"Zuo Shuchang is really fearless and ignorant, how can the waters of this land south of the Yangtze River be able to play rashly?"

In the tent, I heard that Ziying was wet and full of crown in Miluo River a few days ago, and the doctor Chen Wuyi shook his head again and again.

"There are shooter poisonous insects in the south of the Yangtze River, the summer moon is in the water, its insects are very fine and invisible, people enter the water bath and wade in the water, this insect is attached to the body, and it burrows into the skin."

Chen Wuyi pointed to the red rash on Ziying's hands and feet and said: "This is the symptom when I first got it, the skin is red, like small beans and millet, rubbing it with my hands, the pain is like a needle prick." ”

These symptoms are all in line with Ziying, Ziying didn't expect that he would trace back to the ancients and follow their example to lead to such serious consequences, and he couldn't care about the reserved elegance of being a prince and grandson, so he asked urgently:

"Physician Chen, what happens if you get this disease?"

Chen Wuyi shook his head and sighed: "One month after the onset of the disease, my body was cold and hot, my hands and feet were painful, I would vomit, my urine was yellow, my abdomen was stuffy, and my chest hurt. Over time, the poisonous insects will travel down the blood vessels to the liver and intestines, gnaw on the five internal organs, release poisonous water, and accumulate inside, which will make the abdomen swollen, like a shrimp toad, like a pregnant woman, shaking sound, hence the name Shui Gu is also ......"

Gu, the small worm in the abdomen, can be described as very vivid. Chen Wuyi said that people who have been hit by Shui Gu will not only have swollen bodies, but more seriously, people will also cough, chest pain, vomit blood, and weakness all over the body, and various diseases will follow, which may eventually lead to death!

"Everyone says that Jiangnan is damp and her husband died early, but it is not because of the dampness and heat, but because of the Gu worms in the water."

"Dare to ask the doctor, how to diagnose and treat?"

Chen Wuji sighed again: "There is no cure for this disease......

"Isn't this a terminal illness?"

Every time Chen Wuyi said a word, Ziying's face turned white. He is only in his early thirties this year, is it possible that he will die in Changsha?

He only felt a little dizzy, how could he be so unlucky.

Chen Wuyi said: "Zuo Shu Chang is a little safe, he will not die immediately if he is hit by the disease of Shui Gu, Zuo Shu Chang is the king and grandson of Guixuan, with the blessing of the spirit of the temple, there will definitely be a way......"

When he was so comforted in front of Ziying, left the camp, and went to report the matter to Heifu, Chen Wuyi said with some schadenfreude:

"Changnan Hou, sure enough, whether it is the prince and the grandson of the water Gu, or the fisherman Qianshou, as long as it is skin and flesh, they will all drill correctly!"

……

"For Gu worms, we are all fish and meat, how can there be any distinction between noble and low, virtuous and foolish."

Heifu shook his head helplessly, people claim to be the spirit of all things, the top of the food chain, but above the top, inside the human body, there are countless parasites wriggling, gnawing at the body's internal organs day and night. Compared with the visible beasts, these tiny insects are the biggest natural enemies of human beings.

Speaking of which, Ziying is really unlucky, just came to Jiangnan and received such a gift from nature.

"How sick is he?"

"It's not heavy."

Chen Wuyi said: "It's also lucky, it's not like other northerners who get a fever disease, it should be a chronic disease." After this incident, this prince and grandson are afraid that he will no longer dare to rush into the water, plus brocade clothes and jade food, he does not have to work, and he will live for another twenty years. ”

He showed a playful smile: "But I deliberately made the illness a little more serious, this deputy supervisor will definitely be able to put himself in his shoes and understand the difficulty of using troops in the south, and His Majesty, who is far away in Xianyang, will naturally not blindly urge the Marquis of Changnan when he learns that even the prison army is infected." ”

"It sounds like a good thing, but I'm not happy."

Heifu sighed: "You're right, even the prison soldiers sent by the imperial court are sick, let alone ordinary soldiers and people?" If this continues, half of the soldiers of the southern expedition are sick and weak, and they can't fight. ”

After arriving in Changsha, Heifu found that the local garrison was facing a serious disease that had ravaged Hunan for more than 2,000 years: schistosomiasis.

Although the scientific name is "schistosomiasis japonicum", it is only because, first discovered and named by the Japanese, in fact, this small parasite is found throughout the subtropical region.

Heifu remembers that when he went to the Hunan Museum in his previous life, the deepest impression was that the owner of the Mawangdui Han Tomb still had a large number of schistosomiasis eggs in his stomach, even the nobles, and it is conceivable that this disease is widespread in Changsha County.

And it has been raging for a long enough time, until after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, and Taihu Lake are the most popular areas for plague gods, let alone now.

More than 10 years ago, when attacking Yuzhang and building Nanchang City, there were soldiers in the Heifu army who had rashes and died of fever and illness after wading into the underwater fields.

Everyone attributed this to the hot and humid climate in the south of the Yangtze River, but Heifu, who was also a southerner in his previous life, knew that it was schistosomiasis, so he pointed out the correct cause of the disease, named it "Shui Gu", and reported the matter to the imperial court.

It's a pity that the number of soldiers and civilians stationed in Yuzhang is not large, and this matter has not attracted attention, and even Qin Shi Huang did not think so when he saw the "Southern Expedition" presented by Heifu.

