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Chapter 1544 Unlocking the Secret of the Plague

"Water! Vibrio is transmitted through water, and they are still alive!" Sophia observed the water droplets poured out of the water bag under a microscope, and the result made her exclaim.

"The way of infection is the water source?!" Xiao Xiu'er was also shocked by Sophia's discovery. She hurried over, and through the microscope, she saw the terrible vibrio in the water droplets, which was exactly the same as the vibrio found in the gastrointestinal mucous membrane of the sick body. .

"Everything can be explained. The sailor brought back the water source containing vibrio, and this water source was accidentally drunk by him, and it also polluted some water sources in the city. A large number of residents were drinking water containing this type of vibrio. The water source caused the stomach to be infected by Vibrio, and he died of dehydration!" Sophia had a flash of inspiration, and it was easy to associate the evidence collected so far.

Xiao Xiu'er also came to her senses, she hurried out.

"Sister Xiao, what are you going to do?" Sophia asked from behind.

"I'll be back soon!"

Xiao Xiuer went straight to the inn with her people, and they broke open the closed inn together, took the well water from the inn and returned to the camp.

"This bucket is well water from the inn, and this bucket is well water from the vegetable market next door."

Xiao Xiuer excitedly pointed at the two buckets of water, she could already foresee the whole process of vibrio spreading in the city without caring about the dripping of sweat.

"That's right, Vibrio was found in the two buckets of water samples. The bucket of well water in the inn had more Vibrio, while the bucket of well water at Caishikou had a slightly lower number."

Princess Sofia took samples of two buckets of water for observation, and the results came out soon.

"I totally understand." Xiao Xiu'er wiped the sweat from her forehead, showing a gratified expression.

Soon Xiao Xiuer called all the members of the investigation team and reported this new development to them.Some of the staff who were replaced to rest also didn't care about rest, and dragged their tired bodies to participate in the discussion.

"What happened should be like this. A sailor of the East India Company brought back water infected with vibrio from the sea, and he drank the deadly water by mistake, and died after landing. His companion did not I didn’t know that there were Vibrio bacteria in the water, which made this water flow into the ground, polluting the wells and sewers. All other wells or sewers connected to the wells of the hotel were polluted to varying degrees. People drank this polluted water, and it was very It is easy to be infected by Vibrio and become fatal." Xiao Xiuer combined the previous discoveries and told the truth of the matter.

"It turned out to be water pollution, which is really unexpected."

"As long as we control the polluted water sources, we can control the spread of the plague and reduce or even eliminate the emergence of new diseases."

Members of the investigation team were overjoyed.

Since the discovered dreaded Vibrio is transmitted through water as a medium, it is relatively easy to control.The most feared thing is the germs that spread through the air, which will be difficult to control.

"Why do some people who use the same well get infected with Vibrio, while others don't?" Some doctors asked.

"Leave this to me to answer. I have been studying the characteristics of Vibrio." Princess Sophia volunteered, "I took a lot of Vibrio for experiments, and wanted to know what kind of environment can kill it. I found that the human body Endocrine gastric acid can kill most Vibrio, which means that whether a person will suffer from this plague is directly related to the amount of gastric acid secreted by him and the number of Vibrio. Secondly, this Vibrio is afraid of high temperature, It will lose its activity after about 55 minutes in an environment over 15 degrees Celsius, and it will die in boiling water for only 1 to 2 minutes. That is to say, even contaminated water can be completely normal as long as it is boiled and waited for a while Drinking."

The people in the investigation team were in an uproar. This amazing discovery can almost relieve the panic caused by the terrible plague!

Observing and experimenting with pathogens from the microscopic world, they have mastered some of the characteristics of this vibrio, and no longer feel unknown and afraid of it.

If you know the weakness of a thing, then things become very simple.

"Notify the people in the whole city that the water must be boiled for a period of time before drinking, so as to ensure that they will not suffer from the plague!"

"There are also closed inns and nearby wells, which will not be used until they are disinfected!"

Tianjin Wei Yamen learned the principle from the investigation team, and soon prescribed the right medicine to reduce the occurrence of new patients.

The city began to advocate drinking plenty of hot water and cooking all food to avoid the deadly plague.

If ordinary people are only asked to change their habit of drinking unboiled water, many people will still choose to change in the face of death.

In order to get the people to change their habits in times of crisis as soon as possible, the yamen also used a large number of policemen to conduct door-to-door inspections. If no one followed suit, they would be forced to take them to the plague area for a visit, so that these people could witness the terrible scene of the plague with their own eyes. People immediately and obediently boil the well water before drinking it.

Sure enough, after knowing its transmission medium and chemical characteristics, coupled with the government's coercive measures, the number of new patients in the city began to decrease sharply, and the plague was most effectively controlled!
With the cholera outbreak under control, an important question remained unsolved—how to treat those who had already contracted the plague?

Sophia and Xiao Xiuer continued to devote themselves to the research, but they both fell ill at almost the same time that day, and showed the same symptoms as other patients...

"Princess, where did you buy your apples?" Xiao Xiuer asked Princess Sofia weakly while lying on the hospital bed.

"I bought it in the city... Could it be that there is polluted well water on those fruits?" Sophia was also lying on the hospital bed.

"It's very possible...in order to make the fruits and vegetables look fresh, the vegetable vendors will sprinkle water on the fruits and vegetables...vomit..." Xiao Xiu'er could only feel her stomach churning, which was unbearable.

"It's all my fault, I'm still useless!" Sophia cried anxiously.

She and Xiao Xiu'er finally made progress in the study of the plague, but at this time Qiqi was suffering from the plague...

"How can I blame you, no one knew that water and food carried this kind of vibrio before... Ugh... Now I finally experience the feeling of a patient..." Xiao Xiuer's face became very ugly.

The two of them suffer from this disease, and before finding a suitable treatment, the chance of death is 50%!

When Chu Yun got the report, he was thankful that he had found a way to stop the spread of the plague and that the epidemic in the city had been brought under control. However, when he heard that the two discoverers, Xiao Xiuer and Sophia, had contracted the plague themselves, he felt very complicated.These two people are too careless.

(End of this chapter)