When Scrooge got off the train from Panama Station, he suddenly had a strange, time-space familiarity, because the whole of Panama was shrouded in a choking haze with the smell of fireworks, which immediately evoked Scrooge's memories of the autumn of the imperial capital in his previous life.

The entire platform was covered with a layer of wood and gray-black soot from the burning coal, and even though he had already put on a mask, Scrooge was still choking and coughing.

Hurriedly getting into the carriage, Scrooge pulled down his mask and asked Bob, who came to greet him, "What's going on?" ”

Bob replied, "Mr. MacDonald, didn't you first come up with an article called 'The Possible Transmission of Disease'?" This article was listed in a Panamanian newspaper. It mentions that insect bites are also a common way of spreading the disease. It's not known how yellow fever is transmitted, but Panamanians feel that all possible routes of transmission need to be dealt with, so now the whole of Panama is burning things indiscriminately, and they think it will drive away mosquitoes that can spread yellow fever. ”

"Is that okay?" Scrooge was taken aback, "Isn't this going to make a lot of pneumonia or tracheitis?" ”

"Isn't it?" Bob replied, "But that's better than yellow fever." ”

"How's it going on over there in the workers' camp?" Scrooge asked.

"It's not good, it's not good, it's dying every day."

As Bob said, the epidemic in the labor camps is still unfolding, and the bodies of hundreds of people are carried out of the Japanese labor camps every day to be cremated. At that time, even in the West, the most common burial method was still burial. However, for those who died of the plague, although the bodies of those who died of yellow fever were no longer contagious because there were no mosquito bites, those who did not know anything about the transmission of yellow fever at that time were all frightened by this terrible infectious disease. lest the plague spread to their noble Caucasians.

Under such conditions, the body of the deceased, of course, can only be cremated. Fortunately, there are many trees in Panama, and the person in charge of cremating the corpse now spreads a layer of logs on the ground, then a layer of corpses on top, and then some kerosene (because most of the logs are wet, and they can't be ignited at all without kerosene), and then a layer of logs is covered with them, and then the corpses are placed on top of them, and then kerosene is poured on them...... Finally, the whole stack was piled up to three meters high, and then a torch was thrown over, and the whole stack was surrounded by flames.

After a few hours, the flames gradually faded, and the staff wearing thick masks used long iron hooks to pick up the fire and let the contents burn through, and then when the ash pile was cold, someone came over, picked up a shovel, scooped up a little ash at random, and poured it into those boxes with words such as "so-and-so Jiro" and "so-and-so Taro" written on them. Of course, this is only the treatment of samurai, and who cares about those guys who don't even have a surname?

Of course, because the samurai master also died a lot, it was inevitable that something would go wrong, for example, when the overseer Ren Kuroshima came home more than a month later, he directly scared his wife and fainted. Because his wife had just received his "ashes" a day earlier.

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After a short rest in the hotel, Scrooge planned to go to the workers' camp for a show...... Oh, it's customary to say that it's time to inspect and guide the work. In order to avoid actually contracting the damn yellow fever, Scrooge was well prepared.

First of all, others don't know how yellow fever and malaria are transmitted, but Scrooge definitely knows. So Scrooge took a series of measures to ensure his absolute safety.

First of all, clothing, although Panama is truly tropical, Scrooge still put on a long suit from head to toe. The long, somewhat thick clothes should be enough to keep out those deadly mosquitoes in the tropics, but for safety, Scrooge put on a thick mask for himself, and he knew very well that yellow fever could not be transmitted through the air, but in doing so, it could protect the face so that mosquitoes could not bite. Then there are the bare hands, and thick gloves as well. In addition, although there is a head on the head, you still have to bring a hat to be in order.

After wearing it like this, looking at the dressing mirror in the hotel, looking at it himself, Scrooge somehow suddenly remembered Belikov.

Such a full armament did not make Scrooge feel absolutely safe, and he also prepared mosquito repellent for himself. Produced by McDonald Chemical & Pharmaceuticals, the repellent effect lasts up to six hours. It's just that it hasn't had time to go public yet. Scrooge sprayed it all over his body until he could smell the mosquito repellent water through his thick mask, and then he was relieved, got out of the hotel, got in a carriage and went to the workers' camp with the other doctors.

