Many doctors believe that the source of epidemics is nothing more than the six evils, such as wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire.
It is when a climate that is not in line with the season appears in a certain season. For example, the remaining parts of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" record that "Spring should be warm but it is extremely cold, summer should be hot but it is extremely cool, autumn should be cool but it is extremely hot, winter should be cold but it is extremely warm", thus causing "plague".
But the fragments I found by chance were not written like this.
The author of the fragment believed that cold, hot, warm and cool are normal aspects of the four seasons. These factors will change due to the weather, and the resulting severity of the disease is completely not on the same level as the "plague", and is not as terrible and special as the "plague".
There must be another culprit who caused the "plague"!
That's leprosy!
Once the malaria gas came, everyone, regardless of gender, age or status, would fall down, so it was speculated that the malaria gas would enter the human body through the mouth and nose.
According to this speculation, if the mouth and nose can be blocked, the threat of leprosy to people can be reduced! Using kudzu to make masks, covering the mouth and nose, prevents the patient's foul air from flowing into the normal body. The core of epidemic prevention coincides with the description of the fragment!
In fact, some doctors now cover their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs when they go out to see patients, but it is not to avoid foul air or pestilence, but simply because some patients' diseases can make their bodies smell terrible, and covering the nose is to reduce the irritation.
Doctor Dong silently took note of the mask.
I am going to see what this mask looks like and how to use it. Maybe it will come in handy when I practice medicine in the future.
Lin Feng trotted to get the linen cloth.
The entire Fugu City began to operate silently.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Feng arrived first.
His men were responsible for dividing the areas, and the brave warriors with martial energy were responsible for defending the place where the disease was spreading. The brave warriors had extremely strong physical fitness, and with martial energy protecting them, the chances of them being knocked down by the disease were dozens of times lower than those of ordinary people.
Those who had not come into contact with Yu Zi and the others were transferred to the observation area, and the busy administrative center became mostly empty in a short while.
Zhao Fenghua put on a set of military armor, and as he walked, the friction between the armor and the armor made a pleasant and murderous metallic sound.
Shen Tang hasn't seen him dressed like this for a long time.
"Mr. Shen!"
Shen Tang's brows relaxed.
"Dayi is here, how is it outside?"
Zhao Feng: "The common people haven't noticed it yet, so it's still relatively safe."
Shen Tang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
It's not that Shen Tang refused to tell the truth, but the source of the disease had not been found, and the common people were ignorant and easily instigated by those with ulterior motives. Shen Tang was short of manpower, and if the disease spread directly, the common people would rush to the city gates out of panic.
It's impossible to stop it.
The already chaotic situation will turn into a mess, and if it develops into that, the epidemic will get out of control and the consequences will be even worse.
Shen Tang asked: "Have you arranged for the staff?"
Zhao Feng replied: "Everything has been settled."
According to Shen Tang's idea, the areas began to be divided and isolated, with only one exit left in each area with rotating troops.
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"With such a big scene, the common people will notice it sooner or later."
Shen Tang: "Then spread the news quietly that I am seriously ill and someone is trying to poison me and other officials in the government! Remember, it is poisoning, not disease. The murderer is vicious and is still lurking in the city, ready to harm me a second time at any time!"
Fear comes from the unknown.
The murderer poisoned the food, so we just need to catch him, but the disease is everywhere and anyone can be infected without knowing it.
The common people must obey the orders of the government.
They don't need to know why they are doing this, they just need to follow the instructions, and after the common people are appeased, they can slowly reveal the true situation. This epidemic came too strangely and suddenly!
Shangnan Guren was tricked, and then she was the one who got into trouble.
Wow, how could it be such a coincidence
You should know that Shen Tang does not accept refugees blindly. All refugees who are discovered will be taken to a unified place for care, and their clothes, body hair, and personal belongings will be cleaned. Only after everything is done can they be taken for registration.
This is what we are trying to prevent.
I never expected that I would still fall for it.
The first people to fall ill were not the common people or those responsible for refugee resettlement, but the old officials in Yu Zihe's government!
How did you get the plague
What is the source of the plague
Shen Tang just went in and saw Yu Zi and others. They were unconscious, had fever all over, vomited blood, and had cyanosis on their skin. Some of their symptoms were very similar to a plague called "Black Death".
But her intuition told her that it looked similar at first glance, but it wasn't!
She held the elderly Mr. Wan's hand.
Try to input literary energy into its body.
Soon I found that the literary spirit was like a drop in the ocean.
However, there was some effect. Mr. Wan's breathing, which was sometimes rapid and sometimes slow, seemed to have stabilized a lot, and his expression was not as ugly as before. Shen Tang went to look at other people.
After coming back in a circle, Mr. Wan's condition became serious again.
The one in the best situation among these people is Yu Zi.
Although she vomited blood, she did not have a fever. Her skin looked only slightly paler than that of a normal person, and her chest rose and fell steadily and strongly.
"Who have they been in contact with before?"
"Or ate something?"
"What did you drink?"
If it is an epidemic, there must be a source.
It could be due to flea bites, drinking water contaminated with pathogens, eating contaminated food, or at worst going to the same place and encountering the same thing... Today's plagues often occur after natural disasters or large-scale wars, when the living environment is poor, food and water conditions are unsanitary, and snakes, insects, rats and ants carrying bacteria and viruses are rampant, providing the soil for the plague to take root and break out.
