Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Word Is a Certainty
Buying a small manufactory, John was building a range of surgical and medical instruments, which the elder Huntelaar could easily have accepted. Although it was difficult for the old man to understand for a while why his grandson was so confident that he would be able to design something better than the current surgical tools, he still nodded and agreed in view of the previous experience.
But what is that dye factory going to be used for?
Faced with his grandfather's puzzled gaze and questioning questions, John clicked his lips and couldn't help but have a headache. In later generations, we all know that most of the drugs used in clinical practice are chemically synthesized products, and the most indispensable in the process of research and development are chemists and practical technicians. But in this era when physicians only see natural medicines such as herbs, how to explain this qiē?
Do you want to tell the old man directly that many big pharmaceutical companies will develop from dye factories in the future?
Nowadays, people generally do not have this concept, and the synthetic chemical products used in medicine are just a few anesthetics. But John knew that as the most developed chemical industry in the world, Germany had sixty or seventy percent of its chemists working in dye factories, and in two or three years at most, the supergiant Bayer would invest millions of marks to build a luxurious real room, and then it would not be long before he began to try to develop drugs......
"Grandpa, this is mainly because I also have some ideas in chemistry."
After hesitating for a moment, John had no choice but to resort to the Dafa again, and said with a smile: "In addition to studying medicine in Europe in the past two years, I have also met a lot of friends who study chemistry. So in the future, I plan to develop this area...... You also know how profitable the dye industry has been in recent years, maybe I will go back with the patent in two years, and it is always good to prepare early! ”
"Oh, really?"
When this question was asked, the expression on old Huntelaar's face was clearly not convinced.
Talented in medicine, John has proven that the advent of the bicycle and the light bulb shows that he is also gifted in invention, but now he is talking about chemistry! Is this kid also proficient?
But it's true that the dye factory makes money.
There are many reasons why the Germans were able to rise rapidly at the end of the 19th century, but the progress of the chemical industry, especially the dye industry, is indispensable. After all, in this era textiles were the best-selling industrial goods, and as a qualified businessman. Old Huntelaar also knew that the garment industry must be the largest number of workers in New York City!
"Don't worry, grandpa."
Seeing that old Huntelaar is not easily persuaded by himself. John continued to make up lies, and said with a confident look: "If you are not at ease, you can also not buy the dye factory first, but chemists and technicians must be hired first." What do you think? You can find them a place first. Let them work on new synthetic dyes......"
Anyway. After much deception from John, the elder Huntelaar finally agreed to his request, and promised to build a simple real room when he returned to New York. Two chemists and some technicians were hired to develop a new synthetic dye.
Of course, there was little hope for the outcome of the old Huntelaar.
It's just that John is so confident that if he can go back to New York with even one new patent at that time, then the investment will be worth it......
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When the time came to the end of January, the time of separation finally arrived.
With Johann reluctantly sending him off, the elder Huntlaar, accompanied by Joshua, boarded the train to Hamburg and left Berlin, where he had been staying for more than a month. Originally, Johann tried to persuade old Huntelaar to bring back Hans, the butler, because he was now accustomed to life in Berlin, and there was no need for him to stay and take care of himself. But it was clear that the old man was not at ease, and insisted that Hans stay for another two years. And in order to appease the homesick Hans, old Huntelaar even increased his salary by three hundred dollars a year!
For the average person, that's a lot of money.
Now the old Huntelaar is far more wealthy than in previous years, especially since the bicycle went on the market, the old Huntelaar took advantage of the east wind to expand his two commercial companies, and the assets of Kung Fu have nearly doubled in just a few years, and the shares of the bicycle factory will also bring him a steady stream of income, for an old man like Hans will naturally not be stingy.
Hans, of course, agreed without any hesitation, because when he first came to Berlin, he had planned to stay for four or five years, and now he had no problem with this additional income of three hundred dollars a year. In fact, these few hundred dollars are enough for a few hundred dollars for a few children in the family to receive a higher level of education, and even further change their fate in this life, at the cost of living in Berlin for two more years, so why not agree?
