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Chapter 7: Prelude to the Times (4)

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Zhou Luxue asked Zhou Tian after the patient left: "How did you think of these methods?"

"The patient is said to have vomiting and diarrhea. No matter what the cause is, such a condition will definitely reduce the moisture and salt in the patient's body. I asked his father to keep feeding him salt to replenish the lost water and salt. As for using garlic juice, there is no way. Generally, dishes made in summer are easy to break, but they can be kept for longer. I think there should be something in the garlic to delay the corruption of the items, so I thought of a random way to use garlic juice to make up the numbers to see if it can alleviate his condition. Now it seems that it is effective." Zhou Tian explained according to the principle he can understand.

That afternoon, Zhao Zhenzhong said to the two elders: "Now we know that this disease occurs in Qingshan Village, and this disease is likely to be transmitted from Qingdao City. If this is the case, then more than one person around us will be infected. We'd better be prepared in advance so as not to get busy."

"There are not many people in the palace, and there is not even the garlic palace. Besides, this disease is afraid that it is very contagious. If it is contagious, it will be a disaster. Otherwise, if someone comes, don't let them come in. Tell them the treatment methods and let them go back and treat them by themselves. You can't make the patients in the palace dirty, right?" Zhao Shanchu disagreed with the use of this kind of infectious disease in such a way that he lacked effective prevention and treatment measures.

"There are indeed many difficulties in the palace, but the people who come here are from several villages around. Many of them work for the palace, for fear of the bad reputation of Taiqing Palace." Zhou Luxue also felt embarrassed.

"Two elders, I think we can go to Qingdao City to confirm first. If there is no epidemic there, that is the best. If there is an epidemic there, I am afraid that there will be no case in Qingshan Village nearby. After all, the fishermen around often go to Qingdao to sell seafood."

"If there is a large-scale outbreak of the epidemic, instead of blocking the seeker of medical treatment outside the palace gate, it is better to set up two rescue sites far away from the Taiqing Palace, which not only provides convenience for such patients, but also prevents patients from entering the Taiqing Palace." Zhao Zhenzhong suggested.

"Oh? Let's talk about it first." Zhao Shanchu said.

"One is near Taiqing Palace, and you can set up a thatched hut near the gate archway of the foothills or a little further away. It provides some salt and prepares some cold boiled water. If possible, prepare some garlic. After all, it is outside the palace and does not violate the precepts in the palace. What's more, it is a matter of saving lives. If someone sends the patient, let the patient's relatives treat it according to the guidance of the Taoist priest in the palace. Of course, some lime should be prepared for disinfection."

"In another place, you can choose a place far away from Taiqing Palace. If it is close to us, we can go and help. Of course, the venue is still available in the palace. There are more than 100 children over us, which is really a bit messy."

"In this way, for the palace, it is not much to spend, that is, a little salt and boiled water, and some garlic, even the herbs are basically not used much. However, the Taiqing Palace's life-saving act of great merit will be praised by the people, and the incense in the palace will also flourish." After Zhao Zhenzhong finished speaking, he added something attractive.

After discussion, Taiqing Palace decided to reserve one location near the archway at the foot of the mountain, and the other location was reserved at Juxian Palace, not far from where Zhao Zhenzhong and others lived. He also discussed with Dao Li that if there is no epidemic tomorrow, then these arrangements are not needed; if the epidemic tomorrow, Dao Li will go to Juxian Palace to take charge of the treatment of patients instead of the people from Taiqing Palace. It turned out that several Taoist priests in Juxian Palace will withdraw from the newly built straw shed at the foot of the mountain to preside over the treatment of this side.

Later that day, Zhao Zhenzhong and others returned to their residence.

At noon the next day, Taoist from Taiqing Palace in Juxian Palace came to look for Laodao Li. Everyone learned that cholera broke out in Qingdao City. It is said that hundreds of people have been infected and the number is still expanding, and some people have died of illness. After receiving the news, the people from Juxian Palace followed the instructions of the Taiqing Palace's messenger, found Laodao Li and explained everything in Juxian Palace, and hurried back to Taiqing Palace.

After Li Laodao temporarily took over Juxian Palace, he and Li Tongsheng, Kuang Zhenjue and others built four straw sheds outside the palace, and prepared salt, garlic and other applications in the palace, and waited for patients to come to the palace.

