Two hundred and fifty-four chapters remove the old and clothe the new (seventeen)
The most common types of plague include mild plague, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague and septicemic plague. The latter two are very dangerous types. Most opinions currently believe that the Black Death pandemic in Europe and the Chinese plague pandemic in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China
These two are the most popular ones.
Since the records of infectious diseases in Chinese historical records are very general, they are only called "plague" and "pandemic", and there are few records of the specific course and symptoms of the disease, which gives many people the impression that there were no severe infectious diseases in ancient China.
. Even in the Senate, many senators also believed that "only dirty Europeans can get the plague" or "Chinese people rarely get infectious diseases."
Of course, the health department does not believe in this "theory of race/civilization superiority": since we are human beings, we will be attacked by diseases. Regarding plague and cholera, two Class A infectious diseases in the old time and space, they have done special research and read
A large number of historical and research materials have roughly determined that there was no "real" cholera, that is, classical cholera, spread in China in the 17th century. This disease was endemic to India and Bangladesh before the 19th century. It was not until the early 19th century that the British
Introduced to Guangzhou by traders, "cholera" mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine is mostly a collective name for various gastrointestinal infectious diseases.
As for the plague, there was a major outbreak of plague in the late Ming Dynasty. However, studies believe that the plague was limited to the north, especially in Shanxi and Hebei. In the south and Guangdong and Guangxi, no plague infectious disease has occurred.
Why did it suddenly appear now? Liu San and Lin Motian were both lost in thought. Since the dth, their policies have relied more or less on the historical materials provided by the big library as a reference - and it has indeed played a big role.
.However, the current situation shows that the storm caused by the butterfly of the Senate is becoming more and more fierce, and history has begun to gradually deviate from the predictions of the Great Library.
"I think the problem is likely to arise in the leather trade," Liu San said.
Before the start of the Guangdong strategy, the foreign trade department purchased a large amount of rough leather for military purposes, mainly for the production of leather shoes, belts, helmet suspension and other military needs. In addition, leather was also made for troops and sailing personnel sent to the north.
Hats, leather vests, fur jackets and other cold-weather clothing.
Most of these purchases are made through agents, which greatly stimulates related trade. However, the price of rough leather is low, and private demand in Hainan Island is extremely limited except for the military and industrial use of the Senate.
Originally, the Ming Dynasty did not attach much importance to the consumption of furs. In the famous Yan Song's list of house raids, "Tianshui Bingshan Record", there were very few fur goods. But this does not mean that there was no such demand. In the smuggling trade between the Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the largest volume of exported goods was
It's ginseng, followed by fur. Due to the low temperature in the Little Ice Age and the fashion trend led by Ziminglou, precious furs such as mink and otter have become a fashionable choice among wealthy households in Guangdong...
After foreign trade companies sold mink and other high-grade furs processed by modern tanning methods to the Dutch and British in order to "earn foreign exchange through exports", Guangzhou's fur export trade prospered. The huge profits attracted many traders to participate in the fur trade.
Come here.
Although the trade between the Senate and the Qing Dynasty strictly restricted the import of furs from minks, otters, marmots and other mustelid beasts: not only the number of imports was limited, but also they all needed to go through quarantine - the fear was the spread of the plague. But given the current situation in Guangzhou,
It is simply impossible to carry out strict health quarantine on all incoming goods. The high profits of furs have led merchants to take risks to enter the Liaodong trade, and many furs that have not been quarantined have entered the Guangzhou market directly or indirectly.
The bustling floating population, poor housing and construction conditions, backward hygiene awareness, and weak grassroots organizations... From a modern perspective, Guangzhou's public health system is as leaky as a sieve. Nothing happened in the old days.
The plague epidemic in the plane is taking the opportunity to quietly attack Guangdong.
"Fur is only one cause. If it is fur, the disease should start among relevant workers." Lin Motian expressed dissent, "The first person to get sick should not be a beggar. He is a victim of flea infection. After all, among the people in this group
Fleas are a common occurrence."
"This matter is really complicated." Liu San was a little irritable.
Lin Motian said: "We must take measures immediately."
The current bubonic plague in Guangzhou is relatively not that contagious, but without intervention, bubonic plague can transform into pneumonic plague and septicemic plague. If pneumonic plague and septicemic plague break out, the consequences will be disastrous. So Liu San
I agree with Lin Motian's statement. No one knows when a real large-scale epidemic will break out.
It is said that Li Zicheng's rapid defeat had a lot to do with the fact that the army was infected with the plague when they entered Beijing. If they could not stop the epidemic quickly, they would probably follow in the footsteps of Li Zicheng and have to retreat from Guangzhou in embarrassment due to the disease.
