The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After returning to the side where the medicine was administered, Dr. Xu withdrew the needle, and Amu gradually regained consciousness.

"Why did you fall down suddenly? Is Amu okay?" Lu Xiuyuan asked Quartz beside him.

"He must be tired. His elder brother wants to send him back to rest. Dr. Xu asked me to call you over to help."

Watching Brother Amu carry him away, Lu Xiuyuan sat in the place in front of him and began to help arrange the medicinal materials.

After sorting the medicinal materials in the afternoon, they started to eat lunch.

Because of the special situation now, their lunch is nothing more than a bowl of thick porridge, a piece of pancake, and a plate of pickles.

Fortunately, no one complained. After being tired all morning, the food was delicious.

After finishing the medicinal materials for most of the people, Dr. Xu took Lu Xiuyuan to find those with more serious symptoms, and began to diagnose and treat them individually.

According to what Boss Wu said before, during the period when the plague first occurred, the main symptoms were coughing and respiratory manifestations.

As a result, when the outbreak suddenly broke out later, most of the symptoms were mainly diarrhea and dehydration.

From this information alone, it can be roughly inferred that these are two different sources of infection.

The first type should be mainly caused by the virus in the air, but now that it has been brought under control, we only need to focus on understanding the cause of the sudden outbreak of the latter.

As the saying goes, disease enters through the mouth, and disaster exits through the mouth.

According to the characteristics of diarrhea and dehydration, the second outbreak is likely to be transmitted through fecal-oral transmission.

They took the medicine box and came to the shed at the northeast corner of the city gate. The first patient to be treated was a 40-year-old business man who was admitted on the street.

The incense of the medicine covered the peculiar smell of the room. The patient was lying on the ground at this time, his complexion was sallow, and his exposed fingers were also black, thin and dry.

Dr. Xu first observed for a while, then took his pulse and observed slowly.

The patient's family members stared nervously at Dr. Xu's expression, fearing that the other party would tell some bad news.

The most important thing to treat a disease is to maintain a good attitude. The patient and his family members are too nervous, which is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.

Lu Xiuyuan saw that the family members were so nervous, so he sat aside and began to chat with each other, learning about the basic relationship by the way.

"What's your relationship? Why are you sleeping on the street in such cold weather?"

The family member looked younger than the patient, and the facial features of the two were somewhat similar. When he saw Lu Xiuyuan asking him something, he replied: "I am his younger brother. We are businessmen from other places who came to resell the goods. We originally planned to sell them for a profit." I paid money and went home to have a good year, but unexpectedly, the road was blocked by heavy snow for several days, and we could only be trapped here."

"Afterwards, Xuefei not only didn't stop, it kept getting bigger and bigger, and finally a plague broke out. After all the money we brought with us was exhausted, we were kicked out by the waiter of the inn. We couldn't find a place to live without money. , can only live on the street, and then one day my eldest brother suddenly fell ill."

"Before you got sick, what did you eat and drink every day? Did you have close contact with livestock?" Lu Xiuyuan continued to ask.

"After we were kicked out of the inn, we could only live on the street. We had no money to eat, so we had to pick up a broken bowl and soak some water to soften the wheat we begged to fill our stomachs." Thinking of the miserable situation before, the other party's voice was a little hoarse.

Lu Xiuyuan nodded, his eyes encouraged the other party to continue talking.

"The two of us didn't pay much attention to the diarrhea at first. We thought it was just because of drinking unboiled water. As a result, who would have thought that my elder brother's symptoms became more and more serious. Later, not only my elder brother, but also those people on the street had this symptom, many People just died like that, and we started to get scared."

Having said this, the family member patted his chest, trying to calm himself down.

"Brother has been dragging for three days in a row, and it's about to die. I was so panicked that I was dying. Fortunately, the people from the government took us here. After drinking a bowl of medicine, my symptoms have stabilized a lot. "

"Okay, I probably already know the situation. It's good for the two of you brothers to recuperate at ease here." Lu Xiuyuan's voice tried to soothe the opposite party's emotions as kindly as possible.

He pointed to Dr. Xu next to him, and introduced to them: "This is Dr. Xu from our Ping'an Hall. His medical skills are superb, and he is here, so you can rest assured."

When the family members heard this, their eyes lit up instantly, and they asked eagerly, "Ping An Hall? But the Ping An Hall in Ping An Town?"

Lu Xiuyuan was slightly puzzled, but he still replied, "That's right, it's the Ping'an Hall in Ping'an Town."

The family member happily patted the ground next to him, and said excitedly, "Our two brothers are also from Ping'an Town! It's a coincidence that we have traveled thousands of miles to meet each other!"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled helplessly and corrected him, "This should be called an old friend from another land."

The other party laughed cheerfully when he heard this, "It's the same reason if you don't get in the way, I really didn't expect to meet Dr. Xu here!"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled, "Since you know Dr. Xu's name, you can rest assured this time."

The family members scratched their heads and smiled stupidly, "Naturally, everyone in Ping'an Town knows Dr. Xu's name, but where is your family from, brother? Are you from Ping'an Town?"

"Yes, Lu is from Jinshan Village, Ping'an Town."

"It turned out to be Brother Lu from Jinshan Village. You have worked hard with Dr. Xu."

