"Let's go to the upper reaches of the creek first.This location should be the place where the clothes are washed, and if the source of infection is in the creek, it is estimated that it should be the location upstream. ”Xu Qingyi saw that there were several large stones on the shore, which looked like they had been specially moved to be used as washboards."
Let's go."
Bai Yan nodded lightly and took the lead in walking forward.After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Xu Qingyi found that the water upstream was more turbulent than the downstream, and the water surface appeared clearer.Tsing Yi and Bai Yan pushed away the weeds all the way and moved forward with difficulty.There are many tall trees around, and the sunlight is blocked by the leaves, and it is close to the stream, so it does not feel hot.Suddenly, Xu Qingyi stopped, and she sniffed slightly."
Do you smell anything of white smoke?"
At this time, Xu Qingyi stopped and asked Bai Yan, who was walking in front of him."
None?
Do you smell something strange?
”Hearing this, Bai Yan stopped, sniffed forward with her nose, and smelled something strange, but she knew that Tsing Yi's facial features were mutated, which could amplify the function of her facial features, and her sense of smell was several times sharper than that of ordinary people.However, Tsing Yi's expression became more and more solemn, and she frowned, as if trying to discern the source of the strange smell."
Where?"
Bai Yan couldn't help but ask."
It's just ahead, and it looks like we've found the right place."
Xu Qingyi frowned, and there was a rancid smell on the tip of her nose, which had come down from the top of the creek, which made her even more convinced of her guess.After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they finally came to the source of the stream.I saw a small waterhole at the source, and there were several huge stones scattered next to the waterhole, and there were narrow gaps between the stones, and clear streams flowed out of the gaps, like silver threads, shining with a charming luster in the sunlight, but a rancid smell broke the scenery of this place I saw that at the edge of the waterhole, there were two decomposing animal carcasses, which looked like two wild boars, emitting a disgusting rancid smell.The corpses were apparently discarded recently, as their flesh was not yet fully decomposed, and in some places they could still be seen in their original form.Xu Qingyi looked at these corpses, and her heart couldn't help but throb, she understood that this might be the source of infection that caused the villagers to get sick."
Looks like we've found it."
Bai Yan looked at the scene in front of him and frowned, "The germs on these corpses may have spread downstream through the stream, causing the villagers to be infected. ”Xu Qingyi nodded, she squatted down, covered her mouth with one hand, and carefully observed these corpses.She noticed some strange marks on the corpses, which appeared to have been cut by some sharp object.This made her wonder even more, why did these animal carcasses appear here?
Who threw them here?"
This boar fell from above and fell here."
At this time, Bai Yan also found some traces, she guessed."
It should be, no matter so much now, first scoop up these two wild boars and burn them, and the source of dysentery will be completely solved.Most of the infected villagers were women, and they must have come to the stream to wash their clothes, and then wiped their eyes, mouth and nose with their hands, causing the infection. ”When Xu Qingyi saw this situation, he immediately speculated."
The size of this wild boar is too big, and we can't salvage it, so let's go back and let Governor Shan send someone to deal with it."
White smoke said loudly."
Doctor Xu and Doctor Bai are back."
An apprentice who was always paying attention to the movement outside, after seeing Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan coming back, he shouted loudly in the direction of the medical hall."
Doctor Xu, Doctor Bai, you are back, have you found the source of the plague?"
Shan Zhifu was still waiting for Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan to come back in the medical hall, and when he saw the two of them coming back, he hurriedly greeted him and asked."
Found the source.First of all, have you noticed that the people who are infected with the plague do not have wells in their homes, and they have to go outside to eat, drink, and wash clothes?
We inspected the well in the west of the city and the creek on the edge of the city, and found that at the source of the stream there were two wild boars that had been dead for several days, and there was a rancid smell.We have even found that most of the people who were infected with the plague were women.Presumably, they came to the stream to wash their clothes, and then wiped their eyes, mouths and noses with their hands, causing the infection to spread to the head of the family. ”Xu Qingyi told Shan Zhifu Dao about the results of their investigation."
In this way, then the source of this dysentery is in the two dead wild boars."
When the prefect heard this, he also nodded again and again, and this is the case from the inference."
Those two wild boars are too big, and we can't catch them, so we bother the prefect to send someone to solve the problem and burn them.In addition, as for the creek for washing clothes, let people not wash in it these days, and they can sprinkle a lot of plant ash down to clean the creek, and after another three or five days, they can use the water in the creek to wash their clothes.In addition, as long as the source is disposed of, and the water in the creek is alive, there is no need to worry about getting dysentery again in the future. ”Xu Qingyi confessed to the prefect of the Shan Prefecture."
I'll send someone to do this right away.Doctor Xu, do you have anything else to explain?
”Hearing this, Shan Zhifu nodded and said."
In addition, the two of us have inquired and interviewed the people in the alleys in the west of the city, and none of them have contracted dysentery.Others, who have not yet developed symptoms of dysentery, may not have been infected with dysentery, or may have been infected with dysentery and have not yet found symptoms.My advice for such people is to isolate them so that they don't move around and then spread the dysentery to others, or to order them to stay in their own homes, and on the second and third days we visit them to check their bodies.It only takes two days to observe the people, and the people who do not show symptoms of dysentery mean that they are not infected with dysentery. ”White smoke also suggests the way."
Then I will immediately send someone to investigate, those people in the west of the city who do not have wells, and those who do not have wells have separately ordered them to stay at home and not to move around."
Shan Zhifu immediately ordered the soldiers to go and do these things.It immediately started operating, and the wealthy merchants in Lingshan Mansion also paid attention to the movements of the Rejuvenation Medical Center.A plague, which originally needed to make a big fuss, was eliminated invisibly under the action of Xu Qingyi and Bai Yan.