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In the Jinchengfang mansion, Li Ang looked at an article in a Neo Confucian journal, and couldn't help clapping his hands.

Chai Chai, who was wearing an apron, came over, put two dishes on the table, and asked curiously: "Master, what is so happy about?"

"Microscope, someone made it."

Li Ang spread out the books on the table, "Sun Wenyu, a doctor of science in Luli Academy, and Ji Xingwang, who invented the telescope before, stacked several lenses and installed them on the shelf to invent a new type of telescope. Instruments that can see extremely small objects—

tiny pores on plant leaves,

the latticed eyes of insects,

Even insects in the water that are invisible to the naked eye. "

It's true that when I was in Bingzhou, I tried every means to save Ji Xingwang's life.

Li Ang was full of emotions in his heart. The appearance of the microscope meant that the microcosm was revealed. Protozoology, cytology, microanatomy and other disciplines finally had a foundation for development.

Tens of thousands of members of the Science Society all over the country of Yu will also make their own microscopes according to the blueprints in science journals, and use the microscopes to observe various small objects.

Cells, bacteria, fungi.

Once people see the countless worms in the water, they will naturally resist the behavior of drinking raw water and swimming in unclean water, and there is no need for Li Ang to persuade them every day in Neo-Confucian journals.

Chai Chai didn't quite understand the specific reason why Li Ang was so happy, but Li Ang was happy and she was also happy, and took out two bottles of juice from the refrigerator (the box with the cool talisman on it).

The two ate happily, during which Li Ang continued to flip through the scientific journals.

The influence of the microscope has gradually begun to ferment, and the strongest reaction is not the many doctors of science, but the great monk.

That's right, in Yu State, some monks and Taoists were also loyal readers of Neo-Confucianism publications, and they often sought support for religion based on the findings of Neo-Confucianism.

For example, according to the changes in the stars in astronomy, to arrange the gods and so on.

This time the microscope excited the monks and monks. The so-called Buddha sees a bowl of water with 84,000 insects. If you don’t recite this mantra, it’s like eating the flesh of all living beings. .

Thousands of years ago, the Buddha had realized that there were countless bugs in the water. He is worthy of being a Buddha and a saint.

Faced with the propaganda of the excited monks, the Daomen also fought back.

The two doctors who invented the microscope this time are both from Luli Academy. Among them, Sun Wenyu studied in Taoism when he was young and was a Taoist priest for four years.

If you want to say the credit, it should also be the credit of the Taoist school, and it has nothing to do with Zen.

Secondly, the saying of "84,000 insects in water" was not created by the Buddha.

It is the fables of Indian Jainism relayed by the Buddha. When did it become the patent of Zen Buddhism?

Thirdly, since there are countless moving insects in the water, according to the Zen saying of not killing, shouldn't the great monks drink water in the future?

Drinking water is also killing life!

The two sides quarreled so fiercely that Li Ang could even imagine how lively the scene would be when the monks and Taoists debated the law in Chang'an City. It would be difficult to end without a fight.

'In short, now that the microscope has been developed, the theory of cells will be established sooner or later. But the progress of clinical medicine.’

Li Ang put down the bowl and chopsticks, and put his palm on the Neo-Confucian journal in deep thought.

The topic of anatomy of cattle, sheep and other livestock has been finished, but Li Ang has not released the anatomy of humans for a long time.

He is also a little uncertain, with his current reputation, whether he can compete with the social concept of having a body and skin, and receiving parents, so that people will no longer have a fear of anatomy.

If anatomy is considered to be evil heretics, all my efforts for so long will be in vain.

"It is necessary to obtain the support of the school. I don't know when the head of the mountain will come back."

Just as Li Ang was thinking, there was a knock on the courtyard door, and two guests appeared outside.

"Brother Song?"

Li Ang stood up to greet him in surprise. After Song Shaoyuan was admitted to the academy recently, he has been studying hard, catching up with the progress, and rarely going out.

And beside him, You Xiao even brought a basket of gifts?

"Sunrise,"

Song Shaoyuan's eyes flickered, and he said in embarrassment: "It's a bit presumptuous to interrupt suddenly. Can you go in and talk?"

"What is the presumptuousness of my family?"

Li Ang waved his palms and let Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao enter the room. Chai Chai cleared the dining table and brought a tea and fruit plate.

Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao sat down, and first talked about Aunt Song's matter - the family in Weizhou has almost dealt with it, and Aunt Song should move to Chang'an at the end of autumn.

Then he thanked Li Ang for his help during this time.

