Plague Doctor

After this diagnostic meeting, the medical team and the command center agreed to conduct a clinical trial.

The medical team selected ten patients and gave them ordinary soil to eat to see if there would be an effect in relieving symptoms and what changes would happen to the patients' bodies and minds.

As for the abnormal soil containing the parasite eggs in that wasteland, it is not within the scope of the experiment for the time being.

Ten patients were quickly selected to participate in the experiment, five teachers and five students, both male and female, aged between 17 and 45 years old. They were all voluntary.

The conditions of the patients are all similar. In fact, their current mental state is almost close to delirium. The psychological intervention and treatment of the medical team are completely ineffective. They just want to eat dirt. As long as there is dirt, the patients will rush for it. Participate in experiments.

These ten patients have all been admitted to high-end individual isolation wards, which are monitored and filmed, as well as equipped with ECG monitors, gastric lavage machines, old seal stones and other equipment.

Wang Jinbo, the teaching director, is one of them.

If you talk about Director Wang in normal times, everyone will give a thumbs up. Director Wang is in his forties. He has a serious style but is very popular among the students because he sincerely cares about the students and does not engage in bureaucracy. He has taught senior high school students for several years and has achieved very good results. The reputation of the middle school has improved.

On weekdays, Director Wang always wears a decent casual suit and combs his hair neatly, like an old scholar.

When the students saw him, they secretly joked about how much hairspray Director Wang used, but seeing the director's energy, they were really inspired to have positive emotions.

But now, after more than thirty hours of hard work, Director Wang is much haggard, his hair is messy, he has two dark circles under his eyes, and deep bags under his eyes. There is a suppressed and weird desire in his eyes, which makes him It's like an addict who comes and goes from a drug rehabilitation center.

"What happened, what happened..." Wang Jinbo sat beside the hospital bed and kept mumbling, scratching his hair and scratching his throat.

He felt like he had been hungry for more than ten days and wanted to eat, only wanted to eat, but only one thing.

Before entering this ward, Wang Jinbo was arranged to undergo some examinations, and now the nurse connected him to ECG monitoring.

The surveillance camera captured all this. At this time, the door of the ward was opened, and several medical staff wearing heavy protective clothing walked in. The names on the ID cards were doctors. There were also several nurses pushing a cart of stainless steel tools. There were some medicines, syringes, and an instrument tray covering something on the car.

"Ah..." Wang Jinbo vaguely smelled the smell of earth and almost pounced on him. He used all his strength to barely control himself.

Si Kouxian and Wang Ruoxiang are both in the team of doctors. They need to make clinical observations, not only the index data recorded by the instruments, but also the changes in the level of mental induction.

"Director Wang." Si Kouxian communicated to the patient, "We brought you 50 grams of soil."

50 grams is equivalent to an egg. For normal people, eating 50 grams of soil at one time will not be fatal. It may cause indigestion, bloating, diarrhea, etc., but it is completely possible without any discomfort. It varies from person to person, but Overall it's not an amazing portion size.

Moreover, this mud is transported from the south, not from Mobei. The two places are very far away. It has also been tested to be free of any parasites, bacteria, viruses or harmful substances. All these are provided to the patients in a clean and healthy way. of soft soil.

"50 grams!?" Wang Jinbo said in surprise, disappointed, and suddenly became more impatient.

How much is 50 grams? One bite or two?

"Yes, 50 grams, let's check the situation first." Si Kouxian simply said that in the patient's current state, if he was allowed to eat, he might eat until his stomach was burst.

"Okay... where is it?" Wang Jinbo didn't care so much for now. Sure enough, he saw the nurse uncovering the instrument tray. A small ball of yellow-brown soil was placed on the tray. The nurse pushed the tool cart to the hospital bed. At the same time, Wang Jinbo hurriedly reached out to grab the mud ball and stuffed it into his mouth.

His cheeks on both sides suddenly stretched open, his chewing muscles biting wildly, and he devoured the mud, so greedily and anxiously.

Wang Jinbo did not lose his mind, so he felt ashamed and painful for his behavior, but he really couldn't control his impulse...

At the same time, the doctors looked nervous. The results of this clinical experiment were very important.

If the patient can get mental satisfaction from this, at least some relief, and there are no bad changes in the body, he can resume his diet and maintain his functional and mental state. If there are such good results, then these patients can be treated with pica.

The human body can withstand 50 grams of soil a day. There are cases in the world where people have been eating it for more than ten years without any physical problems.

But now there is a lack of time. What is important is to control the epidemic, prevent the locust disease from spreading, and prevent these patients from establishing any connection with the mutated area.

"Uh, uh..." Wang Jinbo made a weird swallowing sound and licked every finger he had grabbed at the soil clean, followed by the instrument tray.

Wang Ruoxiang looked at the ECG monitor and found that the patient's heart rate and blood pressure were rising.

The Rationality Monitoring Stone and the Old Seal Stone did not respond. She sensed the surroundings. Director Wang's spirit... seemed to be becoming more fanatical...

"Is there more? Is there more?" Wang Jinbo's middle-aged face was a little red, and the desire in his eyes had not gone away. "It's not enough, just this little bit is really not enough... I feel like I haven't eaten it before. It doesn't seem like this." The taste is different from what I expected..."

Patients don't know where the dirt they eat comes from, no one has disclosed it, and they should

You would think this is the soil of Mobei.

But now, the doctors look at each other, and the patient seems to be able to tell the difference, even though he has never eaten that kind of abnormal soil.

But does ordinary soil work? Or could there be a placebo effect?

"Director Wang, this is 50 grams for today." Si Kouxian said, "Do you feel like you want to eat something else now?"

"No..." Wang Jinbo's face turned redder and redder, then turned white. He suddenly broke into a cold sweat and covered his abdomen, "My stomach hurts..."

Seeing that the patient's heart rate soared to 145 beats, and he was obviously in great pain, Si Kouxian gave the order: "Gastric lavage!" Everyone took action immediately.

The doctors' hearts sank, but they had already calculated this and brought in a gastric lavage machine to prevent this situation.

Apomorphine was also prepared as an emetic. Although this medicine can take effect after 5 minutes of subcutaneous injection, it has too many side effects and can also affect the patient's mental state. In severe cases, confusion and visual hallucinations may occur, so it is not necessary not to use it.

At this time, before the nurses inserted the gastric lavage tube into the patient, Wang Jinbo suddenly vomited into the waste basin beside the bed.

The stench rose, and the newly eaten soil was mixed with yellow stomach acid and bright red blood, and splashed into the filth basin.

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