Chapter 242

In the third month when the people outside Qishui City were in panic about the plague, the inspection patrol sent by Magistrate He suspected of finding the source of cholera. The end of the Xishui branch is an endless mountain range. Next to a deep mountain stream not far from Wangjiacun, they found a corpse that was so rotten that it was in disgrace.

Because it was too secretive, it took several months for the unknown body to be finally discovered.

Magistrate He County immediately ordered that the unknown corpse be thoroughly cleaned up so that he could not continue to pollute the living water.

Cleaning the bones is easy, but the troublesome thing is to disinfect the surrounding environment. This requires the intervention of doctors in the resettlement workshop.

So, Xu Yi and A Xu came here without any explanation, bringing quicklime and other items.

It had been too long, and the putrid smell emitted by the corpse was already very weak, but through the special mask, Xu Yi could still smell it sensitively.

Inspector Hong was a little surprised to see the doctor coming so quickly. He thought it would take a long time.

"The bones cannot be taken back. They have been burned on the spot." After Inspector Hong finished speaking, he looked at Xu Yi and pointed him to where to go, reminding him, "There is a landslide, Doctor Xu, be careful."

"Thank you, Inspector Hong. Reminder." Xu Yi nodded to him.

He walked sideways and walked slowly down to the place where the corpses were first found. The soil here was obviously darker than other places, and the unpleasant smell was emanated from the soil that had absorbed the water from the corpses.

Even if Xu Yi was not afraid, the instinct transmitted from him still made waves of discomfort surge in his throat.

He frowned to resist the discomfort and turned to look at A Xu. A Xu immediately reacted and came over carrying two large boxes and cages.

As long as the corpses died of severe infectious diseases such as cholera and plague, they are highly infectious and need to be disinfected immediately. However, due to the limitations of the times, it is simply impossible to make disinfectants under the current conditions. Without disinfectant, it is a very unstable hidden danger. The longer they stay here, the greater the risk of infection.

Xu Yi and A Xu alone are not enough, Inspector Hong also understands the horror of this plague.

He did not shrink back and hide behind, but also walked to Xu Yi and asked what to do.

"Then I'll ask Hong to inspect it." Xu Yi was not polite and directly directed them to sprinkle the quicklime they brought on top of the discolored soil.

Stir the mixture with a shovel and wait for the quicklime to react.

They also cut down all the surrounding vegetation to form an arc-shaped circle.

At this time, Xu Yi estimated that it was almost time, so he brought a pile of dry firewood, threw it on the soil mixed with quicklime, and lit it for burning.

Anything that came into contact with the corpse needed to be burned. In addition, Xu Yi asked several minzhuangs who handled the corpse to take off all their clothes.

Minzhuang: "..."

Inspector Hong looked at their reluctance to part with them and cursed: "Idiots, which is more important, your life or the clothes."

The boss had already spoken, so Minzhuang could only reluctantly put away the clothes outside. They all took off, leaving a pair of obscene pants on.

Seeing the way Xu Yi looked at them, one of them, Minzhuang, grabbed the underwear and asked, "You won't keep these?"

Xu Yi said, "You can keep them."

Minzhuang said, "..." He almost didn't even keep the underwear. .

At this time, Inspector Hong asked: "Do I want to take off my clothes too?"

"Yes." Xu Yi did not let him go.

Anyone who comes into contact with corpses must try their best to nip the possibility of infection in the cradle.

Inspector Hong did not hesitate when he heard this. He quickly took off his clothes and threw them into the fire.

Looking at the blazing flames and feeling the heat rushing towards his face, he squinted his eyes and asked, "What else should we do?"

Xu Yi said, "We brought clothes with us on the way here, so we don't need Hong Xun." Inspector Hong will go back naked, but the clothes and shoes he is wearing cannot be worn directly home. They have to be taken off and steamed. Inspector Hong must also ask you to cooperate."

"Okay, listen to Dr. Xu,"

Inspector Hong seemed to be very talkative. . There was no objection to Xu Yi's arrangement. After burning the things that needed to be disposed of, they returned to the foot of the mountain without stopping.

Then, Hong Inspector, who took Minzhuang to climb mountains and wade in rivers, was sent to the resettlement square for observation.

More than a dozen people came to the resettlement house, filling the vacant houses instantly.

The clothes and shoes they brought back were soaked in soapy water, boiled and disinfected, and then left to dry in the sun.

Only after these procedures can the clothes be reused.

That night, an infection occurred in Minzhuang. There were always people in the resettlement workshop guarding the stove for decoction. If someone showed symptoms, the medicinal soup could be boiled and brought over immediately.

Lao Hu, who had taken the lead in making trouble, was now lying on the wooden bed, tossing and turning in panic.

The young man who lived in the same room with him was woken up by him. He rubbed his eyes drowsily and asked, "Lao Hu, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Lao Hu didn't have time to respond to him. His mind was filled with the clothes he had touched today.

For several days in a row, he heard every day that more than a dozen people brought by Hong for inspection fell ill, and he was even more horrified and unbearable. Didn't he say that the plague was under control? Why were so many people still falling ill?

Lao Hu didn't have the guts to ask Hong about the inside story of the inspection, so he had to rely on his connections to ask Minzhuang who lived in the resettlement house.

These minzhuangs have all been reported by Inspector Hong. When anyone comes to ask, they all say the same thing: "No comment."

Without getting the news he wanted, Lao Hu's panic did not decrease but increased. No new member fell ill, but he was too frightened and had a high fever.

The next day, Xu Yi came to the free clinic and was surprised to get the news.

"Sick?" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows.

Pang Mincai said: "I was lying down last night, so I had the strength to look for it. I went to see it. It was caused by convulsions. Two doses of medicinal soup can cure it."

