Plague Doctor

The night sky in Dongzhou is gray, and from nightfall to early morning, there are fewer people on the streets everywhere.

Although the Internet is strictly controlled, the media in Dongzhou have been talking about it in the past two days, and people's mobile phones have also received notification messages. Recently, a new type of influenza has broken out in Dongzhou. It is highly contagious and has a high fatality rate. If you suddenly have symptoms of muscle soreness, mental agitation, insomnia and nightmares, you must seek medical treatment in time.

Due to the seriousness of the news, people have spontaneously stopped going out and avoided going to crowded places. The whole city is shrouded in a dead atmosphere.

It was early in the morning when Gu Jun arrived at the Tianji Bureau Medical Department on the outskirts of the city. After a month and a half, he finally returned here.

The buildings of the Medical Department were still brightly lit, but the colleagues visible along the way were all walking in a hurry. No one was talking to each other, and there was not even eye contact, as if they could not see each other. Professor Qin told Gu Jun that chatting outside of work is not prohibited but not recommended internally.

There are already three cases in the medical department, none of which are familiar to Gu Jun. They are nightmare disease researchers from the psychology team.

Because he had to race against time, Gu Jun didn't have a chance to meet any of his acquaintances, so he followed him to the psychiatric building as soon as possible. He often came to this place during his on-the-job training, but at that time there were no unfamiliar Operations Department personnel stationed solemnly, nor was there a general haze.

"There are currently 10 patients being treated here." Professor Qin added, "Other patients are in the isolation camp." Yao Shinian nodded.

After entering the building, they passed numerous checkpoints and finally entered the Nightmare Disease Research Center on the 12th floor.

This place doesn't look like a scene after 1 o'clock in the morning. From the corridors to various offices, there are busy medical staff and experimenters everywhere. Everyone is trying to understand this disease from various aspects such as neurology, psychiatry, and psychology. .

But either they were frowning or expressionless, and they couldn't find any way to break through.

"Mr. Qin, Team Leader Yao." Tang Zhifeng, the leader of the psychology team, walked quickly and was a little surprised when he saw Gu Jun. He knew Gu Jun.

Tang Zhifeng was one of the judges of the medical skills competition that day, and he also admired Gu Jun's psychological quality.

But later, Tang Zhifeng also knew about some situations such as Gu Jun being taken away by the abnormal power investigation team because he was suspected of being "the thing in the banyan tree". Many other people here have also heard some gossip about Gu Jun, mainly saying that this rising star committed a crime and was taken away, and they are also quite confused about his appearance at this time.

"This Gu Jun is one of our own." Professor Qin raised his voice and introduced to everyone, "He has done many great things, and now he comes to join the research work."

Everyone was suddenly surprised. Being so valued by Mr. Qin and Commander Yao, what does Gu Jun seem to bring to the table?

But wasn’t Gu Jun originally from the surgery department? Oh yes, the research plan to try to use lobotomy for treatment will have the first operation tomorrow morning. Gu Jun must have joined the surgical team, but why did it attract such attention...

"Hello everyone." As soon as Gu Jung greeted everyone, Professor Qin said: "Team Leader Tang, let's take Ajun to see the patient."

Soon, Gu Jun put on his white coat and medical mask again after many days, and followed several leaders to the ward area on the floor.

In the past, he felt that wearing a mask made his breathing stuffy, but now this long-lost feeling gave him a little more peace of mind.

The guards in the corridors of the ward area are even tighter. Each room is a single ward. There is a soundproof one-way glass window beside the door, and the room can be seen from the corridor.

It was through the glass window that Gu Jun saw a nightmare patient for the first time. A young man of average build was sitting on the hospital bed in a trance.

"This patient was just admitted yesterday." Professor Qin said, his voice sounded cold and calm like an old doctor:

"Arjun, now we roughly divide the development of nightmare disease into three stages. This patient is still in the early stage. The main clinical manifestations are sleep dysfunction. The nightmare will be repeated every night after falling asleep. After waking up, he can no longer Asleep. Some patients in the moderate to severe stage have tried not to sleep at night, but they still have hallucinations at about the same time, and they can't sleep well even if they don't have nightmares during the day."

"At this early stage, the patient's mental state will deteriorate rapidly, and flaccid muscle weakness will occur in the limbs, followed by autonomic nervous system dysfunction, manifested by increased sweating, tachycardia, arrhythmia, orthostatic hypotension, etc. There is also a first episode The symptom is the tongue... let’s go in and have a look.”

At that moment, two guards from the operations department opened the door to the ward, went in first and told the patient to behave honestly, and then the group walked in.

When the patient saw a group of doctors coming in, he suddenly became excited and almost wanted to say something.

Gu Jun's heart twitched, and he could see the panic in the patient's eyes and his desire for survival.

The other party was only a few years older than him, so he shouldn't have to face death at such an age of twenty-five or six.

"Ah." The patient only dared to utter such a low voice. The rule here is that the patient cannot speak freely. He can only answer what the doctor asks, and he must say it word for word. If there is anything wrong, the guards will immediately use it. Stun gun to stop.

"Hello, please open your mouth." Gu Jun listened to Professor Qin's words, held a small flashlight, and stepped forward to examine the patient's tongue seriously.

The patient was very cooperative. He sat on the edge of the bed and raised his head with his mouth wide open.

Before Gu Jun looked at it with a flashlight, his heart suddenly sank, as if he was being violently pulled by the pathological scene in front of him.

The patient's tongue is already an obvious atrophic tongue, which is nearly half smaller than the normal state. It is rolled into a small ball and has an awkward shape, and the tongue is a little discolored.

It was strangely black and exuded a strong stench, just like the tongue of a corpse...

The corpse phenomenon will cause tongue atrophy, and that change is almost the same as the tongue in front of you.

"Okay." Gu Jun said solemnly and nodded to the patient.

"Ah, ah..." The patient made several anxious and vague sounds, as if he was begging for help.

But after looking at the tongue, the group went out, leaving the patient alone standing beside the bed in confusion.

"Atrophic tongue is the first symptom of early-stage patients." Professor Qin told Gu Jun in the corridor, "And the patient will feel dry mouth and tongue, but drinking water cannot relieve this symptom. It may be nerve damage. But at this stage , the patient’s mental will is still fine, but he has become a little more agitated.”

"According to his statement, this patient became infected after reading his friend's WeChat messages." Tang Zhifeng, who was next to him, sighed, "His friend is also here, and he is in the middle stage."

Gu Jun could only be silent as he listened. How dare he think that he would be able to save them? He didn't have the feeling of triggering gnosis...

He looked at the patient in the ward through the one-way glass window. The other patient was already sitting there in a daze, thinking about something.

He calmed down and looked at the patient information board hanging at the door:

[Name: Chen Wenwei

Age: 25

Condition: early stage]

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