obtained with magic?!
"Although it is a hospital, no one set off firecrackers, no one cut ribbons, and no one sent flower baskets. I always feel like something is missing."
Grete stood at the door of the hospital with his hands behind his back and his head raised, mumbling to himself.
He doesn't really want these things... As a doctor, he hopes that people in the world will be disease-free. He would rather sell medicine and open a hospital. There is no reason to go around beating gongs and drums to advertise. Of course, a certain hospital
except.
However, at least let the people nearby know that there is a treatment center here! If you have any illness or injury, they know to come here to seek medical treatment!
"Come on, come on, raise our flag!" He greeted with a smile. Leon Carlos gave an order, and several Necromancer apprentices were busy directing the skeleton soldiers to climb to a high place and hang...
…
A square flag with a red cross on a white background.
In this world, the flag of the Church of the Lord of Glory is the golden thunder held in the fist.
No one wanted to grab the Red Cross with him.
Oh yeah. Happy!
On the other side, Miss Anivea led two priest apprentices of the God of Nature, walking through the streets. Each person had a bag of candy, and distributed one to the little tramps one by one, with one instruction:
"Go in that direction to the end, where there is a red cross flag on the top, and there are people treating you..."
Even so, no patients came to Grete's hospital on the first day, nor on the second day, nor on the third day. Grete was not in a hurry, and decided to take the apprentices to do the smallpox vaccine.
"First of all, in order to prevent everyone from getting smallpox, we need to vaccinate first..."
Grete waved his hand, and two skeleton soldiers dressed in nurse skins led a cow into the courtyard, one behind the other. The apprentices standing in two rows immediately started a commotion.
Grete turned a blind eye. Smallpox is so violent that it can be transmitted easily through the air, droplets, items used by patients and scabs on the body. It is a crime to let students study this without protection.
It's murder!
"Vaccination is very convenient." Grete said with a smile:
"Use the pox sera from the cow and inject it into the upper arm muscles. Just a little bit... Within about ten days, you will have a slight fever symptom. After you recover, you will never get smallpox again! I said a few days ago
Tried!”
Leon Carlos was very helpful. He traveled around the countryside and actually found a cow with the right symptoms. Gretel did a verification experiment and confirmed that this thing was really cowpox. He couldn't wait and vaccinated himself.
Wow, this world is too dangerous. Even for the safety of your own life, get vaccinated with various vaccines as quickly as possible!
There was silence below. For a moment, a slender, powerful arm was raised high. Gretel looked along the direction of the arm, and saw an apprentice from the medical department taking a step forward, with a serious face:
"But sir, how are you sure that the acne sera on this cow can be used? Some cows with similar acne blisters can still get smallpox if applied to humans!"
"Well said." Gretel smiled and nodded. The discoverer of the smallpox vaccine, Edward Jenner, encountered this trouble: some cows with pox can provide protection to people, while others cannot:
"Because there is a difference between 'real cowpox' and 'false cowpox' among the acne blisters on cows. These blisters can all be transmitted to people, and the symptoms are similar, but only 'real cowpox' can provide protection to people. How to distinguish them specifically
, I will tell you again after you are all protected."
Cowpox needs to be differentially diagnosed with milkers' nodules, sheep pox, primary cutaneous tuberculosis, and a bunch of other diseases. How to distinguish depends on symptoms and pathological microscopic examination of the infected area. This kind of trouble
There is no need to mention it at the vaccine briefing meeting!
"But it's so troublesome!" The apprentice wrinkled his nose:
"The probability of failure is still very high! Sir, we obviously have a better way!"
"any solution?"
"Of course, when there is a smallpox epidemic, take the initiative to get infected."
What?
Although Grete was prepared to hear a strange answer, at this moment, he still felt a lightning strike on his head. Actively infected? This is too dangerous! Although in this magical world, people's thinking methods and behavioral logic are all the same.
The previous life was different, and you couldn’t commit suicide like this!
Before he showed any surprise, he had already heard the second half of the sentence. The apprentice from the medical department looked matter-of-factly:
"Then, use [Remove Disease] to cure yourself!"!!!
Logically, in theory, this method is effective...
After getting sick and then recovering, people naturally acquire antibodies. [Removing Disease] is also a way to make people recover. Moreover, for the diseases that this magic can cover, it can guarantee 100% cure.
Compared with cowpox, especially compared with looking for the one that can provide immunity among a bunch of pox blisters similar to cowpox, [removing the disease] is obviously convenient, fast, and highly accurate...
It's just expensive.
Death is expensive.
Grete quickly turned his thoughts around and said with a smile: "So, who can answer me, how much does a bottle of [disease removal] potion cost?"
Seven or eight hands were raised at the same time.
The [Remove Disease] potion, like the [Cure Light Injuries], [Cure Moderate Injuries], and [Cure Severe Injuries] potions, are standard potions stocked in major temples.
As long as there is no major disaster, epidemic, war, etc., resulting in a severe imbalance between supply and demand, the prices of these standard potions will always be stable and unified:
"750 gold coins!"
"I know, it's 750 gold coins!"
