1850 American Gold Tycoon

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

The workload of 32 doctors treating more than 2,500 cholera patients 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 be divided into mild and severe symptoms. They can be placed in separate areas according to the severity of their symptoms to rationally arrange our manpower.

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 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.

"It is unprecedented to rescue more than 2,500 cholera patients at the same time in the United States of America. Even the largest Pennsylvania Hospital, New York Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital are unable to receive so many cholera patients at the same time." Reese still had some concerns.

"Housing and treating more than 2,500 cholera patients is not only a huge test for us doctors, but also a big challenge to your organizational capabilities. Of course, it also costs a lot of money to do so." Another. The doctor followed and voiced his concerns.

In this era, the medical system in the United States is not perfect. Rich people often seek doctors from private clinics when they are sick, because doctors in private clinics have better medical skills. Those with more money have their own personal 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 later generations.

In addition, there is also a charity hospital established by a charity group to generate electricity for love, which mainly relies on charitable donations to maintain its operations. For example, Catholic mission hospitals fall into this category.

"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 accommodation 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 been at its peak, but what he wants is not just absolute influence in the Chinese circle.

He also wanted to have high prestige among white people in California, and to do this, he had to control not only all aspects of their lives, including their food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

You must conquer their hearts and make them completely convinced of you.

As long as you can conquer their hearts, you can conquer the votes in their hands. As long as you control 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, win control of a state for himself and his compatriots, and have 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 such a generous man 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 squires 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 defeat cholera! To the medical miracle! To your generosity! 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, 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, the answers they gave were similar.

"Camphor, extracted from the bark of evergreen trees, can relieve muscle pain and twitching."

"Grind chilies into powder and use them 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 bizarre treatment methods used in the Middle Ages to deal with the Black Death, such as bloodletting, bathing in urine, smearing the body with feces, eating emeralds raw, beating with whips, and so on.

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 treatment have continued to improve.

"But these can only alleviate 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? Will 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 used this kind of hydration method in later generations.

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

"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.