Chapter 152: The Spanish Flu

For Elver's questioning, Muyang could only make up a small lie.

"We know each other, after all, he is my commander, and he is also in charge of military supplies, but we junior officers need to be the object of the relationship."

After Muyang finished speaking, the three of them all laughed. In the army, everyone knows how popular the quartermaster is.

"Elver, can I go see him?" Muyang asked.

Elver. Abbott hesitated, after all, it was an infectious disease patient, he didn't want Muyang to be infected too, and the current medical conditions were helpless against this disease.

"Are you sure, you should know how contagious it is." Elver. Abbott said.

"Yes, I know, but I'd like to check it out and show my concern, maybe I can think of another way to treat Alan. Swift's illness. Muyang said.

"Okay, but you have to bring a mask and a coat, I don't want my friends I met so hard to get infected with the plague."

"Thank you for your concern Elver, I'll be careful."

Muyang didn't follow Elver for the first time. Abbott goes to see Alan. Swift, but made an appointment in the afternoon, after all, Muyang didn't want to be infected for no reason, he had to prepare. After Muyang paid the bill to the three of them, he said goodbye and left.

Walking out of the tavern, Muyang found a relatively hidden alley, and returned home directly with a thought.

Hurry up and check the information, the Spanish flu.

On March 4, 1918, influenza broke out at a military camp in Kansas, USA, followed by influenza in China, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The only symptoms at that time were headache, high fever, muscle aches and loss of appetite. But by the autumn of 1918 it had erupted in large numbers around the world, and by the spring of 1920. It infects about 1 billion people worldwide and kills nearly 40 million. The origin of its name. Because at that time, 8 million people in Spain were infected with the flu, and even the king of Spain was infected with the disease. That's why it's called Spanish influenza.

Muyang was also shocked, this time he caught a cold, and more people died than in the entire First World War, is this God's punishment.

Continue to check the data: Spanish influenza is one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history, with a global average fatality rate of about 2.5%-5%, and a total of three stages of outbreak, the first wave occurred in the spring of 1918, which is basically just ordinary influenza; The second wave, which occurred in the autumn of 1918, was the highest mortality wave; The third wave occurred from the winter of 1919 to the spring of 1920. The mortality rate is between the first and second waves. After that, it miraculously disappeared.

Muyang thought that it was June, I don't know if it was the first wave or the second wave, in fact, sometimes, the virus would not be so carefully divided, these were just the general classification of human beings during the outbreak, and it would definitely not be absolutely accurate, it still depended on the symptoms of the patient.

At the time of World War I, there was no concept of germs. It is not known what caused the cold, but later studies generally believed that the 1918 flu virus was very similar to the swine flu virus. It is a virus closely related to influenza A (A) virus (H1N1). To this day, the virus can still be found in pigs in some countries. Studies have also shown that the H5N1 virus that occurred in Asia in 2005 is similar to the 1918 virus in some places. It's just that it's hard to infect people.

Anyway, Mu Yang thinks. You can give it a try in this direction yourself.

He also thought about learning from Allen. Swift, get some blood samples. Then he went back to modern times and researched and came up with the best course of treatment, but then he gave up on the idea because it was very dangerous.

If the virus leaks and causes a new round of epidemic and cold storm, it will be difficult to escape the blame, and if this virus mixes and mutates with other viruses in a new environment to become a new virus, it is very likely to bring disaster to its own world.

"Even if the mission fails, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, I can't take this risk, because if there is an accident, I will become a sinner for the entire human race."

Mu Yang finally gave up this idea with great certainty.

As for the cure of Alan. Swift's mission, just do your best. Moreover, there are many drugs and methods for treating similar diseases on the Internet, and I may not be able to experiment with a treatment in 1918.

Muyang found a drug called "Tamiflu" on the Internet, which is said to be the only drug that can effectively treat the avian influenza virus, but speaking of which, this guy is really not cheap, thirty yuan a pill, a course of treatment, and it must not cost a few hundred yuan.

This is the first option to check the others.

China is the birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine, and naturally many people have developed traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating influenza viruses and avian influenza viruses.

Banlan root, (once a best-seller, the value has increased tenfold), double coptis granules, heat clearing and detoxification oral liquid. There are also Chinese herbs honeysuckle, scarlet, and forsythia. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this virus is caused by external wind and heat, and needs drugs to detoxify the surface of wind heat, clear away heat and dampness, cool blood and detoxify.

It is also necessary to prepare strong antipyretics, anti-inflammatory drugs, cold medicines, anyway, if you can use them, Muyang must prepare some.

Anyway, if it can't be cured, continue to treat, and then talk about it if it's dead.

Muyang made a regular list, which included disinfectant masks, rubber gloves, dust clothing, dust glasses, head covers, and disinfectant potions, all of which were for himself.

A lot of medicines have also been prepared, Banlan root powder, Shuanghuanglian cold medicine, heat clearing and detoxification oral liquid are all brought, and a lot of traditional Chinese medicine has also been prepared, and he also specially consulted the doctor who sells traditional Chinese medicine, specifically for the symptoms he guessed, let the doctor prescribe a few pieces, and if it doesn't work, use it first, in the puzzled eyes of the old Chinese medicine, Mu Yang ran away with a few large bags of Chinese medicine.

As for the special drug "Tamiflu", naturally I have to prepare two boxes, one box is more than 300, damn, the Swiss company really dares to make a price, it is really unreasonable to operate exclusively.

It's so expensive, and I don't know if it's right or not.

Ready for these, Muyang went home and traveled back to 1918.

He and Elver. Abbott made the appointment in the afternoon, and now he will go back and come to Elver in the afternoon. Abbott bar.

Muyang walked along the path towards the church, and when he came to a fork in the road, he saw two beautiful figures coming from another road, and Muyang fixed his eyes on it, it was Nurse Lena and another female nurse named Glaids in the church's medical area.

The two of them were wearing casual clothes, the kind of ankle-length tunic skirt, although in Muyang's eyes, the fabric and style of the clothes were very old, but the youthful atmosphere of the two could not be concealed, and both of them carried a rattan basket in their arms, which was very rustic.

"Hi Lena, Glaitis." Muyang was very familiar with the two of them.

"Hi Joseph, why are you here." Lena asked curiously.

"I went over there for a drink, and I didn't expect that there was a tavern hidden here, which was really nice." Muyang pointed behind him with his thumb.

"You men always like to drink." Lena said. (To be continued......)