Chapter 154 Broad-spectrum antibacterial allicin
Although Antoine was the real priest, both Garris and Antoine knew that the person who came was looking for Garris.
Over the past few weeks, Geris had not just been among the poor, expounding the Bible in Frankish, or giving alms by simply celebrating Holy Communion.
He has become a doctor who is almost always on call. Whenever someone comes to Garris with a headache or fever, he will go there and treat them.
Although Garris couldn't produce very good medicinal materials, the patients' faces became much better just when others appeared.
The vast majority of these patients' ailments are actually very simple - hunger.
It is hunger that causes them to be physically weak. It is hunger that makes them unable to resist even a slight infection.
Therefore, most of Gallis' treatments can have some effect.
Coupled with the knowledge of herbal medicine in his mind, he can really prescribe some medicine to treat diseases. In just two weeks, Garris's reputation among these poor brothers has become a miracle doctor.
Facing the visitor's request, Garris naturally did not refuse. He first took the person back to a nearby temporary residence.
Then he asked about Waldo's symptoms and determined that the other party did not have any trauma, but was really sick and had a fever.
Only then did he put some materials and potions into his package.
After bidding farewell to Father Antoine, Garris and the messenger passed through the city.
Karak City is an ancient city with neat roads paved with volcanic stone strips and a real urban sewer system.
The cityscape here is therefore very different from that of Western Europe at the same time.
At least when Garris walks on the city streets, he doesn't have to worry about stepping on shit or having shit thrown at him.
In fact, the main streets of Karak City are now like a sea of celebration, with lights and colorful lights everywhere, and people everywhere talking loudly about the recent war.
Leonard led two hundred knights to defeat seven thousand Muslim troops on the coast of Galilee! Kill Afdar, son of Saladin himself!
The green wolf Muzaffar fled and had no intention of fighting again!
Two hundred is more than seven thousand! What a great achievement!
For a moment, the Frankish residents in this city seemed to have forgotten that Leonard was the tyrant above them, how Leonard's soldiers acted recklessly in the city, and how much money they were extorted from them every year.
Even the poor people in the lower city of Karak can't help but puff up their chests when they think of Leonard's army being invincible.
Leonard wins! Leonard wins! Seven thousand Muslims are no match for two hundred knights!
The Kingdom of Jerusalem once again created a military myth!
Since he has such a strong army, Saladin's chickens and dogs will be able to defeat Damascus just around the corner!
Out of flattery to Leonard, the city's citizens' assembly has begun to prepare celebrations. The first celebration is for the citizens, and the second celebration is to stay when Leonard returns.
However, this joyful atmosphere does not really spread throughout the city.
Passing through the neighborhoods where the middle class of the town gathers, there are more homeless people on the streets, more drunk people, and people trying to find a little bit of food in the garbage.
The slightly neat clothes on Garris made him incompatible with this neighborhood, so many people cast greedy eyes on Garris.
But when they saw the person leading the way for Garris, and then noticed Garris's young and familiar face, they all restrained their greed and turned into only reverence.
They believed that Garris was a true saint because Garris never asked others to help the poor, but did it himself. He rarely talked about empty nonsense, but often explained to them why the world is poor. .
Any gang boss in the downtown area, when he sees Garris, will restrain his malice and instead obey from the bottom of his heart this priest who is willing to treat patients for only 1 copper fils. .
As we go deeper into the city, the streets become chaotic and dirty, and no one here celebrates Leonard's victory.
On both sides of the narrow lane are dilapidated shacks built of rough stone and wood, with walls covered with mottled moss and cracks.
The world has become cramped, and the muddy ground exudes a rotten smell. Just walking through it, Garris often feels out of breath.
He walked into the real slums, the hell of this world, but there were no devils here, just poor people.
The sound of joy has completely disappeared. For these poor people, surviving is already an exhausting duel with life, and they have no intention of other things.
When Gareth walked into the shack, he could sense the difficulties the Waldo family was experiencing.
After a simple diagnosis, Gallis was able to determine that Waldo had gastroenteritis due to a bacterial infection, causing vomiting and diarrhea and a fever.
For people living in slums, this is a common disease. Whether it is Helicobacter pylori or E. coli... they are very easy to get infected in this slum environment.
Garris frowned, weighing the pros and cons, but finally sighed.
[How much is the life of an ordinary person worth? 】
The medicine he brought was running out.
"Lorian, hold Waldo down for me."
