Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1663, living habits need to be changed

"Liu Gong, Lord Wang~"

Li Anyuan hurriedly came to Liu Jin and Wang Shouren's side. He was the leader of the medical team that came to Jiangnan this time. He has extremely rich experience in fighting the epidemic. He once led a team to Huangjinzhou to fight against smallpox.

He even went to Africa in person to study yellow fever. He has in-depth research on many infectious diseases, and he can be regarded as the authority of Ming Dynasty in the field of infectious diseases.

"Professor Li, how is the situation?"

Seeing Li Anyuan, Wang Shouren also asked quickly.

"The situation is quite optimistic. Although the situation in Yangzhou and Suzhou is particularly serious and a large number of patients are sick, this kind of schistosomiasis is not too contagious. As long as you don't touch the infected water, you won't be infected. There is no need for emergency measures such as city closures and road closures."

"However, schistosomiasis is not only found in Suzhou and Yangzhou, it is widespread in the entire Yangtze River Basin and even in large areas south of the Yangtze River."

"Although there is no large-scale outbreak in normal times, it is also extremely harmful. A large number of people die from this disease every year."

"And so far, we haven't found a method or drug that can effectively treat schistosomiasis. For patients with this disease, we can only pray that they can survive by themselves."

Li Anyuan shook his head while talking.

"Is there really no way to cure it?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Shouren frowned deeply.

Judging from the data reported by Yangzhou and Suzhou, hundreds of thousands of people in the two places have been infected with this kind of schistosomiasis. If there is no cure, it means that a large number of people will die from this disease.

"At the moment there is no good way."

"Whether it is ancient books such as "Qian Jin Fang", "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "The Back of the Elbow", "San Yin Fang", or many medical books compiled now, we have too little research on this kind of schistosomiasis."

"The main reason is that there was no large-scale outbreak of this kind of schistosomiasis in the past, or even if it broke out, it was not taken seriously, so it was left alone in the end, and there were too few studies on it."

Li Anyuan shook his head helplessly and said.

"Well, how about it, I'll let Da Ming Daily report and publish this news, and at the same time seek help from all the doctors in the world to see if there are any good prescriptions and methods that doctors know to treat these schistosomiasis."

Liu Jin on the side thought about it and said.

Since schistosomiasis is widespread in several provinces in the south, maybe some doctors have studied it and found out effective prescriptions and treatment methods.

"This is a good way. Now there is a telegram. If there is a good prescription and method, we can implement it soon."

Li Anyuan's eyes lit up when he heard it.

The current traffic and information are very smooth. He was still in the capital a few days ago, but now everyone has come to Jiangnan.

As soon as the news reached the capital by telegram, the order was sent to him, and he immediately formed a medical team and went to Jiangnan without stopping.

By taking the train, he arrived in Jiangnan in less than two days. This efficiency and speed were unimaginable before.

"In addition to controlling the epidemic, we have also discovered an important reason for the prevalence of schistosomiasis in the Jiangnan area after visiting many places."

After thinking about it, Li Anyuan talked to Wang Shouren and Liu Jin about their research findings.

"Tell me now."

Wang Shouren regained his energy immediately, and asked quickly.

"We have conducted a lot of research on schistosomiasis through microscopes, and we found that the outbreak of schistosomiasis is particularly severe in areas where there are a large number of snails."

"We also found a large number of schistosomes in snails, which are the main host of schistosomiasis. In addition, schistosomes were also found in cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, cats, dogs, mice and other animals, but the number was not high. many."

"At the same time, we also found that the reason for the large-scale outbreak of schistosomiasis in the Jiangnan area this time has a lot to do with the living habits of the people in the Jiangnan area."

"The Jiangnan area has a lot of water and is a water town. The river network is densely covered and extends in all directions. The life of the people in the Jiangnan is also closely related to water. People habitually pour manure into the rivers, and at the same time they habitually wash toilets and chamber pots in the rivers. Urinating everywhere and so on."

"Even in some areas, there are still people who drink water from rivers directly, without boiling it, and prefer to drink raw water."

"At the same time, the Jiangnan area is rich. People have always raised cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. People and animals are mixed together, and the excrement and feces of livestock are discharged into rivers and fields at will."

"These have greatly promoted the infection and spread of schistosomiasis, which is also an important reason for the seriousness of schistosomiasis in water towns!"

