Chapter 81: The Source of Contagion
The next day, the barbarian king led us outside a room, pointed to the inside, and said, "All the sick are here." "I glanced inside, and there were about twenty or thirty people inside, and there was not even a window in the whole room, probably for fear of infection.
I turned my head, glanced at the ice goose, and said, "Wait for me here." Just as I was about to go in, Bingyan suddenly grabbed my hand and said, "I'm going too!" ”
I smiled at her: "It's not a joke, the people inside are all seriously ill, and it's not good to be infected." "Then, aren't you afraid of contagion?" There were tears in Bingyan's eyes. I sighed, bent down, and wiped her tears from her eyes, "I'll be fine." Bingyan hesitated, but finally let go of my hand.
I put on my mask and gloves, injected myself with a dose of vaccine, and entered the house with a medical kit. Suddenly, there was silence in the room, and almost all eyes were on me.
Naturally, I don't check them one by one, since the symptoms are all the same, I only need to check a representative one. I walked over to a more ill man, put the medical kit down, and took a chair to sit down in front of him.
He looked up, his face pale, his hands trembling, and he looked very weak. I checked his pulse and found that his pulse was very disturbed, but I couldn't tell what the disease was, and I couldn't help but wonder. I touched his head, it was a little hot, but not a fever.
I frowned, I couldn't figure out what disease was and how it could be cured? Just then, I suddenly saw that something was wrong with his arm. "Show me your arms." I said. It was a very ordinary thing, but he reacted very violently. His face changed, and he looked terrified, as if he was afraid that I was going to kill him, and instead of showing his arms, he withdrew his hands into his sleeves. He glared at me and yelled at me, "You go, I don't need you to be an outsider!" ”
"Wait!" I snapped, grabbed his hand, and pulled his entire sleeve off, despite his break. What I saw next was something I will never forget for the rest of my life.
I saw that his whole arm was not flesh-colored at all, but black, and this black was not the color of the race, nor was it tanned, but like poisoning, like the bark of a dead tree, without any blood. I've seen a lot of poisoning, but this is the first time I've seen it, and I'm very surprised. There were several bumps on his arm, and there seemed to be something wriggling in them, although I couldn't see clearly, but it could be bugs, and I couldn't help but shiver at the thought of this.
All of a sudden, all the people stood up and stared at me, and one of them pointed at me and said, "Since you know, then you don't want to get out alive!" ”
My heart trembled, knowing that the barbarian king did not tell me the inside story, and the reason why these people were locked up here was to prevent contagion, and on the other hand, they didn't want to go out at all, and they didn't want others to see their appearance. And now, they want to kill me, they think that the news of killing me will not spread, there will be no unrest.
"Sit it all down for me!" I slammed the table, "I'm here to see you, no matter what you do, you are all my patients, don't worry, I already know your situation, I can heal you." I will not tell outsiders about your illness. ”
The man's anger subsided slightly, and he sat down, and the rest of the people couldn't say anything. I stood up and picked up the kit: "I will get it ready as soon as possible, and until then, I hope you can believe me." ”
I walked out the door and saw the ice geese stamping their feet in a hurry. Before I could speak, she hurriedly asked, "Hanquan, how is it?" I was interrupted by her, and after a moment of silence, I shook my head.
"Is it really not curable?" Bingyan asked in surprise, "Shhh, be quiet." Although I can't dispense medicine for the time being, I have a general understanding of the patient's condition, and it should be a parasite. I whispered.
"Parasites?" Bing Yan was a little puzzled, "What should I do then?" "Hmm...... If I'm not mistaken, the antidote is local. I thought about it and said.
"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and find it. You tell me, what does the herb look like, I'll find it! Bingyan said, and I smiled at her: "Don't worry, I'll tell you." It's not a medicinal herb, it's a bezoar. ”
"Bezoar...... Can bezoars cure diseases? This is the first time I've heard of it. Bingyan looked skeptical. Well, the so-called one thing descends one thing, this bezoar is the nemesis of the parasite. I turned to face the barbarian king, "Are you here?" The barbarian king was a little surprised, paused and said, "Yes, what about the bulls, do you want to eat beef?" ”
I smiled slightly: "No, take some bezoar." The bezoar is very effective for the patient's disease. The barbarian king knocked his head with his hand: "Wait, why can't I figure it out, is this bezoar a medicine?" I shook my head: "It's not, but it definitely works." You just do it. Also, find a few more bathtubs for bathing, boil the water, put the bezoar in it, and let all the sick people soak in the tub. In less than half an hour, the illness will naturally be cured. ”
The barbarian king was still a little puzzled, but he couldn't say anything, so he did as I said. I looked at the two of them who were stunned and said, "Let's go, let's go to the back mountain to have a look." ”
Before I finished speaking, Zhao Meng shouted: "Hey, no, does it matter?" I smiled without saying a word, and walked straight to the back mountain, Zhao scratched his head, but still followed.
After walking for half an hour, you can already see the back mountain. Bing Yan suddenly stopped: "Hanquan, there are no outsiders here, you can tell us the reason." Why do you want to go to the back mountain, are you not sure? "Ah, if it can't be cured, what should I do! Let's run. Zhao Meng said in a panic.
"No, not really, the disease can be cured. But if you don't eradicate it, some people will still get sick. I said. Does that root have anything to do with the back mountain? Could it be ...... "Ice Goose has already guessed eighty percent."
"Hmm." I smiled at her. "Do you remember when the barbarian king said that they often hunt in the back mountains? The first person to get sick also contracted it after hunting in the back mountains. "Well, it is, but why didn't the others get sick?" Bingyan asked.
"Hmm...... This parasite only parasitizes blood type, and generally people with strong resistance are not susceptible to infection. People who are parasitized by this insect do not die immediately, the insect absorbs the nutrients from their body and lays eggs in it to reproduce, while secreting a toxin that is the real cause of death. If people are affected by this toxin for a long time, it will lead to muscle and nerve necrosis of the whole body, which will lead to death, this toxin is very strange, it is not much harm to livestock, and insects are not easy to parasitize cattle and sheep, and there are things that this parasite is afraid of in the bezoar, the bezoar can smoke out the parasites in the human body, and the venom will also seep out of the body. ”
"Ah, this insect is so poisonous, so let's not go!" Zhao Meng was a little timid, "Why are you afraid?" I smiled at him. How's that! Seriously, though, I'm still a little worried. Zhao Meng touched his head and said.
"Take it." I said, handing them basic protective equipment such as masks and gloves, "This, I used this last time." It's very good for poison, but can it prevent insects? Zhao Meng said while wearing protective clothing, "Well, just be careful not to let insects get into sensitive parts such as nostrils and mouths, otherwise, you will be guilty." I said, putting on a mask for Zhao Meng.
"Is it that serious?" Zhao Meng muttered in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, it's getting dark, we have to go back before dark." I said, walking forward. Zhao Meng responded and followed closely.
We walked into the back mountain, surrounded by dense forests, all kinds of trees, but poplars can account for eighty percent, "Ah, so big, where can I find any source of infection?" Zhao Meng said with a grin.
I just smiled, "Look, what is that." As he spoke, he had already walked straight towards a poplar tree, Zhao Meng and Bing Yan followed closely, Zhao Meng looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything, "This, this poplar tree is good, what's the problem?" ”
"yes, then you see what this is!" I smiled, and my left hand had pulled out the knife on Zhao Meng's waist, and slashed on the poplar tree, and a piece of bark fell off the mark, and suddenly, a finger-thick insect used it and wriggled on the ground.