Chapter 250: Whether it is successful or not depends on this needle
Maybe it was because there were no new patients at the end of the day, maybe it was because Shen Tianshu and Tan Xu were still staying in the southwest corner and did not leave. When they came to receive medicine in the evening, the panic and hysteria at noon were gone, and there were patients at home. People came out with bowls and queued up to receive medicine in an orderly manner.
After working for half an hour, all the medicines were finally distributed. Some of the people who could not live without people at home also had neighbors who came to help get them back.
Tan Xu breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweaty forehead.
Although the weather was not hot yet, they were bundled up tightly and wore face towels, facing the hot pot with charcoal fire under it. After this busy meal, they really sweated a lot.
"Ms. Tong, thank you so much for today." Tan Xu's name for Shen Tianshu changed at this time.
Although he is stupid, he is not stupid.
Even the prince was very polite to her, so it would not be wrong to show some respect to her.
"Now is not the time to relax, the key still depends on the situation tonight."
Shen Tianshu didn't feel like Tan Xu had been relieved of the burden at all. On the contrary, she knew in her heart that the difficulties had just begun.
Tan Xu had never experienced the epidemic and could not understand Shen Tianshu's worries at all. He said very optimistically: "Ms. Tong, don't worry. As long as it is not an epidemic, there is nothing to worry about."
Shen Tianshu looked up at the dark alley around him and said softly: "Ignorance, unknown, fear... sometimes it is more terrifying than the epidemic.
"Everyone knows that the epidemic is terrible. Once it sweeps through, there will be literally tens of thousands of corpses and mourning people everywhere. It is terrible to see.
"It is precisely because of this that people are very afraid of the epidemic. Once it is not handled properly, it can easily cause widespread panic, chaos, and ultimately lead to a catastrophe."
In his previous life, Shen Tianshu traveled around the world with his grandfather, practicing medicine and saving people. He had personally experienced epidemics, and had also encountered situations like today's, which were suspected of epidemics.
One summer, the grandfather and grandson went to Yunnan to collect medicine. When they settled in a county, they encountered many people who had eaten poisonous mushrooms and suffered from high fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
Rumors of epidemics spread everywhere, and the people who were in fear, regardless of the government's obstruction and Jiang Sui's bitter persuasion, threw the poisoned people alive into the fire and burned them to death. Many of the victims were even close relatives.
The ignorance of the local people amplified the fear in their hearts, which eventually led to the tragedy of hundreds of people being burned alive.
The tragedy and wailing that day are still clearly engraved in her memory.
Although the people of Yongzhou Prefecture are not as wild and untamed as the people of Yunnan, the person who poisoned them has not yet been found, no one knows where they are, and there are any evil plans that have not yet been implemented.
Therefore, at this moment, Shen Zhonglei must not stand up and tell the people that this is not an epidemic.
Once these words come out of his mouth, to the people, they represent the government and the imperial court.
If the other party takes the opportunity to immediately poison other places in the city and create more patients, Shen Zhonglei's authority in the eyes of the people in the city will immediately collapse.
The majesty of the government and even the imperial court he represents will also be weakened.
Once a patient dies, panic will quickly spread in the city. No one can predict what kind of disaster will happen when the fearful people gather together.
Shen Tianshu closed his eyes lightly, took a deep breath, and cheered up: "I will go to the homes with serious conditions to check the situation. Doctor Tan, you are more familiar with the situation in the southwest corner than me. Please pay more attention to other homes." , to prevent some people from suddenly getting worse."
"Okay, Madam Tong is very thoughtful. Leave the rest to me. I know a lot of people here. Although they don't know medical skills, it's okay to help check on the situation and send a message. .
Shen Tianshu visited several people who were in serious condition one by one in the afternoon. They were all middle-aged and elderly men who were older or in poor health. There was also one who lived at the entrance of Leqiao Hutong and was greedy in the morning. Gan Yue, a young man, drank a bowl of rice wine behind his family's back.
Gan Yue has been weak since he was a child, so his family does not allow him to be cold even in the scorching summer, not to mention that it is not yet April.
But as the children get older, there are always places where family members cannot take care of them.
Early this morning, I saw someone setting up a stall in front of his home, putting out the cool rice wine, and telling everyone who passed by to drink a bowl for free. Gan Yue was immediately tempted.
He sneaked out while his mother was doing laundry. He was not completely willful, but still worried about his health. As long as the stall owner filled him with half a bowl of rice wine.
However, he was already weak and sick, and could not even eat cold food. How could he withstand this half bowl of rice wine? Not long after he drank it, he started to suffer from vomiting and diarrhea.
When Shen Tianshu went to see him in the afternoon, he was already somewhat unconscious.
Shen Tianshu asked someone to feed him some sugar and salt water, and gave him a few injections. He finally managed to breathe a sigh of relief. Now he had to go and see how he was doing.
Due to the coincidence of the location where the Gan family lived, they were right next to a rice wine stall. Therefore, except for the elderly lady and two ignorant children, several other people in the family drank rice wine and fell ill immediately, leaving only the two old ladies and Lou. The dolls cry together.
When we came in the afternoon, there was no one in the Gan family who could take care of the patients. The old lady, who already had bad legs and feet, had to take care of the children and serve the patients, and she was so busy that she was about to collapse from exhaustion at the sight of her.
Shen Tianshu couldn't bear to see Yu, so he left Gao Xiuer behind and asked her to help take care of her.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Gao Xiuer coming out with a wooden basin to pour water. She immediately asked: "Xiuer, how is Gan Yue's condition?"
"Madam, you are finally here. After you gave Gan Yue acupuncture, his condition did improve a little bit, but then it got worse as the evening approached. I have been feeding him sugar and salt water as you said. I just gave him sugar and salt water. The medicine is given, but it is half swallowed and half swallowed, and a bowl of medicine is only half drunk."
"I'll go take a look." Shen Tianshu said and entered the house. There was only a small candle lit in the Gan's house. The light was very dim and only the outline of everything could be seen clearly.
Gan Yue was lying on the bed, wearing nothing and covered with a tattered quilt. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't be able to see the rise and fall of his chest.
Shen Tianshu frowned, grabbed his wrist and checked his pulse first, then frowned even more.
Gan Yue's condition was really not good. His body was too weak, and his constant diarrhea and vomiting almost left him empty.
Shen Tianshu thought for a moment, and finally solemnly took out the golden needle.
Whether it succeeds or not depends on this shot.
"Gan Yue, as long as you still have some will to survive, just try to wake up. If this shot can't save you, then there is really nothing you can do to save you."