Afterwards, perhaps in order to make Charles II detoxify, these imperial physicians took laxatives while taking the blood released was still hot.

Just when Charles II vomited and had diarrhea, the group of imperial doctors used cinnamon, fennel, beetroot, salt and other ingredients to prepare "potions" and began to give Charles II an enema, and it was filled every two hours for a full five days.

Maybe it's for detoxification.

At this time, Charles II was very "transparent". After all, he released so much "poisonous blood", which was both vomiting and enema.

Unfortunately, under the treatment of the twelve imperial doctors, the king's condition did not improve.

But it doesn't matter, you can hold it. After all, the imperial doctor is the imperial doctor. It is impossible to only rely on one move to treat diseases. This way is not clear, so just find another method.

If the above operation is for detoxification, then the next operation is somewhat "mysterious".

The doctors shaved the king's head and then used a red soldering iron to destroy the king's scalp.

As soon as the scalp is permed, blood blisters appear, and the doctor squeezes out the blisters. At the same time, he smears pigeon feces on the soles of the king's feet. Finally, he stuffs sneeze powder into the king's nostrils and applies hot ointment all over his body.

Do you think this is over?

However, it did not.

Because European barbers at that time also paid attention to internal and external use. Perming pigeon feces and applying plasters on scalp can only be considered external use, isn’t there any internal use?

The doctors used the skull of the corpse to grind into powder and added laxatives. Yes, it was laxatives, and quoted to the king - what an excellent prescription, with a hint of common Western magic. After careful consideration, it seemed that there was a hint of truth.

Finally, hard work pays off. Charles II, who had only had a slight stroke, finally passed away on February 6, 1685 after the rescue of twelve imperial physicians. It can be said that this king could live for so long after the careful treatment of imperial physicians. I have to sigh at the tenacity of his vitality.

And at the last moment of the king, his last words expressed his gratitude to the doctor: I am very sorry, I have troubled everyone for so long, thank you for your hard work...

However, this is already Western medicine in the late seventeenth century - as early as the fourteenth century, doctors' methods of treating the Black Death were even more magical.

When the Black Death first appeared, the European medical community was helpless about this new disease with rapid development.

The famous doctor Shauliak worked in the Catholic Church at that time. The disease course record he wrote in 1348 became a classic text for later generations to study the Black Death in Europe. He proposed that the Black Death has two manifestations. The first appears within the first two months of the outbreak. Usually the patient will die within three days of the onset of the disease, and the second will die within five days of the onset of the disease.

If we look at these two aspects, the course records written by Dr. Sholiak are indeed classic, but for treatment methods, his suggestions include: cleaning the air with fire; cleaning yourself with agave pills; peeling figs and cooked onions, mixing yeast and butter to soften the surface abscess; sootheing the heart with senna and other good smells; relaxing the mood with red clay produced in Armenia, and the universal health care method - bloodletting.

Yes, it is still a universal bloodletting therapy. However, compared with other doctors' treatment plans, this may be considered a relatively reliable solution. After all, it involves a variety of purification and disinfection measures (regardless of the effect for the time being).

Most of the prescriptions for the Black Death prescribed by other doctors are as follows: onions, snakes, and pigeons are cooked and chopped into the affected area, drink vinegar, laxatives, sweet wine, and barley soup to stew gold foil.

As for the more ridiculous things, there is also: drinking "detoxification syrup" made of arsenic and mercury, holy water must be absent, and gems such as gypsum or jade are used, which are called "Miracle Stones".

Apart from internal and external use, surgery is naturally indispensable.

In terms of surgery, in addition to common bloodletting therapy, there is also a pus and blood squeezed out the lymph gland swelling and then burning the wound with a soldering iron to stop bleeding.

With such medical skills, it is no wonder that the 14th-century French writer Gene Vovassa complained: "Doctors need three precious qualities: they can lie, pretend to be sincere, and have a strong heart that can cure patients without any blame."

However, even if ancient Western doctors lie, pretend to be sincere, they will cure the patient to death without any blame, these messy methods obviously cannot deal with the Black Death.

Since medicine cannot cure the Black Death, then try metaphysics?

For example, if you don’t take a bath, let dust cover the entire body and prevent diseases from entering the body, you will naturally not get sick?

For example, the "treatment method" that whips patients and prays for God's grace. Anyway, the treatment cannot be cured. It is better to ask God for help. What if it works?

Venice in the 15th century even published a schematic diagram indicating the zodiac signs corresponding to different parts of the human body, which are used to guide the bloodletting method for treating different symptoms...

It is also because of this that from the mid-14th to the sixteenth century, the Black Death broke out almost every 10 years in Europe.

