寄件者 Richard的多元資訊站 最近中國青海等地爆發了一場鼠疫,幸好沒有做成重大的傷亡,其實在1894年香港英殖民時代,便曾發生過一場嚴重的鼠疫,據不完整統計,當時共死了2千5百多人, 比2003年香港SARS爆發時的死亡人數還要多出十倍,當時香港人口只有24萬,卻有多達8萬多人為逃避疫症而離開香港,佔香港人口達三分之一 ,華人除了害怕疫大症外,亦因文化理念的不同而不信任西醫的治療,不過當大家知道他們對待病人手法,猶如《 惡靈古堡 》(生化危機)中對待被T病毒(會使受感染者變成喪屍)感染的人時,相信都會抱持著「走為上著」的心態,以下是一段相關記錄: --------------------------- “As for Hong Kong, the plague there is being dealt with solely by the foreign officials. A friend who arrived at Canton from that island yesterday, spoke of the enormous number of fatalities there, and the foreign methods of dealing with the plague, which appear to us ridiculous enough. He said that when a person is stricken with the plague at Hong Kong the foreign officials take them to the floating hospital moored in the mid-stream. First they make the patient swallow 12 oz. of brandy, mixed with some kind of liquid medicine. Then they put six pounds of ice on top of the patient’s head, while the chest, hands and feet are also loaded with a pound of ice each. In this manner, not on