Before Li Leling accidentally mentioned that the imperial court wanted to encourage the perfume industry, You Xiao also took the money and invested in some companies.

You must know that this is a great opportunity for investment to make money. Those investors are all with identities and backgrounds. They are either clan nobles or ministers' families.

They allowed You Xiao to join in the investment, largely because of Li Ang's face - the condenser tube that must be used in the perfume industry is Li Ang's invention.

"Hi, it's nothing, as long as it helps."

Li Ang waved his hand and noticed the strange expressions on the faces of the two, "What's wrong?"

"Sunrise."

Song Shaoyuan blushed, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.

"My family, it doesn't matter if you have anything to say."

Li Ang frowned slightly and said, Song Shaoyuan is now a disciple of the academy, logically speaking, he shouldn't encounter any trouble.

"Is such that."

You Xiao took a deep breath and said softly: "A few days ago, one of my sisters in Pingkang Fang found me and said that there was a strange disease in the workshop.

The sick person will have red spots on the body surface, headache, fever, lethargy,

In severe cases, the skin on the surface of the body will fester in pieces until death."

"Flower disease?"

Li Ang squinted his eyes, and it is not surprising to find flowers and ask Liu what kind of disease he is suffering from. In the "On the Origin and Symptoms of Diseases" written by Chao Yuanfang in the former Sui Dynasty, he described: "Rheumatism can dry the skin, fight with blood, and its flesh is protruding, like flowers blooming." shape."

"It is born like a grain of rice, but when it breaks, blood bleeds out. When it grows, the flesh has roots, and when the flesh comes out, it disperses like a flower. It is the same for those with sores that don't heal for a long time."

What kind of festering of the vagina, spots on the corners of the eyes, malignant sores on the back, etc., are all kinds of strange things.

"Um"

You Xiao nodded with difficulty, and said softly: "Risheng, you are busy with your studies and thoughts. I shouldn't bother you about these things. But their appearance...is really miserable."

You Xiao showed a sad look on her face. It is true that she herself escaped from the fire pit of Pingkangfang, but the sisters she knew before are still trapped in it.

When they put on thick veils and begged him in the dark, You Xiao couldn't harden his heart no matter what and refused them.

"do not bother."

Li Ang shook his head, he knew the reason for You Xiao's embarrassment, and sighed silently.

After all, their identities are different, and their status in Yu State has risen. Even Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao felt a little fearful when facing him, for fear that Li Ang would think that Pingkangfang was a dirty and filthy place, and would be annoyed by them who came to ask for it. .

"I don't discriminate against Pingkangfang, it's just a group of ordinary people who want to live. What's more, curing diseases and saving lives is a doctor's bounden duty."

Li Ang said seriously that if he really wanted to condemn anyone morally, he should never condemn the women exploited by Pingkangfang, but should condemn the scholar-bureaucrats.

Absolute freedom means the unlimited exploitation of the weak by the strong.

"I've accepted this medical case. It's not too late. Let's go."

Li Ang stood up, asked Chai Chai to bring the medicine box, and walked out of the mansion with Song Shaoyuan and You Xiao.

Along the way, he learned more from You Xiao.

For example, the disease has been spreading for some time, there are not a few women who get sick, the most serious ones were taken away by the steward, and never came back, etc.

The more he listened, the more gloomy Li Ang's expression became.

Squeak——

The carriage stopped at a wall outside Pingkang Square, and there was already a young man waiting for him at the wall.

Li Ang took out the masks from the medicine box, put them on for everyone, followed the boy through the bamboo forest, and came to a pavilion in the workshop.

"There are too many people who are sick. The manager of Pingkang Fang was afraid of affecting the business, so he issued a sealing order, locked the sick women in their own rooms, and didn't allow outside doctors to come in and out at will. He had to invite doctors."

You Xiao explained in a low voice why he had to act secretly and walked into the dark corridor of the pavilion.

The Zuifang Building in Pingkangfang is in front, which is the gold-selling cave among the gold-selling caves. Across a bamboo grove, you can still hear the sound of silk and bamboo, and the interlacing sound of toasting.

However, the pavilion under everyone's feet was exceptionally quiet, and the air was filled with a strong smell of medicine. From time to time, hoarse coughs could be heard from behind the door.

It made Li Ang suddenly recall the sickroom he saw when he came to Chang'an.

Desperate, helpless, waiting to die.

"Open the door."

Li Ang's tone was low, and he asked the servant to open a door.

Squeak——

As the wooden door opened, a strong smell of medicine gushed out.

