The rampant "new coronavirus" today has had a serious national impact on our daily lives. In the Qing Dynasty, more than 300 years ago, such infectious diseases occurred.
At that time, the "smallpox" virus swept across the entire Qing . Both emperors of the Qing dynasty died of smallpox virus. This rampant and terrible vicious infectious disease seriously affected the population of the Qing people.
So the imperial court issued many laws, once the epidemic occurs, the epidemic area will be immediately blocked and infected and uninfected people will be isolated in areas.
Kangxi Healed himself after being infected with smallpox in childhood
Shunzhi Emperor He had been infected with smallpox virus and had a high fever. Unfortunately, he passed away at the age of 24. Leaving a will, Xuanli, who was only 8 years old at the time, was the later Emperor Kangxi became the crown prince and inherited the throne.
Kangxi had smallpox when he was young. At that time, Kangxi's mother Tong Jia's was anxious, but because smallpox is contagious, the imperial physicians had no choice but to rely on Kangxi's own tenacious willpower to fight the virus.
Through this incident, Kangxi was well aware of the harm caused by the smallpox virus, so after he succeeded to the throne, he began to solve the problem of smallpox.
What is smallpox
This virus that causes human death has a long history. It first appeared in about 3,000 to 4,000 years ago , spread through droplets and is extremely contagious. After infection with
, it will cause a variety of complications in the human body and cause death, but if people who have recovered from smallpox will not be infected with this virus again. However, after recovery, the patient will leave pockmarks, so this virus is called "smallopsis".
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In the Qing Dynasty hundreds of years ago, this technology was not available, so several of Kangxi's children died early when they were young due to smallpox infection.
This made Kangxi very sad. In addition to being sad, he ordered his imperial doctors to find a way to cure smallpox.
develops a wonderful method to cure smallpox
Kangxi was an enlightened king of a generation. During his reign, he was exposed to Western medicine and learned about the various treatment methods of Western medicine, and was very interested.
So, he recruited Western missionaries and built a laboratory in the palace to provide a place for missionaries to make Western medicine, and to observe and learn in person.
In this Western-style building with red walls and green tiles, I don’t know how many drugs developed by Kangxi have been born.
At that time, smallpox was still a problem that had plagued the royal family for a long time. Not only was their children dying due to illness, but the common people in the world also often had a huge impact due to the smallpox epidemic.
Kangxi thought at this time that if traditional Chinese medicine that has been passed down for thousands of years cannot cure smallpox, then why not try Western medicine to cure it?
So Kangxi found a missionary to ask if there was a way to cure smallpox. The missionary regretted that the West had not developed a medicine that could cure smallpox.
But Kangxi did not give up. After searching continuously, Kangxi found out a saying: " acne " treatment method .
This method is to remove the scabs produced by the "acne" on people infected with smallpox, grind them into powder, and then suck the powder into the nose to complete the acne treatment.
recruits palace maids for experiments
In fact, this method is similar to our modern vaccines. After the virus is implanted, the human body will produce antibodies.
So Kangxi ordered the acne experiment to launch . He summoned 30 palace maids in the palace. These html girls are all healthy, have never had smallpox, and are relatively young.
Kangxi ordered people to conduct acne tests according to the method of acne injection. They were arranged in a remote and vast harem desolate place to ensure isolation from the outside world. The imperial physicians often come to observe and record the reactions and symptoms of the palace maids.
During the acne experiment, these palace maids showed different states. Some of them were the same as when Kangxi was young, with high fevers.
also felt a little sore and exhausted all over. Some palace maids covered with thick quilts, and still felt very cold and shivered from time to time.
A month later, 4 of the 1730 palace maids unfortunately died of smallpox virus, and the remaining 26 palace maids gradually recovered and finally survived . News like
made Kangxi very excited. In order to ensure the accuracy of the experiment, Kangxi summoned palace maids and eunuchs to conduct experiments many times. After a long period of unremitting efforts, he finally developed the final acne treatment.
is promoted to the public to benefit the people
So Kangxi ordered the imperial physician to vaccinate the princes according to this method, and the folk doctors also used acne to be consumed according to the method reported.
With the popularization of this effective method for preventing smallpox, the infection rate of smallpox in the Qing Dynasty since Kangxi Province was greatly reduced.
The disease that was previously incurable was prevented and treated in advance, and the people were grateful to Kangxi for his contribution to the smallpox virus.
