Everyone crowded together to watch Zhou Man get variolated. All things considered, Zhou Man was the first person to enjoy such an honor; half the Imperial Hospital's doctors were here.
Director Xiao personally took the knife; after making a small cut on the inside of her arm, he implanted the cowpox matter. When he finished, Director Xiao said, "All right, Imperial Doctor Zhou, have a good rest."
There was no way she was actually going to rest. Although she'd been inoculated, she wasn't moved into the infectious ward; she still lived in her own courtyard. It was just that her courtyard was locked, and Xi Bing and Jiu Lan had moved into the next courtyard over.
However, Imperial Doctor Lu moved quite a lot of stuff over for her—these were the pulse records and data of the current test subjects. "This is one third. In light of you getting variolated, I'll take on the remaining two thirds."
Manbao: …
She silently accepted the materials.