Nothing can be more reassuring than meeting a famous doctor in your hometown when you are down and sick in another place.

Lu Xiuyuan saw that he was no longer nervous, and the information that should be collected was basically collected, so he stopped talking and squatted aside to watch Dr. Xu prescribe the medicine for the other party.

Dr. Xu also heard the conversation just now. After he finished writing the prescription, he asked them to get the medicine later. In addition, he also specially asked the two brothers a few more words to calm down their emotions.

After finishing this work, they rushed to the next small room.

This time the patient was a thin woman with a young boy next to her.

Because the child was too thin, his big round eyes stood out.

When they entered, the other party was looking over vigilantly.

In the dimly lit room, it looked a little ominous.

Lu Xiuyuan squatted down, and explained to their mother and son in a gentle tone, and then Dr. Xu performed the diagnosis and treatment, while he talked with the children.

Just like this non-stop diagnosis and treatment of patients, the whole afternoon passed by in a flash.

After they had seen the dozen or so most seriously ill, the sun had already set in the sky outside.

The soldiers next to the cauldron had already boiled the medicine to drink at night in advance, and when the time came, they divided them into bowls and sent them to the tent one by one by other soldiers.

Looking at the orderly scene in front of him, Lu Xiuyuan felt a lot more relaxed. He felt that as long as he persisted like this, he would be able to control it for a month, and it was not wishful thinking.

He took the medicine box from Dr. Xu, and the group walked towards Boss Wu's yard.

Back in the yard, Amu's brother had already prepared dinner. Their dinner today was a big steamed steamed bean bun with dried beans. There were a few bulbs of garlic on the table. Whoever wanted to eat it peeled it off by himself.

Lu Xiuyuan and the others took some well water, washed all the exposed skin, put on clean clothes, and then sat down at the table.

Dr. Xu asked him if he found anything today while eating.

Lu Xiuyuan quickly swallowed a few mouthfuls of food, organized his words in his heart, and then said: "Based on the characteristics of the few patients with severe symptoms today, it can be deduced that they are basically cold, have no clothes to keep out the cold, and have poor resistance. , don’t pay attention to diet, they eat what they have, and these people are likely to be infected by eating pollutants.”

Dr. Xu nodded and continued to ask: "Then what kind of food contamination do you think caused this disease?"

For such a large-scale outbreak of infection, the pollutants must be closely related to the lives of the people.

First look for those patients who have the most in common, that is, drinking water.

The most common thing that those patients have in common is that they have used water from the river in the city.

Although each of them eats different food, water is inseparable from people's life, so it is better to start with the water source first.

"Through the inquiry in the afternoon, I found that the most common thing they have in common is that they have used the river water in the city. It is estimated that the river water was polluted, which led to the sudden outbreak of this disease."

Dr. Xu took a sip of the warm water next to him, and a flash of appreciation flashed in his eyes, "Lu Xiucai has a good grasp of key points, very good."

"But I'm not sure yet," Lu Xiuyuan waved his hand, "I'll ask about other people's situation tomorrow and investigate further before I can be sure."

Dr. Xu drank all the water in the bowl and said, "Then I will leave it to Lu Xiucai to deal with it."

Lu Xiuyuan nodded slightly, then continued to eat his buns.

Boss Wu and Brother Amu next to him both looked surprised. Can such a serious matter be handed over to a little show so casually?

In the end, Boss Wu couldn't help but asked, "Is it okay to leave this matter to Lu Xiucai?"

Before Dr. Xu could explain, Quartz next to him took the initiative to say: "Boss Wu, don't worry, our Lu Xiucai is not only good at studying, but also has professional medical skills!"

Then the other party told them about Dr. Xu's absence and his identification of fake ginseng.

Lu Xiuyuan successfully got the admiring gaze of the whole table.

He was a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, the topic changed quickly. Seeing that Quartz was so active, Dr. Xu began to ask her about the plague, and if there was anything he didn't understand.

Shi Shi stumbled and said his thoughts, and while talking, he winked at Lu Xiuyuan next to him for help.

Lu Xiuyuan smiled maliciously, and sat aside to watch the excitement, letting the other party feel what it was like to be asked a question.

Seeing Quartz's nervous and bewildered look, his mood became inexplicably lighter.

Fortunately, Dr. Xu didn't embarrass Shishi for too long. He only told the other party to read more and ask more questions. In two days, he would go with him to treat the patient.

Quartz nodded in surprise.

As the weather outside was getting later and later, after a tiring day, everyone began to go back to the room to lie down and rest.

Lu Xiuyuan also lit an oil lamp in his hut, and with the faint light, he began to recite silently.

In addition to endorsing, he also had to memorize the annotations and translations of various sentences, and when he was unclear, he opened the book to see what the annotations in the original text meant.

There is not much time left for him, and he has to work harder.

As time went by, the night outside gradually became thicker, and the cold wind howled and blew up a cloud of dust.

The lights in the room were bright and dim, and lasted until the end of the night, before they were blown out and completely returned to the night.

The author has something to say: woo woo woo, finally published at [-] o'clock on time!The days without manuscripts are so difficult~ I have to save more manuscripts.

Thank you very much Bi Luo Ban Huang Quan for the ten bottles of nutrient solution~