Before you know it, it's Monday again.

Today, the "business" of Heinz General Hospital was particularly cold, and after sitting in the outpatient room for a morning, John only received two patients, and they were all ordinary minor ailments, which made him return to his office depressed in the afternoon.

Not long after he returned, there was a knock on the door, and Thomas came in with a smile on his face. The vice president of Heinz General Hospital entered the house with a smile and closed the door, walked up to John's side and asked, "How was it this morning?" Is it a little better than last week? ”

"Don't mention it."

Sighing, John fell into his chair and smiled bitterly: "There are only two patients in total, and all of them are for aspirin and sulfonamides...... The appeal of this half-price drug is also too great. ”

"Who made these drugs so expensive?"

With a frown, Thomas retorted meaningfully.

Aspirin costs a dollar a bottle, which is actually not particularly expensive, and is basically the same as those "miracle drugs" on the market on the North American continent, so Thomas didn't feel anything. After all, compared with those "fairy water" and other things, the antipyretic and analgesic effect of aspirin is real, and now some doctors have gradually discovered its anti-rheumatic and other effects.

But five dollars a bottle of sulfonamide is really high!

For Americans in 1888, five dollars meant almost a week's income, which the poor and ordinary workers certainly could not afford, and only those who were rich and well-paid middle class were possible. Otherwise, in terms of 19th-century sanitation. Sulfadiazine sells millions of dollars a single drug every month! So subconsciously, Thomas was a little dissatisfied with John's raising the price of the new drug so high.

"Huh."

John just laughed at Thomas's hidden complaints.

The production cost of several drugs is certainly not that high. Whether it's aspirin or sulfonamides, selling them at today's prices can actually bring huge profits to Heinz Pharmaceutical. If John wanted to be a philanthropist, it would still be very profitable, not to mention halving the price, even lowering it by two-thirds.

But......

Why the price reduction?

John had no interest in becoming a philanthropist, at least not in Europe and the United States.

Moreover, the Berlin-based pharmaceutical company Heinz alone costs millions of marks for a research center, plus factories, employees and research investment in Europe and the United States. The total investment is even more scary, how can John afford such a huge investment without relying on high drug prices to recover enough funds? And don't forget. In addition to the investment in the pharmaceutical company itself, the research and development of new drugs in the future, the research of basic medicine, etc., are extremely money-burning things, and John must start accumulating them now. Not to mention that John has to bear all the expenses of Heinz General Hospital. And to build apartment complexes and so on in order to keep these doctors, these are things that require money!

With so much money, it is naturally impossible to reduce the price of new drugs.

You know, aspirin still has antipyretic ice and other drugs to compete in this era, but because its performance is so good, that those drugs quickly collapsed. However, several sulfonamides are absolutely unique in the world, and they are the only ones that can fight bacteria head-on. In the absence of competitors, no matter how expensive it is, someone buys it......

"Alas......"

After seeing John's indifferent expression, Thomas sighed secretly. But nothing more was said. He knows that the cost of sulfonamides is not that high, and the price of five dollars is pure profiteering, and he also knows that John is now a rich man, and he is very rich, and he is likely to be ranked in the top 100 in the United States, but he also knows that he has no say in this regard!

After sorting out his mood, Thomas caught a glimpse of a thick stack of white paper on John's desk, and couldn't help but laugh: "What? Writing a new paper? About what? ”

"That's what I told you about last week."

Shrugging his shoulders, John said with a smile: "The first patient last Monday was quite special and gave me a new idea, so I spent a few days sorting out the information I had collected and sorted out before...... Well, Thomas, which young person in internal medicine is more diligent and studious? ”

"Internal medicine?"

Thomas was slightly stunned, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "There are two young people I admire, one is Allen?" Evans, a native of New Jersey, came back from Vienna, and one more is Aiken? Carter, a native of Boston, came back from Heidelberg, both of whom were no more than twenty-five or sixteen years old, very motivated and eager to learn...... Why did you suddenly ask about this? ”

John first laughed, and then said with a straight face: "It's the idea I just said, although it has been written into a paper, but it still needs to be verified in the hospital after all, so I'm going to find two young doctors to assist me in my research...... Thomas, when you get off work in the afternoon, you can ask them to come to my office. ”

"Uh...... Good. ”

After hearing this, Thomas's mind immediately became curious about the research that John had said.

