142 Episode 141: The Beginning of Modern Medicine
side: Kuyuan Yima
I hear the rainy season has dawned.
There is no intense heat like the original world, but the summer of the warring nations has arrived.
In Ozhang, territorial checkpoints and demographic surveys are in progress, and reports from people who have checked various locations are gathering in Chingzhou Castle. Right now, all the clerks are putting it together in a clean book.
"This is good. I can see."
Mr. Jing Soo, who binds all the clerks, but recently I tried to give him glasses because he was blurry that he looked like an old eye and had difficulty seeing the letters.
He seemed happy. Above all.
It's popular in the original world, and even contact lenses are things, but their history is old.
In Europe, glasses appear to have been invented in the thirteenth century, and they also exist in this era. They say missionaries will bring them to Japan by example, so they won't mind us bringing them in.
One of these days, we need to produce glass. Glass is selling for a high price, and I want windows and stuff. It seems that Japan used to manufacture glass, but I've never seen the current situation. Looks like the manufacturing method has been interrupted.
You should start producing glasses by spreading them as imports along with glasses of glass.
And then I want binoculars, microscopes and telescopes early.
Binoculars and such are invented around the end of the sixteenth century. Nearly half a century early, but it would be within the margin of error more than having glasses.
Let the sneakers try the binoculars and the telescope, will the microscope be used in the hospital? I guess this one has to be invented from glasses at Kuyuan's house. And binoculars, telescopes, are going to be a big deal if you don't order 'Never Look at the Days'. Of course, I'll explain why, but I rarely give orders, so gravity, you'll understand.
"I don't want to show Nagorno to the South Barbarians."
"It's not weird to come anytime. We should hurry up the construction of the port town of Krabby River. And to your lord and young lady, it's time to talk about the dangers of the South Barbarians."
I thought I'd give Mr. Jing-su my glasses, but I don't want to show Naguno's blast furnace or ranch to the Nanbans.
I don't think they'll even find out about Cokes' secret, but it's also possible that the information that Nanban merchants and missionaries saw could be passed on to Nanban troops and countries.
Discuss South Barbarian measures with the Els, but as things stand, the challenge is how to get along well with South Barbarians. It would also be obnoxious for our ship.
"Making Krabby River look like an island out of the Edo period?
"I think that's easy. Interaction with Western countries is too risky and problematic in this era. Walking in the realm would be desirable under permit surveillance."
I won't refuse it completely, but in this era, there is no control over the entry and exit of foreigners.
It's weird for us to say this, because it's not all good people are merchants and missionaries when it's time to think about foreign immigration and exit controls.
Daimyo will welcome the Nanbans because there's a lot of trade and profit in the new technology, but you're pretty sure he's after the push of religion and the wayward colonization.
You don't have to go as far as clandestine countries, but you will need to inspect the epidemiological aspects to control entry, exit and trade. It is desirable to have a system of checking entry and exit of people as well as taxes at checkpoints and borders, but there is no household registration or anything like that.
I don't like to let the temple manage it, like during the Edo period. Is it hard?
"Do you want to dedicate even to the globe?
"That would be nice"
Krabby Harbor is negotiating to borrow working manpower from Ise. It looks like Saji from Chita Peninsula will also work together to get people out, so the latest technology in the castle and harbor that will be confidential can be done by Ozhang people.
It's just plain problematic that thanks to Elle and the Ketties, the South Barbarians are highly regarded in Ozhang. As it is, there can be people tricked into Colo by the South Barbarians.
It's always the same as the crowd, and missionaries always say good things.
After all, will it be easy for those of this era to understand that the origin of the Els has been the escape of the clan, persecuted by Nanban and religion?
That and the Catholics of this era will never recognize Japanese gods or Buddha. This fact alone will need to be communicated to the forces in the courtyard and Kiuchi as soon as possible. I don't know if you'll listen to me.
side: Ketty's assistant
The hospital that Master Ketty had been waiting for finally opened.
It's a big, shrine-like, splendid building.
There are also places at the gates of the premises where you can check the patient's name and unpack. It's like a precinct.
Weapons such as knives and unwanted luggage were decided to be kept here. It would be natural given the safety of Master Ketty and Master Pamela.
And when you enter the premises, there is a well and a washroom. We teach you to wash your hands and feet and cleanse yourself here.
If you don't clean yourself up, you will be more susceptible to the disease, and you will not be able to treat yourself satisfactorily.
What a tatami is laid in the room in the hospital but waiting to be examined. You smell good tatami. So much so that I want to sleep here.
It's not very wide during check-ups. But the escort and we, the samurai, serve the side, so there will be enough room for that number.
"This sleeping area is a strange thing."
"It's common in Ming and Nanban."
There are several other rooms that keep patients asleep.
This is a strange object that sleeps on the floor, and on top of that is a futon that you are familiar with at Kuyuan House.
In Ozhang, there are some places such as Oda's Great Hall and the young lady, and only substitutes in the Kuyuan family. We also use it with a futon from our lord, but even in winter it's just not cold. It's great to sleep in.
But if we let them stay here, I'm worried the patients will settle in.
I don't feel like I want to go home.
There are other splendid rooms like the one in the castle, like medicine stash and cooking area.
And then you have kids' toys. Because Master Ketty has asked everyone to bring him in early because he is susceptible to illness.
That it is also possible to have children here. Master Ketty can also have a midwife.
"Dear Sir. I am a suddenly ill person. The woman who conceived the child has been transported as strangely suffering!
"Coming Soon"
The news of the suddenly ill broke in to Master Ketty, who was guiding us through the hospital.
Master Ketty's expression changes. Not much of a mouthful, because Master Ketty will try to help those suffering from the disease more seriously than anyone else.
We help you with your treatment as a lady from Dear Ketty, but we are full of apologies for the many times we are still unable to help you.
"It's alright. I'll definitely help"
You're from a neighboring village that was transported.
To those who pray anxiously, Master Ketty has a powerful word to say and will bring the patient to the examination room.
"Number Ten Medicines and Syringes"
"Yes."
Medicine is numbered for those of us who have no knowledge of medicine.
We will work hard under the direction of Master Ketty to help patients who suffer.
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Kuyuan General Hospital
It is the oldest modern hospital in Japan and its history opened in ancient astronomy seventeen years.
Famous as the hospital of St. Kuyuan Ketty, Physician, the ancestor of modern medicine, there is a shrine on the grounds of the hospital that serves her as the god of medicine.
It appears that the establishment of the hospital was a hectic business of Nobu-su Oda, and it is noted in the Nobunaga Gazette that Ketty responded to his request to build the hospital.
Initially known as Kuyuan Hospital, it appeared to be the Oda School and adjacent buildings.
Nowadays the name Kuyuan General Hospital has been expanded again, but the management is still carried out by the Kuyuan family, and all Kuyuan hospitals located throughout the country will be in this series.
It should be noted that since Oda School and Kuyuan Hospital, schools and hospitals nationwide have been built by palace carpenters.
I am told that the reason is unclear but that it was the intention of the Kuyuan family, who highly valued the skill of the palace carpenter, and it is said that the palace carpenter continued to build it, as did the temple as an institution supporting the country's backbone.
Earthquake-resistant Miyagi schools and hospitals have a long history of saving lives in mainland Japan, a disaster archipelago.
In modern times Kuyuan General Hospital is the world's highest medical institution visited by patients from all over the world, and at the same time the shrine serving Kuyuan Ketty is a place of prayer for people suffering from the disease.
The buildings of the first hospital are still in existence and have become a popular tourist destination in Nagoya as a national treasure along with the Oda School.