Chapter 468 Can Smallpox Antibodies Be Obtained Using Magic? !

Chapter 468 Smallpox Antibodies... Can this thing be obtained with magic? !

"Although it is a hospital, no one set off firecrackers, no one cut the ribbon, and no one sent flower baskets. It always felt like something was missing."

Gretel stood at the door of the hospital with her hands behind her back and her head raised, mumbling to herself.

He doesn't really want these things... As a doctor, he hopes that people in the world will be disease-free. He would rather sell medicine and open a hospital. There is no reason to beat gongs and drums everywhere to advertise. Of course, except for certain hospitals.

However, at least let the people nearby know that there is a treatment center here! When you have any illness or injury, you know to come here to seek medical treatment!

"Come on, come on, raise our flag!" he greeted with a smile. Leon Carlos gave an order, and several Necromancer apprentices scrambled to direct the skeleton soldiers to climb to a high place and hang them...

A square flag with a red cross on a white background.

In this world, the flag of the Church of the Lord of Glory is the golden thunder held in the fist.

No one competed with him for the Red Cross.

Oye. happy!

On the other side, Miss Annevia walked through the streets with two priest apprentices of the God of Nature. Give each person a bag of candy and give it to the little tramps one by one. Give one and say:

"Go to the end in that direction, where there is a red cross flag on top, and there will be people treating you..."

Even so, no patients came to Grete's hospital on the first day. It didn't happen on the second day, and still didn't happen on the third day. Grete was not in a hurry, and decided to take the apprentices to do the smallpox vaccine.

"First of all, in order to prevent everyone from getting smallpox, we need to vaccinate first..."

Gretel waved his hand, and two skeleton soldiers covered in nurse skins led a cow into the courtyard, one behind the other. The apprentices standing in two rows immediately started a commotion.

Gretel turned a blind eye. Smallpox is so violent that it can be transmitted easily through the air, droplets, items used by patients and scabs on the body. Letting students study this without protection is a crime and murder!

"Vaccination is very convenient." Grete said with a smile:

"Use the pox sera from the cow and inject it into the upper arm muscles. Just a little bit... Within about ten days, you will have a slight fever symptom. After you recover, you will never get smallpox again! A few days ago I Tried!”

Leon Carlos was very helpful. He traveled around the countryside and really found cows with the right symptoms. Gretel did a verification experiment and confirmed that this thing was really cowpox. He couldn't wait and vaccinated himself.

Wow, this world is too dangerous. Even for your own safety, get vaccinated with various vaccines as quickly as possible!

There was silence below. For a moment, a slender, powerful arm was raised high. Grete looked along the direction of his arm and saw an apprentice from the medical department taking a step forward with a serious face:

"But sir, how are you sure that the acne sera on this cow can be used? - Some cows with similar acne blisters can still get smallpox if applied to humans!"

"Well said." Gretel nodded with a smile. Edward Jenner, the discoverer of the smallpox vaccine, encountered this problem: some cows with pox protected people, but others did not:

"Because the acne blisters on cows are divided into 'real cowpox' and 'false cowpox'. These blisters can all be transmitted to people, and the symptoms are similar, but only 'real cowpox' can provide protection to people. How to distinguish them specifically , I will tell you again after you are all protected."

Cowpox needs to be differentially diagnosed with milkers' nodules, sheep pox, primary cutaneous tuberculosis, and a bunch of other diseases. The way to differentiate depends on symptoms and pathological microscopic examination of the infected area. There is no need to mention this troublesome matter at the vaccine information meeting!

"But it's so troublesome!" The apprentice wrinkled his nose:

"The probability of failure is still very high! Sir, we obviously have a better way!"

"any solution?"

"Of course, during a smallpox epidemic, taking the initiative to get infected——"

What?

Although Grete was prepared to hear a strange answer, at this moment, he still felt a lightning strike above his head. Active infection? This is too dangerous! Although in this magical world, people's way of thinking and behavioral logic are different from those in previous lives, you can't seek death like this!

Before he showed any surprise, he had already heard the second half of the sentence. The apprentice from the medical department looked matter-of-factly:

"Then, use [Remove Disease] to cure yourself!"

! ! !

Logically, in theory, this method is effective...

After getting sick and then recovering, people naturally acquire antibodies. [Removing diseases] is also a way to heal people, and it can guarantee 100% cure for the diseases that this magic can cover.

Compared with cowpox, especially compared with looking for the one that can provide immunity among a bunch of pox blisters similar to cowpox, [removing the disease] is obviously convenient, fast, and highly accurate...

It's just expensive.

Death is expensive.

Grete quickly turned his thoughts around and said with a smile: "So, who can answer me, how much does a bottle of [disease removal] potion cost?"

Seven or eight hands were raised at the same time.

The [Remove Disease] potion, like the [Cure Light Injuries], [Cure Moderate Injuries], and [Cure Severe Injuries] potions, are standard potions stocked in major temples.

As long as there is no major disaster, epidemic, war, etc., resulting in a severe imbalance between supply and demand, the prices of these standard potions will always be stable and unified:

"750 gold coins!"

"I know, it's 750 gold coins!"

