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Chapter 10 Sandalwood Scent

Like other cases, these two cases do not record the patient's name and origin, nor have specific dates, but some clues can still be found from some details.

According to the records in the case, the adult man was "not confused", that is, he was about forty years old, which is different from those in the past. Previous cases had the specific age of the patients, but this did not, "not confused" was a very general concept.

For traditional Chinese medicine, the specific age of the patient has a great impact on diagnosis and treatment and medication. If the patient's specific age can be known, the master would never use this vague statement. It can be seen that the master could not determine the specific age of the other party at that time.

In addition, the case also records that the adult man said "Why can't speak urgently, blood will overflow his mouth and nose." This sentence means that as long as the person speaks too much, or speaks too fast, he will vomit blood. This shows that the adult man was able to speak at that time. Since he can speak, why can't the master determine his specific age?

Regarding this person's symptoms, the master's record is that "frequent coughing and vomiting blood, shortness of breath, swollen face, numb hands and feet, and repeated pulling of long hair to resist headaches."

The master is an older generation, and the words used to record medical records and cases are relatively simple. However, Wu Zhongyuan has been familiar with his habit of memorizing for many years and has keenly found another clue from this passage. This man would pull his hair and have long hair when he had an unbearable headache. This was something he ignored before. He recalled carefully that the corpse he saw in the coffin that day was indeed long hair.

Regarding the disease this person suffers from, the master used the method of elimination, first eliminating common coughs, and then eliminating asthma and asthma, because the person's condition did not worsen when he lie down, and then eliminating tuberculosis, which is because the person is not thin.

Finally, it was concluded that this person had a lung disease, which is what is called lung cancer at this time.

The medicines used were raw astragalus, raw Atractylodes macrocephala, dried almonds, asters, winter flowers, earthworms, ephedra and raw licorice. After taking the medicine, they found that there was a slight improvement.

I took it again the next day, and the wheezing was slightly smoother, but the coughing of blood was still the same."

The master took three doses of medicine in total. This shows that this person received three days of treatment after meeting the master. The case records that "When Chen and Hai, the symptoms slow down, and when Shen and Yin, the symptoms worsen." This also shows that during the treatment period, the master kept staying with this person, otherwise it would be impossible to observe so carefully.

The master did not record the final result of the treatment, but based on the three medicines that have been increasing and decreasing the herbs and dosage, the master did not find an effective treatment in the end.

Then there is a record of the eight-month-old baby. If nothing unexpected happens, the eight-month-old baby should be him. Regarding the age of the baby, the master's record is "about eight months of teeth", which means that the master judges his age based on the teeth he just grew, and it is not known from the adult man.

Since this adult man can speak and stayed with his master for three days, why didn’t the two sides communicate? Could it be that this adult man is a lunatic?

If you think about it carefully, this possibility is not great, because if you are a lunatic, the master will not fail to mark the case.

His symptoms were very similar to that of the adult man, but the symptoms were not that serious. The master did not state what disease he had, but wrote down the name and dosage of herbs used to calm the lungs and coughs.

From this point, we can see that the master was very confused at the time because he had the same symptoms as the adult man. The master diagnosed the adult man with lung cancer, but the cancer was not contagious. In other words, the master may have known later that his diagnosis of the adult man may not be correct.

After carefully reading these two cases, Wu Zhongyuan became more and more confused. The clues that were stripped from the case were very fragmented. First, he appeared with the man in the coffin back then.

Second, I was only eight months old at that time.

The third useful clue is that the man lived for three more days after meeting his master. He could speak, but did not communicate with his master.

Fourth, this man and he both had the same disease at that time.

Also, this man was wearing clothes when he met his master, because there was a saying in his case, "The collar of the clothes is covered with blood, which should be left behind twice vomiting of blood." Since there is a collar, there are naturally clothes.

Since this man was wearing clothes at that time, why did he get buried in a naked body when he died? Could it be that the master was worried that it was an infectious disease and burned his clothes?

If you think about it carefully, it is not right, because it is no difference between burning and burying people, and burying them naked is disrespectful to the deceased.

