"Are you going to start? We can take this opportunity to encourage the natives to attack these Chinese..."
"No, no, no, let's take another look. I'm curious as to how these Chinese people can find out. Why would they waste their energy on a plague that has nothing to do with them?"
Hidden in the window was actually Viscount Ferdinand, the French Consul General in Egypt, and the manager behind the entire canal company. Napoleon III trusted him very much, and Viscount Ferdinand had full power to mobilize the troops of the two Egyptian brigades.
This time, in order to deal with the Chinese, he actually rushed from the comfortable Cairo to Port Suez in advance, but he himself did not expect that he would encounter this sudden plague just a few days after arriving.
"Sir, why do you hesitate? Those natives who only care about money have long complained that we have given less deposits. Why not take this opportunity to let them make a little fortune first, so as to reassure them..."
"Enough! Ignorant thing, what can you tell!" Ferdinand scolded in a low voice, "Can't you see the professionalism of these people? I know that they are extraordinary just by the equipment in their hands. , when did barbaric Asia get so many high-quality doctors?"
"This plague not only kills the indigenous people, but also threatens our garrison and company employees. Now there are people who are not afraid of death and want to find a solution. Why don't we just wait and see? Let's wait until they find the answer. We There is plenty of time…”
Through the window and the open courtyard door opposite, Viscount Ferdinand could clearly see everything going on in the courtyard, especially the rows of wooden medical boxes in the corners and the row of microscopes and other equipment above, which all proved that this group of people major.
The corpses of the deceased were carried out one after another. The vomit and urine samples were extracted and buried in deep pits. The melted samples in the glass were placed under the microscope. The culprit of this plague gradually became clear. out of the water.
"There are excessive amounts of red blood cells and white blood cells in the stool samples..."
"Staphylococcus aureus exceeded the standard...Shigella dysenteriae exceeded the standard..."
"A large number of patients have symptoms of severe bloody stools...three unknown bacteria were found in the vomitus, and samples have been taken and preserved..."
"The patient is massively dehydrated and needs to supplement with salt and sugar water. We need to coordinate with local officials... prepare to draw blood and test blood samples..."
The entire medical team began working intensively and orderly. Now Dr. Buck and Dr. Huang Xi are 80% sure that the root cause of the plague is dysentery, but the source of the dysentery must be found. Only by finding the source can the final judgment be made.
After two and a half hours of busy work, the soldiers who went to collect samples from various wells in the port rushed back, and the glass bottles were filled with turbid well water.
"There are a total of six wells in Suez Port, and samples have been taken from all of them... These Egyptians are nothing, no one cares about us when we ask them to guide us, and we all look like ghosts..." Ma cursed in anger. .
"Don't be impatient. They don't understand the plague at all. Maybe in their eyes, this plague is just a punishment from God!"
"I found it...and sure enough, I found it. E. coli and Shigella dysenteriae were present in five of the six well samples, and other harmful intestinal bacteria also seriously exceeded the limit..."
"That's right!" Buck strode out of the yard. "It should be an outbreak of dysentery caused by contaminated drinking water. This is not a very serious plague. As long as the locals are taught prevention methods, it can be effectively stopped. Take me to inspect the water wells." , let the local magistrate come immediately as a guide..."
"Forget it, we met that timid guy once when we were looking for a well, but he refused to lead us. The guy was scared out of his mind.
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Got it! The other local residents also behaved the same way. They hid when they saw us and yelled as hard as they could when they knocked on the door. We couldn’t understand and God knows if they were scolding us..."
Luo Houhou frowned and said, "Not only that, I have a vague feeling of being watched. There must be a group of people spying on us. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time! Don't forget the reminder from the head of state before, maybe the French will come to cause trouble." !”
Of course Buck and Evil Doctor Huang knew that this was French territory, but a doctor’s bounden duty was to treat illnesses and save people, especially in this kind of large-scale plague. Two hundred people in the port of three thousand people had already fallen. If they were left alone, at least there would be One third of the population becomes ill.
The doctor's paternal heart doesn't care much at this moment. "No, we can't watch the people here die in vain. These Egyptians don't dare to lead the way, so we will find it ourselves!"
"What are you looking for?" the soldiers asked in unison.
"Find the toilet!"
"Huh?" Everyone was dumbfounded.
Immediately afterwards, the people of Port Suez discovered the behavior of these Oriental lunatics. They did not lead to the guide road, but just searched the city like a carpet. They entered the toilets when they saw them and then dug deep wells around the cesspools.
There were no flush toilets in that era, and there was no underground drainage system in the Suez area. The toilet was nothing more than a pit dug in the sand and surrounded by a reed mat.
The poor use public toilets on the streets, while wealthy families build toilets in their own courtyards. Since the climate is dry and the sand is everywhere, feces will quickly dry and weather, and then be buried deep in the sand and considered clean.
This has been a living habit of ancient people for thousands of years, but in the eyes of these bacteriology experts, this habit is a very dangerous behavior.
"Sure enough, the groundwater has been contaminated..." After digging five meters underground, we could already see wet sand. As expected, there were also a large number of bacteria in the sewage samples taken here.
At this point, it took the Chinese medical team four and a half hours to finally understand the ins and outs of the entire plague.
"Let's go to the local officials! No..." Buck suddenly thought, "Let's go to the person in charge of the canal company. I think only the French can understand what we are saying. They are not the same as these local natives." It’s indescribable!”
"Looking for the French? Doctor Buck, are you crazy...Aren't you asking for trouble? They won't pay attention to us!"
"It's one thing for the French to ignore us, but it's another thing for us to know the answer to the question but not tell them!" Buck, a stubborn British doctor, insisted on meeting with the managers of the canal company.
In Dr. Barker's mind, he is an Englishman. No matter how much the French hate the Chinese, he should at least give himself some face.
But they never expected that right at the door of the two-story building, Buck and his party would be rejected.
The two French soldiers watched in horror as Buck and his party actually raised their bayonets, "Stop, don't move forward! You have all just come from the plague-ridden house. You are not allowed to approach the company... retreat!"
"Damn it! How dare you flash your bayonets at us? Brothers, put on your bayonets and see who is afraid of whom!" Ma Hui gave an order, and there was a sound of bayonets being attached beside him, and a row of Mauser rifles with bayonets were shining brightly. Right in front of the French soldier's nose.
"What a heartless thing! We have solved the plague for you, but you dare to use the bayonet without saying thank you! If you have the guts, try it... I can't pick you to death!" m.
