Jian Ning took a few quick steps and stopped about half a meter away from the sedan. Maintaining a safe distance before testing was essential. What if the symptoms looked like schistosomiasis, or if the schistosomiasis in this time and space had mutated, and even the slightest contact could transmit it? That would be troublesome.
Because according to common sense, edema will not appear until the middle or late stages of schistosomiasis infection. How can there be so many edema patients once an outbreak occurs?
She had to be cautious.
Mei Niang had already stretched one foot out of the sedan chair, but seeing this, she retracted it.
"Don't be surprised, sister. As a doctor, the prerequisite for curing diseases and saving lives is to ensure your own safety first. Otherwise, how can you save people?" Jian Ning said calmly.
"Don't worry, sister. I won't worry."
"Please arrange a courtyard and find a few patients so I can immediately test and find the cause of the disease and prescribe the right medicine."
Mei Niang nodded. "My husband showed symptoms yesterday. He didn't want to pass the disease on to us, so he didn't come home all night. Several people in the government office have been infected. Thank you for your trouble. You can come with me to the government office. It's not far. Just turn the corner and you'll be there."
Jian Ning called Ding Youtian and the others to follow, and the group followed Mei Niang's sedan chair to the outside of the county government office.
"younger sister."
After getting off the sedan chair, Mei Niang didn't ask the maids to help her. She got out of the sedan chair by herself and stood half a meter away from Jian Ning. She turned sideways and bowed, saying, "Sister, I want to go in and see my husband. I wonder how he is doing now. Do you still have the clothes you are wearing?"
"Yes." Jian Ning pretended to look in the backpack and glanced at Ding Youtian. He understood and took half a step forward, seemingly talking to Jian Ning, but actually blocking other people's sight.
Dabao didn't understand what was going on, but he came over to help cover it up.
Jian Ning took out a set of protective clothing from the Baicao Room, which was the same size as the one she was wearing, and walked over to hand it to Mei Niang.
After she put it on and went in, Jane Ning reminded her again: "Don't touch any water source."
In the yamen, several yamen runners were either sitting or standing against the wall, all of them looking tired and listless.
Seeing them approaching, a constable with a black cloth covering his face came forward to greet them. Before he could speak, Mei Niang said, "It's me. Where is my husband?"
Her voice was soft and gentle. The captain lowered his head slightly when he heard it. "So it's Madam. Please follow me."
Qin Yifan had been suffering from persistent diarrhea since waking up early, and his face was covered in a dense rash, nearly collapsing. Jian Ning had the constable who had led them to the back hall summon the infected yamen runners. He then collected a blood sample from Qin Yifan first, and then waited for the other yamen runners to arrive and complete the collection.
"Come with me." Ding Youtian had asked Mei Niang to arrange an empty room, and he led Jian Ning there.
Less than half an hour later, Jian Ning came out from the herb garden with a serious look on her face. As she expected, it was indeed a mutated schistosome.
"The situation is not good. Can't it be cured?" Ding Youtian's heart sank.
"It's hard to say right now. I'll give them an injection to alleviate their condition. I still need to figure out the specific treatment."
Jian Ning brought out some praziquantel and a syringe, along with a large bag of medicine, placing it all in the medicine box Ding Youtian had made for her out of bamboo strips. After she gave Qin Yifan and several yamen runners injections, their symptoms improved to varying degrees.
But it only provides relief and cannot completely cure the disease.
"Master Qin," Jian Ning said, "the most important thing right now is to disinfect everything. Cut off the existing water source and have the people in the city go to the mountains to find spring water. They'll also need to disinfect it after they bring it back. I have some medicine in my medicine chest that might just be needed, but the quantity is small."
She took out bleach, itching solution, and chlorine. "Find a few constables and yamen runners who aren't infected, and have them go out on the streets or door to door and tell people to sprinkle this solution in the wells. Don't use the well water for now. It needs to be purified for a few days before it can be drunk."
"Also, call all the doctors in the city. I need a large amount of herbs. Have them distribute samples and mobilize all the able-bodied people in the city to go up the mountain to collect herbs."
The power of the people is unlimited. The epidemic is ruthless, but people are kind. Only by relying on the power of unity can we defeat the epidemic.
Her methodical and unhurried demeanor reassured everyone present to a great extent. Qin Yifan stood up and called over to Ding Youtian and the captain, "Gather everyone who can move. Pass the word on that everyone must obey Brother Ding's orders and carry out all the arrangements made by Madam Jian. Go now!"
Ding Youtian held no official position, but in an emergency, he acted without shirking responsibility. He immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for your trust, brother. I will do my best and will not neglect you in the slightest. Please relax and take good care of me."
He and the captain took the large bags of medicine given by Jian Ning and left quickly.
Not long after, another constable came with dozens of doctors, most of whom were old doctors over fifty years old. Jane Ning did not shy away from greeting. After the greetings, she introduced herself and claimed to be the last disciple of a hidden genius doctor. Only in this way could she quickly get these old doctors to cooperate with her treatment.
"I need herbs such as Jiuxiancao, Ma Liuye, Qianjinzi, Tallow, Commelina and other herbs. I would like to ask the seniors to provide some samples from the pharmacy so that I can mobilize the people in the city to search for them in the mountains. Thank you very much!"
An expert could tell if something was available at first glance. The doctors present all knew the herbs she had mentioned. An elderly doctor, known for his local fame, stroked his beard and nodded slightly, saying, "I picked up over a dozen herbs before I came here. I've brought all the herbs you mentioned."
The old doctor's surname is Gan. He boiled some of the herbs that Jian Ning recommended yesterday and had his family take it. It was quite effective and no one in the family has been infected so far.
He opened the medicine box, took out all the herbs that Jane Ning needed, and handed them to the constable who led them.
"Look at me, I'm so confused. I guess the children are hungry, right?" Mei Niang said, "I think there's no problem with snacks at home. I'll go back and get some and fill the children's stomachs with them first. I'll also ask someone to fetch spring water from the mountain to cook. I'll cook it myself, so don't worry, sister."
She said she was about to leave, but Jian Ning hurriedly called her back.
"Sister, please stay for a while. Let's have a late lunch on the boat today. I have something else for you to tell me. Please send a message to all the patients in the city who have edema to line up outside the government office for medical treatment."
"The amount of medicine I brought today is limited, only enough for the first fifty people. I'll focus on the seriously ill patients first. Also, tell everyone not to worry. I'll refine the herbs I collected, so don't worry."
After hearing this, Qin Yifan pointed to a yamen runner standing nearby, and the runner immediately took the order and left.
"If you have nothing else to do, I'll go back and take a look around. I'll also inform my parents-in-law that your family has arrived so they can rest assured."
Mei Niang turned sideways and bowed to Jian Ning, then hurried away with her maid.
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