There were wars, man-made disasters and natural disasters in ancient China. After every war, there were corpses everywhere, and the plague broke out, which brought great casualties to the ancient people. The question is, how did the ancients prevent and control large-scale plague outbreaks? Here from the court and the individual two aspects!
From the court's point of view: first, send a Commissioner to lead a team to the epidemic area.
No matter which dynasty, in the event of a major epidemic, the imperial court will assign relevant officials to lead the imperial doctors and medical and aid materials to the epidemic areas for prevention and control at the first time.
(Eastern Han Dynasty) In the first year of Yuanjia (A.D. 15 1), in the first month of spring, the capital fell ill, and Dr. Guanglu was asked to handle medical records. Gui You, amnesty, gaiyuan jia. In February, Jiujiang and Lujiang were devastated. In the Sino-Japanese War, King Hejian (Liu) built a raft. ? The capital is dry. Ren Cheng and Liang are hungry, and people eat people. 〗? Ye Fan's Once? Liu Huanzhi, Biography of Filial Piety
In the third year of Jianning (Eastern Han Dynasty) (A.D. 170), in the first month of spring, women in Hanoi ate husbands and men in Henan ate wives. ? In the second year of Guanghe (Eastern Han Dynasty) (A.D. 179), a great epidemic occurred, which made Chang Shi and Zhong Si patrol to deliver medicines. ? In the second year (A.D. 185), the first month of spring, a pandemic occurred. ? Ye Fan's Once? It can be seen from the Biography of Emperor Xiaozong Liu Hong that, as the imperial court, it will specially send history to deal with the hardest-hit areas of the epidemic and send medicine to prevent and treat them.
Second, implement regional isolation for the hardest hit areas.
Generally speaking, in view of the epidemic situation and plague epidemic areas, considering the spread of infection and other reasons, an isolation area will be set up, similar to the plague village, where all patients will be managed in one area, and special personnel will be assigned to find the source of infection, conduct centralized diagnosis and treatment, isolate patients, sprinkle lime powder for large-scale disinfection, and be supervised by the military in the periphery to prevent patients from escaping, so as to cut off the route of transmission. This centralized isolation can effectively control the spread of plague and maximize the epidemic situation.
As for the prevention and control of the people themselves, it is far from enough to rely solely on the assistance of the imperial court when a major plague epidemic occurred in ancient times. Throughout the ages, many famous folk doctors have independently participated in the rescue and treatment of the epidemic, such as Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty, Ye and Wu Tang in the Qing Dynasty, who have made great contributions to the treatment of plague. They independently develop drugs and teach people how to prevent and disinfect them. Among them is Wu Tang.
Summary: The plague is merciless. Since ancient times, our great Chinese nation and ancient working people have relied on their own intelligence to overcome any difficulties. We are a united nation. Although novel coronavirus is now in a threatening situation, I believe that with the joint efforts of the people of the whole country, the people's army and angels in white, we will definitely win this battle without smoke!
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