Li Ang pursed his lips slightly, and opened the window with his thoughts to let the light shine in and ventilate the room.

This is a woman's bedroom, with a fresh and elegant decoration. There is a vase on the table, but the flowers in the vase have withered a lot because they have not been cared for for a long time.

There is a medicine pot in the corner, and a woman in plain clothes is sleeping on the bed in the bedroom.

Her face was haggard and haggard, and what was even more frightening was that there were dark red scars formed by ulcers on her face and hands.

Snapped.

Li Ang clenched his fists subconsciously, and the memory palace in his mind found out the cause of the symptoms almost instantly.

syphilis.

"Don't come in."

Li Ang's voice was low and hoarse, and he raised his hand to let Song Shaoyuan and others stay outside, then stepped into the door by himself, and roughly checked the patient's condition.

There are macules and annular papules on the body surface,

There are mucosal plaques and exudates on the lips and oral cavity,

Hair thinning and falling out.

Li Ang silently put down the patient's arm, walked out of the bedroom, gestured to You Xiao and the others, and the group came to a secluded place.

Song Shaoyuan hesitated and asked: "Risheng, this disease"

"It's very difficult to treat."

Li Ang said bluntly: "If I'm not wrong, the patient's initial symptoms are small hard lumps on the body surface, especially in the lower genital area, which continuously ooze pus.

Most patients will recover without treatment at the beginning, thinking that the disease has healed on its own.

However, after a while, the small hard bumps will reappear and spread all over the body surface, forming a red macule that spreads all over the body within a few days.

When the condition is about to deteriorate, the rash suddenly disappears, and after a few weeks or months, it will come back again and again. "

"Yes, that's right."

The servant nodded, and looked at Li Ang with flickering eyes, "Just now this gentleman called you Risheng, so you are the Li Ang from the academy."

"it's me."

Li Ang nodded and said, "What's your name? How much do you know about the situation here?"

"Little Medicine King God is above,"

The little servant hurriedly saluted, and said with trepidation: "My name is Xiaoliu, and I was sent by the steward of Zuifanglou to take care of the girls."

Li Ang raised his eyebrows, the steward of Zuifang Building issued a password to prevent outside doctors from coming in, but this young man still brought them here, obviously there was something else going on.

But he didn't have much time to inquire, so he let Xiao Liu choose the important ones.

The earliest sick person appeared about a year and a half ago. Just like Li Ang said, it was just a small hard lump with pus at first, but it healed itself quickly, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

Afterwards, the patient's condition came and went again and again, and other patients with similar symptoms appeared in the workshop one after another. Until March, the disease broke out on a large scale, and more than 40 patients fell ill completely.

And the most serious patients have died. Before death, the entire nose fell off, and the facial features were sunken and deformed, which was particularly terrifying.

"More than forty people"

Li Ang looked back at the dark corridor, with indescribable emotions rising in his heart.

Syphilis is a chronic, systemic sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. It is mainly transmitted through sexual channels. Clinically, it can be divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis, latent syphilis, and congenital syphilis.

Treponema pallidum, a relatively weak pathogen of chickens,

Those who are not resistant to heat, cold, and dryness will die immediately if they leave the human body. Therefore, more than 95% of the disease infections are through sexual channels.

However, once Treponema pallidum enters the human body, the situation is out of control.

It can be adsorbed on tissues with mucopolysaccharides, and mucopolysaccharides are one of the important components of the body's connective tissue, which can be found in every part of the human body.

This also means that Treponema pallidum can enter various parts of the human body and lurk, attacking wave after wave.

If several waves are not killed by the person's own immune system, Treponema pallidum will evolve a capsule to further resist white blood cell attacks, and produce mucopolysaccharase to break down mucopolysaccharides in the human body.

Mucopolysaccharides are part of the connective tissue of the human body. When mucopolysaccharides are decomposed by mucopolysaccharases, human tissues will sink and collapse, forming pustules, pits, and scars.

And the most frightening thing is that because Treponema pallidum is distributed all over the human body, the location of the attack is also different.

If it is on the nose, the whole nose will be sunken and fall off.

If it is in the eyes, then both eyes will be blind.

If it is in the ear, it will be deaf.

If it is in the brain, it will show epilepsy, madness, and paranoia.

Even the bones couldn't escape, and holes were eroded out.

until death.

Even in a foreign world where medicine is highly developed, there are still 12 million new cases every year.

and

He turned his head to look at the dark corridor. If this disease was brought in from other countries, and the earliest disease in Chang'an City appeared a year and a half ago,

So in the past year and a half, how many people have been infected by this disease silently?