"Ahem! Ahem! ”

As soon as he coughed, little Heidelberg subconsciously covered his mouth to avoid coughing too loudly or spraying saliva everywhere. As the eldest son of the Heidelberg family, his tutoring was obviously very good.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to cough, the little one can also secretly catch his breath.

When talking to the doctor in front of him, little Heidelberg was in a state of progress.

As an eleven-year-old, he couldn't help but be nervous.

Today is the first time that little Heidelberg has entered the legendary hospital, and in this era, people's senses about the hospital have not yet been reversed, so the little one is really a little scared. In addition, the Mr. Huntelaar in front of him was wearing a snow-white coat, and he looked strange. Coupled with uncomfortable sensations such as sore throat and nasal congestion, little Heidelberg now just wants to get out of this room as soon as possible......

“…… Okay, now let's do some simple checks, okay? ”

After asking about the situation in little Heidelberg, John probably had a number in his mind, and then stood up with a smile. Temperature check, auscultation...... After a series of examinations, plus the symptoms asked earlier, John's mind quickly figured it out.

Cough, dry throat, sore throat, nasal congestion, sneezing, and later watery nasal discharge......

The biggest possibility is that it is a common cold!

As soon as he thought that the other party would come up and ask him to prescribe sulfonamide, John couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, and after a little consideration after the examination, he began to record it in the medical record.

"Mr. Huntelaar!"

Seeing that John had finished his examination, Mr. Heidelberg eagerly began to ask, "Can you give us a prescription now?" I just heard that you can only prescribe a maximum of two bottles of sulfonamides at a time, can you please ......?"

"Prescription? Sulfanilamide? ”

Before Mr. Heidelberg could finish asking, John looked over with a frown: "Mr. Heidelberg, I think you may have misunderstood. Just because I've done a check-up on my little one doesn't mean I'm going to prescribe it to him. Not to mention any sulfonamides! ”

"What?!"

After hearing John's words, Mr. Heidelberg's face suddenly changed, and he stood up in shock and anger!

"Please be uneasy, Mr. Heidelberg."

John was not surprised by Mr. Heidelberg's reaction, and while smiling bitterly in his heart, he waved his hand calmly and said, "I don't know why you are so obsessed with buying sulfonamides, but according to my examination and diagnosis just now. He doesn't need sulfonamides...... Or arguably, he didn't need any medication at all. ”

"Why?"

At this moment, even Mrs. Heidelberg, who had been silent, cried out in surprise.

"This ......"

Faced with the surprised and questioning eyes of the family of three, John opened his mouth to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, he closed his mouth again - he had no idea what to say.

Damn 1888!

Not to mention ordinary people like the Heidelberg family these days, I'm afraid that most doctors in the United States have not yet understood what bacteria are, how can John explain to them what an upper respiratory tract infection is? Not to mention that the virus hasn't been discovered by scientists yet!

"Damn quacks!"

Seeing that the expressions on the faces of the Heidelbergs were getting more and more ugly, John couldn't help but scold the doctor who had treated little Heidelberg before. He didn't even have to think about it to know why this family came to his hospital to see a doctor. There must have been a doctor who recommended sulfonamides for the child, and Mr. Heidelberg happened to see the advertisement for the hospital.

The question is, can sulfonamides really be used casually?

Even though he was the inventor of sulfonamides and the owner of Heinz Pharmaceuticals in this life, and the sales of sulfonamides were related to his own vital interests, John never thought of encouraging doctors or the public to abuse sulfonamides. It is important to know that whether it is sulfonamides or antibiotics, bacteria can develop drug resistance, and abuse is absolutely undesirable. And it's not for nothing that sulfonamides are gradually withdrawing from the mainstream drug market after a hundred years - it has a headache of adverse effects.

But alas, few physicians would treat this new drug the way John did.

For people in the 19th century. Sulfonamides are like a miracle medicine given to them by God, and doctors don't even think about the warnings on the instructions, meningitis, pneumonia, and even the common cold, and they think about it with their "naïve" thinking, and they rarely follow the rules about the dosage they use. Because of this, Heinz Pharmaceutical's sales are climbing month after month. Tens of thousands of bottles of sulfonamides alone can be sold every month, reaching a point that John finds incredible!

You know, this thing is really expensive!

A bottle of sulfonamide costs more than twenty marks in Germany, five dollars in the United States, and a pound in the United Kingdom. This figure is the weekly salary of the average person in each country. There are really not many people who can afford it, and only a well-paid family like the Heidelberg family would want to use sulfonamides to treat even a cold......

"Huh? That's not right! ”

When he thought of this, John's heart suddenly moved, and his brow furrowed again.

Although the doctors of the 19th century knew very little about germs, let alone viruses that had not yet been discovered, it was impossible for them to be unaware of the common disease of the cold. In the absence of special circumstances, who would let this child take such an expensive drug as sulfonamides? And the Heidelbergs are not stupid, will they not doubt it before the common cold has been extended to diseases such as pneumonia?

"Sir, I think we need an explanation!"

While John frowned and pondered, Heidelberg only felt that the anger in his heart was growing stronger, and he stood up and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Roosevelt is a very famous physician in New York City, and he recommended this medicine to us, and I have read about it in many newspapers!" I wonder why you refused to give us a prescription? Could it be that your hospital's newspaper advertisements are just a means of soliciting patients? ”

When it came to the back, Mr. Heidelberg's voice gradually became high-pitched!

"Mr. Heidelberg, this is the hospital, please speak quietly!"

After hearing the other party's words, John's brows suddenly furrowed.

After staying in the hospital for more than ten years in his two lives, and seeing more patients and their families, John was certainly not intimidated by Mr. Heidelberg, and said in a very calm tone: "I refuse to prescribe sulfonamides to you, because according to my judgment, he only has a very common cold, and he doesn't need to take medicine...... Please don't interrupt me just yet, sir. “

Finding that the Heidelbergs looked disbelieving and seemed to want to speak, John waved his hand, pressed back the other party's words, and continued: "If you don't believe it, you can take the child home and follow my instructions for a few days to see if the condition improves, okay?" ”

"Uh......"

Looking at John's sincere expression, the Heidelbergs were stunned at the same time.

If Mr. Huntelaar refused to prescribe sulfonamides in order to sell other medicines, the Heidelbergs would not have given up, but the other party only asked the child to drink more water and rest, so that he could ......

The couple looked at each other, and they didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Sure enough!"

Seeing the strange expressions on the couple's faces, John's eyebrows furrowed, knowing that they must have hidden something.

However, John did not suspect that they deliberately wanted to buy cheap medicine and then take it out and resell it or something, after all, the hospital stipulated that you can only buy two bottles at a time, and you must have a doctor's prescription, John does not think that people like them would toss for this small amount of money.

So......

Narrowing his eyes slightly, John looked again at where little Heidelberg was.

Although it is not very common for patients to conceal their illness, if you consider that the Heidelbergs came to take sulfonamides in the first place, coupled with some of the discoveries made when they examined the little guy's body just now, John gradually had a guess in his heart: this child's illness is probably not as simple as ordinary cold symptoms, they just deliberately concealed it in order to be able to get the medicine as soon as possible!

Thinking of this, John no longer hesitated, and simply said: "Mr. and Mrs. Heidelberg, if you don't mind, I would like to give the little guy a more detailed physical examination, is it okay?" (To be continued......)