As long as there is no catastrophic disaster and the demand rises sharply, whether it is the God of War Temple, the Spring Temple, or the exchange office of the Magic Council, the average price will be listed. Grete continued to smile:

"So, how many families can afford 750 gold coins to provide protection for the whole family?"

The apprentices suddenly became silent. A family, father, mother, two or three children - four bottles of potion is 3000 gold coins, 5 bottles of potion is 3750 gold coins. There are not many people who can casually withdraw more than three thousand gold coins without affecting their family status.

At the very least, these mage apprentices looked at each other and found that at least half of their families couldn't afford the money...

By the way, smallpox is just one type of plague. In addition to smallpox, there are also chickenpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough... If you use [Remove Disease] on all of them, even a wealthy family with several manors and shops can be wiped out of bankruptcy.

If you can't afford it, you have to have someone cast the spell on the spot. However, there is no free knowledge, let alone free spells.

Mentors may be willing to cast spells for apprentices, but each cast will be converted into favors, or converted into longer service time in the mage tower or inner temple.

Calculating it this way, if there is a cheaper solution, maybe, maybe, maybe, it will be quite good...

Thousands of horses were silent below. Grete was confident and continued to ask:

"In addition, how many times can a fifth-level priest release [disease removal] in one day? How many people can he protect during a pandemic?"

The apprentices exchanged glances with each other and were completely speechless.

When there is a pandemic like smallpox, or any kind of plague, tens of thousands of people get sick. If the caster's [Remove Disease] could completely solve the problem, there would be no such thing as plague.

Want to actively get infected when smallpox is prevalent and then use [Remove Disease] to cure yourself?

Either you have money, or you have power... The potion will become ineffective when it expires. Getting help from a spell caster during a great plague is much more difficult than usual.

"So, the value of our work lies here." Gretel raised his head and smiled, his eyes sparkling. He took a few steps, approached the cow, and patted it on the head:

"We can greatly reduce the cost of fighting smallpox to a level that can be operated by first-level spellcasters, apprentices, and even ordinary people. The cost of gaining resistance can be reduced from 750 gold coins to 50 gold coins, or even more Low--"

Grete remembered that when teaching about infectious diseases, the teacher once gossiped that in the United States in 1797, private smallpox vaccination hospitals charged between 10 and 15 pounds for each case. In other words, it should be possible to reduce the cost to less than 10 gold coins.

In fact, the United Kingdom, the country where the smallpox vaccine was born, once promoted compulsory and free vaccination nationwide. In other words, its vaccination cost can be reduced to the point that public finance can afford it...

"We are healers. Our purpose is to take care of the health of the public as much as possible. As much as possible, let this world have fewer diseases and injuries."

Gretel's expression gradually became serious. He raised his head and looked up at the top of the building. Under the sky full of lead clouds, a bright red cross was ringing, as if it was a fire that would never go out.

He opened a hospital and accepted apprentices. He not only wanted people to work, but what he was even more looking forward to was to find companions who were willing to move forward under the guidance of the Red Cross——

Turning his eyes, Miss Annevia, the girl priest of the God of Nature, smiled and nodded to him. Leon Carlos straightened his back and couldn't hide his excitement. Among the new apprentices, most of the temple priests and young people from the medical department have turned red.

Gretel nodded to them:

"Those who want to participate in this project, come here and we will vaccinate them one by one. If you don't want to participate, don't force it. There are other research projects for you. Sign up voluntarily and participate voluntarily. Don't be afraid that you will have nothing to do. I have many projects here -"

Before he finished speaking, the five Necromancer apprentices had already lined up neatly. Behind them, Annevia pushed the nearest priest apprentice and said angrily:

"Hurry up! - You didn't grab the necromancy one!"

Really, it’s embarrassing to the God of Nature, who doesn’t know that the Priest of the God of Nature can fight and run!

Everyone has a herd mentality. The necromancer apprentices rushed to the front, and the medical apprentices followed. Those apprentices from the transformation, control, and protection departments who came to work with letters of introduction also lined up in the queue.

——The master of the mage tower and the director of the medical center will not harm them. Even if it hurts, it won't hurt that much in one go. Isn’t it nice to get a smallpox protection for nothing?

Leon Carlos extracted the serous fluid from the cowpox blister, and Annevia divided it into small vials. Grete rolled up his sleeves and vaccinated the apprentices one by one. While working, he muttered:

"The vaccination is usually done in the upper arm...the deltoid muscle is rich in muscle and is not prone to problems..."

"You need to disinfect first, and the needle insertion angle is perpendicular to the skin..."

"One needle per person, cannot be shared to prevent cross-infection..."

If they don’t understand, just teach them something. Anyway, it is good to memorize this kind of knowledge. In the future, if it is promoted on a large scale, they will have to work as coolies!

After the vaccination was completed, the apprentices exited en masse. Grete breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was about to pack his things, he saw Miss Silver Dragon leaning against the door, half-smiling:

"Gretel, give me one of the vaccinations?"

...Auntie, please stop making trouble! Let’s not talk about whether the dragon will get smallpox. The injection needle in my hand can’t penetrate your scales!

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