After finishing Zhao Jingxing's affairs, Sun Yuanqi hurriedly published information in major newspapers in the name of the imperial court to solicit doctors and nurses from all over the country. No pop-up window update fast // Touchingly, Chinese and foreign doctors and medical students are very enthusiastic, and it will soon be enough to form a qualified infectious disease hospital. Shi Zhaoji, the right man of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took the initiative to recommend a big bull to himself: Wu Liande.

Wu Liande, whose ancestral home is Taishan, Guangdong, was born in Penang, Malaysia in 1879. In 1896, he was awarded the Queen's Scholarship to study medicine at the University of Cambridge, England, specializing in infectious diseases and bacteriology. In 1903, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) after passing the Cambridge University Doctoral Examination with an outstanding thesis on tetanus fungus. After that, he returned to Malaysia to open a clinic.

Although he grew up overseas, he has a heart to serve the country. In 1907, he was hired by the Qing government to serve as the deputy superintendent of the Beiyang Army Military Medical Hall. In real history, as the chief medical officer of epidemic prevention in the three eastern provinces, he presided over the disaster relief work, extinguishing the epidemic in just four months and saving countless lives.

However, this medical scientist, who is known as the "pioneer of China's quarantine and epidemic prevention cause" and has made pioneering contributions to China's modern medical construction and medical education, public health and infectious diseases, has disappeared from the field of vision of researchers in the history of science for a long time. It wasn't until the outbreak in 2003 that this "plague fighter" was turned out of the pile of old papers and given him the honor and aura he deserved.

In 2007, the Nobel Foundation revealed that Wu had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his "work on pneumonic plague, particularly the discovery of the role of marmots in its transmission." This means that he is the first candidate for the Nobel Prize in Science in the Chinese world. Wu Liande's name has once again attracted great attention from the scientific community.

For such a person, Sun Yuanqi felt that he should be given the greatest respect. After receiving Shi Zhaoji's recommendation, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the train to Tianjin with Zhao Jinghui and others to visit Wu Liande.

Zhao Jinghui and others have achieved phased results in the study of penicillin, and they were originally going to complete the project in one go. Hearing that Sun Yuanqi went north to preside over the epidemic prevention affairs, they put down their work and took the initiative to invite Ying. In view of their persistent attitude, epidemic prevention does require a professional drug research team, and Zhao Jinghui and others have accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with viruses when studying artemisinin and penicillin, so they agreed.

After arriving in Tianjin, Sun Yuanqi wore a cotton robe and came to the Beiyang Army Military Medical Hall.

The Beiyang Army Medical Hall was founded by Yuan Shikai in Tianjin in 1902 for the purpose of training Beiyang Army military doctors. Initially, the number of students was forty, recruited from among the residents of the vicinity of Tianjin. In 1906, the school was relocated from the Tianjin Dongmen Outer Shipping Bureau to Huangwei Road on the north bank of the Haihe River, and the number of students gradually increased, and now there are 150 students in the school, divided into three classes.

Just like the military academies of later generations, there are two heavily armed sentinels standing at the door of the Beiyang Army Military Medical Hall, and a big sign stands next to it: "Military restricted area, it is strictly forbidden to enter." ”

Sun Yuanqi stepped forward and asked, "Let's visit Mr. Wu Liandewu, is he at school?" ”

The sentry glanced at him, "Inspector Wu is here, but you can't go in." As he spoke, his mouth turned in the direction of the big sign.

Sun Yuanqi said: "Please also trouble you to report it, just say that Sun Yuanqi came to visit to discuss the epidemic prevention matters in the Northeast, and please take the time to meet." ”

The sentry spat out two words stiffly: "No." ”

Sun Yuanqi frowned: "I have something important to discuss with your Wu Supervisor, if you don't see it, you won't see it?" ”

The sentry laughed, "What's the matter?" Is it the wife's cold and fever, or the child's smallpox? ”

Sun Yuanqi snorted coldly: "Since you don't go, then I'll go by myself!" With that, he walked towards the campus.

