Chapter 593 Death is coming, 100 favorability points obtained
Holding it in my hands, this old medical book feels very weighty.
This shows that this medical book is at least not fake in terms of materials. It is very likely to be authentic.
As you open the cover, a strong historical atmosphere hits your nose.
First of all, the ink used for writing is gold ink, which is thousands of times more precious than ordinary ink.
You know, even in the Qing Dynasty, ancient people still liked to use inkstones to grind ink when writing.
The scholars at that time were very serious about doing things, especially writing and grinding ink, they worked particularly hard.
The appearance of gold ink should be in the Song Dynasty.
It is said that it was developed by the fallen emperor Song Huizong Zhao Ji. Like the fallen emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty, Song Huizong Zhao Ji was a complete idiot in governing the country and marching and fighting.
Cowardly and incompetent, with no dignity or bottom line.
Even if he offered his princess and queen to the Jin soldiers to be humiliated to death, he could still survive. An ordinary citizen with a bit of blood in his veins would never do such a shameful thing.
However, Song Huizong Zhao Ji showed great talent in literature and entertainment.
Legend has it that this emperor was not only good at singing and dancing, but also had a good hand in calligraphy. Although his calligraphy was not as good as that of Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing, his brush calligraphy was indeed quite good.
The emperor, especially the incompetent one, would leave all the affairs of state to his ministers. He had so much free time that he was bored, and he also had the power to control all kinds of treasures and high-level resources.
Plus I have a hobby of calligraphy.
This is serious.
As he could not compare with Yan and Liu in calligraphy, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, tried other methods.
In what aspects can you surpass other calligraphy masters?
After much thought, if he made a fuss about the writing paper, he would easily be criticized for having no taste.
At that time, I started to work on ink.
Hey, you’re right.
This incompetent emperor, Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji, ground pearls, gold, silver, etc. into powder and added it to ink to write.
In the end, he used the methods of a rich man to create Jin Mo.
In that era, the emperor had great influence.
Song Huizong successfully made gold ink and found that the words written with it were particularly powerful. He began to give away "ink treasures" to his ministers.
For a time, it really caused a sensation.
Then the ministers felt that it was a great honor for the emperor to reward them with words written in gold ink, and they couldn't help but show off these "ink treasures" everywhere.
For a time, the people all felt that the calligraphy and couplets written by Jin Mo were particularly noble.
They all wanted to buy one or two paintings, frame them and hang them in the most conspicuous place in their home to show that they were powerful. They could even get their hands on paintings and calligraphy by the emperor.
It was from that time that gold ink became popular and remained popular for a while.
It was not until the Song Dynasty was destroyed that the rulers of the Jin Dynasty suppressed this trend.
Because the Jin Dynasty had a gold character, and you used gold ink to write, isn't that like grinding the Jin Dynasty into powder and then using it to write?
This is outrageous.
Thus, under the brutal oppression of the Jin Dynasty rulers, Jin Mo eventually disappeared.
The medical book that Li Quan was holding now was actually written in gold ink, which was enough to show that the author of this book should be quite well-off.
There is another possibility.
If this book was really written by Ye Gui, it means that Ye Gui attached great importance to this book and wanted to keep it as a family heirloom.
That's why they spent so much money to use gold ink to write.
"The Ye family's ancestral teaching is that doctors must have a compassionate heart..."
The first sentence made Li Quan feel the noble character of the medical master.
Ye Gui reminded the descendants of the Ye family that they must maintain a kind heart.
This word is used very interestingly.
Not kindness, but love.
Kindness has a bit of the meaning of being a pushover, which is actually not suitable for doctors.
Anyone who has worked as a doctor knows that sometimes, with good intentions to consider the patient, one may end up being scolded or even punished by the hospital .
It is best for a doctor to maintain a compassionate heart.
Be kind and care for patients.
It can protect yourself and provide patients with the best treatment, achieving the best of both worlds.
Li Quan held the medical book and began to try to read it.
Who knew that after reading it, I would become addicted to it.
Ye Gui is known as Ye Tianshi, and his medical skills are naturally extremely powerful.
Especially in epidemics and smallpox.
His book "On Febrile Diseases" covers almost all the treatment plans and principles for febrile diseases.
