Chapter 683
When Yangzhou and Yizhou were jealous of each other and deepened cooperation with each other, Liu Bei in the north encountered big trouble. Because of the continuous war, a plague broke out in Yanzhou.
This time the plague did not occur in the city. Thanks to the perseverance of the Qingzhou system for many years. In terms of post-war health and epidemic prevention measures, it can be said that they have reached a fairly advanced level. With the cooperation of high-temperature incineration, boiling water, sprinkling lime, and isolation of injuries and diseases, there were almost no large-scale infectious epidemics in Liu Bei's army.
This time, after a later investigation, it was a group of Cao soldiers who fled to a village. Then these people have minor and serious injuries, and they are not well treated, and as a result, they become ill. There was a lack of medicinal materials in the village, and it was blocked by force, so it could not be reported to the officials. When people died one after another, the rout panicked, and then took advantage of the chaos to flee. And the people in the village also helped the old and the young, and hurriedly fled from this place of right and wrong.
And among these people, there are inevitably people who carry germs. It's good that they don't leave, but they scatter and spread the disease to others. So it was out of control.
By the time Liu Bei was alarmed, the epidemic in Yanzhou had already stretched for several counties. When Liu Bei learned about it, he hurriedly summoned people to come and discuss. After urgent discussions, an order was issued to block the passages in Yanqing, Yanxu, Yanji and other places with the army. Control the movement of people. Then a large number of medicinal materials, materials and manpower were allocated to Yanzhou to carry out epidemic prevention work.
The army of Yanzhou carried out military control over the counties in advance to avoid riots and riots. In these years, when there was no relatively complete treatment plan for the plague, when it came to the plague, it was a change of color. In the face of this epidemic, whether you are a prince or a nobleman or a common person, everyone is treated equally, and everyone who deserves to die must die.
Originally, this plague that lasted for a long time during the Jian'an period of history took the lives of hundreds of people. Among the famous Seven Sons of Jian'an and the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, some people died of this epidemic.
What should come, will still come. As long as there is war, epidemics will not be avoided. Liu Bei is also a human, he is not a god. It doesn't take care of every corner. He could only try to push things forward. Fortunately, after the outbreak of the epidemic, Zhang Fei, Tai Shici and others immediately started the army's epidemic prevention work.
The wounded and sick soldiers in the army were immediately isolated for disinfection, and then followed by follow-up treatment and observation. And the people in the city were also mobilized by the government to carry out a city-wide cleaning.
There is a strict household registration system, and the government is basically familiar with the situation under its jurisdiction. In the face of the epidemic, no one dares to slack off. In this way, the government cooperated with the army and went door-to-door to inspect and make announcements. Both the gentry and the common people immediately expressed their attitude of cooperation.
Unless anyone wants the whole family in their family to die, who would dare not report it? Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo were also ordered by Liu Bei to form a huge medical team and take the lead in entering Yanzhou.
The outbreak in Yanzhou was carried out by the three counties of Chenliu, Jibei and Rencheng. In the rest of the places, according to local reports, there are no new cases found for the time being.
After all the passages leading from Yanzhou to Liu Bei's territory were controlled by the military, Liu Bei still asked Zhang Fei to send a letter to Xiahoudun in Yuzhou, telling him that the plague had broken out in Yanzhou and that Yuzhou should also be prepared. Although the two forces were separated, Cao Cao still did not pull the flag to rebel on the surface, they were all Han people, and Liu Bei naturally couldn't bear it.
After receiving Zhang Fei's letter, Xiahoudun was shocked and hurriedly discussed with the generals. Then he sent people to explore various places, and blocked the passage between Yan and Henan as soon as possible. In this era when medicine was still relatively primitive, a cold could kill people, let alone a plague that carried out mass extinction at every turn?
So, soon, Cao Cao, who was far away in Yizhou, and Sun Jian, who was far away in Yangzhou, both received the news. In the face of the common enemy of mankind, the plague, no one dares to slack off. pretended to be fine on the outside, but secretly dispatched manpower on the inside to guard against death. vowed to cut off the way for the epidemic to enter their territory at the source.
The arrival of Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo made Zhang Fei and others breathe a sigh of relief. After Zhang Ji saw the case, his heart was not relaxed. This disease is very violent, and people and large animals can cross infection with each other. And once you get sick, you basically don't die. The case manifested as generalized fever, rapid wheezing, and then death from respiratory failure.
Zhang Ji felt sad and painful in his heart, this symptom was similar to the epidemic that broke out in Nanyang, Jingzhou during the reign of Emperor Xiaoling. Many of his relatives and clansmen in his family were also killed by such a sudden illness. This is also the fundamental reason why he abandoned his official position and became a doctor.
During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, five epidemics broke out in the country, and the epidemics were like demons, ruthlessly taking the lives of countless innocent people. Whether it is the elderly, the young or the young, in the face of the epidemic, they have no power to resist, and can only wait for death in despair. At that time, there were countless places, ten rooms and nine empty, and human tragedies in which every household died could also be seen everywhere. It is really the pain of a corpse in every family, and the mourning of crying in the room, or the door is closed, or the family is mourned.
Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty lived for three years, and there were about 5,600 Dingkou in the world, and in the first year of Emperor Taikang of Jin Wu 80 years later, there were only more than 1,600 Dingkou in the world. In addition to wars, famines, hermits and other reasons, the countless plagues in the late Eastern Han Dynasty undoubtedly occupied an important reason.
From the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the princes of the world to fight for Dong, and then to the Three Kingdoms. In all the wars during this period, no matter how many people were killed or wounded, there would not have been tens of millions. Ancient warfare is not like the modern warfare of later generations, which is a war of annihilation at every turn. The army of this society, compared to later generations, did not have such a high battle loss rate.
According to the dozens of cases collected, after Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo saw it, they quickly made a judgment that this was a typhoid epidemic. The government must intervene immediately, and if the epidemic is not controlled as soon as possible, it is not known how many people will die when it spreads.
When Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and others heard that the disease was so serious, they expressed their attitude at the time, and the army fully cooperated, so that Zhang Ji Huatuo could give orders.
They are also people who have experienced the great plague during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Although I didn't get hit before, now that I'm in the epidemic area, who knows what will happen. It's better to get this plague under control quickly.
Under the auspices of the two famous doctors of the time, all kinds of medicinal materials were collected in a steady stream. And Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo also officially started their medical work in Yanzhou. A large number of cases will help them to brush up on the experience. It once again laid a solid foundation for future writings.