November 1868,

The whole of Europe was plunged into a period of great cholera and great panic.

With the exception of a few small mountain villages that have no communication between the Yomberia Plateau and several other European plateaus, all European human settlements have erupted with cholera that can horrible everyone.

The streets of Europe are covered with uncontrollable excrement and vomit from local residents due to cholera.

Except for one place, which is Great Britain - England - London,

Thanks to John Snow's research "On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera" and William Farr's re-study of cholera and the promotion of "On the Mode of Cholera Transmission", England began to improve London's urban sanitation on a large scale in 1859.

Public sanitation improvements, such as laying sewers and fines for open defecation, have reduced the rate of cholera infection in London, Great Britain by more than 30 percent compared to other European cities.

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If the old version of the cholera virus is still used in the cans of Heroine, then the cholera rate in London may only be one-third of the average infection rate in European cities.

Unfortunately, the Vibrio cholerae bred by Smiths Pharma is a new type of Vibrio cholerae that can be mildly acid-resistant and survive longer in the air.

The increasing number of cholera patients in London has led the British government to wonder whether its own high-cost urban sewerage system is working.

London also had the world's first government to vigorously regulate public health, and Paris, the center of the French colonial system, the world's second largest colonial system in opposition to the English colonial system, was really miserable.

In Paris, not to mention the low-level commoners, even some urban petty bourgeoisie and middle class have the experience of open defecation.

The center of the world's second-largest colonial system is not at all romantic, but rather a disgusting city of filthy messes.

The dirty environment and densely populated industrial areas have made Paris the hardest hit by cholera in Europe.

In just half a month of cholera, the mortality rate in Europe has reached a mortality rate that surpasses that of the Black Death in the Middle Ages.

One percent, three percent, ten percent!

In the end, there is no one to count the mortality rate of the local population, and governments have no spare time to deal with even the bodies on the side of the road.

Disasters, cholera, deaths...... All negative emotions spread throughout Europe.

As the saying goes, faith comes out of troubled times!

With no hope in sight, the victims gathered in European churches in an attempt to pray through the cholera.

What they didn't know was that one of their gatherings had helped the new cholera disease find a new home.

British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli took the blame for his resignation, and Benjamin Disraeli himself was in a decline in popularity, power and other aspects in the upcoming general election, and this resignation did not hit him too hard.

All the chaos was lost to the new Prime Minister, William Jurte Gladstone, and his new team.

Great Britain - England - London - Buckingham Palace - A small conference room.

William Yurt Gladstone and his political team were concerned about London's rising cholera rates and mortality rates.

"Is there any good way to do it now? Ministers? ”

William Yurt Gladstone looked at the ministers in front of him who were as anxious as himself, and was a little helpless, why did he have to face such a terrible disaster as soon as he came to power.

"Your Excellency, Mr. William Farr's latest research shows that cholera can be transmitted through the air, and although the symptoms are the same, this cholera is not the same as before."

"And this cholera also has the kind of cholera that was spread by filth in the past,"

"This is also the reason why the sewer system we have invested heavily in in the past decade has resisted cholera, but not completely."

Listening to the pronunciation of a minister who was quite good with William Farr's personal teacher, William Yurt Gladstone was even more worried.

William Yurt Gladstone continued to ask the minister:

"You have a good personal relationship with Mr. William Farr, does he have any way to prevent cholera?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the small conference room looked at the minister, who had a good personal relationship with William Farr.

The minister did not shy away from it, and directly said a method that neither the ministers present nor the prime minister liked very much:

"The first is that everyone's food and water must be boiled before they can be eaten, which can massively reduce the incidence of cholera."

"Secondly, all patients who accidentally fall ill must ensure that they have access to plenty of food and clean boiled drinking water as soon as they get sick."

"According to Mr. William Farr's research, cholera is not the direct cause of death in cholera patients."

"It is cholera that causes patients to lose a lot of water due to cholera and underabsorb nutrients from food, and eventually to die of malnutrition and dehydration."

"As long as patients have access to enough clean food and water, cholera patients can recover on their own in just a week."

As soon as the minister, who had a close personal relationship with William Farr, said this, the room fell silent.

It's not that you haven't been infected with cholera, and you have vomiting and diarrhea and a dry mouth in those days.

But for the core government officials of Great Britain, they were all feudal aristocrats or capital nouveau riche or feudal capital nouveau riche who had no worries about food and clothing.

During their illness, they also lived a life of clothes to stretch their hands, food to open their mouths, and water to suck.

So, they and their families are not dying on a large scale, and they don't understand why all the civilians who get cholera are dying.

That's more than 70 percent of the mortality rate, which is the mortality rate of a real European cholera patient.

But the facts are already in front of them, and if they want to reduce the cholera casualties, they must invest more in public health.

Silence, deathly silence.

Everyone knows how to tackle cholera at its roots, but no one wants to speak.

Eventually, William Yurt Gladstone took a deep breath and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that as long as we increase our investment in public health......"

"I'm against it! The treasury is depleted, and unless spending on other areas is cut, it will ......"

"I'm against it! Both France and Prussia have increased their military investment in recent years, and military spending cannot be reduced! ”

"I'm against it! The salaries of government civil servants are already so low that they can't maintain their normal social expenses, so they can't all be allowed to take the family to support themselves, right? ”

"I'm against it! ……”

Before William Yurt Gladstone could finish speaking, the ministers in the audience began to fiercely refute William Yurt Gladstone's words.