Capítulo 2094: Chapter 2069: Improvent
When Yang Heshu and General Gong arrived, they saw this scene. General Gong was fine, but Yang Heshu felt a bit distressed.
After all, it was a child he watched grow up.
The two ca to ask Zhou Man to bring people to take a look at the military camp.
Manbao quickly finished the bun in her hand, drank the rice porridge in one gulp, stood up, and said, “Let’s go.”
Assistant Doctor Qin and Assistant Doctor Luo moved even faster. They were Zhou Man’s assistants and naturally followed her.
The soldiers who contracted smallpox were isolated in the camp by the city wall. It wasn’t very far from the dical tent, but they still took a carriage over.
The carriage was prepared for the three of them. Yang Heshu decided not to ride a horse and sat in the carriage with Manbao. He asked, “Are you tired?”
Manbao replied, “It’s okay. Scholarly Senior Brother Yang, are there many soldiers in the military camp who are infected?”
Yang Heshu said, “As of now, there are 189 reported cases, which is not a small number proportionally.”
“They need to seal off roads, guard city gates and checkpoints, manage the dical tents, and even search households for people hiding from smallpox, exposing them to high chances of infection.”
He said, “Bai Shan is currently organizing people to make masks for the soldiers and officials on duty. I haven’t asked you yet, how effective is this?”
Manbao thought for a mont and said, “It can at least reduce the infection rate by half.”
Yang Heshu felt reassured and imdiately said, “I’ll arrange for more fabric to be allocated to Bai Shan when I get back.”
Manbao nodded.
With a few words, they arrived. Manbao got off the carriage with her dical kit, following the others inside.
General Gong walked with them to the front of the house and solemnly greeted Zhou Man, “Imperial Doctor Zhou, we are grateful for your assistance.”
Manbao nodded.
The conditions here seed better than at the dical tent, but they weren’t much better. These rough n were already careless about hygiene, and now with illness, feeling physically and ntally strained, they simply lay on the kang. Because the itching was unbearable, many couldn’t resist scratching, which broke open the sores, making them appear quite tragic.
Not only Manbao, but Assistant Doctor Qin and Assistant Doctor Luo also frowned.
Open sores are harder to treat and more contagious, so they needed to handle them with extra care.
Manbao first assessed the condition of the patients in this room and found they were not much better than those at the dical tent, and many had high fevers. She started organizing, “Let’s arrange for those with high fevers in one room. After I examine them, I’ll prescribe dicine and later administer unified acupuncture.”
Manbao quietly instructed Assistant Doctor Qin and Assistant Doctor Luo on the precautions of acupuncture, and everyone began to get busy.
By the end of the day, Manbao had already differentiated these patients from those in the other hospital. She had people write nuric codes to hang at the head of each bed, then went around diagnosing and feeling pulses. After examining ten patients, she began making prescriptions, directly listing the numbers, grouping those who needed the sa prescription together, preparing enough dicine, and handing it to a waiting soldier, “Prepare the dicine according to the prescription.”
The soldier, who was illiterate, returned after taking the prescription, “Why do we need twenty bowls of water and such a long boiling ti…”
Manbao glanced at him and said, “Didn’t you see? This is dicine for six people. Oh, don’t throw away the dregs after the first boil. One batch of dicine can be boiled twice. Soone else might need it later.”
The soldier bit his lip, “But, others also need to boil dicine. How can they use the pot if we don’t throw it away…”
Manbao said, “After boiling, just fill it with water and boil it again. Others will definitely need this prescription later. If you’re afraid of forgetting, just write a number on the pot, marking it as No.1 dicine. I will tell you later who should take No.1 dicine and who should take No.2 dicine…”
This way, the speed was much faster.
Assistant Doctor Qin and Assistant Doctor Luo understood and wanted to follow this thod. However, it was their first ti doing such a task, making them a bit flustered. They had seen five patients, while Zhou Man had already seen twelve, even acupuncture on three of them. She could still rember the ti, telling a waiting soldier after taking the pulse of one person, “Give him one bowl of No.2 dicine, then pour so diluted dicinal juice to wipe him down.”
Then she went aside to remove needles.
After pulling out the needles, she moved on to the next patient…
General Gong stood at the door watching for a long while, noticing she saw the most patients, used the fewest subordinates, yet always remained thodical.
He thought of Bai Shan now with Yang Heshu, smiled, turned to Yang Heshu, and said, “Now I understand why you hold Imperial Doctor Zhou in such high regard. She is indeed remarkable.”
He added, “I used to think you were amazing, managing so many things single-handedly, while those under you struggled with just one or two tasks, trying to keep it organized. Now I see, smart people have things in common.”
Yang Heshu chuckled, “Is General Gong praising or himself?”
General Gong laughed, “I’m far from you.”
Not even as good as Zhou Man inside and Young Master Bai busy in the County Governntal Office.
Yang Heshu didn’t argue this point, turned, and said, “Let’s go check on the other camps.”
The defending army in Xiazhou City was one of Yang Heshu’s greatest supports, so he couldn’t afford any mistakes.
General Gong naturally understood, accompanying Yang Heshu to investigate other camp conditions.
Everyone was busy, and after two days, there was finally so good news. On the other side of the hospital, especially in the first courtyard, the number of cured began to rise noticeably.
And the situation at the dical tent also gradually improved, with daily death toll not rising sharply;
Better news was that daily new infections in the city started to decrease, and outside the city, people began returning southward seeking treatnt, with villagers also coming in groups for dical help.
After consulting with the officials of the prefectures and counties, Yang Heshu began setting up dical tents outside the city, specifically avoiding the highway and placing them downwind.
As soon as the dical tent was built, it started admitting patients lingering outside the city, with Manbao tasked to lead two dical assistants outside to oversee.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Wu Xiang’s family in the dical tent.
Manbao checked his daughter, and after prescribing, said, “She already passed the most difficult stage, and I’ll prescribe so dicine to clear the pustules.”
Wu Xiang took a deep breath of relief.
Bai Shan was appointed to manage the resources in the newly established dical tent, fully supported by the County Governntal Office. Daily consumption of food and dicine needed precise calculation to avoid waste or causing harm by shortage.
Bai Shan instructed that the rice porridge being prepared should not be too thick, allowing one bowl per al per day for each person. If anyone wanted more, they had to cook it themselves with grain brought from ho.
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