Queen of The Scalpel - Chapter 106

In 1854, there lived a man named Dr. John Snow in London on Earth.

He used maps and data to block the epidemic, which was then prevalent on the streets of Soho in London.

It was the world’s first epidemiological survey, and his method has come down to modern times and is widely used. The epidemiological investigation that Elise now uses is in accordance to his method.

“At the end of the day, the epidemic on Soho Street was Cholera. At that time, there were 1,000 deaths a week alone.’

She recalled Dr. John Snow, the father of modern mechanics.

She had a lot of advantage over him.

She didn’t know about cholera, but she knew not only the symptoms of cholera, the bacteria causing it, and the way it got spread.

‘Cholera is spread into the food, to be exact by water.’

There are only two ways to spread the disease. One is the propagation through the air between people.

Influenza and so on. There is no way to stop it once it began to spread, because once it started, there is no way to stop it.

In the early 20th century, the Spanish flu, the subtype of influenza, killed more than 50 million people. The wave was so terrible.

The other is through the water.

“The food doesn’t spread too much because the person who eats it is limited anyway. But the water is different. If one drink water from the same source, they get infected.”

So she had to find out which water source was contaminated with Vibrio cholera.

‘The problem is it’s not that easy.’

Londo has different water supply companies depending on location and use of the same area. The water supply is also different.

‘They wouldn’t have contaminated multiple water sources. We need to find the water supply company and the water source that supplies these three areas in common.’

It isn’t that difficult. The prince accompanying him ordered, and within an hour, they received the list. There were a total of three water supply companies that supplied water to these three regions.

Tezsa.

Velvet Co., ltd.

Fjord Water Company.

Among them, Velvet and Fjord Capital are supplying water to the entire Londo. However, due to regional characteristics, only these three stations had different water sources.

‘It must be one of these three companies. Exactly. We need to figure it out.’

They cannot shut down all water sources, because people can’t live without water. So they had to find the exact culprit.

‘Which area exactly does these water company supply?’

They asked each water company. Certainly the Crown Prince is next to him, so the speed of handling work is electrifying. It would have taken much longer if she had done it alone.

“Thank you for your help. Your Highness.”

It’s done. It’s all for the Empire and the citizens. She is a worthy answer for the plague or for the next great army. Thanks to the support, Elise followed her lead.

Like a detective, then soon one company was excluded.

‘It’s not Velvet. It doesn’t fit the epidemiological map.”

She compared the map of the patient’s outbreak with the water supply situation. Velvet was a no no.

“Then Tezsa? Or the Fjord Water Company?”

Both companies were supplying water where it matched the epidemiological map. However, the purpose was different.

Tezsa is supplying public drinking water on the streets, and the Fjord Water Company is supplying tap water to buildings.

‘Even if we ask patients, most of them drink water from both companies.’

It is difficult.

At worst, both companies’ water should be closed.

But it was the moment.

One realization came like lightning!

“I have a message for you.”

“What is it?”

“Where is the last place where the sewage of Londo is flowing?”

Linden replied.

“It’s downstream of the Tej River.”

She spoke in a hurry. “Your Highness, I must go down the Tej River right now.”

Then she went straight down the Tej River to see it with her own eyes. After a while…

At that moment, she saw the river’s water polluted by the great stench and sewage, she was sure.

I found the cause.

It was Tezsa, which pulled water from the lower stream of the Tej River to provide public water on the streets of Broad Street, the Croden District and the Cromwell District.

This was the source of the Cholera.

According to Elise’s opinion, the public drinking water on the streets supplied by Tej was immediately blocked.

Bang!

Agents cleared the valve in the drinking water pipe.

Although Tezsa strongly protested, and officials from the Department of Public Health also objected, it became quiet when the Crown Prince spoke.

“I am responsible for the consequences of this decision.”

Elise looked at the crown prince in surprise.

He only spoke bluntly.

“I am the general manager of this epidemic. So even if her judgment is wrong, it’s up to me. So don’t worry.”

That remark struck her unknowingly.

“Thank you.”

But he turned his back on her without answering. Then she said to him.

“Your Highness, don’t worry. Your Highness will not be troubled.”

“I’m not worrying.”

And he continued, in a passive voice,

“Because I trust you.”

Yeah, it’s her he doesn’t like, still he believed in her.

Meanwhile, she looked at him in awe, saying she had misheard him. But he didn’t look back at her, and he walked away.

‘He… believe me?’

It was her first time when she had lived as a partner for nearly 10 years.

And after Elise’s action, the number of infectious diseases decreased for the next days.

The day after they blocked the public water source, the number of cases of the disease dropped to less than 100 for the first time.

The trend, which had been increasing exponentially by hundreds every day, has clearly declined.

‘How could she do this? Is he sure Dame Clarence was really right about it?’