The dormitory was very quiet. Wu Zhongyuan tried hard to sort out many clues in his mind, but the clues were not only fragmentary, but also strange and full of doubts. The master did not mention anything abnormal about the man's appearance in the case, which was not in line with common sense, because if the master knew that the man had a bird beak, it would be impossible to treat him as an ordinary person.

Moreover, although the master is a Taoist priest, he is not very brave. If this person has a beak, he will definitely be frightened.

Unfortunately, Master does not have the habit of writing diaries. Now there are only cases rather than diaries. The clues are incomplete and fragmented, and it is difficult to connect them.

It was not good to be kept in the dark. The more he couldn't think of the reason, the more he was, the more he was more anxious to find out the truth. However, there were not enough clues. No matter how he wanted to break the head, he could not come up with a reasonable answer.

Thinking is very tiring, and focusing thinking is even more tiring. Soon Wu Zhongyuan became tired and drowsy and wanted to sleep.

He always had to take off his clothes when he was sleeping, and sat up and unbuttoned his clothes. At this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed. Although the master did not specify what clothes he was wearing at that time, there was a saying, "There is a strange fragrance in the swaddling clothes, which should be used to calm the spirit.'

He didn't remember what his swaddle clothes looked like, and he had never heard from his master, but one thing he had an impression was that there were a few purple patches on his mosquito net cloth, which had a fragrance that could repel mosquitoes.

My senior brother's mosquito net was taken to the mine by his senior brother a few years ago. He probably threw it away long ago. He wanted to go to school and could not bring patched mosquito nets, so the mosquito nets he used before were still left at home.

The patches on the mosquito net are part of his swagger in that year, which is also a very important clue.

Thinking of this, I was overjoyed, but the overjoyed soon turned into annoyance, because he suddenly remembered that his home had been demolished. It had been seven or eight days since then, and the ruins might have been taken away by someone.

Thinking of this, I could not sleep anywhere, and I could not wait until dawn, so I put on my shoes and ran downstairs.

It was already late at night, and he didn't walk around the door, climbed up the wall from the west, used light skills, and ran south.

After running a few miles, I suddenly remembered something. Oh no, there are surveillance monitors everywhere now. If you run so fast, it will be difficult to explain if you are photographed by the surveillance monitor.

He has money now, but he is reluctant to use it, so he still climbs the car to the intersection, and is worried all the way until he reaches the foot of the mountain and sees the pile of ruins.

You have to practice qi when practicing kung fu. People who practice qi can see things clearly at night without lighting, so they search directly from the ruins. Fortunately, the mosquito net is still there, and the two patches are also there. Tear off and put them together to smell it. It is the smell of sandalwood. But over the years, the fragrance is not so strong.

On the way back, I took a bus and brought three packs of apricots. After getting on the bus, I gave the driver one pack first. I was stunned in the car that day and sent it to the hospital.

When he arrived at the county town, he called Lin Qingming again and wanted to send him apricots to eat, but Lin Qingming was not in the county and accompanied his boss to the capital on a business trip.

After putting down the phone, he went to Huang Ping's factory where she worked and asked Huang Ping for her and gave her a pack of apricots.

Lin Qingming was not here, so he had a pack more. After thinking about it, he went to the hospital and looked for Dean Wang. Last time, he confiscated medical expenses and sent a car to take him back. Thank you.

Dean Wang did not expect that Wu Zhongyuan would take the initiative to find him. When he saw him, he politely sent away the guests who were receiving them and welcomed him in enthusiastically.

Sometimes, people only value an attitude. Dean Wang has never seen any gifts, but he is still very happy to see Wu Zhongyuan send Xingzi. This shows that this young man is a polite person and a kind person.

Before Wu Zhongyuan could speak, Dean Wang took the initiative to talk about blood. The blood test has not yet made any progress. In order to avoid affecting Wu Zhongyuan's life, Dean Wang did not conduct a more detailed test from China, but instead entrusts a classmate abroad to take a few blood samples abroad. Since the foreign test, there has been no response yet.

However, there has been progress on the tattoos on Wu Zhongyuan. The dragon head tattoo on Wu Zhongyuan is very different from the common dragon shapes in modern times, and it is not similar to it. However, a scholar friend who Dean Wang knew has seen similar dragon-shaped patterns.

