After breakfast the next day, Yuan Ying, wearing a mask, rode in a carriage with County Magistrate Wei and the imperial physician to the abandoned temple outside the city gate. Passing by the market, the once crowded streets were now only a few vendors shouting, and the desolation made everyone feel sad and helpless.

After about an incense stick of time, the carriage stopped in front of an abandoned temple. Before they even got close to the temple, they could smell the stench in the air, a mixture of rotting corpses, feces, and sour smells. Even through the mask, Yuan Ying could still smell the stench.

Walking into the dilapidated temple, there were people everywhere, in ragged clothes, covered in dirt, with empty and desperate eyes... There were only a few yamen runners and doctors looking after them, because there were too many people infected to take care of them. They lay on the ground casually, surrounded by filthy vomit. In the face of life and death, they had completely lost their dignity.

Yuan Ying frowned. In such an environment, even good people can easily get sick, not to mention weak patients. Typhoid fever is very common and easy to treat in modern times, but it was a deadly large-scale infectious virus in ancient times. In ancient times, when medical conditions and the entire sanitary environment were far behind, as long as prevention and control were not done well, the infection would soon break out across the country.

When the crowd saw the county magistrate coming, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "My Lord, please save us. We don't want to die."

"My Lord, it is not a pity for me to die, but my grandson is still young. He is the only surviving child in the family. I beg you to save him and leave me an offspring!" An old man kowtowed while holding a child.

"God, please save me. I am only fifteen years old, I have not yet married, and I have an old mother to take care of at home."

"Uncle, please save my mother, I don't have a father anymore... wuuuuu..." A little girl of five or six years old kowtowed and cried.

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At this time, the quarantine area was filled with wailing sounds... It was like hell on earth. It made people feel particularly heavy. They couldn't help crying...

County Magistrate Wei took two steps forward and comforted him with tears on his face: "Fellow villagers, I will do everything I can to treat you and will never give up on anyone. Don't worry!"

Then he turned to Yuan Ying and the two imperial doctors and said, "These are the two imperial doctors sent to the palace by the court and the genius doctor who was hired at a high price. They are all trying their best to save everyone. Everyone must have faith."

Yuan Ying also took two steps forward, and said with moist eyes: "Fellow villagers, please rest assured. We will soon have new drugs for everyone. You must have confidence. If you follow the doctor's advice, the medicine will work and the disease will be cured! You must listen to the doctor's advice and cooperate with the treatment. All the suffering will pass. By then, it will be a good day with flowers blooming, birds singing, and the sky clearing after the rain. Let's work hard together!"

The midday sun shone on everyone's gloomy faces. Yuan Ying's inspiring words planted hope and dreams of life in everyone's desperate hearts. It soothed their restless hearts, and they were like desperate drowning people who found a piece of driftwood.

This land is still here. Even if life is full of despair, as long as there is a little light of love, there will be new hope and all suffering can be overcome.

After leaving the dilapidated temple, we went to several other isolation areas, all of which were equally dirty and messy.

It was already past lunchtime when everyone returned from the quarantine area. After disinfection, they took a quick shower. After lunch, Yuan Ying and Murong Xuanyi talked about the situation in the quarantine area.

Murong Xuanyi called everyone into the study to discuss matters.

Murong Xuanyi looked at Yuan Ying and asked, "Just tell me what you think."

"We went to the isolation area this morning, and everyone saw that the environment is dirty and messy, there are many patients and the space is small, which is not conducive to their recovery. So the most important thing is to expand the isolation area in the vacant land a few miles away from the ruined temple. It is urgent to implement it today." Yuan Ying directly expressed his thoughts.

Then he added: "The following points should also be implemented simultaneously."

"First, the city is sealed off. Previously, only the people of Zhuang County were not allowed to leave the city. Now it is not only the county involved in the epidemic, but also other surrounding counties. Even the people of Yunfu City can only enter but not leave."