After seeing this, Zhao Zhenzhong said to Mr. Li: "Master, it is not a solution to wait like this. If the patients are sent here at once, they will not be able to accommodate them and they will be even busier. The master might as well go to several nearby villages to teach rescue measures in advance through village chiefs or tribe leaders of various tribes. At that time, it will not only relieve the pressure here, but also allow villagers to be prepared in advance and reduce the possibility of getting infected."

After hearing this, Mr. Li felt it made sense, so he started to get busy. Zhou Tian also sorted out the things to pay attention to and gave them one copy to Mr. Li, Mr. Kuang Zhenjue, and Li Tongsheng each, and told them that if they couldn't explain clearly in each village, they would ask someone to copy the paper and handle it according to the rules.

Afterwards, Mr. Li and his friends went to various villages to take action separately.

At the beginning, no one cared about what the old Taoist said in the surrounding villages. Some even thought that the old Taoist wanted to cheat money and coax him out of the village. However, some village chiefs were more cautious and sent people to Qingdao City to learn about it. As a result, those who went back and said that there were already 70 or 80 people in Qingdao City who died of illness. Only then did everyone believe that they were panicked and became busy according to the method left by the old Taoist.

Zhao Zhenzhong took the opportunity to go to Taiqing Palace again and handed over the prevention and treatment measures they discussed and the prevention and treatment methods compiled by Zhou Tian to Zhou and the two elders. After seeing this, the two elders attached great importance to the prevention and treatment measures. After all, this will enable more people to save themselves, reduce the number of deaths in the disease, and greatly reduce the pressure on Taiqing Palace.

In real history, cholera broke out in Qingdao City from July 9, 1919, two months before and after. Records show that 191 people infected with cholera in Qingdao at that time and 115 people died. However, this is just a record in Qingdao City, where the medical environment is relatively good. There is no statistics on the specific infections and deaths in some remote villages around it. However, due to the lack of effective medical rescue measures, the number of people infected with diseases and deaths will definitely far exceed the recorded figures in Qingdao. At that time, the areas near Laoshan were not under Qingdao's jurisdiction, but belonged to the jurisdiction of Jimo County. It is unknown how many people around Laoshan and Jimo died in this cholera.

However, due to the relatively effective local methods proposed by Zhou Tian, ​​as the people who come and go spread to the Siwai, the number of deaths caused by cholera infection in Laoshan and surrounding areas will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

In the following two months, 65 people were treated in the Juxian Palace, 47 people were treated in Taiqing Palace, and the number of people who rescued themselves in other villages was roughly estimated to be nearly 500. Due to the timely prevention and treatment, the majority of people who were infected survived. About 90 people died of illness, basically all elderly people and young children with weak resistance and some people with poor physical fitness. For this result, except for those whose relatives died at home, the other rescued people were so grateful that they were all sent to express gratitude. All kinds of local specialties such as fruits, vegetables, and dried fish were piled up in half of the room in Juxian Palace.

The Taoists in Taiqing Palace were also very satisfied. During this epidemic treatment, Li Laodao and others attributed all the credits to Taiqing Palace, which greatly increased their reputation among the nearby people. After Li Laodao discussed with the two elders Zhou and Zhao, the local specialties sent by villagers to express their gratitude were used to improve the food for the more than 80 children.

Zhou Tian, ​​who was once a medical expert, was unhappy and felt sad for the dead elderly and young children. Zhao Zhenzhong comforted her and said, "Don't be too sad, we have tried our best. In this era of lack of medical treatment, it is already amazing to achieve such treatment results. I heard that about 200 people in Qingdao were infected, but nearly 120 people died."

"If those people were in our era, they would basically be fine, but now... I only know what life is like grass." Zhou Tian still couldn't let it go.

"Sister, medicine is one aspect," Zhou Hao said angrily: "Did you have reported such a serious epidemic? Has the government taken effective measures? No! Everything is inaction!"

"So, we must work harder to help more people in the future. We also hope that our nation and country can try to avoid unnecessary detours." Zhao Zhenzhong continued, "Don't think too much, and we are busy with the autumn harvest again. At this time last year, this was a barren mountain, but this year was a field of harvest. And in the future, we will be better!"
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