When the sentry saw him breaking in, he quickly removed the Hanyang on his shoulder, and wanted to stop him. Cheng Ziyin, who was following Sun Yuanqi, gently pulled away the bayonet with his hand: "Boy, our master is the minister of the Qincha and the left waiter of the school department. You have to dare to move, be careful to punish your nine clans! ”

"Huh?" In the simple imagination of the sentry, the ministers of the Qin Mission are all wearing new official uniforms and sitting in eight sedan chairs, with gongs sounding in front and arching in the back, how can there be such a scholarly dress? Is it a covert visit?

The sentry did not dare to slack off, neatly put the gun on his shoulder, and trotted all the way ahead: "The little one will lead the way." ”

It was estimated that there were still twenty or thirty meters away from Wu Liande's office, and the sentry shouted, "Lord Qincha has arrived!" "Needless to say, this kid must have heard too much cross talk.

This voice shouted out all the people in the surrounding room, and everyone looked around, but they saw no sign of the appearance of Lord Chincha except for a few young men followed by the sentry. Just when he was puzzled, Sun Yuanqi clasped his fists at everyone and said: "I, Sun Yuanqi, am in charge of the epidemic prevention affairs in the Northeast, and I have come to visit Supervisor Wu. ”

As soon as he heard that this young man claimed to be the minister of the Qincha, the people around him stepped forward and knelt down one after another, including Xu Huaqing, the general manager of the school, and Wu Liande, the deputy superintendent. To Sun Yuanqi's great surprise, this Cambridge doctor actually wore a melon skin hat and a long cotton robe, no different from other Chinese.

A few people who didn't kneel thought that they were teaching in Japan, and when they heard that it was "Sun Yuanqi", they hurried up and asked, "You are Mr. Sun Baixi of Jingshi University, right?" ”

"It's Sun."

Four or five Japanese immediately stood up respectfully, and bowed ninety degrees in a formal manner: "My people, Hiraga Seijiro and others have seen Mr. Sun!" When you meet for the first time, please advise. ”

After the greetings, Sun Yuanqi sat down in Wu Liande's office and said straight to the point: "A few months ago, the plague broke out in Northeast China, and countless people died. Japan and Russia sent a note to the Chinese government, believing that the epidemic has endangered the lives and safety of Japanese and Russian nationals, and demanding that they independently preside over the epidemic prevention affairs in Northeast China and control the development of the epidemic. The DPRK and China believe that these two countries are wolf ambitions, ostensibly from a humanitarian point of view, and actively participate in the epidemic prevention work; In fact, it is harboring evil intentions and coveting the sovereignty of the three eastern provinces. In order to keep their mouths shut, the urgent envoy was the minister of the Imperial Mission, who was in charge of epidemic prevention affairs. But I don't know anything about medicine, so I have to ask Mr. Wu to come out. ”

Wu Liande grew up learning English, and only began to learn Chinese in the past three or four years in China, and he is not very fluent: "There is no doubt that the government has made a very correct choice to appoint you as the minister of the Chin Mission. Because you are the only outstanding scientist in the Qing Dynasty today, and you enjoy a high reputation in the world, foreign scholars will give you enough respect when they see you. Just like the Japanese Seijiro Hiraga, who was the director of the Japanese Army Hospital and the second-class military doctor of the Army, he was hired by Mr. Yuan Shikai to be the chief teacher. He had a contemptuous attitude towards all Chinese teachers and students, and even though I was a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, he didn't have enough respect.

