Chapter 111: Brother, you are wearing it too?
Shen Wangshu led his people to Tongji Village. The old village chief came out of the village to greet them. He did not show any impatience when he saw that the doctor he invited was a woman. He just subconsciously stood a little further away from her. Although his face was covered with a cloth and his expression could not be seen clearly, he explained sincerely: "Don't blame me, Doctor Shen. I also have that strange disease. Now, except for Ergen and Shizhu, there are few healthy people in the whole village!"
Ergen and Shizhu were the two young men who took Uncle Li to the city to seek medical treatment. The young and strong people in the villages were fine, but many of the old, weak, women and children could not survive for a few days after contracting the disease. They died in a miserable way, and no one was allowed to get close to them to avoid getting more infected. In the end, they could not even be buried, but could only be rolled up on a straw mat and burned.
Shen Wangshu was a little surprised when he heard Village Chief Li talk about the general situation in Tongji Village, because the protective measures here were much better than he had imagined. People in every household did not run around, waiting for the only doctor in the village to give medicine and treatment. Except for a few patients with particularly serious conditions, the situation was under control.
"Thanks to Doctor Zhang, we didn't have many deaths in our village." The village chief said, "The situation in the neighboring Xinhua Village is even more tragic. The pit where the bodies were burned is so big. Last time I was able to meet with Village Chief Niu to discuss the situation. Now, if I count the days... I haven't heard from him for seven days."
"I am really a little worried. Has the strange disease spread to the entire village of Xinhua Village?"
Doctor Zhang is the only one who knows medicine within a hundred miles. He is unable to take care of the hundreds of people in Tongji Village, let alone other villages.
Shen Wangshu asked, “Can I see Doctor Zhang?”
Perhaps this unknown Doctor Zhang is the person who solved the great plague in the original book. Since he was able to do this, it means that he already has some understanding of the disease.
"Doctor Zhang should be distributing medicine door to door now. I'll take you there." Shizhu glanced at Doctor Shen, whose face could not be seen through the mask, and volunteered.
Village Chief Li said, "Okay, you can talk to Doctor Shen about the situation in the village on the way."
Yesterday, two young men brought Uncle Li's condition back to the village. Upon hearing that Doctor Shen's treatment was very effective, the village chief felt very hopeful and naturally cooperated very well.
Tongji Village is a relatively prosperous village outside of Moyun City. Every household is allocated a large piece of land. Not only can they have enough food, but when they are not busy, they can even send their children to the village private school to learn to read and write. The land cultivated in this large village within a radius of ten miles is an important source of food and fodder for the Northern Border Army.
If there had not been this sudden epidemic, the Northern Border Army would have had strong soldiers and horses and no worries about food and fodder, and would have been more motivated to fight the Turks.
"Doctor Zhang gives us two packets of medicine every day, one for internal use and one for external application," the young man said, scratching his head. "It's a bit like the medicinal bath you took yesterday, but Doctor Zhang applies herbs all over the body, which can slightly suppress the rashes and ulcers. The side effect is that it's very painful. It's either painful or itchy, but you have to endure it."
"Oral medication is for pain relief and itching relief. Children are the main victims of high fever, while adults can hold out longer. After the high fever subsides, large rashes appear, and eventually the rashes even grow into the mouth."
If it grows on the body, you can scratch it to relieve the itch, but if it grows in the mouth, there is really no way to relieve it. Many people will pour freshly boiled water into the mouth, and the pain and numbness will stop the itch.
This method was of course stopped by Doctor Zhang, but many people who had reached this stage could not bear it any longer. Their bodies were already rotten beyond recognition, their entire oral mucosa was burned, they could not eat or drink, and finally they starved to death in agony.
After hearing what Shizhu said, the two young girls, Lvliu and Wutong, showed obvious fear on their faces - no matter how many things they had seen, they had never faced such a terrible disease, it was really... horrifying.
"Master, please don't go...it's too scary." Lvliu advised in a low voice.
Shen Wangshu asked, "Did Doctor Zhang find out how this disease is transmitted?"
"Transmission route?" Shi Zhu didn't understand what these four words meant at first. After a moment's reflection, he shook his head and said, "I don't know. You can ask Doctor Zhang when you see him later."
Doctor Zhang was distributing medicine from the end of the village to the head of the village. After a while, the two saw a tall man wearing the same homemade mask as Shen Wangshu walking out in a hurry. The pair of handsome eyebrows and eyes exposed by this Doctor Zhang looked very familiar, and even the wrinkles between his eyebrows when he frowned looked like someone he knew.
"Senior Brother?" Shen Wangshu called out uncertainly.
Doctor Zhang was originally walking forward hurriedly with his head down, but when he heard the voice and the name, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around and came over.
"Doctor Zhang," Shi Zhu greeted the young doctor respectfully and introduced him, "This is Doctor Shen whom we invited from the city. Don't underestimate her because she is a woman. Actually..."
“She is a man and a woman, and she is a useful doctor.” Zhang Dai interrupted him, walked up to Shen Wangshu and asked, “Did you make the masks they brought back yesterday?”
This production technique is from the same school... Zhang Dai was a little excited, but he didn't completely lose his mind. He confirmed it again: "Or did you get it from somewhere else?"
When Shen Wangshu saw the homemade white coat with four pockets on Zhang Dai, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise: "It's homemade, senior brother."
She called him "senior brother" again, no doubt to confirm her identity, so Zhang Dai asked, "Who are you?"
Could it be that I really met an old friend in a foreign land, and an old friend with whom I had a close relationship?
"Chen Wangshu." The bamboo hat was opened a little, revealing a tightly fastened mask underneath. Although the face was still not clearly visible, the man's tone was full of smiles: "Senior brother, how are you?"
Zhang Dai is Shen Wangshu's senior fellow student, and both are students of the traditional Chinese medicine master Guo. When she was a graduate student, they were in the same laboratory. They were ready to show their talents after they got ashore, but then they turned around and crossed into a book.
If nothing unexpected happens...
"Brother, are you staying up late to read novels too?"
Zhang Dai's face darkened: "......Yeah."
Shen Wangshu read the novel hastily, and even read ten lines at a glance when she was too sleepy to think clearly at the end. She didn't notice that the doctor who saved the whole city had the same name as her senior brother. As soon as she entered the book, Zhang Dai showed up.
"I was wondering how such a mature isolation method could be implemented by an ordinary doctor." Shen Wangshu said, "Let's put other things aside for now. What is the situation of the infectious disease in Tongji Village? Brother, please tell me in detail."
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