After another week, the surgical building returned to its former calm.

Most of the foreign doctors returned early, while some German doctors stayed for more than a week and carefully observed two appendectomys in the operating room before leaving Berlin. Only four or five people who are in Berlin or the surrounding area plan to stay for a while to learn more.

This result made John both a little excited and helpless.

Naturally, he was excited about the widespread acceptance of his ideas of sterile, local anesthesia and abdominal surgery, which would quickly spread to many parts of Europe and rise to fame as the surgeons returned with a thick stack of materials. But what made him helpless was that despite countless stresses and admonitions during the period, John knew that there would still be many doctors who would not think too much after going back, and would not perform the real yàn on the animal first, but directly went to the human body to use the knife!

Most of the doctors of this era still do not know how to respect patients.

If it is those top medical practitioners, their patients are either rich or expensive after all, and all aspects must still be considered, but for the doctors in ordinary hospitals, most of their patients are ordinary people in the city, or even poor, then surgeons will definitely not delay their own trial of new technologies because of their safety.

Sometimes, John felt helpless.

The people of this era already have some humane ideas, for example, they began to build hospitals for the destitute a few decades ago, and ten years ago they also protested against the misery of animals; But on the other hand, they can turn a blind eye to the poor environment and extremely high mortality rate of those relief hospitals, and it is even considered an honor for them to give back to society by using the poor or orphans to do medical practice......

……

"Mr. Huntelaar, the two of us have already booked the train and ferry tickets."

In John's office. Chuck? Dale respectfully said to John, "Next Monday we will take the train to Hamburg and then return to England." ”

"Hmm."

Nodding, John, who wanted to say something, suddenly found that he had no interest in speaking.

The two British surgeons had been in Berlin for almost three months, and from the strangeness at first to the familiarity to the familiarity, John had come to regard them as friends in a sense, and now at first heard the news that the other was leaving. I was indeed a little reluctant in my heart.

After a moment, however, John finally stood up and held out his right hand: "Gentlemen, it has been a great pleasure to work with you for three months, and now I can say that you are very good surgeons!" ”

Over the course of three months, the two Englishmen gained John's respect through their own efforts.

Although in John's opinion, they still have many problems, and there is still a big gap compared to Thomas, but they are good enough for this era, at least this Mr. Dale's understanding of surgical sterility and appendectomy is already at the top level of this era. And another surgeon, George? Owens focused on local anesthesia techniques, and the two of them were already able to complete an appendectomy very well.

What's more, the two of them have now fully embraced John's surgical ideas!

Strict sterilization and proper post-operative care, coupled with safe anesthesia and standardized surgical procedures, John taught these things to the two Englishmen without reservation, and they absorbed them all like sponges. It can be said that in this world, except for the three Thomas, Paul and Robert. The two Englishmen were definitely John's staunchest supporters.

So in the face of John's sincere compliments, George? Owens said with a little gratitude, "Thank you." Mr. Huntelaar, the three months of studying with you will be an experience of my life, and we will try to spread your surgical ideas as far as we can when I return to the UK! But ......"

"But what?"

John raised his eyebrows and asked with some puzzlement.

With a wry smile, George asked helplessly: "About procaine and lidocaine, two local anesthetic drugs." When will you be able to deliver the finished product? They are too complicated to prepare, and the cost is too high, and without a stable and relatively inexpensive supply of products, we may have to abandon neuraxial anaesthesia and continue to rely on laughing gas or yimi when we return to England. ”

George's voice fell. Chuck? Dale immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, Mr. Huntelaar, an operation will cost at least a hundred marks of local anesthetic medicine, and even if we can find someone to prepare it for us, the cost of using it once will be at least ten pounds, which is too high for most patients!" ”

"This ......"

Hearing the two of them say this, John's expression suddenly became embarrassed.

For the cost of seven or eight pounds for anesthesia, it means that doctors will charge at least thirty pounds for an appendectomy. This is not an exaggeration, considering that in this day and age, an aneurysm surgeon charges a hundred dollars, and thirty pounds for an appendectomy is not excessive.

