Chapter 476 Magic Accelerates Vaccine Research

What? Can smallpox virus infect cattle?

The eyes of several archmages lit up.

It cannot be infected, which means that this path is wrong, which means that if you use this method to get cowpox, you will either not be able to get it, or...

Or, it was made of, God knows what.

If the Glorious Holy See really jumps into this trap, then...that would be great!

But the problem is-

"cannot?"

"you sure?"

"How did you know?"

"Why?"

Of the eight judges, plus Archmage Edgar, four or five people blurted out. Gretel's smile froze, and cold sweat broke out:

Oh no!

Oh no!

Said too fast!

Smallpox and cowpox are not the same virus at all - wait, in this world, the concept of "virus" has not yet been established - and smallpox cannot infect cattle. It is just because the two viruses have similar structures that they are produced after infection with cowpox. Antibodies can also fight against smallpox——

There is no concept of "antibodies" in this world!

There is no way to explain this!

Just kill me!

"I'm sure! Carlos did experiments!"

Grete answered quickly.

Fortunately, okay, Carlos's experimental records show that he has done experiments in this area...

This young necromancer, in the process of searching for cowpox, tried to infect cows with the pox pulp of smallpox patients. Of course, you can fail dozens of times.

With this record, it is enough to deal with the doubts of the archmages.

As for why...

"I don't know why. Anyway, the results of the experiment are like this!"

Grete suppressed her guilt and answered with her head held high. The reason is not straight, and the anger is extremely strong:

Well, anyway, our understanding of the world starts with observation, and then we study the principles in depth. I’m definitely not the only one who only knows the appearance but doesn’t know the reason!

This explanation was generally accepted. Then, Grete saw the sight of a quasi-war machine in action:

"How many cows do you want? - 20 cows first? No problem! Before tomorrow night, they will be delivered together with the cowshed, pasture and people who will take care of the cows!"

"How many mad dogs are needed? Ten? Are the first batch of ten enough? No problem! And 100 rabbits? To operate the cryogenic freezing magic circle? They will be there before 8 o'clock tonight!"

"You need operators? It's okay. The plague branch will come with ten apprentices first. If there are not enough, we will call more people!"

"You want a subject? Go tell the city hall and call 100 prisoners first!"

"Do you want to expand the research institute? Do you want to build a house? No problem, I'll call someone from the Department of Change and they'll be there in the afternoon!"

After the review meeting gave an order, someone would arrange for Grete any budget forms, personnel and materials. As for himself, he only needs to be busy with one thing:

write thesis.

Write an experiment plan.

The essay on variola is very easy to write. Grete gave a direction and a plan, and then threw it out. Immediately, an unknown apprentice of the Plague School pounced on him with all his heart——

There are already ready-made topics to choose from!

There is a general structure!

It can also be recommended for publication, and the quality of the journal will not be low!

All you need to do is search for information and fill in the content. Where can you find such good things?

Apprentices like them can't even get one article after struggling for a year!

The other apprentices looked at him with envy and jealousy. Gretel clapped his hands:

"Don't rob, don't rob! Everyone works hard on the project. As long as those who contribute highly will come back, there will definitely be a second or third game!"

Well, things like attenuated rabies vaccines require papers and experimental data before they can be distributed. Grete, come on!

Of course, before starting research and development, Gretel has to teach these apprentices how to obtain the brain, spinal cord, etc. of a rabid dog...

"Wear protective clothing! Wash your hands! Wear gloves! Don't scratch the skin. Once it is scratched, come to me immediately to release the treatment! Don't let the scratched skin be contaminated by mad dogs!"

Alas, luckily there is healing in this world. If not, the apprentice who accidentally cuts his hand will have to get out immediately and will not be allowed to participate in research and development until he recovers...

And, fortunately, this is a group of mage necromancy apprentices, all of whom have dissection experience. Grete was very worried about switching to those of the evocation or conjuration system, and had to teach them how to hold a scalpel.

Necromancy mages are really useful.

The necromancy sect is indeed the sect closest to a surgeon.

certainly. Regarding aseptic operation, we still have to teach it from scratch...

Grete divided the apprentices in the rabies team into three groups, with three people in each group, to deal with the brain, spinal cord, and saliva of the mad dog respectively.

Inject directly; inject after natural drying: use [Thirst Touch] to dry and then inject; naturally freeze and then inject, use [Freeze Ray] to freeze and then inject, freeze-dry and then inject...

Then, observe how the rabbit is doing.

"Sir, the rabbit is okay!"

"Sir, my rabbit here is also alive and well!"

"Sir, is the method we used wrong? Should we let the mad dog bite the rabbit directly?"

A large number of questions suddenly flooded in front of Grete. Gretel was calm and composed:

"Don't worry, the onset won't happen that quickly."

"There's no rush, there's an incubation period."

"Let a mad dog bite a rabbit? Are you kidding? The rabbit hasn't gotten sick yet and has already been bitten to death!"

etc……

Gretel's men suddenly paused.

It took Pasteur five years to develop a rabies vaccine, and a lot of time was spent on iterating the virus.

But, maybe this magical world can be sped up?

"Bring some infected rabbits!" he shouted. Soon, a row of rabbit cages moved in front of Gretel, and he recalled the relevant spell models:

"Plague Technique!"

"Plague Technique!"

"Plague Technique!"

"...Sir, something seems wrong with this rabbit!"

Gretel breathed a sigh of relief.

Among the necromancy magics, there are special disease spells that can infect healthy subjects with diseases or accelerate the onset of the disease.

Although it is a damaging spell, it is just right for use here.

"Wait until the rabbit becomes sick and dies, then use its extract to infect new rabbits and keep them naturally to see if they get sick!"

If the disease occurs, it means that [Epidemic Technique] has indeed accelerated the onset of rabies and has not mixed it with other diseases.

Next, all sick rabbits can be accelerated like this!

Fortunately, after five or six days of raising the rabbits, all the sick rabbits in the second iteration showed symptoms of rabies. After confirming this, Grete's vaccine development was accelerated.

"Plague Technique!"

"Plague Technique!"

"This one is no longer good, let's take it and dissect it!"

"This one seems to be less sick..."

"Choose those who look mildly ill, continue to inject, and continue to iterate!"

"Um...sir, can we eat these rabbits?"

"..."

Although in theory it can still be eaten after it is cooked, what if one of the students does not cook it for enough time and it is not cooked? What if the person eating it happens to have gingivitis?

Gretel decisively drove them all out:

"Burn them all! Infected experimental animals are not allowed to be eaten!"

This morning I escorted the old man to a tertiary hospital for medical treatment... After an online consultation, the doctor judged that it might be shingles. Can you believe that he still wants to postpone it until Monday?

So I'm sorry that I only have 2,000 words in the morning...I'll try to catch up a little more in the afternoon...