Chapter 165: Chapter 38
Cowpox injections was not only a preventive thod but also a treatnt thod.
It was the only available treatnt thod in Joseon during those days.
‘I heard Jenner discovered this thod thanks to the shepherds.’
Smallpox was a dreadful disease regardless of whether it ca up in the east or the west. Accordingly, nurous dical scientists turned their attention to this. Jenner discovered an innovative treatnt thod by sheer chance. He learned that the shepherds milking cows didn’t get smallpox, strangely enough. In fact, they have been doing this for a long ti, but it was Jenner who noticed that surprising fact.
Jenner used that reckless thod of giving an injection of the cow’s pus to smallpox patients. At that ti, that was the only available treatnt.
Kanghyok gathered every drop of the cows’ pus into syringes.
‘Let give an injection on a first co, first serve basis.’
He cautiously opened the warehouse door and went in.
“Cough, cough.”
He heard coughing sounds here and there, as the warehouse only housed the most serious patients.
‘It stinks!’
Waving his hand, Kanghyok approached the first patient.
It looked like his high fever hadn’t gone down even though he took anti-inflammatory drugs. His face was swollen red.
‘His condition is worse than before.’
Obviously, he was getting sicker now.
“Hey, how do you feel now?”
“It really hurts!” the patient barely said, gasping for breath.
His dry lips were chapped, from which red blood was coming out. That ant he was incredibly dehydrated now.
Shaking his head, Kanghyok gave him yanggyoksan Joon Huh gave him.
“Drink this and hold it in your mouth before spitting it out.”
“Yes...”
It seed not to cause him any pain.
The patient rinsed his mouth well.
“Drink this.”
Kanghyok gave him sonbanghwalmyongum, so herbal dicine. As it contained rare dicinal herbs such as rhubarb and frankincense, it slled very good.
“Yes, sir.”
“Now, let give you a water injection.”
“Water injection?”
“Yea, it’s good for you. So, stay still.”
Then Kanghyok searched for sothing in the bag. He took out a dical fluid set of 500 mL, the only one left in the bag. It was insufficient for hydrating his whole body, but it was the only option now.
As the needle was intended for the sap, it was rather large.
“Oh, the needle is quite large.”
“Well, it’s effective, though.”
Kanghyok put the needle on the back of his hand to catch his breath.
‘The last ti I did this was when I was an intern at the hospital.’
He suddenly felt he was doing a lot of things that he had never done back in modern Korea.
Fortunately, the patient’s blood vessel was pretty good.
Along with the sound of the needle piercing the back of his hand was blood appearing in it. That ant his shot was injected right into it.
“Uuuuh....” the patient moaned simultaneously.
Those who had a needle shot into the back of their hands knew how painful it was.
Making a nonchalant look on purpose, Kanghyok connected the needle to the sap.
“Now, I gave you one injection. You need another one. Turn your head.”
“Yes, sir...”
This ti, Kanghyok was going to give him a real injection.
He gave his forearm an injection of the cow’s pus.
“What is this?”
“Well...”
Obviously, the parent must have felt different from the earlier shot he had.
“It’s a dicinal injection.”
“Aha~”
Though Kanghyok answered casually, the patient nodded obligingly.
“The next patient is...” He looked around the warehouse, where there was a large number of serious patients.
He decided to treat urgent patients first.
“Rinse your mouth with this first, drink this, eat this and get the shot.”
Kanghyok used yanggyoksan, sonbanghwalmyongum, anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics and the cow’s pus in that order.
In no ti all the patients in the warehouse were treated by Kanghyok, and then they fell asleep.
‘Oh my... I’m getting exhausted.’
Kanghyok did so surgeries at night when he was a dical professor. However, it was the first ti that he treated the patients singlehandedly.
‘What the heck am I doing now? I’m not a dical intern!’ Grumbling a bit, he ca out of the warehouse.
Joon Huh was sitting on the main floor as if he was deep in ditation. Yoni and Yoju were asleep, leaning against each other. Only Dolsok was wide awake.
“Master, you’re back!”
“You didn’t go to sleep yet?”
“Well, so guys insisted they go out.”
Co to think of it, Dolsok was currently pressing hard on the door with his thick forearm.
There was so noise of protesting from inside.
“What? Why?”
“Well, so want to go to the restroom while others want to go ho, etc.”
“Hmm...”
Kanghyok looked at the room.
Though it was not big, there were about ten inside.
Flinging the door open, he said, “If you move around, you will put the whole village in danger, including your family mbers.”
All of them, packed inside, looked at him.
Though they were very frustrated and angry, none of them could vent their dissatisfaction.
The room was still quiet.
Kanghyok continued, “Let treat you here inside. Co forward one by one.”
When he ntioned ‘treatnt,’ they ca forward by ones and twos.
“Your mouth is okay, but I see pus coming out. Have this.”
“You’ve got many blisters in your mouth. How can you eat when it hurts? Rinse your mouth with this and have this.”
Their condition was better than those inside the warehouse.
Fortunately, the herbal dicine that Joon Huh brewed was sufficient.
“Now, go to sleep, everyone!”
“Yes, sir...”
Then Kanghyok ca out quickly. “Whew!”
Though it was sumr, the early morning air was really fresh.
While he was taking a deep breath, Dolsok trotted toward him. He was yawning while rushing to Kanghyok.
“Why are you waiting for ? Just hit the sack.”
“Please go to sleep, master. Let keep an eye on this room.” Dolsok pointed at the room he just ca out from.
At that mont, they heard so squeaking noise.
Soone opened the door slightly and ca out quickly.
“Good heavens! That guy is coming out. Stop him!”
At Kanghyok’s order, Yoni swiftly darted toward him and kicked him down.
That guy fell flat on his face, stopped by Yoni’s swift actions.
Dolsok and Kanghyok quickly closed the door again.
“Aaaaaa...”
The guy who fell down was moaning painfully.
When Kanghyok examined him closely, he was the protector of the first patient. He was also afflicted with smallpox now.
“Why are you bringing trouble to yourself? I clearly told you to stay inside.” Clicking his tongue, Kanghyok approached him.
“I asked him to let out for poop several tis, but he didn’t allow ,” complained that man.
But he could never be let out because that ant he would discharge a mass of smallpox virus.
“No way!”
“Why not, sir?”
“You bastard!” said Dolsok, kicking him in the waist.
Imdiately, that man collapsed. But a horrid sll from his body filled the room as he pooped in his pants.
‘Dang it.’
Yoni and Dolsok didn’t yet build immunity in their body.
‘Do I need to clean it?’
He had no other choice but to clean it up.
In a very resentful voice, Kanghyok murmured, “Makbong, damn bastard... Co back running to now. Run, run!”
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