Li Anyuan is worthy of being an authority in the study of infectious diseases in the Ming Dynasty. In a very short period of time, he has roughly figured out the situation of schistosomiasis infection in the Jiangnan area.

"But our Jiangnan region has lived like this since ancient times?"

When Wang Shouren heard this, he thought about it and said the same thing.

"Yes, the Jiangnan region has always lived like this, but it doesn't mean that this way of life is right."

"I have checked the local chronicles of Yangzhou and Suzhou, and I have also learned about related aspects with local doctors."

"Schistosomiasis is very prevalent in the Jiangnan area itself, and a large number of people suffer from this disease at ordinary times. We also found it in the local chronicles of the two places."

"This kind of schistosomiasis will break out almost every once in a while, especially among fishermen, it is the most serious and the most common."

Li Anyuan also replied immediately.

"Then how are we going to do it?"

In the face of Li Anyuan's authority, Wang Shouren had no choice but to obey.

"The main thing we can do now is to focus on prevention. If we want to control schistosomiasis for a long time, this living habit still needs to be changed."

"First of all, we need to control the snails, and organize villagers from all over the country to salvage and bury all the snails in the fields, and the snails must be eliminated regularly every year. Without the snails, the schistosomiasis will have no main infection and host. It can greatly control the outbreak of schistosomiasis."

"Secondly, in the short term, don't let the common people swim, play, and have fun in the water with schistosomiasis. The larvae of schistosomiasis can enter the human body directly through the skin."

"The third is to strengthen the management of human and livestock manure. Every household digs manure pools. All manure must be precipitated, fermented, and schistosomes are killed to prevent it from becoming a new source of infection."

"The fourth is to strengthen the management of drinking water. Do not drink water from rivers and rivers. Boil well water before drinking. Drinking more hot water is not only to prevent schistosomiasis, but also prevent most diseases."

"Fifth, special attention and large-scale disinfection should be carried out during the flood period, and a large amount of quicklime should be used for disinfection in polluted ditches and fields."

"Sixth, separate humans and animals. Try not to mix humans and animals together. If they are too close, not only schistosomiasis, but also other infectious diseases can easily spread from livestock to humans."

Li Anyuan spoke out one by one, focusing on the prevention of schistosomiasis, controlling the source of infection, cutting off the transmission route, and loving cleanliness and hygiene.

"I'll have someone do it right away."

Wang Shouren listened carefully, but also let the officials around him remember, and immediately started to deal with it. If you can do something, you should do it now, and you can't continue to spread and spread it.

"My side will ask the Daming Daily to report this matter to everyone in Daming to advocate healthy living habits."

Liu Jin thought about it and added.

This schistosomiasis is not only found in the south of the Yangtze River, but also in the entire Yangtze River Basin. The relevant experience and lessons should naturally be made known to everyone.

In fact, it’s not just schistosomiasis. There have always been many diseases in rural areas. For example, children are very easy to get roundworms. This is largely caused by unhealthy and unclean living habits.

During this period, people basically drank raw water, and did not drink hot water or boiled water at all. The main reason is that boiling water is very inconvenient and requires a lot of firewood.

Even in later generations, there are still a large number of rural areas that still maintain the habit of drinking raw water. Many people find it troublesome to drink boiled water and hot water, which is fine in winter and especially in summer.

As for the mixing of humans and animals, random discharge of feces and water, defecating everywhere, etc., it is even more normal. Everyone doesn't pay attention to these things, and they don't care, which leads to various diseases Very popular.

This is also the reason why the average life expectancy was low in ancient times. A large number of children died young, which has a great relationship with unhealthy and unclean living habits. At the same time, adults often cannot bear it, and they are prone to fall ill and even die directly.

"Some unhealthy and unclean living habits of our Daming people must be changed."

Thinking of this, Liu Jin sighed slightly.

In such an era, the most difficult thing to do is probably to change people's living habits and thinking, especially for the vast rural areas of Ming Dynasty.

Traffic is inconvenient, news is blocked, and the key is that people are often ignorant and ignorant.

The big cities of Daming are better. With the spread of the Daming Daily, everyone can more or less listen to it, and can slowly and subtly make some changes.

Like drinking boiled water, as there are more and more boiled water shops in big cities, everyone will gradually get used to drinking boiled water and drinking hot water. Without management, various diseases in the city are better controlled, and in this rural area, it can only come slowly.

It is estimated that it will take a long time for everyone to slowly establish healthy and clean living habits.

(End of this chapter)