Chapter 905 "Aspirin"
Of course, although the construction of the Cabinda Railway is difficult, it is not impossible for East Africa. Because of the huge amount of experience accumulated in the construction of the Hessian Railway, this line across the Congo The feasibility of the rainforest railway along the river is quite high.
The only shortcoming is that there is no direct railway from Cabinda to Luanda. The starting point of the Western Coastal Railway is exactly the town of Soyo on the other side of Cabinda, which is on the south bank of the Congo River estuary, cutting off the direct connection between Cabinda and the southern Angolan city. connect.
However, currently, Cabinda City does not have the same confidence as Luanda City. Being able to win the extension of the Kinshasa Railway to Cabinda City would be a "high priority".
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this idea of the Cabinda City Government, but once Cabinda’s oil resources are developed, Cabinda will be fully capable of being promoted to one of the most powerful cities in East Africa. .
After all, the oil resources in Cabinda are equivalent to about half of the oil resources in the previous Far Eastern Empire. Coupled with the location conditions of the seaport city and the policy tilt, its importance to East Africa is far higher than that of Luanda.
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With the construction of the "Three Ministries", East Africa's national resources are being transferred to these three regions, including of course new schools and hospitals.
However, the current educational and medical conditions in these areas cannot be compared with those in the central and eastern regions. Take Cabinda City as an example.
There is only one hospital in Cabinda, and there are only more than 70 people in the entire hospital, which is equivalent to one doctor in more than 1,000 people.
However, this is much better than the overall level in the west. There are about 3,000 people in the entire west to have one doctor. Cabinda is a city, so the situation is relatively good, and Cabinda can only be like this if it is a high-level city. If other backward towns only Could be lower.
"Mr. Luofu, two more patients were sent to the city hospital today."
Two patients were sent to the city hospital today, and all of them are black. From this point of view, black people in East Africa The workers seemed to be well treated. After all, medical care was a scarce resource and could be used on black people. In the environment of the 19th century, it was obviously a bit "wasted".
Of course, East Africa cannot be so kind and treat them free of charge. In addition to being an important labor resource in East Africa, these indigenous patients are also important medical materials.
After all, the medical level and the quality of doctors in the 19th century were extremely backward, and if you want to improve the quality of doctors, you must conduct more clinical trials.
Obviously, this experimental subject is not suitable for citizens of this country, but black people are different. They can boldly try medicines and treatments. This is also one of the important reasons for the rapid development of medicine in East Africa.
Luofu looked at his patients as usual, but he was not in a hurry to get started. Instead, he asked his students to take a look at the situation first: "Browns, take a look at what the situation is first, and then tell me."< br>
A slightly immature young man, after putting on his gloves, said: "Yes, teacher."
He will come to two black people and start to observe and ask about symptoms. In the original Portuguese Under the rule of , these black people only knew simple Portuguese, or some commanding German, and were obviously unable to answer his professional questions.
So Browns could only confirm the disease through partial analysis of the patient. He first measured the temperature, then opened the black man's mouth, observed the condition of the tongue coating, and then examined the lesions.
After observing for a few minutes, Browns said with some uncertainty: "Teacher, this symptom seems to be some kind of inflammation. The patient's body has a high temperature, the wound has red and swollen scars, and the boundaries are clear... It took a long time to see the situation. , but I don’t know the specific problem "Luofu nodded and said: "These are all basic, it should be some kind of skin disease, I tend to be erysipelas, after all, some previous patients have similar cases"
" "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: 'Willow leaves...children Erysipelas. Use one pound of willow leaves, add one bucket of water, boil three liters of juice, and wash the affected area seven or eight times a day...' Therefore, there must be some chemical component in the willow leaves, which shows that it was very good in the ancient Far Eastern Empire. Otherwise, it would be impossible to record the therapeutic effect in detail. Of course, the specific It also depends on whether it is symptomatic, but we don’t have willow leaves here, so we can prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs first.”
Browns is naturally very familiar with the book "Compendium of Materia Medica", which is one of the must-read books. It is included in the East African Pharmacopoeia compiled by the East African Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
The East African Pharmacopoeia is a pharmaceutical encyclopedia compiled by the East African Traditional Chinese Medicine Association based on medical masterpieces and prescriptions from various countries around the world, as well as the unique herbal varieties native to East Africa.
"Erysipelas is also a skin disease. Under a microscope, we can conclude that it is a disease caused by a virus or bacteria, and willow leaves contain a certain ingredient that has an inhibitory effect on this virus or bacteria. , so our focus is to find the components of this virus or bacteria, or even fungi.”
“Medical medicine from all over the world has merits, but the only one that is most successful is traditional Chinese medicine, which has rich data. Support, there are records of various diseases.”
“Not to mention others, there are thirteen editions of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" collected in East Africa, and there are even the only editions collected by the royal family and two in Japan. It is said that the content of "Compendium of Materia Medica" has changed a lot since it was circulated to this day. After all, medicine must be rigorous, and the slightest change may cause serious medical accidents."
"Of course, this is true. There is a certain truth to this subtle adjustment. After all, each doctor has his own experience and knowledge, so this subtle change is likely to be a correction and improvement, and we cannot ignore it." Luo Fu talked to his students. Talk.
“Of course, I say this because I hope you can learn knowledge from ancient books in the future. This knowledge is precious wealth after all. For example, the inhibitory effect of willow leaves on erysipelas I mentioned just now is currently said to be Medical laboratories are extracting its ingredients. In fact, there were similar treatment cases in ancient Egypt, so learning from the best of hundreds of schools of thought is one of the important processes in the continuous progress of our medicine.”
The national medical laboratory Luofu mentioned has actually achieved a lot of success. After all, there are countless medical cases and treatment plans recorded by traditional Chinese medicine, and East Africa only extracted the chemical components of the medicine on this basis.
This is equivalent to pointing out the direction of research, instead of running around like a headless fly and making breakthroughs by accident.
There has also been considerable progress in the extraction of components from willow leaves. Maybe you don’t know much about it. In fact, salicylic acid has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects in willow trees. However, the side effects are too great at present, so it has not been promoted yet. , is continuing to be improved in the laboratory.
The most famous drug containing salicylic acid in the previous life was "aspirin", which was researched by Hoffmann in Germany, and Hoffmann's research was basically at the same time as East Africa.
Of course, the East African Traditional Chinese Medicine Association certainly does not know that Hoffman exists. Its scientific research projects are completely based on the direction found in the ancient medical books of the Far Eastern Empire. Of course, if they want to extract the active ingredients of the medicines in the ancient books, The basics of chemistry are definitely indispensable.
Therefore, East African medicine is actively recruiting talents from all walks of life, or integrating knowledge from other aspects to better promote the development of East African medicine.
In this way, it will naturally be easier for East African Chinese medicine to produce results. The knowledge in the medical classics of the Far Eastern Empire alone is enough for them to study for a lifetime.
Just like the extraction of "salicylic acid", first the records in traditional Chinese medicine books pointed out the direction, and then doctors in East Africa found ways to extract this ingredient through modern means. If the improvement is successful in the future, it may become "aspirin" "Such an effective medicine.
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