plague.
This is an infectious disease that makes people laugh.
In Li Ke's previous life, the virus left deep traces.
The most well-known of these is the Black Death in the fourteenth century.
Due to the underdeveloped medical concepts at that time, this infectious disease was rampant and caused up to 50 million deaths.
In Li Ke's country, a large-scale plague also occurred.
The plague ultimately lasted for more than six months and killed more than 60,000 people.
The death toll does not appear to be high.
That's because at this critical moment, a fierce man stood up. His name was Wu Liande.
His eyes returned to the county government office.
"So, after many visits, I finally found out that there was a rat plague in the small mountain village."
"Many people were bitten by rats at that time, and not long after that, smallpox suddenly broke out in the entire Cangzhou."
After Sun Simiao finished speaking, he sighed quietly.
Since he was only bitten by a mouse and his vital organs were not injured, those people did not pay too much attention to it and did not even do any more treatment.
Maybe if disinfection was carried out at that time, the situation would not be as bad as it is now.
"That's how it turned out to be." Li Ke sighed.
In the final analysis, this matter is caused by backward concepts. After all, this era does not yet have such awareness.
If you are bitten by your own pet, you will immediately have to go to the hospital to get a rabies vaccine.
As for whether the carriers of smallpox were rats, Li Ke did not know it in later generations, and naturally he was not sure.
But according to this inference, they should be inseparable. After all, mice have done a lot of bad things.
"It's just Taoist priest, so why is the situation in the small mountain village better than that in other villages?"
At this time, Li Ke thought of it again.
According to normal reasoning, the place where the epidemic broke out first should be the most serious.
"This is because the remaining people in the small mountain village have been infected with smallpox and survived."
"According to what you said, Your Highness, people who have been vaccinated with cowpox have the same antibodies."
Sun Simiao explained.
"I see."
Li Ke couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Perhaps because of this, when people in their village got sick and died, they did not notice any other abnormalities.
Because most people have not been infected, they naturally do not think about this aspect.
As for death due to illness, this was more common in ancient times. Who would think so much about it?
It wasn't until these carriers spread throughout Cangzhou, and even left Cangzhou, that symptoms finally appeared on a large scale.
Only then did everyone realize that smallpox had broken out.
Although the source was found out, Li Ke was not happy at all.
Because this plague caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people, and the reason turned out to be this.
Maybe the source is not in the small mountain village, but somewhere else.
Then there are doctors who can detect abnormalities and report them in advance.
It’s just that there are no ifs for everything.
Sun Simiao saw Li Ke's expression and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
"Your Highness, the deceased is dead."
"What we should do is how to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. Although His Highness does not understand medical science, he can come up with an unprecedented method such as cowpox vaccination."
"There should be a corresponding solution, right?"
Li Ke came to his senses.
"Daozhang Sun is right. Now is not the time to be sentimental. What we should do more is how to enhance people's awareness of medical treatment."
As mentioned before, the cause of this incident is that the people's awareness is not reached.
After getting sick, the first thing I think about is not going to the doctor, but thinking about carrying it myself.
After all, it costs a lot of money to see a doctor. What if the disease can be overcome by carrying it alone?
Wouldn’t it save expenses?
The result was that this effort caused a catastrophe.
Sun Simiao also agreed when he heard this. Why he preached and practiced medicine was firstly for spiritual practice and secondly to help more patients who had no money for medical treatment.
He knows very well that over the years, people's awareness of medical treatment has not changed at all.
However, this thing cannot be done just by talking about it. There is a lot of content involved.
If there were other people standing in front of him now, Sun Simiao would definitely not start this thing, because he knew that those people could not do it and would not do it.
But the person in front of him now is Li Ke.
It was Li Ke, the king of Wu, who just heard about the disaster in Hebei and decided to put his own life and death at risk and came to provide disaster relief.
With such a heart, how many people in this world can do it?
I'm afraid even that day, I wouldn't have had this idea.
Of course, if Li Shimin really came over, he would definitely spray this guy bloody. The leader of a country was just messing around like this.
It was just less than a second after Li Ke said these words that a wry smile appeared on his face.
"Why is your Highness like this?"
Seeing this, Sun Simiao asked in confusion.
Li Ke looked at the other party, sighed and replied: "Master Sun doesn't know something. Of course I have the method, but it's hard to achieve it."
Medical treatment has been a problem since ancient times because it is linked to one thing.
money!
How can you see a doctor if you don’t have money?
How can you buy medicine if you don't have money?
However, money cannot be born for no reason.
Making money is even more difficult.
It is indeed very simple to enhance people's awareness of medical treatment.
Just get medical insurance.
As long as medical treatment can be reimbursed, patients will not bear the pain and not go to the doctor.
But the question is, is the medical insurance policy something that Datang can implement now?
The rule of Zhenguan was indeed not poor, but it did not have that much money to spend on it.
"Your Highness's idea is very bold. If it can really be done, it will greatly enhance people's awareness of medical treatment."
After hearing this idea, Sun Simiao had a look of surprise on his face.
"Yes, but the problem is also obvious, that is, the Tang Dynasty cannot afford to delay it, and my father will not do that." Li Ke agreed.
"This method puts a lot of pressure on the country's finances. Even if His Majesty agrees today, it will be very difficult to implement it."
Sun Simiao also saw clearly, so he thought about it and changed his mind, then looked at Li Ke and asked.
"Since this method doesn't work, can we use medical methods, such as masks..."
Face mask?
Yes, why didn’t I think of that!
Li Ke looked at the other person and saw a cowardly smile on the latter's face, and he understood that this was intended to remind him.
"Thank you, Master Sun, for reminding me. If you hadn't told me, I might not have been able to remember this matter."
Since it is impossible to enhance these people’s awareness of medical treatment, it is better to enhance their awareness of protection.