According to Scrooge's advice, the rest of the medical staff were also dressed like this, with long white coats, masks, hats, and white gloves. Then sprinkle mosquito repellent on the body, and if anyone asks, they say that it is to suppress the smell of corpses in the camp.

The carriage walked for an hour to reach the labor camp. If Panamanians had come over to see the labor camp set up, they would have been much less worried about the disease spreading from the labor camp to Panama. The entire labor camp resembles a strong fortress, with a three-metre-high log wall and barbed wire. Outside the wall, every few tens of meters, there is also a sentry post. On it stood a soldier wrapped in the same tightly wrapped black water.

The gates of the camp opened, and rescuers led by Scrooge, escorted by a group of heavily armed soldiers, into this hell on earth.

"What's going on here today?" Scrooge asked Dr. Heim, who had been staying here.

"It's not good, so far, more than 500 people have died, according to the statistics of the number of deaths curve, by tomorrow morning, the death toll of more than 1,000 is no problem at all." Dr. Heim replied.

"After counting the various conditions of the sick people, how is the inference of the spread of the disease going?" Scrooge then asked.

"Mr. MacDonald, according to our investigation, the possibility of an epidemic due to contaminated food and drinking water has been basically ruled out, and the rest is droplet infection and insect bite infection. So our medical staff have taken the necessary steps to address both possibilities. So at least for now, our health care workers have not been infected. ”

"Very well, then let's go to the camp together." Scrooge said.

"Okay." Heim replied.

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"This person's name is Sasaki, and he was sick a week ago, and he was very dangerous, but now his body temperature has dropped, and except for the weakness of his limbs, all other symptoms are alleviating." Dr. Heim pointed to a patient and introduced Scrooge.

"So, this lucky man survived?" Scrooge asked.

"Not necessarily, he still has some irregular heart rhythms. The electrolyte balance in the body has not yet fully recovered, of course, it is much stronger than before, but it is difficult to say whether it will survive or not, but in general, there is still a lot of hope for survival. Heim said.

"How many people are like this?" Scrooge asked.

"Less than 10 percent." Heim replied, "In addition, the company's new antipyretics, aspirin, has been shown not to work as a fever reducer for this disease." According to our records after using aspirin, the symptoms of bleeding were significantly worse after using aspirin, and some patients died of vomiting blood soon after taking aspirin. So at present, the only way to cool down or something is to use physical methods. ”

"These things have to be systematically recorded, and they are all very precious to us." Scrooge said.

The two walked out of the ward and continued along the path in the workers' camp, escorted by Blackwater's soldiers.

"We still don't have enough people." "So it's not possible to keep a detailed record of every patient's journey from illness to death." However, we still try to keep a record of the number as much as possible. At present, we have more than 5,000 complete records of cases from illness to death, and about 2,000 incomplete cases. In addition, there are records of the response of more than 200 drugs in the treatment of patients, as well as comparisons...... It's a rare opportunity. ”

At this point, a team of nurses came over with stretchers, and Scrooge and Heim stepped aside.

The nurses carried the stretchers here and put them down, then took down a small notebook hanging from the stretcher and handed it to a small room. Then they went back to the stretcher, lifted the stretcher, and carried it directly to the cremation area.

"What about the patient's other belongings?" Scrooge asked.

"Of course they burned all together." Heim replied, "Look over there. ”

Scrooge looked in the direction of his finger and saw a group of men carrying wooden beds toward the crematorium. These wooden beds would also serve as fuel to burn their bodies.

"Oh, I forgot to ask, how many people have died so far this time?" Scrooge asked.

"More than 6,000 people have died, and it is estimated that if we let it go, we will probably die about 10,000 people in the end, and if we continue to actively treat with various drugs, about 12,000 people will die." Heim replied.

"For the sake of medical progress, medicine must not be stopped!" Scrooge said firmly.

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