1850 American Gold Baron

"All you have to do is do your best to treat these patients. The hospitals in San Francisco have admitted 756 cholera patients. Together with more than 1,800 cholera patients in the Sacramento area, there are a total of more than 2,500 cholera patients in need of treatment.

"Liang Yao said.

This is only the number of cholera patients that have been discovered. Because the gold mining areas are relatively scattered, there are still many cholera patients that have not been discovered.

With 32 doctors treating more than 2,500 cholera patients, their workload must be very heavy.

"There are really too many people. We only have so many people, and I'm afraid we won't be able to take care of them. I mean we can't take care of all the cholera patients." Morris looked embarrassed.

Other doctors' reactions were much the same as Morris's.

"Although there are many cholera patients, the symptoms of patients can range from mild to severe. We can place them in separate areas according to the severity of their symptoms and arrange our manpower reasonably.

As for the shortage of manpower, I will advertise in the newspaper to recruit volunteers from the private sector to assist you. If there are not enough volunteers, I will pay for you to hire enough manpower." Liang Yao put forward his suggestion.

"It's a good method. I have treated some patients with mild symptoms and they recovered quickly."

Dr. Robinson agrees.

"Rescuing more than 2,500 cholera patients at the same time has never been done before in the United States of America. Even the largest Pennsylvania Hospital, New York Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital are not capable of receiving so many cholera patients at the same time." Morris still felt a little bit.

concern.

"Housing and treating more than 2,500 cholera patients is not only a huge test for us doctors, but also a great challenge to your organizational capabilities. Of course, it will cost a lot of money to do so." Another.

The doctor followed closely and expressed his concerns.

In this era, the medical system in the United States is not perfect. Rich people tend to seek doctors from private clinics when they are sick, because doctors in private clinics have better medical skills. Those who are richer have their own private doctors.

There are also public hospitals, mainly for the poor, and are managed by the federal government, state governments and lower-level local governments. However, the medical level of public hospitals is relatively limited. This is exactly the same as in later generations.

In addition, there is a type of charity hospital established by a charity group that mainly relies on charitable donations to maintain its operations. For example, Catholic mission hospitals fall into this type of hospital.

"If there is no precedent, we will create a precedent! Gentlemen, as long as we defeat cholera, we will be recorded in history as a miracle in the history of medicine!" Liang Yao was well prepared to face these questions raised by the doctors.

"I will take care of the food and lodging issues for all cholera patients admitted, and I will bear all the treatment expenses, including your food, clothing, housing and transportation. I have made arrangements for you. I will withstand all pressure from the outside world for you. All you need to do is

Try your best to treat these poor cholera patients and let them survive."

Liang Yao's reputation in the hearts of the Chinese has reached its peak, but what he wants is not just absolute influence in the Chinese circle.

He also wanted to have high prestige among the white people in California, and to achieve this, he had to control not only their food, clothing, housing, transportation and other aspects of life.

What's more, you need to conquer their hearts and make them completely convinced of you.

As long as he can conquer their hearts, he can conquer the votes in their hands. As long as he controls the votes in the hands of these voters. With the great power of the American states, no matter how bad he is, he can still be a local bully in California and fight for himself and his own.

The compatriots fought for control of a state and had a foothold in the United States.

If his influence only stays within his own ethnic group, the upper limit of his future development will not be that high.

That's why he would rather lose money than treat other ethnic groups infected with cholera.

"I'll give you a toast."

Robinson, who had been silent next to him, poured a glass of sherry, stood up and drank the glass in one gulp.

"We also toast to you! It is a blessing for the people of California to have a man as happy and generous as Mr. Liang in California."

The doctors in the restaurant stood up one after another with glasses filled with wine and solemnly toasted to Liang Yao.

Looking at the entire United States, not to mention the wealthy country gentry in those places, even the politicians in the government, there are very few people as responsible and well-established as Liang Yao.

They prefer to talk to voters and make promises they cannot keep to win votes from voters.

"To the victory over cholera! To the medical miracle! To your healthy journey! Cheers!"

Seeing that everyone's morale was high and they drank the wine boldly, Liang Yao raised his glass high and drained it immediately.

After finishing the meal, Liang Yao took out the pocket watch on his breast pocket and checked the time. There was still an hour before Sacramento arrived in San Francisco.

Liang Yao asked Robinson to call several doctors with better medical skills to the deck. He wanted to know how doctors in this era treated cholera.

"You are doctors and you are professionals. I will not interfere with your work in treating patients, but I want to know how you plan to treat these cholera patients?"

Robinson called several doctors who had experience in treating cholera patients. When faced with the questions raised by Liang Yao, they all gave similar answers.

"Camphor extracted from evergreen bark can relieve muscle pain and twitching."

"Grind chilies into powder and use it as medicine to stimulate the body's circulation."

"If patients really can't stand the pain of diarrhea and vomiting, they can add a little laudanum appropriately, so that they can have less diarrhea and vomiting several times a day."

...

Doctors actively exchange their treatment experiences and methods, and share their treatment experiences with each other.

The treatment plans given by these doctors were quite reliable, which made Liang Yao breathe a sigh of relief.

At least there were no strange treatment methods used in the Middle Ages to deal with the Black Death, such as bloodletting, bathing in urine, pooping in the body, eating emeralds alive, beating with whips, etc.

Liang Yao was still a little worried that the hospital he just opened would turn into a funeral parlor, but now it seems that he was overly worried.

From the Middle Ages to the present, humankind's understanding of diseases and medical standards have continued to improve.

"But these can only relieve the pain of cholera patients. Whether the patients can defeat cholera and survive depends on whether their own immunity is strong enough." Dr. Robinson explained to Liang Yao, "In general, this is a

A method that treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.”

“Can we rehydrate severely dehydrated cholera patients?”

Liang Yao thought that cholera could easily cause water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance disorders, and later generations attached great importance to rehydration in the treatment of cholera patients.

Rehydration is done by injecting normal saline, but this thing only existed at the end of this century.

Even if he had saline, he wouldn't be able to make a needle for injection given his current conditions.

"I tried asking them to drink more water, but it didn't work. I also tried alcohol." Dr. Robinson shook his head.

"Drinking water directly may not be absorbed by the body, but what if the drinking water is prepared with salt and sugar? Can this promote the absorption of water in the gastrointestinal tract?"

Liang Yao remembered that some areas in Africa and South Asia with backward medical conditions in later generations used this kind of hydration method.

Now he can only use the existing medical conditions to try his best to treat these cholera patients. Even if it is a native method he has heard from hearsay, he is willing to try it.

"I think I can give it a try."

Morris thinks this method can be tried.

"Have you really never studied medicine?" Robinson looked at Liang Yao with doubt.

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The method of treating cholera in this chapter refers to Robinson's personal diary. I just consulted friends who are studying medicine. Maybe this method is reliable. After all, the author is not a medical student...

It seems that the results are just a little bit short of continuing to push, and the smart push has not been able to increase in the past two days. I hope a miracle will happen, and I would like to give everyone a thumbs up to follow up!

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