110 years ago, a plague more terrible than SARS swept through the northeast, how was it cured?
In February 1910, a plague suddenly appeared in the northeast region. In just two months, more than 60,000 people were killed. The late Qing government was in jeopardy, and the Qing court was simply unable to come to govern. On the other hand, Japan and Russia, which have coveted the northeast for a long time, are beginning to move. They want to take advantage of the opportunity to extort money, so they are reluctant to provide drugs and medical support. Faced with such a situation, Dr. Wu Liande, who returned from studying abroad, stepped forward. He traveled to the northeast alone and performed his first autopsy.
Wu Liande studied in Germany, he was diligent and studious, and he had already made his name for himself overseas. He could not bear to see the people of his homeland suffering from disease, so he resolutely returned to China. Wu Liande was ordered to take on the burden of directing the fight against the epidemic. Wu Liande made an accurate judgment about the epidemic: it was a sudden virus. Wu Liande trained his personnel and creatively designed Wu Liande masks. This mask is simple to make, but it can effectively prevent the spread of the plague.
Wu Liande asked the Qing court to send troops, and soon took control of the situation in the northeast. At Wu Liande's call, people stayed quietly at home. This interrupts the spread of the disease. In order to find out which kind of virus it is, Wu Liande chose to take a risk. He found a body and entered the house by himself. After a day and a night of dissection, Wu Liande finally figured out the pathogen. It is the plague. Wu Liande immediately developed a vaccine and planted it for the people in the northeast in time.
By June of the same year, Wu Liande had successfully suppressed the epidemic. For a while, Wu Liande's great name spread all over the world, and he became a great hero recognized by the whole country. In the face of praise, Wu Liande maintained a rational mind, and he used his influence to actively contact local chambers of commerce. Soon after, Wu Liande founded the first medical school on the mainland in Harbin. The medical strength of the northeast has been greatly enhanced, and the scientific epidemic prevention knowledge of the mainland has been popularized. In 1911, Wu Liande convened the International Plague Research Conference. At the conference, he presented his latest treatment and contributed it to the world free of charge. This makes patients all over the world grateful to Wu Liande.
Conclusion: After the founding of New China, Wu Liande established the Chinese Union Medical College. With his efforts, the mainland's medical and health undertakings have developed rapidly, and many outstanding talents have continued to emerge. It is worth mentioning that Wu Liande is not only a top infectious disease scientist in the mainland, but his achievements have been recognized by people around the world. In 1935, Wu Liande was elected as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physiology. And he is also the first Chinese in history to receive such an honor.