I practiced medicine in ancient times

Chapter 262 Smallpox

"The eunuch's pulse is beating very fast, more than seven times per breath, and he has a high fever. It looks like wind-heat, but there is a red rash on the back of his neck and two blisters on the edges, which doesn't seem to be wind-heat." The more Lin Yuan talked, the more he felt that Xiao Zhuzi's illness was not as simple as it seemed.

"Besides the red rash on the eunuch's neck and two blisters on the edge, is there any other rash on his body?" Xu Qingyi wondered what she was thinking about. Her expression changed slightly.

"No, I checked the little eunuch's limbs and torso, and only the back of his neck had a rash and two blisters." Lin Yuan shook his head.

"Come on, take me to see that little eunuch?" Xu Qingyi's heart skipped a beat and he said with a bad premonition.

"Master, could it be that the little eunuch's illness is not simple, is it......." Chen Xiu, who was standing by, heard Lin Yuan's words and saw her master's serious expression. Chen Xiu didn't know what she was thinking of. Her expression changed.

"I hope not! Let's go take a look first. Would you two like to go with me?" When Xu Qingyi saw that Chen Xiu seemed to have noticed something, she nodded solemnly.

"Yes... This is impossible. How could this thing appear in the palace?" Lin Yuan suddenly thought of it. He shook his head in disbelief.

"If that's true, since Lin Yuan has gone there, we will certainly not be able to escape. What if we have to take risks to achieve wealth and fame?" Chen Xiu took a deep breath and said.

"Fortune and honor are achieved through risk?" Xu Qingyi murmured to herself. She frowned slightly and looked into the distance, as if she was thinking about something.

"Master, we have to hurry." Lin Yuan said anxiously. He knew very well that time was pressing. Once the young eunuch's illness was confirmed, the three of them might face great danger.

Xu Qingyi nodded. She looked deeply at Lin Yuan and Chen Xiu and said, "Okay, let's go and take a look together."

"Qingyi, what are you three masters and apprentices talking about in the room? It's so mysterious?" At this time, Bai Yan walked in with Xu Ming and Wang Jie.

"Maybe something big has happened..." Xu Qingyi walked closer to Bai Yan and whispered his guess in her ear.

"Let's go together." Bai Yan said with a gloomy face after hearing this.

"You know my abilities. If I'm here with you, with my examination and your prescription and treatment, there's a good chance that he'll be safe and sound." When Bai Yan saw that Xu Qingyi was still about to refuse, she stretched out her finger and waved it at Xu Qingyi's face a few times and said.

"Okay! Just in case, take enough medicine with you, including penicillin, cold pills, heat-clearing and detoxifying pills, and strengthening and replenishing pills. Take as much as you can and we'll talk about it later." Xu Qingyi made the decision immediately and took all the things. Xu Qingyi, Bai Yan, Lin Yuan, Chen Xiu, Xu Ming, and Wang Jie immediately went to the palace of the Fourth Prince and went straight to the side room where Xiao Zhuzi was sick.

The guard who was originally guarding the side room of Xiaozhuzi was shocked to see Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan coming together, and he immediately stepped forward to salute Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan.

"Greetings, Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Bai. Why did you two imperial physicians come in person to treat Xiao Zhuzi? Is there any hidden secret behind Xiao Zhu's illness?" The guard's expression changed slightly and he looked at Xiao Zhu lying on the bed.

"Come and confirm it." Xu Qingyi nodded to the guard.

Then he walked up to the eunuch, touched his forehead, and looked at the rash on the back of his neck. He saw not only a large red rash, but also dozens of tiny blisters spreading towards his face.

Then I rolled up my sleeves and trouser legs to check, and found red rashes on my hands and legs.

"How is this possible? How can it grow so fast?

Master, when I examined this little eunuch before, there was only a small red rash on his neck. "Lin Yuan was afraid that Xu Qingyi would not believe him, so he hurriedly explained.

"He has acne. It's in the early stage of treatment." Xu Qingyi said with a serious expression.

Smallpox is also known as smallpox, which was a devastating disease in ancient times. Once infected, a large number of red papules will appear on the patient's skin, which will then develop into blisters, eventually rupture and form scabs. The mortality rate of this disease is extremely high, especially for children, it is a deadly threat.

In ancient times, when smallpox was rampant, the people were helpless and could only watch the disease take away their loved ones. Therefore, smallpox left a deep fear and shadow in people's hearts.

Moreover, in ancient times, once smallpox appeared, not only the individual patient was threatened, but the entire town or even the entire country might be involved.

Due to the high contagiousness and lethality of the smallpox virus, once an epidemic broke out, people could only isolate patients as much as possible and pray that the epidemic would not spread too quickly. Some extreme people were even burned to death when they were found to be infected with smallpox in order to prevent smallpox from spreading.

However, such measures often failed to prevent the spread of the epidemic. The smallpox virus can survive in the air for hours and can be transmitted with just a breath or contact.

This premise refers to the lack of positive energy in the body, the invasion of external evils, and the inability to effectively resist viral invasion.

In ancient times, people's fear of smallpox was like a ghost in the night.

"What? How did this appear in the palace?" The two guards who were watching changed their expressions when they heard this, then covered their mouths and noses and quickly backed away.

"Go out now." Xu Qingyi said with a gloomy expression.

"Qingyi, what should we do now?" Bai Yan asked with a bad look on his face.

“Now people wear veils to reduce the risk of external pathogens invading the body and causing smallpox infection.

In addition, where has this eunuch been these days, and who has he been in contact with? From now on, seal off the Moxuan Palace, and only allow entry but not exit." Xu Qingyi ordered immediately.

“Oh no, Xiao Zhuzi is the Fourth Prince’s personal eunuch and has been serving him these past few days. Now he... the Fourth Prince..." When one of the guards thought of this, his face turned even paler.

“Bai Yan, find a way to inform others about what happened here.

One of you two, first control all the people in Moxuan Palace and do not allow them to go out.

Someone took me to meet the Fourth Prince first and examined his body.

Lin Yuan, you will be responsible for treating the little eunuch first.

Xu Ming, Wang Jie, the three of you should check everyone in Moxuan Palace first to see if there are any other people infected with smallpox.

Chen Xiu, you take this prescription, get the medicine and boil it, and let everyone in Moxuan Palace take it.

This prescription is to strengthen the positive energy and resist the invasion of external evils. It can greatly enhance your physical fitness and resist smallpox. "Xu Qingyi quickly wrote a prescription for Shensu Drink and Yupingfeng Powder, and immediately assigned the task.