But Shen Tang dared to say with a clear conscience that the Fu Gu under her rule paid special attention to the environment. In order to urge the common people to pay attention to hygiene, she even built several "perfume shops", which were generally public bathhouses. Men and women were separated, and each bath cost five cents.
Wash it ten times and you can get it free once.
If you have a "bath stick", you can take a bath for free.
It's not that Shen Tang wants to take care of all these, but if he doesn't, they really can go without taking a bath for a month or two or even longer. Their hair will be crawling with lice and the dirt will be so dirty that it can be made into a charcoal coat. You can easily pinch off a streak of mud with just your fingers.
It’s not bad in winter, the body odor is not strong.
Summer can be really deadly.
You can smell the sour smell of sweat from a long distance away.
Under Shen Tang's marketing policy of beating drums and gongs and selling at half price and giving away at half price, the business of the perfume shop (bathhouse) gradually stabilized. The common people of Fu Gu were not used to it, but they still came to take a bath every five or six days, and those who had "bath tickets" would come even more diligently.
Shen Tang has worked so hard...
A plague could break out.
Is it true that the harder you work, the more unfortunate you become
After Shen Tang asked a series of questions, the others in the group just kept shaking their heads. She had no choice but to ask them to calm down and think carefully about the past two days' itinerary, trying to find the crux of the problem.
It was just a series of inquiries, but in the end, nothing came of it.
Just when I was worried, Qishan and his companions arrived one after another.
His expression was so solemn and gloomy that water could drip out of it.
Especially when he knew that Shen Tang had walked around the patient's room and had physical contact with them, his expression became even uglier.
A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
My lord, you shouldn't put yourself in danger!
But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying anything else.
Shen Tang was cutting out the rough shape of a paper mask. One layer was not enough, so she used three layers, filling the space between the ramie and hemp with softer and more delicate cloth. In fact, adding cotton would be better.
Overlock the three layers and seal with four long thin strips.
The mask looks simple, but it is better than nothing.
Doctor Dong suggested soaking and steaming mugwort leaves in water, which can then be reused repeatedly. He explained the general preparation method.
Produce as many masks as possible.
In addition to masks, Shen Tang also had people make coats similar to protective clothing and simple gloves, which doctors wore before entering the ward to avoid direct contact with the patient's skin. After all, Fu Gu only had a few precious things.
They are totally screwed, they are in the dark.
As for drinking water, it must be boiled before drinking.
We also pay attention to the hygiene of the food we eat.
"My Lord, what's the situation inside?" Qi Shan and his men rushed back as fast as they could after receiving the news, without even catching their breath. They knew very well how lethal the epidemic was. When they came here, they saw that the situation was not as chaotic as they had imagined, and everything was in order, so they were naturally relieved.
Our lord is really reliable at critical moments.
Shen Tang put down the mask in his hand and said with a worried look on his face: "The condition has not worsened, but it has not improved either. Doctor Dong and others are discussing how to prescribe medicine. All the medicinal materials that can be mobilized in the city have been sent to the treatment center. I don't know if they can suppress the situation..."
Hopefully, not much.
At this time, Xu Jie stepped forward.
He said, "As for medicinal materials, there are more than a dozen carts here."
An epidemic broke out in Shangnan. Xu Jie was worried that Tianhai would also be affected, so he made preparations in advance and used his business network to mobilize more than a dozen trucks of medicinal materials. These medicinal materials were originally intended to be transported back to Tianhai, but now they are trapped in Fugu, where an epidemic has broken out again...
Shen Tang's brows relaxed a little.
"Thank you for your note."
The medicinal materials at this time are not just medicinal materials.
This is a life-saving treasure.
Shen Tang would never cheat Wen Zhu out of this much money.
Keep the account first and settle it with him later.
Xu Jie was ashamed: "Mr. Shen, you're welcome. This is my sincere gift and my apology for my previous misunderstanding of Mr. Shen."
He judges others by his own standards.
From Lin Feng's notification, confirming the epidemic, to Shen Tang's various drastic measures, all proved that she was only young, but her character was of the highest quality. Even though he had Wu Xian's fate, he couldn't help but admire Shen Tang, the wall-sitter.
He had a huge fortune, so he didn't feel bad about spending more than a dozen truckloads of medicinal materials.
Emmm…
In a sense, it can be considered as a call for the wall-sitters.
The problem of medicinal materials was solved temporarily, but there is still a shortage of doctors.
This problem is difficult to solve.
Heyin is a poor and remote place, and there is no future for doctors here. The remaining ones are either ambitious and reluctant to leave their hometown like Dr. Dong, or half-baked doctors with poor medical skills, or even liars who dare to practice medicine just by knowing a few folk prescriptions.
Even if Shen Tang gave the order, he couldn't withdraw them.
There are other things to deal with besides here.
Shen Tang asked Gu Chi to keep an eye on any traitors and arrest them if they found any. He understood the meaning of the song and asked, "My Lord, do you suspect that this epidemic is man-made rather than a natural disaster?"
Shen Tang said: "Yes."
Gu Chi accepted the task solemnly.
He also ordered Chu Yao to take people out to check whether there were any common people who were sick in the villages outside Fugu City. If there were any, they would all be taken to the epidemic area for centralized care and treatment, and the villagers from the same village would be taken to the observation area for isolation.
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