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Chapter 209: On Disease and Epidemic (1.0)

Li Nian nodded and said, "That's right. Compared with drinking raw water directly, drinking boiled water will make you less likely to get sick."

"Generally speaking, the diseases caused by drinking raw water are mostly related to the stomach and intestines, often causing abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea..."

"In serious cases, it can damage internal organs and kill people, because some tiny things can invade organs such as the liver and kidneys."

"The dirtier the water, the more tiny things it contains, and the less drinkable it is. Well water or mountain spring water from underground has fewer tiny things in it, and some of them are drinkable, but I still don't recommend drinking it without boiling it."

The doctors nodded seriously. If tiny living things enter the human body without being boiled, even if not every one of them will cause disease, as long as there is one that can cause disease, then there is a possibility of making people sick if they drink it.

Li Nian continued, "Tiny things exist in the universe, and they are everywhere. Just like what is in front of me right now, do you feel like you don't see anything?"

Li Nian waved his hand forward and touched the air: "But not seeing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. In fact, there are many tiny things floating in front of us."

"Sometimes, if the sun is shining brightly, have you ever seen some tiny dust particles floating in the sun?"

The doctors recalled and nodded. They had all seen the phenomenon that Li Nian described: when the weather was clear and the sun was shining, they would see dust floating in front of their eyes.

But since these dust particles are visible to the naked eye, doesn’t that mean there are many invisible tiny things around us?

Are we surrounded by countless tiny things all the time and living with them in the world?

Many doctors had the same thought in their minds. One of them asked, "Sir, if that's the case, then there are always many tiny things with us. Why don't we get sick?"

Before Li Nian could answer, a doctor answered first: "I think not all tiny things can cause illness, and our bodies also have the ability to heal themselves and resist tiny things."

Li Nian looked at the doctor who answered.

Seeing Li Nian looking over, the doctor quickly apologized: "Sir, I spoke too quickly..."

Li Nian waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "This time we are communicating and discussing with you. If you have questions, you should ask them. If you have words, you should speak them. If I dare not ask or speak because of my identity, how can I communicate and discuss?"

"You are right. Not all tiny things can cause illness. Our human body also has the ability to resist tiny things."

"In fact, it is not only our bodies that coexist with tiny things, but also our bodies. Some tiny things are not only harmless, but also beneficial to us."

"When we eat, the food enters the intestines, and some tiny things help us absorb and digest the food, and even inhibit other tiny things from harming the human body."

Yes, if all tiny things are harmful, then according to this person, tiny things would be everywhere in the world, and people would have all become sick and died long ago.

"Microscopic things can be roughly divided into bacteria, fungi, and viruses."

Hearing Li Nian mention these three, the doctors became more alert and listened more carefully. They were just curious about what these three were, and now this person was going to explain in detail.

"For our human body, bacteria and viruses are the most common microorganisms that cause us diseases. Many serious diseases and plagues are caused by them!"

Hearing the word "plague", the doctors focused their attention once again.

In this era, once a plague occurs, it means countless lives will die and it will be difficult to save them.

"Plagues like cholera are caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae, which can contaminate food and water sources, such as seafood, fruits, vegetables and grains."

"So where cholera occurs, it's often because there's something wrong with the food or the water."

Smallpox and plague had not yet appeared in China at this time, but cholera had already appeared. After listening to Li Nian's words, a doctor who had seen cholera said: "It is indeed as you said, where cholera occurs, it is often due to water or food."

The doctor who was speaking continued, "Since you know the cause of cholera, do you have any good prescription or medicine?"

Li Nian said, "There is indeed a prescription, but I got it from someone else. Whether it is effective or not still needs to be verified by you."

Giving prescriptions to these doctors was also an important reason why Li Nian advised the First Emperor to summon doctors from all over the world.

Li Nian would give prescriptions found on search engines, but it would require these doctors to verify whether they were effective.

He didn't know medicine and had never practiced medicine, so who knew whether the prescriptions he found were really useful in this era.

Moreover, TCM also pays attention to the weather and climate when treating diseases. The climate at this time is different from that of later generations. Even if some prescriptions are real, they cannot be used for people at that time.

This is also the reason why Li Nian did not directly compile a few medical books and distribute them throughout the world, but instead had to summon all the doctors to Xianyang.

The doctor who was speaking saluted to Li Nian excitedly: "Young Master, you are so kind and righteous!"

Although this person was not a doctor, he was kind-hearted and was willing to give out the prescription without asking for any conditions.

The other doctors followed suit and saluted: "Young Master, benevolence and righteousness!"

Seeing the doctors saluting Li Nian, the eunuchs and guards on the side looked at Li Nian with eyes full of respect and an inexplicable pride, as if to tell people: this is the young master they follow and serve!
Li Nian said: "No need to do that. One of the reasons I called you all here this time is to give you some prescriptions."

"I got these prescriptions from somewhere else, but I don't know medicine, so I have no way of judging whether they are useful. I have to rely on you to refute and verify them one by one."

From what he said, it seems that there are many prescriptions. What diseases can these prescriptions cure and who created them?
The doctors were quite curious and expectant.

Although they are all well-known doctors in various places, there are still too many diseases that they cannot cure. They hope that the prescription given by this person can cure more diseases.

This young man was indeed kind and righteous, and was willing to give them all the recipes he knew. If they knew some secret recipes, they would probably guard them closely for fear of being known by others.

Li Nian continued, "Cholera is a plague caused by bacteria, but in the Western Regions there is a plague called 'pox', 'pox', and 'pox', which is caused by a virus."

"Pimples" refers to smallpox, which was introduced into China via the Silk Road during the Eastern Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties.

"This disease is highly contagious and is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract and contact."

"I just said that tiny things exist both outside the body and inside the body. When we breathe in and out every day, we are actually constantly exchanging tiny things with the outside world."

Upon hearing this, a doctor volunteered, "Young Master, what you mean is that the tiny things that cause pox exist in the patient's body, and will be exchanged with the outside world, and then be absorbed into the body by other people, causing the disease?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the doctors immediately realized the horror of those tiny things. They had not felt it too much before, but at this moment, these tiny things were too terrifying.

When a person becomes sick, it will be released into the outside world through breathing and then infect other people.

If this pox breaks out in a densely populated area, won't it quickly spread to everyone?

After all, living people must breathe in and out, and the plague of smallpox is more terrible than cholera.

　According to my father, who is an old Chinese medicine practitioner, my back pain is caused by my weak constitution and long periods of sitting, so I type while lying down on my phone, which makes typing slower. Sorry for the late update, sorry!
　
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