Chapter 108 Typhoid Fever
When everyone heard what this man said, they all showed horror on their faces, but they couldn't believe it was true.
Suddenly, Madam Li coughed violently, then with a "Hmm!" she vomited a mouthful of blood!
How could anyone not believe it now? They all covered their noses and moved away like frightened birds!
"This...this Madam Li I saw a few days ago, she was as healthy as a cow! How...how come she's coughing up blood!"
"It must be a plague! What should we do?! Quick...quickly go get Doctor Xu!"
"Why are you still calling a doctor?! Hurry up and have Madam Li and her child thrown out of town and left to die! If we delay any longer, our entire town will suffer!"
"That's right! Get her out of town!"
When the child heard that not only did they not save their mother, but they were actually trying to drive them out, they were so scared that they started crying even more sadly.
"Uncles and aunts, please don't drive us out of town! Please save my mother!"
However, who would pay attention to him?
The child saw an uncle from the same clan and ran over, crying, "Second cousin, please save my mother..."
The man called Second Uncle didn't dare let him get close. He picked up a stone and smashed it on the child's head, cursing viciously, "Little Plague God, you dare to come over and harm me? I'll beat you to death!"
The child was beaten so hard that his head was bleeding. His small body swayed a few times, and his legs went limp as he fell to the ground and fainted!
The townspeople felt sorry for the situation, but if they caught the infectious disease, they would all die. How could they have the time to sympathize with others?
At this moment, someone shouted, "Doctor Xu is here!"
Everyone immediately made way for an old man with white hair and beard, who came tremblingly towards them.
Everyone asked tremblingly, "Mr. Xu, what infectious disease has Madam Li contracted? Please take a quick look and see if there is any way we can prevent other people in the town from being infected!"
Old Xu didn't come forward to take her pulse. Instead, he stroked his goatee, looked at her from a distance with a gloomy expression, and said, "Mrs. Li's face is red, her forehead is sweating, she's breathing white air, and she's coughing. I'm afraid she has typhoid fever!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's face turned pale. Chen Wu couldn't help but whispered, "Everyone, step back and quickly find some cloth to cover your mouth and nose!"
Shen Fenghe was stunned for a moment.
The old man's diagnosis was not a serious problem. Although he did not take the woman's pulse, he thought that the woman was most likely suffering from a high fever. But... this was just the common influenza during the change of seasons in modern times.
You said it was an infectious disease, and it was indeed an infectious disease, but she was a little surprised that the people of Dayu Dynasty were terrified when they heard about it.
Qin Mengyue quickly found a piece of cloth and covered the mouths and noses of the three little guys. She said to Shen Fenghe anxiously, "Fenghe, cover your mouths and noses quickly. What are you standing there for?"
Chen Fenghe quickly covered her mouth and nose.
Qin Mengyue trembled and said, "Alas... I didn't expect that the typhoid fever would appear again. The people of Dayu are going to suffer..."
Chen Fenghe asked, "Mother, have you ever experienced typhoid fever?"
Qin Mengyue nodded and said, "I once heard my father say that when I was young, at the beginning of winter, someone suddenly got sick with this disease. It quickly spread from one person to ten, and then to a hundred. People died all over the city. He once led the army to deal with the aftermath. What he saw and heard was simply hell on earth..."
Is a flu so serious?
However, Chen Fenghe soon figured it out. There were no antibiotics in ancient times, and especially when it came to this type of bacterial infection of typhoid fever, it was normal for the fever to persist and the mortality rate to be high.
No wonder those people are so cold-blooded.
Chen Wu shouted to everyone, "Let's get out of town as soon as possible! I heard they said that Qizhou City... I'm afraid we'll have to take a detour!"
How could the exiled prisoners refuse? There were already patients in this town, and if they stayed any longer they might get infected!
However, before they could leave, someone rushed over and said, "Oh no! Our town has been surrounded by soldiers! They say there's an infectious disease in our town, and no one is allowed to leave!"
"What should we do? We're surrounded by soldiers. Doesn't that mean even those of us who aren't sick will be considered sick by the government? If we stay here any longer, we'll be dead!"
"Mr. Xu, please tell me if there's any way to treat this typhoid fever. We'll only be released if we can prove to the authorities that we're not infected!"
Doctor Xu's face turned horrified. Being surrounded in the town with infectious patients was actually like the government sentencing them to death!
He hurriedly said, "Please quickly gather all the mugwort, wormwood, cassia twigs, and other dry firewood in the town here and burn them around this mother and child. Perhaps this will stop the spread of typhoid fever!"
When Shen Fenghe heard this, his brows couldn't help but furrowed.
She originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business. If these people just wanted to drive the mother and son out of the town, it would be fine. She would secretly go over through the space to help his mother get healed.
But now use cinnamon twigs and mugwort to burn around them?
This is clearly going to choke them to death!
After hearing this, the people around him had no choice but to listen to Doctor Xu. They all went home to look for mugwort leaves, cinnamon twigs and the like.
After a while, quite a lot of people gathered, and some were eager to light a fire!
"Wait a minute!" Chen Fenghe finally spoke up to stop them.
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