Although the Mr. Huntelaar in front of him is really young, after a long time of contact, Thomas knows how talented John is in medicine! From physiology to surgery, from pharmacy to clinical practice, he has always produced amazing results, so even if he was a little surprised to hear him talk about internal medicine, Thomas was not too surprised.

There are many doctors in this era who have both internal and surgical skills.

After a moment's hesitation, Thomas asked, "John, what is your new idea?" I just heard you say that it was inspired by a patient...... What disease did he have? Can it be treated with aspirin or sulfonamides? ”

"Well...... this"

The dean smiled slightly, and said softly, "Although it is indeed a disease strictly speaking, it does not require any medicine for treatment......

……

"I still don't quite understand, sir."

A frown was furrowed, visibly full of confusion. Aiken? Carter said with a blank face: "You mean to say that the two of us will collect and sort out all the information on the four diseases of night blindness, beriberi, scurvy, and rickets?" And we want to advertise in the newspapers that we can treat patients with night blindness, beriberi and rickets for free? ”

On his side, another physician, Alan? Evans was also amazed!

In the afternoon, Mr. Thomas informed the two of them to come to the Dean's office after work. The two of them were already full of doubts, because listening to Mr. Thomas, the dean seemed to have a new research direction and needed the help of the two of them. But the two physicians really couldn't figure out what they could do, after all, Mr. Huntelaar was now gaining a reputation in the medical profession by virtue of his outstanding achievements in the field of surgery, but by his words in internal medicine......

"Yes. Gentlemen. ”

Raising his eyebrows, John nodded with a smile: "I have been studying these diseases for a period of time, and I also have some preliminary ideas. So it needs to be verified. Everyone knows that scurvy can be prevented and treated with lemon juice, so you just need to collect information about it, but for the other three diseases, I would like to find some patients to verify it...... Not. Recently, I will be publishing several papers on this topic. If you can find some patients in time, then these papers have the corresponding evidence to prove it. ”

After hearing this, the two doctors looked at each other, Alan? Evans couldn't help but ask cautiously, "Sir, can we take a look at your papers first?" ”

"Huh?"

John was slightly stunned for this request, and then immediately nodded with a smile: "Of course, I will show you the paper tomorrow morning." Then your ads should be able to attract some patients, just right to test on them. ”

While John's words sound good, but Alan? Still frowning slightly, Evans asked, "But sir." Free treatment ......"

As a member of the hospital, Alan? Evans is also very concerned about the hospital's financial situation.

"It doesn't matter. It's free to treat! ”

Haha, John waved his hand very generously.

Seeing that Mr. Dean's attitude was very resolute, the two internal medicine doctors couldn't say anything more, so they had to nod and agree. After chatting for a few more words, the two took their leave and left. It was indeed a bit frustrating to admit patients for free, but since Mr. Dean wanted to do this, they had no choice but to go down and discuss how to advertise and then ask Mr. Thomas for funding.

After the two doctors closed the door and left, John smiled and returned to the blank sheets of paper he had written all afternoon.

Night blindness, beriberi, and rickets are three diseases that are relatively rare in the future, but they are common in this era. Just like the little Heidelberg who came this morning, and both ordinary people and doctors have a very shallow understanding of these diseases, even if they know that scurvy can be treated with lemon juice and rickets with cod liver oil. But John, who knew why these diseases occurred and knew the details of how to treat them, was inspired last week and naturally thought of the subject.

Vitamin A for night blindness, vitamin B1 for beriberi, vitamin C + sunlight for rickets!

So when he said that he would admit these patients for free, he naturally didn't care, because she knew that these diseases didn't require any drugs or surgeries at all, and it only took some time to prescribe "prescriptions" one by one. And the most important "medicines" in these prescriptions are just some common foods that are rich in these vitamins.

In a few days, John wrote three papers, then a "general outline," and now he was just a conclusion.

The memories of his previous life flashed in his mind one by one, and after a long silence, John finally began to conclude this paper: "To sum up, there should be some substances in the human body that cannot be synthesized by themselves or synthesized in small quantities and must be obtained through food, and although these substances may need to be in small amounts, they are necessary to maintain the normal physiological functions of the human body. Because we can call it a life-sustaining nutrient, the vitamin ......" (to be continued......