In the past few years, Hans has seen the true power of knowledge from John......
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After sending off old Huntelaar, John's life was back on track, or rather what he thought he was on the right track. But in fact, when his paper on blood type was seen by more and more people, his life could not be exactly the same as before.
In the physiology room of the University of Berlin, the professor of physiology, who had been chatting with John for a day, began to organize his staff to continue his research on blood groups, and became interested in John's research on blood circulation. And in Vienna and Paris, surgeons have begun to use his blood group matching theory to perform blood transfusions for patients with amputations, knife wounds and other massive bleeding, trying to test this amazing theory! As for other physiologists and physicians, more of them wrote him letters of support, discussion, or abuse, in short, adding a lot of color to his daily life.
And this situation is bound to intensify after the publication of his second, or arguably third, paper in German Medicine! The only difference is that this paper brings John only benefits, not doubts.
Unlike the blood group theory, the principle of abdominal percussion is not difficult for modern physicians to understand, and the development of anatomy in the 19th century was enough to support John's argument, so almost no one would object to it. It's just a pity that it's not so easy to verify the effect of this abdominal impact method, and doctors can't deliberately find someone to block the airway to test, right?
Therefore, after getting the new issue of "German Medicine" and reading John's paper in its entirety, Thomas said seriously: "It's hard to imagine that we haven't discovered such a simple method for thousands of years!" If you can fully promote this method, I don't know how many lives can be saved every year......"
"But I think it's hard."
After shrugging his shoulders, John smiled and shook his head.
After a few years of training, he has learned not to overestimate the people of this era. Even in later generations of China, I am afraid that there are many people who do not know that the abdominal shock method can treat people who are choked on large pieces of food, let alone in this era? Some physicians are willing to understand this article after reading it, and it is enough to use it in a critical moment in the future.
After thinking about it for a moment, Thomas nodded in agreement with John.
Even though they always claim to be a civilized world, in fact, even the major European powers are not very high in terms of national morale, Germany is the country with the best basic education, but the number of university students is still a minority, and the illiteracy rate in countries like Italy is as high as more than 40 percent, and it is really not easy to let them know this method.
But after a moment of silence, Thomas smiled and said, "But you finally gave them a hope, didn't you?" ”
"That's right."
John immediately smiled, he looked at Thomas and said meaningfully: "Isn't it the greatest significance of our profession as a physician to keep looking for ways to cure diseases and save people?" ”
"Uh......"
Hearing this, Thomaston secretly smiled bitterly.
Of course, he understood what John meant, and it had been quite a while since the last time the two had talked, but Thomas had never given John a definite reply, neither refusing nor agreeing. Obviously, this kid has taken the opportunity to seek his own statement.
However, Thomas, who had already been moved, was silent for a moment, looked at the "German Medicine" journal in his hand, and finally nodded: "You are right!" John, if you think I can help, then I agree to join your research! ”
"Is that true?"
John's eyes lit up, and his eyes were fixed on Thomas's face!
He's been waiting for this sentence for at least two weeks!
Although it was almost impossible for the other party to refuse the blueprint he had drawn, John was still a little apprehensive before he was personally confirmed by Thomas. It's not that Thomas is so important that John suffers from gains and losses, but because this guy is the first talent he recruits, and if he refuses, it will be a bit of a blow to his self-confidence.
After making the decision, Thomas's mood was obviously relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Of course it's true, I've always been a good person!" And if we can really do something in the past two years, as you say, I will follow you back to New York and join your hospital in the future! ”
"Good!"
John stood up and said excitedly: "Haha, then we will make a decision!" ”
"But John, you should be the only one looking for me now, right? Such a big hospital, do you want to just the two of us to prop it up? ”
Seeing John so excited, Thomas sincerely felt that he valued himself, and he was quite happy in his heart, and couldn't help but joke.
"Hahaha, of course not!"
In a happy mood, Johann laughed: "Don't you forget, how many Americans are studying at the University of Berlin, and what about the whole of Germany?" As long as we are willing to work hard, we may be able to go back with a whole hospital in the future......" (To be continued......