"Second, make masks, make a lot of masks, and people who are not infected must wear masks when they go out."

"Third, all patients with mild and severe symptoms will be isolated and treated separately. All towns and villages will also be subject to comprehensive quarantine, with yamen and epidemic prevention officers sent to guard and strictly prohibit leaving without permission. Only in this way can the spread of the plague be stopped."

"Fourth, prepare disinfectant and sterilize a large area in the affected counties. Burn all the dead bodies and the belongings of the dead patients. Collect the ashes from the incineration, disinfect them with quicklime, and then cover them with ashes."

Fifth, the feces and vomit of patients contain a large number of pathogens. Excrement must be strictly managed and thoroughly disinfected to prevent contamination of the environment and water sources and the spread of the disease. "

“Sixth, we need to increase the number of nursing staff.”

Yuan Ying looked at Murong Xuanyi and said, "My Lord, can I borrow your men to look after these sick people?"

Fang Yang and Jiang Chong looked at Murong Xuanyi nervously. The guards were there to protect the prince's safety, so how could they be borrowed casually?

Murong Xuanyi stared at Yuan Ying with his deep eyes, as if he wanted to see through his heart through his eyes.

Yuan Ying patiently explained: "People infected with typhoid fever need to be looked after by strong people. Only if they wear masks and take preventive medicine can the risk of infection be reduced."

After a while, Murong Xuanyi withdrew his gaze and said calmly: "Okay!"

Fang Yang and Jiang Chong said in unison: "Your Majesty..."

Murong Xuanyi raised his hand to stop him and said, "No need to say more. The most important thing right now is to save the epidemic. Fang Yang will make the arrangements."

"Now that the Guanyin soil has been found, Imperial Doctor Zhang and Imperial Doctor Xiao, I need to trouble you two to grind all the Guanyin soil, sift it, and then mix it with water for patients with diarrhea to take. Do not take more than three times a day. If anyone has constipation, they can take yeast to regulate the stomach and intestines." Yuan Ying explained every detail to the two imperial doctors.

Then he said to Magistrate Wei, "Sir Wei, the prescription for serious illnesses has been adjusted. Use as much green reed as possible. Arrange for doctors to switch to this prescription for serious patients." After saying that, he gave the adjusted prescription to Murong Xuanyi for review.

After examining it, Murong Xuanyi handed it to two imperial physicians, who nodded and handed it to Magistrate Wei.

Then everyone began to express their opinions in the study. After some discussion, as Yuan Ying issued one order after another, everyone left the study and went about their own business. After everything was arranged, Yuan Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

After dinner, Yuan Ying returned to the room, sat cross-legged on the bed quietly, and then... he was in a daze!

Only then did my entire brain stop working for half a quarter of an hour before I began to think about what to do next...

As long as the disease can be controlled, half of the success is achieved. However, if the treatment of severe diseases is to be effective immediately, antibiotics must be used. The earliest antibiotic in the world is penicillin.

Extracting penicillin from Penicillium. Unfortunately, this was in ancient times, and extracting penicillin was simply a fantasy.

I didn't know any medical skills, and I didn't know how to extract it. I just read in the newspaper that a British scientist found Penicillium on moldy oranges, and thus invented penicillin.

The best mold is on oranges and cantaloupes, she knew.

Yuan Ying fell on the bed in frustration. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind: just because she couldn't do it, it didn't mean that the world's number one doctor couldn't do it.

Yuan Ying got out of bed, put on her shoes and ran to the old man's room. She excitedly told the old man about penicillin. The old man rolled his eyes at her and said, "Can you find me some moldy oranges now?"

Yuan Ying felt like a deflated balloon when he heard this. It was summer now, where could we get oranges?

Hami melon seems to have only been produced in Hami in ancient times, and only the royal family and nobles could enjoy it as tribute.

Ugh……

Yuan Ying sighed and returned to his room.

The old man fell into deep thought...

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