As long as there is no catastrophic disaster and the demand rises sharply, whether it is the God of War Temple, the Spring Temple, or the exchange office of the Magic Council, the average price will be listed. Gretel continued to smile:
"So, how many families can afford 750 gold coins to provide protection for the whole family?"
The apprentices suddenly lost their temper. For a family, father, mother, two or three children, four bottles of potion is 3,000 gold coins, and 5 bottles of potion, is 3,750 gold coins. A family that can easily draw more than 3,000 gold coins without affecting the family situation
There are really not many people.
At the very least, these mage apprentices looked at each other and found that at least half of their families couldn't afford the money...
By the way, smallpox is just a type of plague. In addition to smallpox, there are also chickenpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough... Use [Remove Disease] to brush them all, even for wealthy families with several manors and shops.
They can all be bankrupted.
If you can't afford it, you have to ask someone to cast spells on the spot. However, there is no free knowledge, let alone free spells.
Mentors may be willing to cast spells for apprentices, but each spell cast will be converted into favors, or converted into longer service time in the mage tower or inner temple.
Calculating this way, if there is a cheaper solution, maybe, maybe, maybe, it will be quite good...
The whole crowd was silent. Gretel was confident and continued to ask:
"In addition, how many times can a fifth-level priest release [disease removal] in one day? How many people can he protect during a pandemic?"
The apprentices exchanged glances with each other and were completely speechless.
When there is a pandemic like smallpox, or any kind of plague, tens of thousands of people will be sick. If the caster's [Remove Disease] can completely solve the problem, there will be no such thing as a plague.
Want to actively get infected with smallpox when it is prevalent and then use [Remove Disease] to cure yourself?
Either you have money, or you have power... The potion will become ineffective when it expires. Getting help from a spell caster during a great plague is much more difficult than usual.
"So, the value of our work lies here." Grete looked up and smiled, his eyes sparkling. He took a few steps, approached the cow, and patted it on the head:
"We can greatly reduce the cost of fighting smallpox to a level that can be operated by first-level spellcasters, apprentices, and even ordinary people. The cost of gaining resistance can be reduced from 750 gold coins to 50 gold coins, or even more
Low"
Grete remembered that when he was talking about infectious diseases, the teacher once gossiped that in 1797 in the United States, private smallpox vaccination hospitals charged between 10 and 15 pounds for each case. In other words, the cost dropped to less than 10 gold coins.
It should be possible.
In fact, in the country where the smallpox vaccine was born, the United Kingdom, once promoted compulsory free vaccination nationwide. In other words, its vaccination cost can be reduced to the point where the public finances can afford it...
"We are healers. Our purpose is to take care of the health of the public as much as possible. As much as possible, let this world have fewer diseases and injuries."
Grete's expression gradually became serious. He raised his head and looked up at the top of the building. Under the sky full of lead clouds, the bright red cross was buzzing, as if it was a fire that would never go out.
He opened a hospital and took in apprentices. He not only wanted people to work, but what he was more looking forward to was to find companions who were willing to move forward under the guidance of the Red Cross.
Turning his eyes, Miss Annevia, the girl priest of the God of Nature, smiled and nodded to him. Leon Carlos straightened his back, his expression unable to conceal his excitement. Among the new apprentices, the temple priests and the teenagers from the medical department,
Most of the faces were already red.
Gretel nodded to them:
"If you want to participate in this project, come here and we will vaccinate you one by one. If you don't want to participate, don't force it. There are other research projects for you. Sign up voluntarily and participate voluntarily. Don't be afraid that you will have nothing to do. I have many projects here."
Before he finished speaking, the five Necromancer apprentices had lined up neatly. Behind them, Annevia pushed the nearest priest apprentice and said angrily:
"Hurry up! You haven't grabbed the necromancy one!"
Really, it’s embarrassing to the God of Nature, who doesn’t know that the Priest of the God of Nature can fight and run away!
Everyone has a herd mentality. Necromancer apprentices rush to the front, and medical-oriented apprentices keep up. Those apprentices from the transformation, control, and protection departments who come to work with letters of introduction are also pushing and shoving.
In the team.
The owner of the mage tower and the director of the medical center will not harm them. Even if he does, he won't harm so many in one go. Isn't it nice to get a smallpox protection for nothing?
Leon Carlos extracted the serous fluid from the cowpox blister, and Annevia divided it into small tubes. Gretel rolled up his sleeves and inoculated the apprentices one by one. While working, he muttered:
"The vaccination is usually done on the upper arm...the deltoid muscle is rich in muscle and is not prone to problems..."
"You need to disinfect first, and the needle insertion angle is perpendicular to the skin..."
"One needle per person and cannot be shared to prevent cross-infection..."
If they don’t understand, just teach them a lesson first. Anyway, it’s good to memorize this kind of knowledge. If it is promoted on a large scale in the future, they will have to work as coolies!
After the vaccination was completed, the apprentices exited en masse. Gretel breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was about to pack his things, he saw Miss Silver Dragon leaning against the door, half-smiling but not smiling:
"Grete, give me one vaccination too?"
...Auntie, please stop making trouble! Let alone whether the dragon will get smallpox, the injection needle in my hand cannot penetrate your scales!
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