One hundred thousand people...
Li Ang's heart skipped a beat. What King Guang was talking about was the estimated number of sick people, which was almost the number of confirmed cases, plus the number of people with obvious symptoms and those outside the statistical scope, estimated by the Suzhou government.
The true number of people suffering from water poisoning must also include those patients who do not show symptoms but have indeed been infected by water poisoning.
The number of one hundred thousand may double or even more. And as time goes by, it will increase every minute and every second.
Li Ang immediately turned around, said hello to Song Shaoyuan and others, as well as Chai Chai in the living room, then followed Qing Taichang Temple onto the carriage, and asked: "Where are we going now? The palace?"
"No, the Imperial Medical Office."
The words of the Taichang Temple minister are concise and concise.
The carriage went straight east, passed Taipingfang, passed Hanguangmen, and entered the Taichang Temple Imperial Physician's Office.
The lights in the Imperial Medical Office were brightly lit, and many doctors gathered around a patient, discussing intensely.
They were obviously summoned at short notice. They were all still wearing fur jackets and silk coats from New Year's Eve, and some of them smelled of alcohol.
"It is the end of winter at this time, and the patient's onset of illness should be in summer and autumn. The so-called dampness and heat intersect, and jaundice is a common disease. If dampness and heat are not transported, various diseases will occur. This water poisonous jaundice is obviously a heat yellow caused by exposure to water and moisture.
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"It may also be yin yellow. It should be noted that yang yellow tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the heat is excessive, and the tongue coating is yellow and rough. Yin yellow tongue coating is white and greasy, yin is excessive, the tongue coating is shiny, and the texture is white..."
"How do you recommend using the medicine?"
"How about madder? It treats poison, boil it and drink it. Pair it with Lithospermum. It is said that the sick confidants are full, so they should not be eaten in the morning. Lithospermum can control the evil spirits in the confidants and make them swollen and full. It should be effective..."
The doctors were talking a lot, and someone noticed Li Ang from the corner of his eye, and immediately lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Li Xiaolang is here."
The noise in the courtyard immediately subsided.
"Please give way."
Li Ang politely asked the people in front of him to get out of the way, and quickly stepped forward. He saw Qiu Feng and nodded slightly towards her.
Taichang Temple Qing and Qiu Wen followed behind, with no sullen expression of being ignored on their faces. There was no sullen expression on King Guang's face either - Li Shan had long been accustomed to the feeling of being deliberately ignored.
The level of doctors in Chang'an Imperial Medical Office is much higher than that in places like Zhenzhou. At least there won't be doctors like Fu Miaoshui or Shi doctors.
Therefore, they are also more aware of the medical significance of allicin, penicillin, blood transfusion methods, anatomical diagrams, etc.
Even if the halo of being the top scholar in the academy is removed, Li Ang can still get respect and preferential treatment here.
Through the crowd, Li Ang met Qiu Feng
Patient sitting on a chair.
He looks to be in his thirties, wearing ordinary cloth, with a lean build, slightly dark skin, and the aura of a sailor who has been drifting on the water all year round - Li Ang is very familiar with this type of person.
His face was slightly yellow, his breathing was short and rapid, and the hem of his cloth was open, revealing his slightly swollen abdomen.
The temperature in Chang'an was not high at this time, and the patient held a yellow paper talisman in his hand, exuding warmth to prevent him from freezing and catching the cold.
"Hello."
Li Ang saw the nervousness of the other party, a smile appeared on his face, and asked gently: "I am Li Ang. What is your name? Where do you live? How do you feel now?"
"Li...Li Xiaolangjun."
The man stammered, with an obvious Wudi accent in his words, "My surname is Yi, my family is the third generation, and I live in Wuxian County, Suzhou. I am a crew member of the Guide Company..."
After listening to Yi San's narration, Li Ang roughly understood what was going on.
Yi San is an employee of Guide Company. A month ago, he accepted the business order and transported the goods north along the Grand Canal to Luoyang.
While in Luoyang, the crew members on the ship began to cough and have chest pain, and some people had blood-streaked sputum.
However, running a ship is hard work, so this symptom is normal. The crew just bought some medicinal materials in Luoyang and cooked and drank it themselves. The ship owner also used his connections to get some allicin from the Luoyang Hospital and put it on the ship.
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To this day, the preservation of allicin is still a big problem. It is okay to take it out for immediate use, but if you want to store it for a long time, it can only be stored in expensive sealed glass test tubes, and it is only valid for ten to fifteen days.
Over the past year, all members of the Yu State have regarded allicin as a miracle drug, and wealthy and well-connected families would even take it every three to five times for fear of getting sick.
However, as the merchant ship continued to sail, one crew member's illness became serious. The ship owner gave him allicin, but it still failed to improve. He even began to have symptoms such as diarrhea, blood and mucus in the feces, and ascites.
The merchant ship was the "Yu Auntie" model, with a crew of hundreds of people. In order to calm people's hearts, the ship's owner let the patients disembark to recuperate, while the others speeded up the voyage to Chang'an, where the medical conditions were better.
As a result, in just a few days, all 70 people on the ship fell ill. They became emaciated, had swollen abdomens, had enlarged spleens, and coughed up blood.
"Other patients were lying in the room,"
Qiu Jing whispered: "Not only this merchant ship, but many other merchant ships from Suzhou and arriving in Chang'an have crew members who are sick.
Some merchant ships even fell ill after only staying in Suzhou for two days."
"..."
Li Ang was silent for a moment, then stepped forward and listened to Yi San's chest and abdomen.
As his practice progressed, his sensory abilities became more acute, and he could easily hear the murmurs in Yi San's swollen abdomen.
"How was it?"
Qiu Jing asked in a deep voice.
"It's terrible."
Li Ang raised his head with a gloomy expression, "I'm infected, my stomach is full of parasites."
There was an uproar in the courtyard, and the doctors knew exactly what this meant.
People are poisoned by water, insects eat the five internal organs, and the heat is extremely poisonous, which cannot be cured by good doctors.
There is no cure.
Yi San's face instantly turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, and his teeth chattered, "Infection...does this mean the disease will spread? Li Xiaolangjun, my parents, my wife and children are all still in Wu County..."
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He lowered his head, looking dazed, and murmured: "How could it be possible... Our family all obeys the instructions of the state government and does not drink raw water or eat raw fish..."
"I'm afraid it's not a question of raw water."
Li Ang had a heavy expression, pursed his lips slightly, and turned to look at Qiu Feng, "I need Niansi."
This chapter has been completed!