In fact, Perfikot doesn’t hold much hope for the research on the plague.
After all, the dical knowledge system of this era is still in the transition phase from classical humoral theory to modern dical systems, lacking correct cognition and understanding of viruses and bacteria.
Apart from a few microscopes built with Perfikot’s help and so basic pathological knowledge she could recall, the Empire’s doctors have only traditional experience regarding the plague.
This undoubtedly cannot help them understand, recognize, and research the plague outbreak in the settlent.
Although the dispatched dical team obtained case samples in ti and observed the existence of viruses and bacteria through microscopes, this was the extent of their findings.
How to prevent viruses and bacteria, how to treat them, and even how to differentiate the true culprit causing the plague from a pile of viruses and bacteria, are questions that leave these doctors bewildered about where to start. It’s a field they’ve never ventured into.
Though Levin Hook founded microbiology in the seventeenth century and observed the existence of bacteria, microbiology research didn’t truly start until the nineteenth century, with Pasteur pioneering microbiological physiology thriving in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Regarding the developnt of microbiology in dicine, it also primarily awaited significant progress until the end of the nineteenth century, with the advent of aseptic surgery proposed by Joseph Lister in 1867.
It goes without saying that expecting these doctors to study microorganisms now, figuring out which virus or bacteria is causing the plague, and developing a treatnt plan is like giving a chimpanzee a hamr to build a tank.
Theoretically, it’s possible, but statistically, the probability is negligible.
Moreover, not to ntion asking the chimpanzee to craft a tank with a hamr, even expecting them to forge a Gundam by hand is a task to be done.
Currently, the blocked settlent only has a dical team and the White Wolf Knights responsible for the blockade, alongside the infected residents.
anwhile, reporters and others are stationed at a temporary camp so distance from the settlent and are not allowed to approach the blocked settlent.
Even Eldest Princess Annie, as the Empire’s heir apparent, did not receive special treatnt.
For this, the Eldest Princess flew into a rage, but Perfikot’s personally sent communication prevented her from rashly entering the settlent.
Although, as Eldest Princess Annie, she owned her own exclusive Steam Knight armor and could safely enter the settlent, she understood her status wouldn’t allow her to make such reckless moves.
Consequently, Eldest Princess Annie almost inquired about the research progress eight tis a day, inadvertently putting pressure on the dical personnel.
Though neither Eldest Princess Annie nor Perfikot had much hope in curing the plague, the main purpose of sending a dical team was to study viruses and bacteria and gather first-hand case information.
But what if a doctor turned out to be a genius or received an inspirational epiphany, truly finding a way to cure the plague?
The possibility isn’t zero, right?
We can only say there’s no hope, but the research must go on.
Despite skepticism, the dical team still achieved so results overall.
For instance, the initial understanding of viruses and bacteria and the recording of relevant information, providing highly valuable first-hand research data in academic research.
In a way, even with just this, the dical team didn’t co in vain, not ntioning their attempts at treating the infected, which provided even more valuable information.
Based on the information they collected, the plague in this outbreak doesn’t seem to spread airborne, as seen in their experints where the mice didn’t catch the plague through the air.
This is undoubtedly good news, yet simultaneously terrifying.
If it doesn’t spread airborne, how did the entire settlent get infected? Is it caused solely by contaminated food?
Figuring this out is undoubtedly important for the Northern Territory.
This isn’t just about tracing the origins of the plague spreader but also because understanding the virus infecting the settlent is essential for targeted response.
Of course, regarding the forr, there’s not much need to analyze the plague itself as the church’s Judge can track it based on their rich experience.
Being able to pinpoint the plague spreader by analyzing the plague is indeed good, but failing to do so is not a disappointing result.
Hence, no one really expected the dical team to achieve success on this front.
Given the technological level, achieving results in this field is not an easy task, even being called a fantasy.
And yet, in this near-fantasy scenario, the monkeys really hamred out a Gundam; they truly succeeded.
"How did you manage it? Even with the high-powered microscopes I provided, researching viruses is still no simple task. Even with live experintal samples, this is too astonishing." Perfikot arrived at the blocked settlent upon receiving the news, expressing her amazent to the dical researchers presenting their results to her.
However, facing Perfikot’s praise, the dical researchers exchanged glances before explaining to her: "Count, although microscopes indeed helped us a lot, and we couldn’t have achieved our results so quickly without them, finding a way to cure the plague primarily relied on local assistance..."
"Hmm? Local assistance? Tell , what exactly happened." Perfikot showed an intrigued expression, though she’d roughly guessed the reason when the dical researchers spoke, she wanted to hear the specifics from them.
And these dical researchers didn’t keep her guessing, quickly explaining how they managed to achieve research results under such simple conditions.
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