In the past few hundred years, European old Western doctors have actively compiled more than 300 medical monographs on the Black Death. There are many different opinions on the cause of the Black Death outbreak, and there has never been a conclusion. As for how to prevent and treat it, it is even more bizarre.

The only useful discovery is probably quarantine, and "escape quickly, escape far away, come back later."

Of course, even if you summarize these two points, there is actually no use for birds.

In 1664, London, England, which had a higher degree of urbanization compared to other European regions, fell into the pit of the Black Death again.

By implementing the historical experience of "quick escape", the nobles and wealthy people first fled the city of London, and then the middle class who had real estate in the countryside also ran away, and even some clergy from the diocese ran away, which made the people feel betrayed - fortunately, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London and the Mayor of London insisted on staying.

A few months after the outbreak, the House of Lords discussed epidemic prevention measures only passed two decrees: prohibiting the construction of plague hospitals in wealthy areas; and prohibiting the segregation of aristocrats.

Too many people in charge ran away, and the city government was on the verge of paralysis, and could not do anything except publish a guide to the Black Death. The treatment plans in the guide did not improve much compared to the 14th century, such as "24 grams of a unicorn's horn" and "3 coins of opium and brandy".

Of course, such expensive and rare prescriptions are not affordable by ordinary people anyway, so the lower-class people can only save themselves. Small vendors dare not contact coins directly. If you buy things, please throw copper plates into bottles filled with water. The house must be smoked with rosemary, vinegar and pine branches, and even letters must be smoked before you can touch it. This has caused the price of rosemary to soar, from buying one shilling one big handful to six shilling one small handful.

The deacon of St. Dorston Parish Henry Dorsett recorded the use of funds in his diocese in fifteen-one records the grassroots work of the St. Dorston Parish Committee leading the masses to fight the epidemic:

"Kupal also serves as the gatekeeper, 4 shillings per week" (Kupal was originally the person in charge of distributing relief food in this parish. During the Black Death period, once someone in a household was infected, the police team would ask the blacksmith to lock the door of the house, and paint the red cross on the door with red paint, warning the neighbors not to get close. The parish would also hire gatekeepers to guard families with patients to prevent them from breaking out)

"Pay blacksmith Gael chains, padlocks, and installation fees, three shillings and two pence."

"The key to the Andrew's widow's padlock was handed over to the gatekeeper Dudley."

"Widows Brig and Manden serve as searchers, two shillings a week." (The searchers are responsible for entering the family with patients every day to see if the patient has died. The work risk is high, and generally employing poor widows with high salaries. They are also responsible for bringing basic food and water to the quarantined families)

"Widow Brigg found that Andrew's widow was dead and his adopted son was still alive. Keep locking it up."

"Andrew's adopted son is dead, and he sent a total of one shilling for food and water, a shilling for coffin, and a shilling for the gravedigger Penny."

"Penny, the gravedigger, and his wife and two young sons are isolated. The grave digging work in this parish is handed over to Penny's eldest son."

"The two young sons of the gravedigger Penny are dead, and Joseph buried his younger brothers."

"The gatekeeper Kupall has been quarantined and paid the blacksmith Gail padlock one shilling sixpence."

"Blacksmith Gale is quarantined."

"The gravedigger Joseph is dead."

In the end, Joseph, the last gravedigger who could not escape the disaster, died in the last two months of the plague. Dosette's account only recorded Joseph's death. At that time, the situation in London was no longer possible to bury the dead alone, and the body could only be thrown into one of the five mass graves dug out in the parish.

The Black Death in London was in 1665, and the European doctors in Yongle for twenty-one years...

Yang Shaofeng couldn't help laughing: "Don't say that he is a doctor in the future."

After listening to Jiang Xinlong's translation, Gegewu was particularly dissatisfied and even felt a little aggrieved: "Why? I have cured many patients, and only three or four out of ten are not cured. I mainly like to summon them, and I have no choice."

Regarding this question about Gegewu, Jiang Xinlong was too lazy to translate, but directly told Gegewu the answer: "Treat ten people and kill three or four people. This is no longer a question of whether to be mediocre or not, but a question that the patient's family will beat you to death!

Also, don’t say that your medical skills are already very good in your place. You can find a doctor in the Ming Dynasty better than you. You can’t be considered a doctor at all! You understand!"

"Then I want to learn the medical skills of the Ming Dynasty!"

Gegewu immediately changed his attitude: "I don't want to shave my head for the rest of my life. I want to be a doctor!"

Yang Shaofeng was about to nod, but Zhu Gaosui's face turned dark: "What doctor is you? Just tell me about the matter about the New World, and follow me to find the New World!"
Chapter completed!