Li Quan had almost no knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine in these areas.
Some of the methods of treating epidemics proposed by Ye Gui were very creative and refreshing to Li Quan.
For example, the plague that broke out in a county at that time spread at an extremely fast rate and killed many people.
Faced with this terrible disease, other doctors, including the imperial doctors sent by the palace, were helpless. Ye Gui took a method that was considered to be extremely treasonous at the time.
All patients who died of plague, including those who died in that entire area, regardless of the cause of death.
Whether they died of old age, illness, hanging, etc., as long as they were in the epidemic area, they would all be cremated.
It was required that dry firewood be piled three feet high and the body be placed on top, and that the government officials personally light the fire and supervise the process.
The officers were not allowed to leave until the body was burned to ashes.
For those who were infected but not dead, Ye Gui prescribed some leaf medicine potions to help them heal and recover.
At the same time, the entire epidemic area was blocked and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Every intersection, even some side roads, were guarded by soldiers armed with sharp spears and bows and arrows. Anyone who dared to sneak out would be shot on the spot.
In this way, he actually successfully controlled a terrible epidemic.
That year, there were rumors that people in Europe were also infected with the plague, and it caused a major outbreak, killing nearly a quarter of the population.
Some Chinese people were infected with the plague, but the outbreak was confined to one county town. This was a medical miracle at the time.
Perhaps, this is the earliest city-wide lockdown.
After all, in that feudal society, blocking a county town was a very rare thing.
The resistance we face will not be small.
The local aristocracy will certainly not be willing to cooperate and will think about escaping.
If just one person escapes, all previous efforts may be wasted, resulting in a major plague outbreak.
It is not an easy task for Ye Gui to appease those landlords and powerful people.
But he did it.
This also shows that he has fully comprehended the words "benevolence" and "love".
Li Quan read the medical book written by Ye Gui with great interest. It was more like a summary of Ye Gui's life-long medical knowledge.
Share your life-long experience in treating diseases with your descendants.
Time passed very quickly and a feeling of fatigue came over me.
Li Quan's head began to feel dizzy. Without even having time to put down the book, he fell on the bed and fell asleep again.
As the frequency of attacks increases, the time from feeling sleepy to falling asleep becomes increasingly rapid.
The time left for Li Quan is getting less and less.
It is now basically certain that this medical book is Ye Gui's original work. It is more like a handwritten note left by Ye Gui to future generations.
After finishing reading it, Li Quan has a great chance of gaining 100 points of favorability from Ye Gui.
This is also what he is most looking forward to.
In addition, Ye Gui's book records a large number of cases and methods of treating epidemic diseases and febrile diseases. It is very likely that Ye Gui's magical medical skills include a special treatment for plague.
What we need to do now is to finish reading this book as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, Li Quan was only awake from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., which meant he only had five hours a day to study medical books.
In fact, it wasn't that long at all.
Because when he wakes up, he needs to eat, go to the toilet, and do some other things.
It would be great if I could spend four hours a day reading Ye Gui's medical books.
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Time flies by very fast, and the days go by one by one.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Li Quan's condition worsened day by day, and he began to feel itchy all over his skin.
Judging from the progression of the disease in those who had been infected with the unknown fungus earlier than him, Li Quan knew that in two days at most he would become like Professor Hawking and others, committing mad self-mutilation.
The skin all over his body kept cracking, and he couldn't bear the inhuman pain anymore, so he screamed desperately and banged his head against things.
This is to relieve the pain.
When that day really comes, Li Quan will never have the chance to read again.
By then, no matter how powerful his medical skills are, he will die.
Professor Hawking, his daughter-in-law and granddaughter have already used the fever medicine prescribed by Li Quan.
This is also the only way to prevent the disease from getting worse.
Even if it can only provide relief for three days, that's good.
It has been nearly four days since Li Quan read Ye Gui's notebook.
With his frantic study, he only had the last five or six pages left to read. Today, unless something unexpected happened, he would definitely be able to finish it.
By then, 100 points of favorability will be obtained.
"Dean, my skin feels itchy, as if I was bitten by a mosquito. Do you think I will become like those three antique dealers, with my skin peeling off and becoming an ugly monster..."
