"Thomas, how much do aspirin and sulfonamides cost in our hospital?"

As soon as he arrived at the hospital the next morning, John called Thomas into his office and asked urgently.

"Aspirin is a dollar, sulfonamides are a flat five dollars!"

Thomas gave an answer without thinking, and then asked a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" Isn't that the price you set in the first place? Why do you want to ask me instead? ”

John didn't answer Thomas's question directly, but frowned and asked, "I remember, the drugs in our hospital should have been brought back from Europe last year, right?" How's the sales going? ”

When a group of people came to New York from Germany last year, they brought a large number of supplies on board, including equipment and medicines. John was also afraid that the pharmaceutical factory in New York had not yet been put into production when the hospital opened, so he made such an arrangement. And out of the principle of more than less, John deliberately asked Berlin to prepare a sufficient amount of medicine, with the current outpatient volume of Heinz General Hospital, I don't know when it will be used up......

"It's not good, there are still a lot of medicines brought."

Nodding, Thomas also said helplessly: "In fact, many people who have come to the hospital to see patients during this period of time need these two drugs. However, as far as I know, many hospitals and clinics in New York now have these new drugs, and they seem to be selling very well, so we don't have much advantage in this regard. ”

Of course, he knew that Heinz Pharmaceutical's pharmaceutical factory in New York had already been put into production, and it should be very convenient to supply hospital drugs in the future, so he was already thinking about how to dispose of the hospital's inventory. After all, according to John's requirements, all drugs have an expiration date, and they cannot be used after the time point.

And......

Seeing John frowning and contemplating, Thomas smiled bitterly and said, "John." A bottle of 50 aspirin and a bottle of sulfonamide 20 tablets are often many days' worth for patients in our hospital, but as far as I know, many hospitals and physicians in New York encourage patients to take more aspirin, and some people can even eat a bottle of aspirin in two or three days......"

"What? How do you eat so much? ”

John was slightly stunned at first. Then he stood up and said, "Didn't I make it clear in my paper?" The dosage of the drug is very critical, and beyond it can easily cause undesirable consequences...... How can these people be so irresponsible?! ”

Between the words, John's expression was very angry.

When aspirin and sulfonamides were first introduced, John had already prevented this, because in the past, when Bayer first produced aspirin, because the effect was remarkable and there were no very obvious adverse reactions, it was not only for patients but also for doctors. There is a very widespread abuse, and many people will take more than a dozen or twenty tablets of aspirin a day, so John will explain it in advance in the paper, in order to avoid this situation.

Unexpectedly, history still moved along its original trajectory.

"This ......"

Seeing John's angry look, Thomas spread his hands to show helplessness.

Where do doctors in this era care about the dosage of what drugs? Medical theories such as pharmacology and metabolism are either in their infancy or have not yet been proposed, and physicians naturally do not care about the warnings in John's paper. Not to mention that the more medicines they take, the higher their income, which one will not get along with money?

John certainly understands this. So after a short period of anger, he quickly eased his feelings, took a deep breath and said, "Thomas, starting next week, all the drugs in the hospital, including aspirin and sulfonamides, will be sold at Heinz General Hospital at half the price!" for a period of three months. The original price will be restored after three months! ”

"What? Price? ”

After listening to John's words, Thomaston was stunned.

"Yes, price reduction!"

John nodded and said in a deep voice, "We're not just going to lower the price, but we're also going to get the news to the newspapers...... Thomas. Remember to specifically explain that the effect of our drug price reduction at this time is only three months, and the original price will be restored after three months, understand? ”

"This ...... Yes! I understand! ”

Although it was a little confused at first, after a few spins in his head, Thomas finally understood, and he knew what John meant by this decision!

However, after a short period of excitement, Thomas suddenly remembered something, and immediately asked, "John, I want to ask, this price reduction...... Is it only our hospital here? ”

"Of course!"

Nodding without hesitation, John smiled: "Don't worry, the pharmaceutical factory in New York is wholly owned by the Huntelaar family, I guarantee that the price of these drugs in our hospital is lower than the purchase price in other places, so you can do it with confidence......"

……

With enough motivation, anyone can be extremely productive.

The day after John's decision, several major New York City newspapers ran a headline, featuring Heinz General Hospital on 40th Street in Manhattan. The hospital, which had been frequently advertised in the newspapers some time ago, decided that all the medicines in the hospital would be sold at half price for the next three months, and the original price would be restored after three months!

After seeing this news, many people's eyes suddenly lit up!

No matter what country or era, the cost of medicine will always be a headache. Even more than 100 years later, when Americans could almost dominate the world, the high cost of medicine forced many poor people to come up with strange tricks, such as those Chinese who did not hesitate to fly home every year to prescribe drugs, and those who were like the Las Vegas Buyers Club......

At the end of the 19th century, the situation was even worse.

Today's most of the drugs in the United States rely on imports, although the United States has promulgated the import and export bill of drugs decades ago, but a large number of inferior drugs and counterfeit drugs in Europe are still entering the North American market, this phenomenon is really curbed and it will take a long time, so for aspirin and sulfonamides, many ordinary people outside the doctor have slowly heard of it, especially several sulfonamides that can treat the past terminal diseases, which have attracted the attention of many people. The antipyretic and analgesic effect of aspirin is so good that many people with a little economic foundation regard it as a family medicine.

Sold at half price, this discount really attracts a lot of people.

A bottle of aspirin can be discounted for 50 cents, and a bottle of sulfonamide can be discounted for 2 and 50 dollars, which is not a small number for New Yorkers in 1888!

So on the third day of the advertisement, the number of patients coming to Heinz General Hospital began to increase rapidly.

Merely......

"I'm sorry sir, but we don't have the right to sell you medicine without a prescription from our doctor."

At the pharmacy window of Heinz General Hospital, several pharmacists had to explain to people again and again in a slightly apologetic tone. Today, many people go straight to the pharmacy after entering the hospital, waving dollars to buy medicines, and without exception they are rejected by the pharmacists.

Half-price medicine is cheap, but it is not so easy to earn.

In addition, the hospital has a good reason, and the half-price drugs are prepared for the patients of the hospital, and it is necessary to limit not only the purchase qualifications, but also the quantity purchased. After all, if you buy a drug that is half cheaper, it is easy for some to take advantage of the loophole and resell it. Therefore, after the pharmacist's patient explanation, most of the people chose to accept it, and the few guys who were shouting and making trouble were also invited aside by the big-shouldered security guards to accept "further explanations......

"Do you think this will be useful?"

In Mr. Huntelaar's office on the third floor, Thomas asked with some trouble.

"I think it should work."

John's eyes flickered a few times, and then he smiled: "As long as they are forced to see a doctor with us before buying medicine, our doctors can show everyone their medical skills, and more importantly, show the environment of our hospital and the standardization of diagnosis and treatment, plus the things I have prepared during this time, it is enough for ......" (to be continued......