Song Yi

Chapter 113 Gas Mask
"Ah?" Lin Qingdai's face changed slightly, she naturally knew what the plague meant, "Then..., you must be careful!"

Du Wenhao said: "Well, I'm thinking about how to deal with this disease."

Just as he was talking, a man came running from the front hall. He was just stupid. He saw Du Wenhao and shouted, "Mr. Du, the stupid doctor from Jishitang came to you and said he had something urgent!"

Du Wenhao hurriedly followed to the front hall, Hantou's face was a little pale, and he said anxiously: "Master, our hall sent three emergencies, one of them died after a while, and two of them were dying, can you help me?" Shall I have a consultation?"

Du Wenhao's heart skipped a beat: "What are the symptoms? Is it high fever, chest pain, cough, blood in the sputum?"

"Yes, master, how do you know?"

"Our church also has such an emergency, let's go! Go and have a look!"

Du Wenhao didn't even bring the outpatient kit. He knew that it wouldn't be of much use in such an emergency, so he followed Hantou to Jishitang.

Before entering the door, he heard crying from Jishitang, stepped in, and saw a man's corpse lying on a door panel on the floor of the lobby, and two women were kneeling and weeping bitterly.On the two beds next to each other, lay two patients, moaning in pain.

Du Wenhao asked Hantou, "What is the patient's illness?"

"Strong fever, consciousness is bright and dizzy from time to time, constant delirium, cold limbs, chest pain and urgent cough, blood in the sputum, slow and thready pulse. All three of them were like this, but the one on the ground was the heaviest, and he had just been carried to the hall. , Tusun had just finished the examination, and after a while, a large amount of blood gushed out of his nostrils, he couldn't breathe, and soon passed away."

Du Wenhao took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, knelt down and observed the corpse carefully, and found that the corners of the mouth and the skirt of the corpse were covered with blood.Her lips were scorched and dry, and there were large cyanotic subcutaneous blood stasis plaques on the exposed parts such as the face, neck, and palms. When I looked in from the opened mouth, I found that half of the tongue was also black.

Du Wenhao asked in a deep voice: "What evidence do you identify?"

"Syndrome of heat in Shaoyin typhoid fever."

Du Wenhao shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not a simple heat certificate, but..." Looking left and right, he pulled him aside, leaned into his ear and whispered: "It's plague!"

In ancient Chinese medicine, there was no specific distinction between severe infectious diseases, and they were collectively called plague. Among them, the most contagious ones, such as plague and cholera, were called plague.Once this disease breaks out, it spreads very quickly. Tens of thousands of people often die day and night, corpses are scattered all over the field, and some villages and towns even die completely.

The ancients once described the plague and other plagues like this:

"People who die during the day, don't ask how many, the sun is gloomy and cloudy. The three of them walked for more than ten steps, and suddenly the two died and crossed the road. People who died at night did not dare to cry, and the plague ghost exhaled and the lamp turned green. When the wind blows, the lamp suddenly disappears. The coffins of ghosts are in the same room. People are dead and the ground is full of people, and the human bones are gradually being blown old by the wind." It is still creepy to read now.

When Hantou heard this, he trembled all over, looked at Du Wenhao and said, "No...you can't?"

Du Wenhao said in a low voice: "Our hall also had several emergencies, and the symptoms were the same as yours! One of them almost died. According to the person who sent them here, Liu, who is thirty miles away from the county In Jiawan Village, many people have died overnight, and the disease is the same as this! What kind of disease do you think can spread so quickly?"

Hantou shivered again, turned his head to glance at the corpse on the ground, lowered his voice and asked, "What should we do now?"

"I'm going to see the magistrate of Zhuang right now and report this to him. Immediately transfer these two patients to the Wuweitang isolation ward. It has been repaired. If you encounter such cases in the future, they will all be concentrated in our hall! If there are too many patients and it is too late for diagnosis, it can be treated according to the heat-toxin closed-lung syndrome first, and treat with Maxing Shigan Decoction and Weigan Decoction!"

"Okay! What about the corpse?"

"Also move it to our hall first, where I have an underground mortuary, and put it in the mortuary for the time being. Close the door. Anyone who comes into contact with the patient should immediately wash their hands carefully, and at the same time take Maxing Shigan Decoction combined with reed stems Soup prevention. People who treat and escort patients must wear a full set of isolation equipment. I have ordered someone to order, and you can get some sets to use when the time comes."

Hantou nodded in fear, and said again: "I will immediately go to all the pharmacies in the city to see if there are such cases, and if there are, please ask them to transfer the patients here."

"it is good!"

Du Wenhao ran back to Wuweitang, and as soon as he arrived in the hall, he saw two door panels in the hall, and two moaning patients were lying there. After a simple question, the symptoms were exactly the same, and they were from Liujiawan, thirty miles away. delivered.