Dean Wang took out his cell phone, opened the album, and handed it to Wu Zhongyuan, "You can take a look at it yourself and flip it back, there are several pictures."

Wu Zhongyuan took the phone and looked at it carefully. The photo showed a bronze ware that he could not call him a name, with a dragon cast on it. This was a complete dragon. Looking at the dragon head, it was indeed somewhat similar to his tattoo, but it was not exactly the same.

"This is a bronze sacrificial cup from the Shang Dynasty." Dean Wang said.

Wu Zhongyuan returned the phone to Dean Wang, "It looks a bit like it, but the dragon beard and dragon horn are not very similar, and the eyes are not very similar. The dragon on it has eyes larger than mine."

"You are right," Dean Wang nodded, "I have compared it carefully, and there are indeed differences, but overall it is still very similar. In order not to affect your normal life, I am not inconvenient to further expand the scope of the insider, so it is impossible to verify on a large scale. In a short period of time, it is not possible to determine which era of these two patterns is older."

"Thank you, Dean Wang." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Dean Wang waved his hand, "You'll finish the exam, how are you doing this?"

"It's OK." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Dean Wang knew some of Wu Zhongyuan's situation and took the initiative to say, "If there is no other arrangement, why not come to the hospital for a few days of short-term work and get in touch with society in advance."

"Thank you, Dean Wang." Wu Zhongyuan stood up and thanked.

Dean Wang raised his hand and signaled him to sit down, "What kind of work do you like to do?"

"As long as you don't go to the morgue to watch, you can do anything else." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Hahaha," said Dean Wang, "The hospital morgues are all locked, so there is no need to watch the night. This is how you can arrange for you to command the parking."

All Wu Zhongyuan could do was to thank him again.

Dean Wang picked up the phone on the table and called the inside number, "Is there a place to live?"

"I still live in school." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"The school is too far away from here. Move here and I will arrange a place for you." Speaking of this, the phone call on the other end was connected. Dean Wang briefly said a few words to the other party, hung up the phone and said to Wu Zhongyuan, "You go to the eighth floor to find Chief Gao, and he will make arrangements for you."

Wu Zhongyuan thanked him and stood up, hesitated for a moment, and walked out.

"Is there anything else?" Dean Wang asked.

Wu Zhongyuan stopped and turned around, "Director Wang, I have something here. Can you find someone to test it for me?"

"What?" asked Dean Wang.

Wu Zhongyuan walked back to the table and took out a patch, "This."

Dean Wang took the patch and looked carefully, "The fabric hospital cannot test it. What is this? Where did it come from?"

"This is what I wrapped on my quilt when I was a child." Wu Zhongyuan said.

When Dean Wang heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to find a place to test."

"It's okay, you're busy with yours, I'm not in a hurry." Wu Zhongyuan felt a little embarrassed.

"You don't have to worry, I'm in a hurry. I haven't had a good sleep these days." Dean Wang pulled out the door.

Passing the eighth floor, Dean Wang personally went to explain to Chief Gao, and then took Wu Zhongyuan downstairs, got on the car, and said to the driver, "Go to the Botanical Research Institute."

After the car started, Wu Zhongyuan said again, "Dean Wang, I still have a question to ask you."

"You said." Dean Wang was still looking at the patch.

"There is a disease that causes coughing and vomiting blood when attacked, shortness of breath, swollen face, and paralysis of hands and feet. What kind of disease is this?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"According to your description, this should be an acute respiratory disease." Dean Wang answered casually.

"If you hurt, you can't help but grab your hair." Wu Zhongyuan added.

Dean Wang frowned slightly, and he thought hard but did not respond.

Seeing that his supplements failed to provide further judgment for Dean Wang, Wu Zhongyuan also said, "The symptoms of this disease can be relieved at 90 o'clock in the morning and 90 o'clock in the evening, and will be worsened at 34 o'clock in the afternoon and 34 o'clock in the morning."

"Insufficient oxygen acquisition," Dean Wang immediately made an accurate judgment. "This disease is directly related to the change in air pressure within a day, and also to the altitude. If the people here appear directly on Mount Everest, the situation you mentioned will occur."

"Is there any other possibility except for the altitude relationship?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.
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