Chapter 2261: Plague Research Society of All Nations

The epidemic was under control, but Shen Long and the others did not return to the capital immediately. After sending a telegram to their family to tell them the good news and reassuring them, they began to attend the funeral again. During this epidemic prevention campaign, many medical workers He gave his life to save the people.

Shen Long and Wu Lien-teh's team is better, no one has sacrificed so far, after all, with Shen Long here, he can save no matter how serious the illness is, but he can only care about the people around him, And the teams distributed in other places are somewhat powerless.

Among the victims were Chinese and foreigners, so after attending the funeral of the Chinese, Shen Long and Wu Lien-teh went to the British Consulate as representatives to attend the funeral of Jackson, a British missionary doctor, and threw themselves into the fight against the plague without thinking about their own lives. Before he could start his long-term career of saving people and preaching, he died in the line of duty.

His colleague Christie wrote in a letter to the country, "We are passing through the dark canyon of death, so far as we can see, this canyon is long. Before we achieve complete victory, we may Many days to come.  … He is preparing for 11 years of his lifelong career yet he has only been here for two months. One might think he was taken before the work even started. But saying His life's work was condensed into the last ten days, and it should be more true that his death was the greatest part of his work."

Xi Liang, the governor of the three northeastern provinces, and Shi Zhaoji, the special envoy, also attended the funeral, and everyone appreciated Dr. Jackson's noble behavior. , but there is no guarantee that it will relapse in the future, so it is best to invite medical scientists from all over the world to come to Northeast China to participate in the meeting and discuss countermeasures together."

Shen Long knew what these officials liked to hear, so he added, "The plague took tens of millions of lives in Europe, and now we can completely rely on our own strength to control the epidemic in a short period of time, which is also a great boost to our national prestige. It’s a good thing, holding such a meeting can also let foreigners know how good we are.”

Xi Liang and Shi Zhaoji were very happy to hear that, so they accepted the suggestion of Shen Long and Wu Lien-teh, and wrote to the imperial court to suggest that an international seminar be held, inviting the world's most famous infectious disease experts to come to China to participate in the meeting. The imperial court accepted their suggestion and let the The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified diplomatic envoys and embassies in China.

Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Mexico and other countries responded one after another, and sent their most famous experts to the meeting, including Kitasatoshiba, a Japanese microbiology expert and the discoverer of Yersinia pestis Saburo, the discoverer of the Transbaikal marmot plague in Russia, Sabrotny, and others are all internationally renowned authorities on microbiology and epidemiology.

Shibasaburo Kitazato has a high status in later generations of Japan. On April 9, 2019, Taro Aso, the Japanese government's finance minister, officially announced that he would change the pattern of banknotes in the first half of 2024, launching 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen. new yuan banknotes,

Among them, the portrait of Shibasaburo Kitasato will be used on the front of the 1,000 yen.

But this raised a new question, that is, who will be the chairman of the meeting. The Japanese embassy immediately jumped out and demanded that Kitasato Shibasaburo must be the chairman of the meeting, or he would not come. Russia also tried to push Sabotney Assuming the chairmanship, the Chinese side is naturally reluctant.

This is a meeting held in China, and the discussion is about the epidemic in China. If a foreigner is the chairman of the meeting, people will think that this epidemic is all handled by foreigners.

But these demands are not easy to argue with, because whether it is Shibasaburo Kitasato or Sabolotni, they are all international authoritative experts. It seems that Wu Liande's doctorate degree in medicine from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom cannot compete. As for Shen Long, it is even more difficult. Needless to say, he is still self-taught. Although he has published many papers, there are not many related to infectious diseases.

Fortunately, Shi Zhaoji had a few tricks, and he persuaded the representatives of Britain, France, the United States and Germany to support Wu Lien-teh, and let Wu Lien-teh become the chairman of the meeting; of course, this is mainly due to the undoubted achievements of Wu Lien-teh, Shen Long and others in the process of epidemic prevention Well, if the two of them played soy sauce all the time, the chairman would not fall on Wu Lien-teh's head.

Kitasato Shibasaburo, Sabrotney, and Shen Long served as vice chairmen. Those two also worked on-site in Northeast China, so Shen Long has no objection to this, and they have also made contributions to China.

"The two of us have to write this speech well. To be honest, I still feel a little guilty when I give a speech in front of experts and authorities like Kitasato Shibaro and Saborotni." Wu Liande said, and the article summarizing the Northeast plague naturally fell to him The chairman and Shen Long, the vice chairman.

"Star Alliance, don't be humble. You just don't have the same reputation as them right now. When it comes to knowledge and research on pneumonic plague, you are definitely one of the best in the world." Shen Long reassured.

"That's true, I still need your help, we two can definitely write eye-catching articles!" Wu Lien-teh also has full confidence in Shen Long. During the epidemic prevention process, Shen Long proposed Many ideas and methods in this article have played a very good role, and many of them have never appeared in the academic circle. As long as these things are sorted out, it will definitely be a good article.

"I think this article should be divided into two parts. One part mainly analyzes the plague, and the second part should be how to control large-scale infectious diseases. The experience we have gained this time can not only be applied to the plague. In terms of prevention and treatment, it is also effective against influenza and other epidemics.” Wu Lien-teh was nominated for the Nobel Prize probably because of his outstanding contribution in this epidemic? It's a pity that I didn't win the award, but if I add some content to this speech and publish it in the "New England Journal of Medicine", maybe I have the hope of winning this award.

"Very good, the two of us will work together to finish this great article!" Wu Lien-teh also agrees with Shen Long that protective measures such as isolation, masks, and disinfection are indeed effective against most infectious diseases.

"Then, let's discuss the topics and procedures of the meeting. I think it should include the origin, transmission status and treatment methods of this epidemic; the difference between pneumonic plague virus and other plague-like viruses; how to prevent and treat pneumonic plague..." Wu Liande put the Almost everywhere I think of.

"I think one more item should be added!" Shen Long said.