But in this case, the high cost is difficult for the average person with an annual income of only a few dozen pounds to afford.

After all, there is no medical insurance in this era, and most people basically can't save much money except to support their families. And if the cost of anesthesia can be greatly reduced, for example, to the level of two or three pounds, it can solve a big problem!

But......

The preparation of the two local anesthetics in the laboratory required professional technicians, as well as many expensive raw materials and tedious steps, which John asked the chemistry department of the University of Berlin to help do. Of course, he has hired an associate professor in the chemistry department to bring two lecturers and a dozen students to study the two drugs and explore the processes that can be produced industrially.

For now, the Germans are still very strong in this regard.

Before the completion of the Bayer building, German chemists were not focused on developing new dyes or chemically synthesized drugs, but on improving the production process of dyes. Therefore, after John gave the finished product, he believed that if the chemists pondered the production, he believed that there was still more hope.

But even so, John is not sure when he will succeed.

It may only take a few months, but it can also take years, and sometimes it depends on luck. Just like some dyes of the same era, the Germans sometimes needed more than ten years of technical accumulation and precipitation from the discovery of it to its large-scale production, unless it was driven by a strong enough external force!

Unfortunately, John doesn't really have any memories of this in his head.

The two local anesthetics are different from aspirin. Aspirin had a complete industrial production method in John's mind, but he only knew the molecular formula of the two local anesthetics, and he could make them in the real room, but he couldn't do anything about industrial production.

"Cost is a big problem!"

John secretly smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said; "Gentlemen, I can't be sure when inexpensive local anesthetic drugs will be available, but I am sure that I will do everything in my power to make them appear as much as possible......"

……

Just when John was thinking about how to build a scientific research team for his pharmaceutical factory and put it to work, on the other side of the city, the negotiations between the old Huntelaar and Bayer had finally come to an end!

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Huntelaar."

Mr. Rooke, who was in charge of receiving old Huntelaar, shook his head and said regretfully: "After careful consideration, Mr. Bayer has decided to focus all his energy on the research and development and production of dyes for the time being, so about cooperating with you...... I'm sorry, but I'm afraid it's hard to make it happen. ”

He didn't dare to be rude to old Huntelaerruk, so he could only explain patiently.

"I see."

Old Huntelaar, who had already been mentally prepared, nodded with a wry smile and said helplessly.

Although the other party seemed to be very interested in cooperation at the beginning of contact, and because the old Huntelaar provided samples of aspirin for them to achieve the effect, and also showed the huge "money" of the pharmaceutical factory, this week Bayer's attitude has changed dramatically, and there is suddenly no interest in cooperation. So Mr. Rooke's refusal at this time did not surprise old Huntelaar too much.

"But ......"

After a moment's hesitation, old Huntelaar asked, "I want to know one thing, and that is why Mr. Byer suddenly changed his mind?" ”

"This ......"

After hesitating for a moment, Luke spread his hands and said, "Sorry sir, our company has just decided to invest in the construction of an advanced real yàn room, and this real yàn room will cost a huge amount of money of millions of marks, I'm afraid there is no extra money to cooperate with you!" ”

"Real yàn room? Millions of marks? ”

After listening to Rook's answer, old Huntelaar was suddenly shocked!

When he questioned John's investment in the pharmaceutical factory, his grandson once explained to him that he thought that within five years, there must be companies in Europe that would invest as much money as him to build a real room, but the old Huntelaar never imagined that this prediction would come so much, and it was on Bayer!

But John would have been equally surprised if he knew!

Compared with the real history, Bayer's decision was made at least two years earlier, and Bayer made this decision precisely because during the negotiations between the two parties, the elder Huntelaar revealed that John was about to invest heavily in the construction of a real building. This plan touched Bayer, which had already begun to think about this problem, so it directly advanced the real room plan!

However, just as the old Huntelaar walked out of Bayer with some disappointment and was about to leave, a deep voice suddenly came from behind him: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Huntelaar ......" (to be continued......