Seeing Fan Yuru come in, Li Zian suppressed his anger and sat down again.
"Master Shen has sent people to seal off the southwest corner where the patients are, and has closed all the city gates. Only entry is allowed but no exit is allowed.
"People in the city were also asked to go home and were not allowed to go out and walk around. The government officials specially informed the people in the streets and alleys that they could not eat raw food or drink raw water. The government office also boiled many decoctions and distributed them to the people for free.
"Based on the fact that my subordinates sent secret guards out to investigate, the overall control is pretty good. Except for the southwest corner, no patients have been found in other parts of the city."
Li Zian pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think this is really an epidemic?"
At the same time, in the southwest corner of the city, after examining patients from more than a dozen families, Shen Tianshu asked Tan Xu the same question.
"Does Doctor Tan really think this is an epidemic?"
"Oh? Does Mrs. Tong have a different opinion?"
Of course, Tan Xu didn't want this to be an epidemic, but within a day, dozens of people had fallen ill, and they were all concentrated in the southwest corner.
The patients all suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, which was very similar to cholera. So what could it be if this wasn't an epidemic?
"I won't tell you anything else, we will only discuss the condition.
"First of all, cholera patients often start with sudden diarrhea, followed by vomiting. Generally, they do not feel abdominal pain, and there is no sense of tenesmus during diarrhea.
“But today’s patients mostly start with vomiting and then have diarrhea, but if they don’t eat, vomiting rarely occurs again.
"Secondly, I carefully observed the patient's vomitus and excrement.
"The vomiting of cholera patients is projectile, and the vomitus is mostly similar to excrement, usually rice swill-like. The vomiting is very frequent, even countless in one day.
"But today's patients generally have diarrhea about ten times, mostly watery stools mixed with a small amount of mucus. This is completely different from cholera."
Tan Xu's understanding of cholera was only obtained from medical books, and he did not know the detailed differences between them.
Even though what Shen Tianshu said was clear and logical, he still frowned, not knowing whether to believe it or not.
After Shen Tianshu finished speaking, Tan Xu finally couldn't help but ask: "Has Mrs. Tong ever been in contact with cholera patients? Where did these differences come from?"
Shen Tianshu said: "Doctor Tan doesn't know something. At the beginning of this year, I went to the Jiang Mansion under the arrangement of the Master, and copied back many of the medical records and notes of Magic Doctor Jiang. These were all compiled by Magic Doctor Jiang when he was still alive. "
As soon as he heard that it was Doctor Jiang's medical report, Tan Xu's eyes immediately lit up.
"If it was summed up by Divine Doctor Jiang, it would definitely not be wrong." But what puzzled him was, "Then if it wasn't an epidemic, why would so many people get sick at the same time? Are the areas so concentrated?"
"I have sent people to investigate this. We should have a conclusion when he comes back. Let's go back to Master Shen first."
Shen Tianshu returned to the intersection where he came in. The people who had gathered here to make a fuss about leaving had been persuaded to go home. There were only arrogant rebel horses and soldiers standing guard on the street.
The soldiers on guard all respected Shen Tianshu for taking the risk and voluntarily entering the ward. They also knew that Shen Zhonglei was very concerned about this matter, so someone quickly sent a message to the government office for her.
Not long after, Shen Zhonglei came over with his people, and the two sides communicated with each other several rows apart.
"Ms. Tong, how is the situation inside now?"
"Master Shen, ladies and gentlemen, based on my understanding of the patient's condition and my analysis of this matter, I feel that this is not an epidemic, but a man-made disaster."
Man-made disaster? What do you mean?
This was a situation that no one expected, and the scene immediately became noisy and discussed.
"Ms. Tong, can you tell us the situation in detail?"
"First of all, based on my interviews, the patient's condition is basically clear, but it is different from cholera. It is more like vomiting and diarrhea caused by unclean diet.
"Secondly, although the patients are concentrated in the southwest corner, I found through visits that the patients' homes are not concentrated, and most of them are scattered. This is not consistent with the current situation of an epidemic outbreak.
"Third, according to what I just visited and what Dr. Tan summarized, the disease this time is concentrated in young and middle-aged men. In comparison, the frailer old women and children are fine. This is also consistent with the current epidemic situation.
Inconsistencies.
"The last point is that from morning to after lunch, there were already dozens of patients, but until now, it is almost dark, there are still these dozens of people, and there is no sign of the number increasing.
"After these patients returned home, they had contact with the elderly and children at home, but no one was infected, which is enough to prove that this is not an epidemic.
"As for me saying it was a man-made disaster, it's because after I learned about the situation from several conscious patients, I found that although everyone ate different things this morning, they all had one thing in common, that is, when they went to work in the morning,
They all drank a bowl of rice wine at Leqiao Hutong."
"Rice wine?" Shen Zhonglei asked, "Ms. Tong, do you think there is something wrong with this rice wine?"
"That's what I suspect." Shen Tianshu said, "Although the roads in the southwest corner extend in all directions and there are many exits, from my understanding, not far from Leqiao Hutong, there is the largest dental store in the city, where many people do odd jobs.
People will gather in the alley next to Yaxing to wait for work.
"This morning someone set up a stall at the entrance of Leqiao Hutong. Passersby can drink a bowl of rice wine for free. Many people passing by while going to work have drank rice wine at the stall."
"It's indeed suspicious." Shen Zhonglei thought for a moment and nodded: "If you are doing a good deed, you should give away rice and medicine, there is no reason to give away rice and wine. If it is to attract business, you should put the stall in the busiest place in the city, and
If you choose to live in the southwest corner where poor people gather, how much money can the people living here have?"
But at this moment, Jiang Hong behind Shen Zhonglei suddenly said: "Master Shen, the epidemic is not a trivial matter, especially now that the prince is still in the city. You must not believe some people's words. This matter needs to be considered in the long term!"
Someone started, and others immediately joined in.
None of them had ever had contact with Mrs. Tong, and they had only heard about her medical skills. Of course, it was impossible to directly determine such a big matter based on a few words from her.
Shen Zhonglei also hesitated after hearing this. Although he trusted Mrs. Tong's medical skills, as Jiang Hong said, this matter is no small matter...
Just as Shen Zhonglei was deep in thought, a fire suddenly lit up at the other end of the street.
The fire was getting closer and closer, and soon a group of people holding torches came closer.
A man covering his mouth and nose with a face towel emerged from the crowd, turning a blind eye to the officials. His eyes were fixed on Shen Tianshu and asked: "How are you, are you okay?"