After hearing this, Xu Yi shook his head and smiled: "It seems that it was caused by convulsions ." I was scared."

However, Inspector Hong and his people suddenly moved in, which indeed caused panic among some of the Shouli and Minzhuang.

Fortunately, except for a few people who had been in contact with corpses for a long time and were infected, Hong Xunxuan and other Minzhuang did not have any reaction.

At the end of the observation period, Inspector Hong hurriedly left the resettlement workshop with his people.

The source of cholera was solved, the infection route was prevented and controlled, and there were no more cases of cholera in several villages such as Wangjiacun and Yangjiazhuang.

This is undoubtedly the best news for everyone in the resettlement workshop.

Speaking of these three months, during this period, only a few elderly and seriously ill patients could not survive.

The little patient who gave all the doctors a headache was much stronger than they thought. First, he used Tiaozhong Decoction to stabilize his increasingly serious condition, and then Xu Yi prescribed the treatment again with Yin Ru Fang. After the most dangerous days, the baby, who was only a few months old, began to cry for food. thing.

Gaining appetite was the beginning of improvement. A dozen days later, the youngest patient also recovered from his illness and returned to Yangjiazhuang with Lao Yang and his family.

...Until the last patient in the resettlement house is cured, this temporary resettlement house will be demolished.

On this day, Magistrate He came personally to welcome them back to the city.

The team returning to the city was huge, but not many people came to the city gate to watch the excitement. Although the plague did not reach the city this time, the people in the city received the news of the plague and did not dare to leave the city easily. Even though gongs and drums are beating outside, announcing that the plague is over, there are still timid people who dare not leave the city, especially to the south outside the city.

Several doctors such as Xu Yi and Pang Mincai had made contributions in preventing and controlling the plague. The county magistrate He organized a celebration banquet and recorded this meritorious deed in the county magistrate's official register. He also set up merit monuments for them and others.

Xu Yi: "..."

The merit monument cannot be erected casually.

Even the county magistrate of a small place wants to erect a monument for them.

But then I thought about it, officials and people in the past dynasties have attached great importance to promoting merits and have never tired of it, so Magistrate He wanted to erect a monument for them, not only for them, but also for their sparkling political achievements.

Seeing that the other doctors were all beaming with honor and accepting the offer with joy, Xu Yi swallowed back his little bit of embarrassment.

The rest is the belated excitement.

Looking at the stone tablet engraved with his name is the first footprint he left in this era.

...

half a month later.

Ponzi Medical Clinic.

After the epidemic, which had been controlled before it broke out, was over, Xu Yi and the others finally returned to the rented courtyard. However, within a few days of rest, many patients came to see them.

This epidemic has made him famous, and many people in the counties around Qishui know the name of Dr. Xu.

Xu Yi saw many patients traveling thousands of miles away. There were many vehicles lined up in the alley outside the hospital every day, causing a lot of inconvenience to the neighbors.

When he was thinking about whether to open a temporary medical clinic, Father Pang kindly invited him to go to Pang's Medical Clinic to discuss Taoism.

Just talking about Taoism and writing, he became the temporary doctor of Pang's Medical Clinic...

At this moment, Xu Yi sent away the patients who came to see the doctor, and Pang Mincai came to him with an envelope in his hand and a suspicious expression. .

"Xu...Uncle, I have your letter." From the corner of his eye, Pang Mincai saw Father Pang who was looking over not far away, and he changed the subject of the conversation.

Xu Yi paused slightly and slowed down as he returned to the diagnosis case. He took the envelope and looked at it, and found that it was from Fuzhou.

The handwriting left on the envelope was none other than Cheng Yiran.

Since leaving Fuzhou, he and Cheng Yiran had continued to exchange letters. However, due to the plague, Xu Yi stayed in the resettlement house for several months.

The last letter from Yiran was a few months ago.

Xu Yi happily opened the envelope and opened the letter full of handwriting inside.

Seeing words is like seeing people, and the handwriting on the paper jumps into the eyes one by one.

Cheng Yiran, who was far away in Fuzhou, did not directly open a medical clinic after Xu Yi left. He thought that his medical skills were not enough, so he first spent several months carefully studying the many medical books Xu Yi left for him.

Those medical books that he had never seen before were worthy of him spending a long time studying and pondering, but just reading the medical books was not enough.

Cheng Yiran always remembers Xu Yi's advice: only when you can apply what you learn can it truly belong to you.

So, after studying medicine, he began to visit local doctors in Fuzhou.

Xu Yi opened the letter and continued to read. Some of the doctors directly turned him away. Cheng Yiran, who was trustworthy, did not give up because of this. He used his own advantages to make those doctors treat him differently. Some even want to accept him as their disciple.

The following year, Cheng Yiran opened a medical clinic in Fuzhou City.

Nowadays, the medical clinic is doing well. From the beginning, no one cared about it, but now, in just one year, patients come to seek medical treatment every day.

Pang Mincai saw that Xu Yi remained in the same posture and didn't move. He couldn't help but glanced sideways and saw a soft smile on Xu Yi's eyebrows.

This is very different from Xu Yi, who always had a cold expression in the resettlement workshop.

"Whose letter is this from? You've been laughing for a long time." Pang Mincai couldn't help but ask.

Xu Yi looked back at him and said with a smile: "He is one of my apprentices. He is from Fuzhou. After I left Fuzhou, he opened a medical clinic in Fuzhou."

"Your apprentice?" Pang Mincai was stunned for a moment. Xu Yi is only a few years older than him. Could it be that he already has many apprentices? He asked doubtfully, "Besides A Xu, A Jin, and this apprentice from Fuzhou , are there any other apprentices?

"

Adhuoer looked at him seriously again, and he added, "There is also an apprentice."

Pang Mincai, who did not have an apprentice: "..."