By evening, after a thorough rest in the afternoon, the county officials, yamen runners, doctors, and shop assistants had all recovered from their fevers and looked much better.
Following Ning Xi'er's instructions, Haitang and Aoxue delivered pancakes and water pouches to them.
The doctors and staff took their assigned vitamin pills, too embarrassed to ask any more questions, and simply consumed them.
Dozens of meters away from the city gate, in the fields, two guards dug several deep pits as Ning Xi'er had requested, covered them with tents, and used them as temporary latrines.
Two hours later, a tent was burned and a burial pit was filled in. The surrounding area was then thoroughly disinfected with alcohol.
Ning Xi'er randomly selected samples from several patients, drew a little blood from them, and placed it in the medical space laboratory.
She instructed Haitang and the other four maids and two guards to take turns resting.
After tonight, a tough battle is about to begin!
Half an hour later, the test results came out, showing a significant reduction in the amount of Yersinia pestis in the sample, and the bacteria in the blood were completely inactivated.
The time has come!
Ning Xi'er gathered the patients in the tents and sat them in the open space outside.
Everyone had finally recovered, and suddenly sitting together like this again still made them uneasy.
They were worried about infecting each other and worsening their condition.
Ning Xi'er remained calm, with her maids and guards standing by. The divine physician had no reason to ruin the results of his diagnosis...
So they abandoned all filtering and stood up to sit in the front row.
Before long, more than two hundred people were sitting in the open space in front of the city gate.
Once everyone had arrived, Ning Xi'er began, "Just now, I collected blood samples from several patients..."
"Tests have shown that the germs causing your illness have been eliminated..."
The group looked at each other, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Ning Xi'er added, "It means that everyone is out of danger and will soon recover."
The patients present all showed expressions of surprise and disbelief.
Many people wept with joy.
Everyone expressed their gratitude to Ning Xi'er and her maids and guards.
Many people kowtowed to them on the spot.
Seeing Ning Xi'er's calm tone and young age, some doctors boldly asked, "May I ask, miracle doctor, what method did you use to cure us?"
They were infected with the plague, though the exact nature of the infection was unclear, but it was highly likely.
Throughout history, no definitive and effective cure for plagues has been found; the disease only gradually subsides after almost all those infected have died...
But the miracle doctor only needed to administer some pills and liquids to them in less than a day, and they were cured...
That's absolutely amazing!
Seeing that someone had asked a question, the other doctors and staff also craned their necks and widened their eyes, hoping that Ning Xi'er would answer their questions.
The county officials and yamen runners, however, had a different thought.
They don't care how they were cured. If they can be cured, then aren't all the sick people in the city saved?!
Ning Xi'er's gaze swept across everyone's faces.
Whatever their thoughts at that moment, it was all about saving lives...
Her hard work was worthwhile.
Then, Ning Xi'er recounted the nature of the plague, its causes, its transmission routes, and the symptoms of the patients in detail.
It focuses on methods of prevention and treatment.
Prevention includes physical prevention and drug prevention.
Physical prevention includes timely isolation of patients and separation from healthy individuals;
Disinfect the areas where the patient has been in a timely manner to kill infectious germs;
Food and debris that have come into contact with patients should be disinfected promptly.
Drug prevention involves injecting inactivated plague bacteria (through inoculation, vaccines, etc.) into the human body to induce immunity.
This also includes isolating immune components (immune serum) from patients who are in epidemic areas but have developed immunity and are not infected, and injecting them into those who come into contact with them, so that they can quickly acquire temporary immunity.
The key to treatment lies in addressing the root cause.
The key is to kill the plague pathogens that cause the epidemic.
Ning Xier explained that she once encountered a doctor from outside the region who taught her how to decipher drugs.
It can be used as an antidote when infected with the plague;
When there is no epidemic spreading, it can also be used as a pathogen for poisoning.
Therefore, she never revealed it to outsiders, lest it be used by others to spread the plague and harm people.
The doctor and his colleagues exchanged glances, a sense of unease lingering in their hearts, yet none dared to voice it.
Ning Xi'er smiled, understanding dawning on her.
It's perfectly normal for them to have doubts at this moment.
But at least it saved her from the trouble of doctors pressing her about the antidote formula and its origins.
Ning Xi'er continued, explaining that traditional Chinese medicine methods such as acupuncture, cupping therapy, and herbal remedies for clearing heat, detoxifying, and promoting yang can alleviate symptoms to some extent...
However, it is impossible to completely eliminate the pathogenic factors in the body.
Everyone nodded in agreement, so the key to eradicating the cause of the disease still lay in the antidote prescription in the hands of the divine physician.
Suddenly, a loud crashing sound rang out from the city gate.
Then, after a few intervals, one sound after another, like heavy objects inside trying to break open the city gate.
Ning Xi'er turned her head, and Bai Zhi and Gan Cao understood, immediately climbing up the city wall.
Two guards also leaped up.
"Miss, several thousand civilians are trying to break down the city gate with logs!"
Bai Zhi stood on the city wall and shouted to Ning Xi'er below.
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