The old subordinates of Heifu kept in mind their policy, drank more well water and boiled water, and set up public toilets in the city and countryside to prevent the feces of patients from entering the running water directly. In the area where there are snails in the affected water, it is really impossible to build a dam and reclaim it, so it is better to abandon the field and find another high place to open up the wasteland......

Therefore, although schistosomiasis in Yuzhang County has always existed, it has been controlled to a certain extent.

Things are man-made, and Changsha County next door is not doing so well.

The year before last, a large number of northern troops poured into the local area, wading through water and tuntian, and at least one-third of the 80,000 soldiers and civilians were infected. The northern soldiers who did not adapt to the local climate died of complications, and those who were chronically ill also lost their combat effectiveness and were left in Changsha.

When Hefu arrived, he found that there were quite a few people in the camp who had a large belly and a swelling of poop, and this late symptom was due to the accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, and their emaciated faces made their bellies appear larger.

Fortunately, schistosomiasis can only be contracted through contact between people and infected water, and cannot be transmitted directly from person to person, otherwise there would be no need to fight this battle, and Heifu could come directly to collect their bodies.

However, patients in the advanced stage of swelling do not have much time to live, and even lose the possibility of treatment.

All Heifu can do now is try to save the infected who have not yet deteriorated.

"The matter of treating the children and babies and those patients will be handed over to Brother Chen."

As early as ten years ago, he informed Chen Wuyi about Yuzhang Shui Gu, and as a subordinate of the Great Doctor's Order, Chen Wuji also personally went to the south to contact patients and find a way to treat them.

Inspired by the advice provided by Heff, he has found a good medicine, and after ten years of research, he has achieved a slight success, although it is not guaranteed to be completely cured, but it can be done to alleviate the condition and prevent chronic patients from swelling to death......

"Do your best without blame."

Chen Wuyi agreed, hurriedly went out, and went to ask the Changsha County Government to recruit the people and help him collect the medicinal materials.

Treatment is needed, but prevention is urgent.

The Changsha area is a suitable breeding ground for snails and a serious epidemic area for schistosomiasis. Summer is about to enter again, and summer and autumn are the most susceptible periods for infection, so if you are not prepared, you should wait for another outbreak of the epidemic.

In the long run, Changsha is a necessary place for the southern expeditionary army, and if we do not do a good job in prevention, when the new army that is training in Wuchang arrives in the next year, a large number of people will lose their combat effectiveness.

But this matter is of no great use just in the barracks.

Around the area of the garrison activities of the Southern Expedition is Xiang County, the seat of Changsha County, plus the townships and villages dozens of miles around the city, there are at least 5,000 households.

At least 20 percent of the patients are infected in urban areas, and even more in rural areas, 3 to 40 percent. Tens of thousands of people eat and drink lazar, causing schistosomiasis eggs to circulate in the water bodies around the city. This makes the entire Xiang County an epidemic area, and it has been passed down from generation to generation. Children who have dwarfism because of infection and never grow up can be seen in almost every lilu.

Looking at this scene, Heifu also mourned the hardships of the people's livelihood, the water Gu is like the curse of the southern country, it will still be in this land, shrouded for more than 2,000 years, no matter how noble it is, if you are not careful, you will be accompanied by insects for life.

It will not be until New China will usher in the dawn and send away the raging plague gods......

The first thing Heifu did was to relocate the entire camp, away from the epidemic area and Dongting Lake, and go to a flat pavilion fifty miles south of Xiang County to establish a new camp.

It is named because there are many oak trees. In later generations, it was called "Zhuzhou", which is a place that extends in all directions and has convenient transportation. Although the surrounding area is sparsely populated, densely forested, and even infested with tigers, leopards and elephants, it is still a hub for the north and south.

The army wants to escape from the epidemic area, but it is not Heifu's style to abandon Xiangxian County, which has been shrouded in the Gu plague god for thousands of years.

Before leaving, he went into the city to visit the Changsha county guard.

For Changsha Shou, this meeting was not pleasant, as the commander of the Southern Expedition, Changnan Hou had a black face, and reprimanded him, and in the end, he threw the pot of the soldier's illness to the local government.

It is said that it is precisely because of their inaction that the people of Changsha live a loose life, and the sick people defecate and defecate on the riverside, polluting the rivers and lakes, which has caused thousands of soldiers to get sick and lose their combat effectiveness......

"Therefore, the king of the prison army, Sun Ying, fell ill when he entered Changsha County, and his life was in danger. Therefore, our southern expedition army, before the enemy has been confronted, was defeated in Changsha first! All the counties are guarded, and this general must be known to His Majesty! ”

Heifu's wording was strong, such a big crime, the Changsha county guard could not afford it, and hurriedly promised that he was willing to cooperate with the Southern Expeditionary Army to prevent illness together.

Heifu's face softened slightly, and he made a few more demands on the grounds of preventing diseases and curing plagues.

And the first one, of course, is his fame skill......

"If you want to prevent the plague of Gu, you must first build a public toilet!"

……

After sending off Heifu with a smile on his face, the face of the Changsha County Guard was uncertain, as a two-thousand-stone feudal official, he said nothing in Changsha, but in the face of this high-powered Changnan Marquis, he could only cooperate carefully, and did not dare to offend half of it.

He could only scold: "Sure enough, everyone says that Wei Heifu has two habits, one is called Tuntian, and the other is called public toilets. If you want to talk about me, his title should not be called Changnan Hou, but public toilet Hou! ”

PS: The second chapter is in the evening