19 10, a serious infectious lung disease was prevalent in northeast China. Plague is a very serious infectious disease with a very high mortality. It has the characteristics of acute onset, rapid spread, high mortality and strong infectivity. In this plague, the northeast region caused extremely serious consequences, and nearly 40 thousand people died in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.
The epidemic situation was very serious and urgent, but at that time, there was no specialized and regular epidemic prevention institution in China, so it was difficult to make progress in epidemic prevention. In addition, at that time, the Northeast was being watched by Japan and Russia. Seeing that the Qing government could do nothing about the epidemic, Japan and Russia took the opportunity to propose to host epidemic prevention work in the Northeast, in fact, they wanted to seize the opportunity to embezzle the Northeast.
In this critical situation, Lian Dewu appeared, and the Qing government established the plague research society, with Lian Dewu as the president responsible for the epidemic. After Lian Dewu took office, he immediately launched a field investigation. Desperate to go deep into the epidemic area, you finally found the host of the epidemic? Siberian groundhog
Knowing the reason, Lian Dewu immediately launched rescue and isolation. He carried out rodent control activities, isolated patients, controlled traffic and invented masks, which greatly reduced the number of deaths. With his rich medical knowledge and brave spirit, Lian Dewu finally succeeded in controlling the plague.
After this incident, Lian Dewu founded the Institute of Pneumonic Plague in the three northeastern provinces, which has been fighting the epidemic for a long time, so it is known as the authority of epidemic prevention science.
1983, Lian Dewu was nominated for the Nobel Prize. Although he didn't really win the Nobel Prize in the end, he was nominated, which also showed the international recognition of his achievements. Even Dewu's outstanding contribution to the fight against the epidemic has been seen by the whole world. Has he been seen by the world? Plague expert? .