"Huh?" The man leading the way couldn't understand what Garris meant for a while.
"Just help me hold down Waldo and hug him to prevent him from resisting later." "Uh." Although he didn't quite understand what Gellis meant, Lorien, who was leading the way, looked at Gellis's expression and still did so. .
"Be careful, you better hold your breath."
With that said, Garris took out a small bottle sealed with a cork from the package he carried. When he took off the cork, Lorien was curious for a moment. After taking a small sip, his face showed pain. , and even the faint stench of the room itself was dispelled by the smell of the medicine.
"Tilt your head up and open your mouth." Garris instructed Waldo.
Waldo wanted to refuse, but Garris said directly: "If you still want to live, drink this medicine."
Garris's treatment seemed to be a kind of compulsion. He forced Waldo, a teenage boy, to swallow his medicine by force.
"If you dare to spit out even one drop, I'll punch you." After finishing feeding the medicine, Garris showed his powerful fists and thick arms to Waldo.
This is a grace that cannot be refused!
Waldo was intimidated and forced to swallow the extremely spicy potion.
"Father, what do you have in this?"
Garris didn't hide anything and directly answered Lorien's question.
"Sugar water."
"You call this sugar water?" Lorien couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Even though Waldo had swallowed the medicine, he still looked disgusted, and the room was filled with a strong pungent and spicy smell.
Guerris did not go further to explain that for patients like Waldo, he had acute gastroenteritis, what was known in this era as dysentery.
In addition to some common honeysuckle and mint, the most effective medicine in Garris's hands is actually the extracted allicin.
In order for Waldo to have the physical strength to persist, it is very necessary to directly feed him sugar water. After all, for now, Garris cannot attach an intravenous drip to the people here in Karak City, directly inject glucose solution, or supplement with normal saline. .
Secondly, using sugar water can also slightly mask the pungent smell of allicin, which is a win-win situation.
Allicin is an organic sulfur compound extracted from garlic heads. Its scientific name is diallyl thiosulfinate and its chemical formula is C6H10OS2.
The solid state is a white to light yellow fluid powder, and the liquid state is a light yellow to brown volatile oily liquid with a strong garlic smell.
Allicin has strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. As a natural broad-spectrum antibacterial substance, it can inhibit or kill a variety of cocci, bacilli, fungi, viruses and other pathogens.
It just so happens that in the Middle East, garlic has been cultivated for thousands of years. In the Palestinian areas of Syria, people here crush garlic with olive oil and salt to make a kind of Middle Eastern garlic sauce.
Through purchasing and encouraging farmers to grow garlic, Gairis can obtain large quantities of garlic.
As a natural broad-spectrum antibacterial substance, although it is far less effective than antibiotics, it is one of the simplest drugs to refine.
Without regard to purity, just crush fresh garlic and you'll get it.
The process of mashing or grinding garlic releases the allicin precursor, alliin, which is converted into allicin when it comes into contact with enzymes in garlic.
Regarding the extraction methods of allicin, there are two methods that Garris can use.
One is the steam distillation method, which uses the certain volatility of garlic oil to distill the garlic oil together with the water vapor at a temperature below 100°C.
The other is the organic solvent extraction method, which takes advantage of the fact that garlic oil is slightly soluble in water and more soluble in ethanol, which is alcohol.
Through the latter method, roughly 4 grams of garlic oil can be extracted from every kilogram of garlic, and then 10 mg of allicin can be extracted from these 4 grams of garlic oil.
In a sense, Garris had just fed Waldo dozens of kilograms of garlic with one breath.
Dozens of kilograms of garlic are not cheap these days. Considering the cumbersome processing process, it can be said that even Garris does not have much in his hands.
It is a naked use of money to save people, and there is no guarantee that they can be saved.
But there are many things that cannot be fussed over.
It was Garris who practiced medicine regardless of cost, and he was able to make a name for himself in the city of Karak in just a few weeks, making the poor people around him follow Garris from the bottom of their hearts. .
It is written in the Gospel of Luke: But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. If you invite them, they will not be able to repay you, but you will receive your reward at the resurrection of the righteous .
But Garris would like to say that poor people and those who make a living by selling their labor are the forces that keep this city running.
When Garris spreads his influence to every corner of the downtown area, he only needs an opportunity to change the city and turn it upside down.
However, what Garris didn't expect was that the opportunity came so quickly.
Third update (additional update)
Chapter 4 has been reviewed. It is clearly the climax of the turning point!
(End of chapter)