Du Wenhao hurriedly sent him to the isolation area, took the medicine prescribed earlier, and then ran to the backyard to find Lin Qingdai, and said anxiously: "The cases in Jishitang are the same as those in ours, and it can be preliminarily estimated to be plague. I Immediately go to see the magistrate of Zhuang County."

"Do you need me to do anything?" Lin Qingdai asked anxiously.

"You let the workers stop working and go back first, and then help me do the following things: First, go to all tailor shops in the city to order one-piece isolation suits, thick masks, and deerskin gloves. The more the better.

Second, prepare a large amount of Maxing Shigan Decoction and Weigan Decoction immediately. All the people in the pharmacy will take it immediately for prevention, and prepare a large amount of disinfectant for later use. This time the disinfectant is different from the previous one. Forsythia, rhubarb, Shengdi, Anemarrhena... use the sprayer I made to spray the places suspected of having evil poison;
Third, the whole city purchases simple beds and cotton wool, and immediately sets up the isolation wards, the more the better, all the repaired rooms are set up as isolation wards! "

Lin Qingdai hurriedly nodded in agreement, and was about to run to make arrangements.Du Wenhao stopped her again: "Wait, there is one more important thing - order simple gas masks!"

"A gas mask?"

"Well, it's used to isolate the evil poison in the air. I'll draw you a blueprint, and you can make it according to your order." Du Wenhao took a pen and paper and drew a sketch, explaining: "Use quicklime and clay respectively Half of it, mix it evenly, add the potion, stir it, knead it into mung bean-sized lime soil particles, and then dry it in the shade. This potion is the key, the compatibility is the same as the previous disinfectant potion, and these potions can effectively kill the plague poison. "

"understood."

"I also need to find a blacksmith to order a batch of thin, small jars with air intake holes on the bottom. An exhalation port, pasted with deerskin. Put these things into the jar in turn: gauze, gauze, sawdust, cotton, lime soil particles, cotton, gauze, and then fix it with wire loops, sew it on the mask, add four A strap and that's it."

Du Wenhao explained while drawing pictures, and Lin Qingdai quickly understood.Folded the blueprint, but left without hesitation.Du Wenhao looked at her suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Lin Qingdai said: "I know that the plague is very powerful. Can the gas mask you designed really prevent the plague?"

"The plague this time is mainly transmitted through droplets. Of course, this kind of gas mask with liquid medicine cannot completely prevent it, but it is much better than wearing nothing or wrapping it in a scarf. reduce the possibility of infection."

"I have an idea, I don't know if it's appropriate or not."

"Speak quickly, time is running out."

"Okay, I want to order the raw materials back and we assemble them ourselves, and give them to the doctors who treat the patients and the police who are in charge of the interrogation for free. After they are effective, I think many people will come to us to buy..."

Du Wenhao immediately understood what Lin Qingdai was thinking, and thought that it was true, his modern knowledge should not be given away for nothing, but should be exchanged for appropriate benefits for himself. Healing diseases, saving lives and preventing epidemics is an inescapable duty, but he can't lose money and make money. Making gas masks for sale is beneficial to patients and themselves, and the money earned can be used to prevent epidemics and treat patients when necessary.

Therefore, Du Wenhao immediately nodded and said: "Your idea is very good. Don't spread the drawings and formulas to the outside world. We order the parts and assemble them ourselves. First, give them to those who participate in the epidemic prevention work for free. After the proof is valid, if other people come to buy them, we will buy them for you." Make money from sales, you are responsible for this matter, I may not have time to take care of it.”

Lin Qingdai nodded: "Okay, I'll do it now!"

Du Wenhao took Maxing Shigan Decoction and Weigan Decoction, and then hurried to the county government office in a sedan chair.

When he passed by the gate of Mianchun Garden, he was stopped by Meier and other girls.Du Wenhao didn't have the heart to talk to them, he said anxiously: "Please step aside, I have something urgent to find the magistrate, it's very urgent!"

Mei'er walked to the sedan chair in small steps, and said in a tired voice: "Yo! After the matter is settled, will you turn your face and deny anyone?"

Du Wenhao was taken aback for a moment, and said in a low voice, "You mean the matter of Zhuangzhi County...?"

Seeing his solemn expression, Meier didn't seem to be trying to evade, so she hurriedly waved her hand to get the girls out of the way.

Du Wenhao said to Mei'er in a low voice: "You tell your mothers immediately, close the business immediately, and everyone don't go out! Remember my words! Be sure!"

Mei'er froze for a moment: "What's wrong? Has something happened?"

"Don't worry about it, you'll find out soon, remember my words!—go!"

The two bearers trotted forward carrying the sedan chair, and after a while, they came to the county government office.

Du Wenhao hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Congratulations, my lord! Congratulations to my lord! ——Let's talk about this banquet later. I have an urgent matter that I want you to report!"

(End of this chapter)