515 and a dead horse is a live horse doctor
The turbid and slightly foul air rushed to his face, forcing Dai Xiaoshan to quickly put on the mask hanging around his neck, and looked into the big house from the half-open door, Dai Xiaoshan happened to see two old people preparing to carry a stretcher from one corner of the big house to a row of large beds in the corner.
At this time, the two old men turned their backs to the door, and did not notice the people who came in, although they staggered and carried the stretcher, but the stretcher did not appear heavy, because there was only a small body lying on it---- it was a small child.
As far as Dai Xiaoshan could see, he immediately saw that on the ground in the house, there were still several young bodies wrapped in gray linen, were these the children who died of the plague?
Dai Xiaoshan, who is an infectious disease doctor, immediately felt that the situation here was indeed very serious, yes, it must be some kind of virulent infectious disease, and until now, people have been dying in this room!
Hearing the movement behind them, the two old men carrying the stretcher turned around and raised their faces, they looked at the visitor in surprise, and then subconsciously quickly lifted their scarves to cover their faces.
At this moment, Dai Xiaoshan was really almost frightened and screamed.
However, the professionalism of the infectious disease profession made him hold back, because he had seen what real leprosy was like, obviously the two old people in front of him were leprosy patients, of course, the doctor knew very well that the hideous face did not mean that they were devils, especially when he saw the sad eyes of the old people.
In this era, lepers are considered to be a symbol of evil, demon-possessed people, ominous things, and it is believed that only God Almighty can save the souls of these people, so in this era, only the Christian Church will take care of this unfortunate group---- because in the Bible and various legends, Jesus, the Son of God, once saved the lepers.
The two old men subconsciously avoided making Dai Xiaoshan's heart feel stunned, he tried to stay calm, and squeezed out a smile on his face, obviously the old man saw this scene, saw the person who came was smiling at them, and said a few words they didn't understand, the two old men knelt on the ground on the spot, bowed their heads and muttered something, but never raised their heads again.
However, the visitor didn't seem to care about the other party's reaction, but hurried to the interior of the big house, his target surrounded the four walls of the big house, and he was surprised to see the children lying densely on it, actually lying full!
At this time, Dai Xiaoshan, who was in the big house, his nose had slightly adapted to the air inside, even through the mask, he could smell a mixed smell of human and animal feces, and as he went deeper and deeper into the interior of the big house, the stench became stronger and stronger, until the innermost part of the room, almost staggering the doctor.
So Dai Xiaoshan could only barely hold on to a wooden beam in the big house, he frowned, covered the gap in the mask with his hand, so that his nose was slightly less irritated, and then looked around again.
Probably someone came in and stirred up the dull air in the house, and suddenly there were coughs and whispers from all around the big house, Dai Xiaoshan quickly looked around the shop, there were about fifty or sixty children lying on it, these children were covered with thin linen, boys and girls.
Immediately after, Dai Xiaoshan's gaze was attracted by the most obvious children, who were twitching violently under the sackcloth.
So Dai Xiaoshan hurriedly approached to check, he found that most of these children with convulsions were unconscious, some were asleep, some had no movement, the forehead was the same, high fever, and the sackcloth was uncovered......
In the big house, the two lepers just stared blankly at this strange costume person into the big house, and didn't know what to do for a while, this era Xiaoshan turned his head and shouted something, but he was wearing a mask and obviously couldn't let the other party understand what he said, so he hurriedly walked to the door, waved his hand, and the two grandmothers hurriedly stepped forward......
For the people outside the courtyard, after Dai Xiaoshan and the two grandmothers entered, they were silent for a while, although it was only a moment, but such a wait was obviously very torturous.
When Sun Lao and the others began to wait a little anxiously, everyone suddenly heard a commotion and noise from the big house inside, which suddenly broke out from the silence, which seemed very abrupt, accompanied by these sounds, mixed with the coughing and crying of children.
The crowd heard the commotion inside, which made the missionaries and grandmothers in the courtyard even more uneasy, but they could not go in because the Australians were blocking at the entrance.
Fortunately, judging from the facial expressions of these Australians, they seemed to be very calm, so this also made the missionaries and grandmothers a little quieter, so everyone had to listen to the movement in the big house in the distance, and continued to wait in anxiety.
It was really a long wait - after a full five minutes, the substitute doctor finally appeared at the gate of the courtyard again, and everyone was inexplicably relieved, but no one took the initiative to ask questions, everyone just looked at the doctor worriedly.
It was only then that the missionaries and grandmothers noticed that there was a bright red cross on the medicine box that the doctor was carrying cross-bodyβthe symbol of the cross! Seeing this sign, everyone was stunned for a while.
Zhu Beiguo saw that Dai Xiaoshan's face was also a little bad, so he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Dai Xiaoshan up and down and said:
"Xiaoshan, are you alright?"
Dai Xiaoshan was indeed a little panting at this time, and his face was not good, but his expression was quite calm, and he responded softly:
"Uh...... It's okay, it's okay, just now I asked the grandmothers to open the door and open the windows for ventilation, and asked the two old men to carry the children to the yard, and there is no room for people in the big house! The air in the yard is fresher...... Also, Nima, I know what kind of plague is going on here......"
"What plague?"
Zhu Beiguo asked in a low voice.
"The preliminary diagnosis is pulmonary anthrax ......"
"Nest! Anthrax! β
Zhu Beiguo suddenly exclaimed, he knew that in this era, the mortality rate of anthrax within five days exceeded 95 percent......
"Don't scream, don't scream! Shocked, it's actually fine! Anyway, our people are fine, and they have long been immune, but don't scare outsiders......"
Dai Xiaoshan turned around and saw that Elder Sun and Captain Gu were looking at him with concern, and hurriedly walked over and whispered to the two:
"Elder Sun, Captain Gu, this is a strong anthrax, please tell the Macao people present, and ask them to quickly organize people to move the livestock shed behind the big house in the backyard, and move as far away as possible! Also, the manure pit was also filled, and a layer of lime powder was sprinkled, paralyzed, mixed with humans and animals, and it was strange that there was no plague every year! β
"Do we have a cure?"
At this time, Zhu Beiguo followed, and asked in a somewhat nervous tone.
"Maybe there's a way to ......"
"What do you mean maybe?!"
At this time, Zhu Beiguo's voice revealed a certain panic.
"Maybe it means that the antibiotics we tried to make in the laboratory have not gone through clinical trials, and as Dr. Quan said, the composition of our new antibiotics is a bit complicated, including penicillin and streptomycin and other ingredients, of course, there are other things, and some of them are quite toxic......"
Dai Xiaoshan replied in a low voice.
"That'...... What to do? β
Zhu Beiguo said a little nervously.
"Just use it! What else can I do? It's better than nothing anyway......"
Dai Xiaoshan responded calmly.
"Again...... Is...... Dead horses as live horse doctors? β
At this time, Zhu Beiguo suddenly remembered a certain scene a few months ago.