, return to Hainan Island to continue hibernating - if they are even more unlucky and the plague breaks out in Hainan Island, then all their ideals and ambitions, even if they are not destroyed, will have to be delayed for many years to be realized.
"Where is the body now and where are the contacts?"
"Burn it on the spot, but I have sent people to extract the blood. I have ordered the dock to be closed," Liu San exhaled, "all contacts have been isolated."
Both of them fell into silence for a while. After a while, Lin Motian opened the drawer, took out a document from it, browsed it briefly, and added a few words to it.
"This is my application." Lin Motian stood up seriously and handed the document gently with both hands. "Lin Motian, the elder of the Australia Bank of the Song Dynasty, solemnly applied to the Senate to appoint me as the governor of Guangzhou.
Leader of the special city epidemic prevention team, responsible for fighting the plague!"
Liu San instantly choked on his tea and coughed violently.
Lin Motian was very calm and still handed over the application form humbly.
"Do you know what you are going to do?" Liu San coughed and stood up from the sofa. Although he knew that Lin Motian was not a "duty person", this request still surprised him.
, couldn't help but open his eyes wide, and said something foul: "This is not a problem that you can solve by eating special meals or using disinfectant! This is the fucking plague!"
For a moment, Liu San thought he saw a sarcastic look on Lin Motian's face, saying, "You, a Chinese medicine doctor, can understand something that I, a graduate of a major, wouldn't understand." But then he thought he might have seen it.
Wrong, because when he looked at Lin Motian carefully, what he saw was the same humble and indifferent expression.
At present, the Senate does not have enough safe and effective vaccines and treatments. Unlike digestive tract infectious diseases, plague can be spread through fleas and droplets. Even as a senior leader of epidemic prevention work, it is inevitable to go deep into the front lines of epidemic areas, and even
The risk of direct contact with patients is self-evident. Plague, which can be transmitted through droplets, is already a terrible pulmonary type. Once infected, there may not even be a chance to escape. Although they still have antibiotics to deal with plague.
Reserves, but after all, this is the late Ming Dynasty with primitive medical conditions, and it is far from ensuring the life safety of a severe plague patient - even if this person is a veteran.
"Dr. Liu, you are also very aware of our current health situation in Guangzhou. We are all veterans, so I will speak out. This epidemic should be said to be within your expectations. The outbreak is just a matter of time. As for me
As long as it is for the great cause of the Senate, I will naturally go through fire and water without hesitation. The so-called benefit of the country..." Before Lin Motian finished reciting two lines of the poem, seeing Liu San's expression, he immediately stopped the rest, "Uh.
, in short, it’s not a whim or a whim.”
"Are you clear about the epidemic?" Liu San asked, and then he thought that this was nonsense. The report was still there. With Lin Motian's personality, he had read the epidemic reports in recent days.
Otherwise, I would not be so rash as to propose taking charge of this aspect of work.
"At present, there is no conclusion on whether there is plague in Guangzhou. This is one; secondly, based on the current situation, even the plague is mainly bubonic plague, and the contagiousness is not that terrible." Lin Motian tried his best to put on a good face.
He said confidently, "If it develops to the point where pneumonic plague and septicemic plague spread everywhere, even Daluo Jinxian won't be able to hide from us. Furthermore, if there is a plague pandemic, no one can escape. We
The situation in Guangzhou that was finally created will collapse at the drop of a hat."
Liu San looked at Lin Motian speechlessly,... This can be regarded as risking his life to gain a future.
Even if we don’t mention the friendship between the elders, even if there is no comradeship, it can be regarded as a sad friendship. If Lao Lin received the lunch box, he would not be left behind as the top leader of the Guangzhou Health Center. After a long silence, he took the application form
Say: "I will submit the application to the organization."
This matter cannot be decided by oneself, it must be submitted to the Senate: the leader is always wise, even if the leader is not wise, at least he is more suitable to take the blame.
On the way back, Liu San was still thinking that Lin Motian was different from people like him. As the saying goes, "Man is the sum of all social relationships." To travel to this world alone is to almost abandon oneself as a social person.
Anyone who is able to leave his family and other occupations to take the initiative to travel to this troubled world has the seeds of a desperado hidden in his heart. This desire to risk his life for the future reminds him of Lin Baiguang, who started his career by recruiting Zhu Cai to surrender...
... By coincidence, this guy and Lin Baiguang are from the same family.
After sending Liu San away, Lin Motian calmed down, opened his notebook, and began to write on a piece of official document paper. Judging from the dense handwriting and erasure marks on the notebook, he had been thinking about this document for more than a day or two.