The Lucky Farmgirl

Chapter 2401: Chapter 2375: No Solution (April Monthly Ticket Bonus 23)

The two stepped forward and said, "Administer the medicine, if this dose doesn’t work, use strong medicine."

Manbao was shocked and looked up; this was the first time she heard Director Xiao mention using tiger-wolf medicine.

Director Xiao’s expression remained calm. After Zhou Man finished acupuncture, everyone lowered their heads to look at the person lying on the bed.

He was shivering!

Manbao’s expression changed; she quickly removed the two needles from him, then slowly inserted one into his head, but his temperature kept rising, and more and more smallpox appeared on his body.

Director Xiao’s face grew more solemn, saying, "First prescribe medicine to suppress the smallpox, use strong medicine."

Thus, the four began discussing the medication to add. Director Xiao personally wrote the prescription and handed it to Zhou Man, "You and Imperial Doctor Liu go and prepare the medicine yourselves."

Manbao looked worriedly at the needles on his body.

Director Xiao said, "You’ve already applied these two needles, is there any better acupuncture method? Keep them, Imperial Doctor Lu and I will watch."

Manbao took the prescription and went out with Imperial Doctor Liu, carrying a dim lantern to the pharmacy to collect the medicine.

As they walked, Imperial Doctor Liu whispered complaints, "Why didn’t you write these types when you took the medicine this afternoon?"

Manbao replied gloomily, "We didn’t expect to use such medicine on him."

Imperial Doctor Liu comforted her, saying, "He’s burning like this, even if he recovers without strong medicine, he may become mentally impaired."

"It’s just a possibility."

Imperial Doctor Liu shook his head and sighed, "I remember him, he’s already twenty-one years old, not a child. At this age, it’s hard to survive such a high fever. You’ve already used life-preserving acupuncture on him; you’ve done your best."

Only now did Manbao understand Director Xiao’s intention in having her prepare the medicine, her eyes reddened, "Are you sure he won’t survive?"

"Isn’t this just in case?"

It was not just in case, because the likelihood of him surviving was the slim chance.

Manbao went to the pharmacy to gather the few medicinal ingredients. After thinking about it, she decided to collect all the medicine there, then took the medicine directly to the kitchen for boiling.

When the two returned to the ward, Director Xiao and Imperial Doctor Lu were still standing as before, but upon seeing them return, they sighed and shook their heads.

Manbao immediately ran up to check, finding his hands still twitching slightly, with needles still inserted. However, when she opened his eyelids, she saw that his pupils were already dilated.

A basin of water was placed nearby, and Director Xiao’s sleeve was all wet, probably from trying to cool him down.

Manbao silently withdrew her hand holding his eyelid, but still unwillingly checked his pulse; she turned around in place but still couldn’t think of any good solution.

She had encountered such situations many times in Xiazhou; at that time, she was already numb, she didn’t have time to grieve for one gone before attending to the next.

The living always mattered more than the dead, but now she felt powerless and very sad, so sad that tears fell one by one before she realized.

Director Xiao’s mood was also bad, but he could only say, "Remove the needles."

The person on the bed was no longer moving, even breathing had stopped, and Manbao could only remove the needles.

But they couldn’t just sit down; they lit the lamps and checked all the remaining patients overnight, finding two with abnormalities, and immediately moved them to a separate ward for consultation.

Under the lamp, Director Xiao carefully observed their smallpox spots, and they were indeed somewhat red. Another touch of their temperature showed it was slightly higher than others.

Director Xiao checked their vaccination records; it was the same third cowpox vaccine.

He exhaled, turned, took people out, and walked in circles in the courtyard saying, "Is there an issue with the third cowpox vaccine?"

Manbao replied, "Because it has more smallpox, the toxicity is stronger?"

"Did you verify all the collected smallpox were mature crusts?"

Manbao glanced at Imperial Doctor Lu and nodded.

That cow was collected by the two of them together, and they checked before collecting. They had seen so many cases of smallpox, it was impossible for them to be wrong.

Director Xiao walked in circles, still uncertain, "Should we suppress the smallpox now or let it erupt?"

Manbao thought for a moment and said, "The principle of vaccination is to let them develop smallpox; only those who’ve had smallpox can be immune, so for them, we should treat them like ordinary smallpox patients, right?"

Imperial Doctor Liu also agreed.

Director Xiao then closed his eyes momentarily and said, "Alright, then open and take the medicine."

He said, "Even if they develop smallpox, it must be within our control."

The other three perked up and followed Director Xiao in discussing the prescription.

Director Xiao said to Zhou Man, "Their temperatures aren’t high yet, it’s not appropriate to suppress with medicine, use acupuncture for now to adjust."

Manbao nodded and began consulting with them on the acupuncture methods, mainly her advice, with them contributing insights.

Once confirmed, Manbao went inside to administer the treatment.

By now it was already dawn, the two knew there were high fevers in the ward overnight, and seeing themselves isolated in another room, both were somewhat scared.

Manbao brought in a clean needle bag and reassured them, "Don’t be afraid, your temperatures are slightly higher than others, I’ll use acupuncture to cool you down."

Manbao soothed them while giving acupuncture, asking, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

The two glanced at each other, slightly scared, saying, "Just, just a bit itchy, and a little dizzy."

After applying all the needles, Manbao checked the itchy areas they mentioned, vaguely seeing redness.

Manbao slightly frowned, feeling uneasy; was this rapid progress due to the cow’s smallpox outbreak?

Relaxing her brows, Manbao turned and twisted the needles for them. Estimating the time was sufficient, she removed the needles, and the prescription discussed by Director Xiao and prepared was boiled. Each drank a bowl.

At this time, light appeared on the horizon.

Director Xiao glanced outside and said to the patients, "Sleep now, there are people watching over you, there’s nothing serious."

The two patients exchanged a glance, somewhat anxious, but after being disturbed for half the night, then drinking the medicine, sleep overcame them, and they drifted to sleep.

Once they slept deeply, Manbao approached and lifted their arm sleeves to show Director Xiao and others.

They approached with lamps to look closely; indeed, there were red spots under the skin, and touching their temperature revealed it was still slightly high, even after Zhou Man’s acupuncture to reduce fever, otherwise...

The four withdrew carefully; Director Xiao didn’t have any better solutions. Doctors are human, he wished he could wave his hand and cure them, but now he could only wait, wait for the smallpox to manifest in their bodies before they could tailor their responses.

Manbao expressed her speculation, and Director Xiao said, "Imperial Doctor Lu and Imperial Doctor Liu, check the records of the third cow, while I and Imperial Doctor Zhou stay here."

He then summoned a steward and said, "Take my handwritten note to the guards outside, and say neither I nor Imperial Doctor Liu will go to the Imperial Hospital today."

The steward replied, bowed, took the note, and retreated.

Manbao randomly dragged a piece of wood, sat on it, while Director Xiao sat on a stone nearby; it was a bit cold, but he didn’t want to move either, neither spoke for a moment.