"I always thought he was this arrogant temper, and he never knew what respect was. But today he saw you respectfully, only to find that he would also bow to people. Japan and Russia will inevitably send top infectious disease experts to participate in the prevention of the epidemic in Northeast China, and as far as I know, Japan has already sent the discoverer of the plague bacillus, the famous scholar Kitasato Shibazaburo. If the imperial court sends others, will those foreign arrogant experts and scholars obey the command of the Chinese? ”

Shibazaburo Kitasato, born 53 years ago, was Japan's first Nobel Prize-level scientist. He pioneered the scientific field of serology by cultivating pure tetanus bacilli in an oxygen-free environment for the first time and discovered serum therapies that were effective in treating tetanus. The first Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was awarded in 1901, but it was clear that the jury did not have the courage to allow a yellow man to become the first Nobel laureate.

Sun Yuan smiled and said: "I will only write some articles that others can't understand and fool those foreigners." This time, I continued to pretend to be profound, suppress those demons and monsters, and let them not make waves. As for the epidemic prevention matter, Mr. Wu has to be invited to preside over it. ”

Wu Liande pondered for a moment and asked, "Master Sun, what do you want me to do?" ”

Sun Yuanqi thought about this issue before he came: "I would like to ask you to serve as the chief medical officer of epidemic prevention in the three eastern provinces, mainly responsible for three things: First, review this "epidemic prevention manual" and guide its implementation. As you know, our people's awareness of infectious diseases is basically zero. In order to avoid fighting fires with salaries, we must conduct simple training for all personnel involved in epidemic prevention before we leave the country. Once revised, this booklet will be used as a training material and a guideline for implementation. ”

As he spoke, Sun Yuanqi took out the "Epidemic Prevention Manual" he had drafted from his sleeve and handed it over, asking Wu Liande to take a look.

Wu Liande was not polite, took it and began to read it carefully. After reading three or four pages, I looked up and asked, "Who wrote this?" ”

"It was drafted by us. Any questions? If there is anything wrong, I hope Mr. Wu will correct it. Sun Yuanqi didn't dare to hold up on these professional issues, and his posture was very low.

"Very well written!" Wu Liande nodded again and again, "If anyone says that Master Sun doesn't know anything about medicine, I won't believe it first." ”

"Mr. Wu praises falsely." Sun Yuanqi was a little embarrassed: the correct part of the booklet is a summary of human experience in fighting infectious diseases over the past 100 years; As for the wrong part, it's my own mistake.

After Wu Liande finished reading it, he praised the booklet: "There is no need to revise it, it can be directly used as a training textbook, and it can also be used as a guideline for epidemic prevention." Anyway, I don't see anything inappropriate, and if there is a deviation in practice, it can be adjusted and modified. And what about my second job? ”

Sun Yuanqi said with some embarrassment: "The second task is to lead doctors, nurses and some volunteers to Harbin, the hardest-hit area of the epidemic, to quickly establish a large-scale infectious disease hospital including disinfection rooms, waiting rooms, isolation rooms, examination rooms, treatment rooms, morgues, incinerators, etc., in a short period of time, and at the same time receive plague patients." ”

There are three types of plague: lymphoid bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicaemic plague. Among them, the untreated bubonic plague had the lowest fatality rate of 5060%; This is followed by pneumonic plague, with an untreated mortality rate of up to 95%; In the case of septicaemic plague, the untreated mortality rate is 100%. It can be seen that the fatality rate of plague is very high. Because of this, there have been three plague pandemics in history, each time killing tens of millions of people.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, antibiotics to treat plague had not yet appeared, and only expensive serum therapy was available. If you get the plague, you are basically sentenced to death. Would Wu Liande be willing to let a doctor who has a worry-free life gamble with his life for a noble honor that cannot be seen or touched?

Who knew that Wu Liande agreed without hesitation: "This is no problem." What about the third task? ”

Sun Yuan paused for a moment before he said: "The third task is to find the source of infection of this epidemic, analyze the characteristics of the bacteria, and strive to discover special drugs or treatment methods for treatment. ”

Wu Liande said hesitantly: "This may require the autopsy of the body of the deceased......"

"Quietly dissect, don't make a noise, I'll take it around if something happens." Sun Yuanqi naturally can't let the hero shed blood and tears.

"No problem! When do you want me to leave? ”

"The sooner the better!"