“…We achieved a brilliant victory!”

In the telegram sent by Ellich, he wrote enthusiastically in an exciting tone: "In the past three months, we have proved the theory of you and Professor Koch. We have controlled the public health system of the entire Hamburg city and received full support from the city government! In July and August, the number of new patients in Hamburg city has seen a staggering decline, and most people have been cured by rehydration therapy..."

When John saw this, he couldn't help but smile.

Although others had left Hamburg long ago and had never taken the initiative to pay attention to the situation there, in the past three months, Erlich and Koch often communicated with him through telegrams. So John knew very clearly that after Hamburg City gave Koch certain rights, he and Erlich, Kitari Shibasaburo and others immediately began to act - door-to-door publicity and prevention measures, teaching people to drink boiled water, thoroughly heat food, and wash their hands carefully after returning from home...

For future means, success is inevitable.

So when summer came, the cholera epidemic in other areas of Hamburg became more and more serious, but in the area where Koch was responsible, only a few people were infected like another world! This unquestionable fact prompted the Hamburg municipal government to change its attitude quickly and completely abandoned Bettenkov who drank a bottle of Vibrio cholerae. Even if the other party did not die as in history, it was just a few mild symptoms.

After taking control of the city's power, Koch and Ellich's success was unstoppable.

but……

“It’s sad that hamburgers still lose a lot of people.”

At the end of the telegram, Ellich wrote helplessly: "As of the end of August, a total of 3,428 citizens in Hamburg have lost their lives, and we believe that hundreds may die in the next two or three months..."

"Oh, God!"

When John saw this, Anna, who was watching the telegram with him, exclaimed and immediately covered her little mouth. For Anna, who has been pampering since childhood, more than 3,000 people are undoubtedly a very large number, especially when she thought that her husband was in Hamburg a few months ago and was also facing such danger, the woman felt panic and anxious, and a flush appeared on her little face!

"Don't worry, the situation has been controlled."

After patting Anna's little hand, John patiently comforted his wife.

This time, the cholera outbreak in Hamburg is likely to die of nearly 4,000 people, which is quite huge, but if compared with the more than 8,000 people in real history, it is actually very satisfying. Koch and Erlich are not omnipotent, especially when the Germans in this era do not have such high qualities, it is basically impossible to make every corner of the city clean and everyone live strictly according to their propaganda. And now it is the peak period of cholera. The polluted water sources, infected people and bacteria carriers who continue to spread the virus will continue to cause harm to Hamburg City...

But no matter what, this matter is finally coming to an end. As long as you survive these two months, cholera will basically not cause any storms.

"In fact, what I'm struggling with now is another thing!"

After comforting his wife, John smiled bitterly in his heart.

In London, in Hamburg, John showed the future infectious disease theory to the British and German physicians without reservation. In order to strengthen his persuasion, he also brought out some knowledge of cholera, malaria and plague, such as the transmission of malaria by Anopheles, some characteristics of plague bacillus, etc., and after coming to Berlin, he wrote a book called "Infectious Diseases"!

He hesitated now, not knowing whether he should publish the book.

Since bacteriology emerged from Pasteur and Koch, no matter how doctors accepted it, it quickly attracted great attention from governments in European countries. On the one hand, Europe is the hardest hit area for infectious diseases, with white plague and cholera raging every year. On the other hand, the environment in colonies such as India, Africa and Southeast Asia is even worse, and they urgently need to find a way to deal with it. So Koch's team went to Egypt and India to study cholera, while the Dutch sent people to Southeast Asia's colonies to study beriberi several times - even if they kept getting the wrong direction.

The publication of "Infectious Diseases" will undoubtedly greatly promote the research on infectious diseases by Europeans.

Don’t underestimate the energy of this book. It contains a lot of theoretical knowledge that transcends the times. It can basically be seen as the foundation of the tall building of infectious diseases. Moreover, in this book, John also included key knowledge of many common infectious diseases, such as transmission channels, transmission vectors, etc., which will provide important support for the prevention of these diseases...

"Is it good? Is it bad?"

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, John slowly fell into a state of contemplation.

The benefits of publishing are obvious. The influence on the discipline of infectious diseases is too great, at least far exceeding the influence of the Koch principle in this era, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, that is, it will greatly promote the colonial "career" of European and American powers! If John was really a German-American, then there was no need to say anything, but at the root he was a white-skinned person, then he had to be carefully measured.

"John, what do you think?"

Seeing her husband fall into deep thought, Anna couldn't help but push him gently and asked.

"Ah? Oh, nothing...haha"

John woke up suddenly by Anna's call. After a moment of stunned silence, he suddenly laughed again.

Anna was so confused by this smile that she was a little confused. She didn't know that just now, John suddenly understood something: Just like when he chose to study medicine again in this life, why do he think so much about it?

Just a book, no matter whether it is good or bad?

Perhaps the development of infectious diseases will greatly promote the entry of the great powers into the colonies, but it will also bring benefits to those in the colonies, right? Moreover, the greater the value of the colonies and the larger the market, the more acute the conflicts between the great powers will be in the future. Maybe World War I will break out early by then...

What does this or that have to do with him?

John, who had figured it out, was in a good mood and turned his head to look at his wife: "Anna, have you been bored at home recently? Haha, if the weather is good tomorrow, let's go out for a walk?"

"real?"

After hearing what John said, Anna's eyes lit up.

The cholera epidemic in Hamburg made the whole of Germany anxious, and even Berlin hundreds of kilometers away was affected, and people were reluctant to go out. John was entangled and scared because of infectious disease theory and physics papers, so he simply didn't go out much, so his life was really dull during this period.

If you can go out for breathing, it would be great.

Anna, excited, immediately started planning, but before she could think of the housekeeper, she hurried in again, stared at her eyes and said anxiously: "Sir, a gentleman just arrived and sent you an invitation..."
Chapter completed!