"There is also an infectious disease in cows called cowpox, which is the smallpox disease of cattle. Humans can also be infected by this cowpox through contact, and they will have symptoms similar to smallpox."
Gao Xiang was dumbfounded. This cow can also have smallpox?
Can it still be transmitted to humans?
"Is the prevention method you mentioned related to cowpox?"
"Yes. People can be infected with cowpox, but the symptoms will be very mild and they will recover quickly. People who have had cowpox will not get smallpox again." He Yunxi explained.
"Really?" It wasn't that Gao Xiang didn't believe what she said, but he was just so surprised that he felt it was a bit dreamy.
He Yunxi nodded: "Of course, I only know the theoretical knowledge, and more specific experiments are needed. But this experiment is not easy to do."
"Why isn't it easy to do?"
"This experiment requires people to be exposed to cowpox first, get cowpox disease, and then come into contact with smallpox after they recover. If cowpox disease cannot prevent smallpox, then these people will be in danger," He Yunxi said.
At this time, modern experimental machines are unable to conduct those experiments and produce data. The only experimental method is to use it on humans.
Although she was sure that the cowpox method was effective, it was still a very dangerous thing for people nowadays.
"This is simple." Gao Xiang said.
"Um?"
"There are so many death row inmates in the prison, and every time we ask the emperor to approve using death row inmates to do everything," Gao Xiang said.
He Yunxi: "..." She forgot that this was an era without human rights.
But think about it, this should be the best way. People who are sentenced to death are usually guilty of heinous crimes. It is better to use them for experiments than ordinary people.
"I heard that there are many human traffickers and murderers? Is it okay to use these?" she asked.
Jiaojiao and Qingqing were almost kidnapped before, and Lu Yan said that they were really lost in her previous life. In addition to the things she saw about missing children in her previous life, she hated human traffickers deeply.
The funniest and most angry thing she saw was that a woman kidnapped more than thirty children and harmed more than thirty families. When she was finally sentenced, she actually cried and said that she had three children at home and could not worry about her own.
child.
How can such a person deserve to raise his own child?
She doesn't have any psychological burden on using human traffickers for experiments.
There are also murderers. People who do not respect other people's lives do not deserve others to respect their lives.
"This is easy to handle." Gao Xiang said, "Just apply to the emperor."
"Okay, then prepare a hundred prisoners, and then look for cows with cowpox, get pustules from their pox, and then..."
He Yunxi told Gao Xiang the method, and she even wrote it down in detail in case he didn't understand.
Gao Xiang went back to see the emperor and told the emperor about the matter.
"Why didn't Chang'an come and tell me in person?"
"Back to the emperor, the head of Chang'an County said that for safety reasons, it is best not to enter the palace for the next ten days. Even if she talks to ministers, she will do so behind a curtain," Gao Xiang said.
Emperor Wen of Jin was deeply moved.
Changan cares about his own safety!
"Since Chang'an said it wants human traffickers and murderers, let the Ministry of Punishment prepare people. In addition, make every effort to find cows infected with cowpox. When Chang'an passes these ten days, let her stay with you."
"嗻."
Gao Xiang accepted the order and left. He felt that he was about to do something that would go down in history, and he felt like he was walking with wind.
"How is the situation on Mule Street?" Emperor Wen of Jin asked Li Yu.
"Back to the emperor, Commander Wu is making statistics. When we sent people to inquire before, eight cases on Mule Street were confirmed to be smallpox. Now we are investigating nearby streets."
"Hmm." The emperor thought about it and felt that it was not safe, so he said, "I will pass on the order and other places in the capital will also conduct self-examination. If there is smallpox in other places but conceal it, they will be directly prosecuted."
"嗻."
The imperial order was conveyed quickly. People in the capital began to conduct self-examination before receiving the order, and then conducted another inspection after hearing the order.
Those who had fevers were exposed, and those who were experiencing acne were reported.
In this time of panic, anyone suspicious is a potential danger.
If things had gone according to the past, these people would definitely have been dealt with. But after thinking about it, Emperor Wen of Jin gathered the people together and asked the imperial physician to see them. In the end, it was determined that these people were not smallpox, but just ordinary illnesses, so he let them
Went back by myself.
However, their families or owners still felt uneasy, so they isolated them alone and did not let them out until they were all well.
The final situation of Mule Street came out. In addition to the eight people on Mule Street, three other people also had some symptoms.
That’s eleven people!
There are hundreds of people in centralized isolation, and it is very likely that some of these people are already infected.
In addition, there is a certain chance of infection among people who are placed at home without direct contact.
Therefore, these eleven people will definitely not be the final number.
In the next few days, more and more people showed symptoms of smallpox. There were nine people in total, almost all of whom had been in direct contact with the eleven people before.
There were twenty people in total.
Of these twenty people, after some treatment, eight died in the end, nearly half of them.
This is smallpox with a high fatality rate!
He Yunxi was frightened after hearing this.
Fortunately, it was discovered from the beginning, Emperor Wen of Jin Dynasty’s prompt isolation, and He Yunxi’s initial suggestions prevented the smallpox from spreading this time.
Nowadays, people only know about the outbreak of symptoms, but they don’t know about the incubation period, and they don’t know about isolating people during the incubation period. Without her suggestion to isolate the people in contact, smallpox would still be spread.
Think about the last time smallpox broke out in a remote place and thousands of people died, and there were not that many people in that place.
If it broke out in the capital, tens of thousands of people might die.
Thinking of this, Emperor Wen of Jin fell in love with He Yunxi even more.
He is indeed a person born with knowledge!
I heard before that people who are born with knowledge are very lucky. In the past, when He Yunxi was away, the people he helped were the people below. He believed that but did not have a deep understanding of it.
This time he deeply realized that He Yunxi was truly blessed.
Of course, it's still a little worse than the emperor himself.
If he, the emperor, were not blessed with profound blessings, how could he have met someone who was born to know him while he was in power?
Look at his damn dad who doesn’t have such luck!
The masters in the palace were relieved when they heard that the smallpox had been completely suppressed.
If smallpox spreads to the palace again, the masters in the palace may also die. After all, smallpox does not care whether you are a concubine or a princess.
He Yunxi also released himself from isolation, and was on his way to an imperial village with Gao Xiang.