Chapter 52 The peerless divine book of this era
"Ugh! Such a dangerous mission is actually assigned to you, a young girl who just joined the army?
Who made the decision and who gave the order? This is too unreliable!"
Chen Xiao was speechless. This was not to say that Tian Xiaoyu could not be in danger. In fact, that was not the point. The point was to ask an unreliable person to carry out this mission. The delay would result in the loss of the wounded's life.
Yao Gang replied awkwardly: "Mr. Chen, the people we can send out are not very literate."
When he said he was not very literate, he didn't mean that he was illiterate, but that he could not recognize the words on the medicines.
Sometimes everyone has their own specialties.
For example, some modern people go to see doctors for prescriptions or medical records. If they separate the words separately, they are easy to recognize, but if they are put together to form a sentence, they have no idea what they mean.
For example, if you want to buy medicine nowadays, you can’t just buy it whenever you want. You have to understand what kind of medicine it is and whether others are trying to cheat you.
These days, reselling medicines, especially those Western anti-inflammatory medicines, is a big business.
As long as you don't understand, you will have nowhere to complain even if you are cheated, because they are very strong and are not afraid of you.
Although Tian Xiaoyu has not been a member of the Eighth Route Army for a long time, he has been learning and helping in the field hospital in the past few months.
At that time, few nurses in the Eighth Route Army Field Hospital were literate, and even fewer knew about medicine.
So Tian Xiaoyu, who stood out among the short ones, was sent out like this. After all, she knew something about medicine.
But how can I explain this to Chen Xiao?
Chen Xiao didn’t know what they were thinking because he had triggered another mission.
"Ding! Triggering the mission: Help Tian Xiaoyu get enough sulfa powder, an anti-inflammatory drug, for more than a hundred people.
Reward: Handwritten version of the Barefoot Doctor's Manual (a few cases and treatments that have been proven to be ineffective, or language that is not suitable for this time and space have been deleted.
Can be copied and realized for a fee)”
No way!
It turned out to be this magical book!
Chen Xiao's heart was pounding, the reward for this mission was actually the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual".
At the time when Chen Xiao traveled through time, few people actually knew about the book "Barefoot Doctor's Manual".
This book was compiled under the order of the leader.
Not long after the liberation, there was a severe shortage of doctors and Western medicine everywhere, and basic health facilities and medical methods were almost non-existent.
Only 10% of the country's medical workers are active in rural areas, which account for 90% of the country's population, and there are simply not many doctors in towns and villages.
Medical treatment is extremely expensive for ordinary people, or they cannot afford it, or they simply cannot find a doctor, so they simply don’t see a doctor.
When he found out about this, he got furious and ordered the health department responsible for the matter to find a way to solve the problem of ordinary people being unable to afford medical treatment.
Therefore, doctors and professors from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other major institutions worked together to organize and verify case materials from all over the country and compiled a "Barefoot Doctor Manual".
For many people, this "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" is one of the warmest memories of our country in the 20th century.
For nearly half a century, it has not only made great contributions to solving the medical problems of hundreds of millions of people in an era of extreme poverty, but has also served as a national health guide for the people of the country.
The Barefoot Doctors' Handbook, published in 1969, is a treasure of "general medical treatment" with pictures and texts. It covers everything from common coughs and vomiting to complex cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer; from mosquito and fly control to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons protection; from acupuncture, herbal medicine to commonly used Western medicine. It has the principles of clarity, simplicity and effectiveness.
The book begins by teaching people how to train a group of barefoot doctors as quickly as possible when there is a complete lack of basic sanitary facilities and medical means.
You can follow the cases and treatment methods in the book. Sometimes you can just go up the mountain, grab a handful of herbs and hold a silver needle in your hand to provide the most basic treatment for sick people.
Of course, due to the limitations of the times, a few methods and folk remedies were later confirmed to be not so effective.
However, under the circumstances of poverty and lack of basic health facilities at that time, the publication of the "Barefoot Doctor Manual" and the large-scale training of barefoot doctors across the country greatly alleviated the difficulties faced by rural people in seeing a doctor and the complete lack of doctors.
Even in the cities, almost everyone who could read would buy a copy of the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" at home, and would prescribe medicine according to the medical records when they were sick.
Although medicine developed later, barefoot doctors were gradually banned in rural areas, and health clinics were established in every township and village.
However, this "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" and thousands of barefoot doctors can be said to have saved the lives of millions of ordinary people over the past thirty years.
So much so that after the reform and opening up and economic development , the South began to pay attention to Feng Shui again.
Some Feng Shui masters will specifically collect the "Barefoot Doctor Manual" that has been used and read by famous barefoot doctors who have treated many patients, and use it to suppress the luck of the home.
People in the Feng Shui community generally believe that such a miraculous book, which has saved countless lives, has great merit and great fortune.
Especially in the Xiangjiang River area, where schistosomiasis was particularly serious in the past, the local area has benefited greatly from the information on prevention and treatment of parasitic diseases in the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual".
Before Chen Xiao traveled through time, he saw a rich man in Yuexiu District who had a "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook". The book was bought from the Xiangjiang River area and was treasured by a famous old local doctor. It was used to protect his home.
Just for this reward, I will definitely do my best in this mission.
As for sulfa powder!
This shouldn't be hard to do.
Sulfonamide powder is the best anti-inflammatory drug for external injuries in this era.
Modern medicine started with penicillin, but in 1940 there was no process for mass production of penicillin. This process and technology was not developed until 1943 and officially put into clinical use.
Penicillin is also the foundation of modern medicine. A medical expert once said that without penicillin, more than 70% of modern medicine would be nothing.
(Of course, it’s hard to say the name of this big guy. After all, it’s just one person’s opinion, so don’t take it seriously.)
So before penicillin appeared, sulfa tablets and sulfa powder were the best anti-inflammatory drugs by far.
It is said that during World War II, sprinkling sulfa powder on wounds to prevent infection was one of the basic battlefield first aid knowledge that every American soldier had to learn before going to the battlefield.
At that time, every American soldier was luxuriously issued a first aid kit hanging on his belt, which contained a packet of sulfa powder and a roll of bandage.
Sulfonamide powder and sulfonamide tablets are also important first aid medicines carried by battlefield paramedics.
In our country, this thing was very expensive during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and many times you couldn't buy it even if you had money.
"OK!"
"I'll go into town to help you get sulfa powder!"
"Monk, just stay here and watch over this translator Zhang."
After Chen Xiao finished speaking, he walked towards the three-wheeled motorcycle. After all, this place was still some distance away from the city, and he didn't want to waste time, so he could only drive the motorcycle.
"Yes!" The monk knew that his skills were a bit of a hindrance, so he didn't mention the matter of going with them.
"Thank you, Chief!" As the roar of the motorcycle faded away, Tian Xiaoyu shouted at his back.
After Chen Xiao disappeared, they took the translator Zhang and hid away from the main road.
Tian Xiaoyu asked Yao Gang curiously: "Have you heard about this leader? Can you tell me about it?"
