I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 974 The Father of French Preventive Medicine
This top French doctor, the inventor of the famous "percussion method", threw himself into this cause without hesitation after learning about the Crown Prince's grand plan to promote national medical care.

Seeing that this man was very enthusiastic about his work, Joseph simply appointed him as the director of the Medical and Health Bureau.

And Corvisat lived up to expectations. After taking office, he immediately used his influence in the academic world to gather together famous doctors and pharmacists from all over Paris. In just over 20 days, he compiled the first edition of the "Operation Manual for Quasi-Doctors".

Beside him, Perna was also looking at the Crown Prince expectantly.

She is also one of the important contributors to the Manual.

However, as Joseph continued to flip through the manual, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, but after reading for a while, he began to laugh again.

This thing is more of a guide to witchcraft than a guide to practicing medicine.

For example, there is a herb called "Marigold" that is mentioned repeatedly in the "Manual", which is simply a magic pill.

From diuretics and sedatives to external compresses on wounds and then to soaking in wine to treat plague, they are all effective!
What lavender is used for to treat infections.

What peppermint is used for to treat gastrointestinal disorders.

What mercury is used to treat syphilis...

Joseph felt that these doctors used whatever they could get their hands on.

As for the efficacy?
After all, God is there to back us up.

Fortunately, due to Perna's repeated insistence, there was no mention of bloodletting therapy in the manual.

Of course, the manual also contains scientific and effective content such as cinchona bark for treating malaria, ya tablet tincture for pain relief, and "the Crown Prince's Blessing" for treating pneumonia.

It was not until Joseph read the article "Diagnosis and Treatment of Smallpox" that he could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.

Without going into the diagnosis, the recommended treatment for smallpox is:

Mix xx amount of horse manure and mouse tail, crush them, wrap them in red cloth, soak them in water and drink them. Soaking them in wine will have a better effect.

It was later added that since smallpox was "God's punishment", one should pray devoutly after drinking the medicine...

The expressions of Kvisat and Perna began to become unnatural.

"Your Highness, is there something wrong?"

Joseph really wanted to reply to them, "It's almost wrong," but considering not dampening their enthusiasm for work, he said seriously, "For example, regarding the method of treating smallpox, do you have any experience of curing patients with this 'medicine'?"

To his surprise, Kvisat nodded without hesitation: "Yes, Your Highness. I used this medicine to save three smallpox patients last year."

Joseph was stunned. What? Horse manure + rat tails cured smallpox?
He immediately patted his forehead. Yes, smallpox can be cured on its own.

He then asked, "How many people have used this medicine and it didn't work?"

Kvisat said without hesitation: "More than ten. But you know, smallpox is very difficult to treat, so this cure rate is not low."

Joseph sighed and looked at Perna: "Do you remember the double-blind experimental method I mentioned to you?"

The doctor nodded.

Joseph asked again: "Has this drug been subjected to a double-blind experiment?"

Perna said cautiously: "Your Highness, this is a prescription that has been proven to be effective, so..."

Joseph held his forehead again. Where does your confidence come from?

Speaking of smallpox, he suddenly remembered the truly effective treatment, and immediately looked at Kovisat and said, "Do you know about the method of vaccinating against smallpox?"

"Cowpox?" the latter hesitated, "Do you mean 'vaccination against smallpox'?

"This treatment, which came from the East... some people did believe it worked, but the more authoritative theory was that it only gave healthy people smallpox."

Joseph was slightly startled and asked hurriedly, "Don't you know 'cowpox'? It is to inoculate pus from cows infected with smallpox into humans."

Kvisat's eyes widened and he shook his head: "I've never heard of this."

Perna also shook her head.

Joseph's eyes lit up. Could it be that "cowpox vaccination" had not been invented yet in that era?
In fact, British doctor Edward Jenner had already begun trying to vaccinate humans against cowpox two years ago, and his son was the first person to be vaccinated.

However, due to the lack of theoretical support and the fact that the pus from sick cows was too uncomfortable to feed to humans, he never published his research results publicly.

Historically, it was two years later that he finally confirmed that cowpox could also immunize people against smallpox and began to promote it. It was not until the early 19th century that this treatment was widely accepted in Britain.

And now, this achievement will definitely belong to France.

Joseph knew very well that 60,000 to 70,000 people died of smallpox in France every year, and more than 100,000 people were disfigured by it.

Currently, the most effective prevention method is "vaccination" - implanting the pus from the blisters of a smallpox patient who is about to recover into a healthy person.

Since this was a genuine human smallpox virus, many healthy people died directly after being vaccinated. This led to no one being willing to be vaccinated against “human smallpox”.

But "cowpox" is different.

This thing is of the same family as human smallpox, but its ability to infect humans is very poor, allowing people to gain immunity without becoming ill.

Joseph immediately instructed Kvisat: "Please organize people immediately to conduct the 'cowpox vaccination' experiment. That is, to implant the pus from the sick cow into the human body."

The latter was immediately shocked and said: "Your Highness, how can this be possible? That is a cow."

"Please believe me." Joseph had to resort to the old method and made the sign of the cross on his chest, "This is all God's revelation.

"If you have any concerns, I can pick some inmate volunteers from the prison for your experiment."

Kvisat was still hesitating, but Perna nodded and said, "Okay, Your Highness, I will help Mr. Kvisat complete the experiment."

She had never missed the knowledge that the prince had taught her, and she firmly believed that he had truly received revelations from God.

Joseph knew nothing about vaccination, so he could only explain the concept once, and the rest was left to the professionals.

Well, those things in time-travel novels where the protagonist immediately catches a sick cow and feeds it to people are just a joke.

How to select sick cows? What kind of pus to use? How much to measure? Do you need to dilute it? How to deal with people with different physical conditions?

This requires a lot of experiments to be determined, otherwise it would be a disregard for human life.

He discussed the vaccination with the two doctors in front of him for a while. After hearing that the method of vaccination was to cut the skin with a knife and drip the pus into it, he immediately shook his head and said, "Haven't we already started producing syringes? Why are we still using the cutting method to vaccinate?"

Kvisat blinked in confusion. "A syringe? What is that?"

(End of this chapter)