Ye Ru and Li Quan had similar symptoms, and it was very likely that they both became ill on the same day.
She did not have any contact with Professor Hawking, such as shaking hands, but she had relatively close contact with Li Quan.
Especially when serving as Li Quan's assistant, some physical contact is inevitable.
This is also the reason why she was infected.
Many days have passed, and experts are still at a loss as to how to treat this disease.
They have tried almost every possible means, even some new drugs that have not yet been launched, but there is still no significant effect.
The three antique dealers who were the first to contract the disease have not died yet.
But it's worse than death.
Their skin first cracks, revealing the red flesh inside, and then the cracks increase and widen.
In just a few days, they had shed a layer of their skin.
Now, there is basically no skin left on the body, it is all bloody tender flesh.
It's even more terrifying than a patient with severe burns all over his body.
Because patients with burns have a layer of scab on the surface of their skin, but for patients infected with this unknown fungus, there is no sign of scab after the epidermis falls off.
Just as the legend goes, the skin and flesh will crack and fall off layer by layer, until only a bone frame is left.
The patient will die in extreme pain.
"Ye Ru, look into my eyes!" Li Quan's expression was serious. His time was extremely precious. As the number of attacks increased and his condition worsened, his time awake was getting shorter and shorter.
I was awake for only about four hours yesterday.
Today, there are certainly fewer.
Therefore, he had to comfort Ye Ru as quickly as possible.
"Do you believe me?" Li Quan stared into Ye Ru's eyes.
She lowered her head shyly, then nodded.
"In this world, besides my parents, the person I trust most is you." After Ye Ru finished speaking, she looked up at Li Quan bravely.
The two looked at each other.
Eyes are the windows to the soul, and Li Quan wants to exchange hearts with her and gain her trust.
If you want to overcome any disease, you must first have strong enough self-confidence.
"I can definitely cure the disease we are infected with." Li Quan said word by word.
"But so many experts and professors can't cure it..." Ye Ru knew that Li Quan had great abilities, but she definitely didn't think that Li Quan was better than all the experts.
"Did I ever brag?" Li Quan asked instead of answering.
"No!"
She bit her bright red lips and shook her head.
"If I say it can be cured, it must be cured." Li Quan said again.
"Okay, I believe you." Ye Ru nodded vigorously this time.
Li Quan didn't say anything else, but took the time to read. His time was really precious.
"Director Li, by the way, this medical book was sent by the old man named Rao. He said it was Wu Tang's medical book." The nurse in charge of the bed pointed to the medical book on the top of the pile on Li Quan's bedside table.
It looks like the most common type of ancient book.
Yellowed pages, thick cover in the style of a secret book.
The whole book exudes the strong flavor of old books from the Qing Dynasty.
"Okay, thank you!"
Li Quan took a look and nodded without picking up the book.
He continued to seize the time to read Ye Gui's medical books.
It was almost four in the morning when I finally finished reading the last line.
What is written at the end is actually the strange disease called ghost peeling off the skin that Ye Ru mentioned.
The book clearly records that a tomb robber sneaked into an ancient tomb and while stealing the funerary objects in the tomb, he accidentally discovered a lifelike and very beautiful young female corpse lying in the coffin.
He became lustful at the moment and did something shameful with the corpse.
After the tomb robber returned home, he suddenly became ill a few days later. He was drowsy during the day and woke up at night. Needless to say, his condition worsened step by step, and his skin and flesh fell off layer by layer.
When he finally died, all that was left was a skeleton.
Ye Gui tried every possible way, but failed to cure the patient.
Due to the backward technology and extremely strong feudal superstition at that time, Ye Gui even thought that it was possible that the female corpse was haunting the tomb robber.
Then he used evil means to peel off the tomb robber's skin and flesh layer by layer.
This is the female corpse's revenge.
Li Quan naturally didn't believe this.
With the development of modern medical technology, it has been detected that this disease is caused by an unknown fungus.
From this point of view, Ye Gui's understanding of this disease is completely wrong.
[You have successfully read Ye Gui's letter, and gained Ye Gui's favorability +100. ]
When Li Quan finished reading the last sentence, his wish was finally realized.
