Chapter 24: Epoch-making discoveries

In August 1888, a company called H&B was founded in Berlin.

As one of the fastest-growing countries in Europe, Berlin, the capital of Germany, has new companies established almost every month and every week, especially driven by the development of science and technology, the application of many new technologies has given birth to a large number of small enterprises, and also made the development of large enterprises faster, and this company called H&B is undoubtedly one of them.

The fame of the Rejoice shampoo spread throughout Berlin at an eye-popping rate.

Unlike traditional soaps, this bottled cream shampoo does not have that dry feeling after washing, and it can make hair smooth and silky without using oil, and it has attracted a large number of high-end people, especially those who love beauty.

Unfortunately, it's too expensive.

The price of a bottle of 30 marks doomed this shampoo to be used only among the aristocracy and local tycoons, and it was difficult for the rising middle class to accept a week's salary to buy a bottle of shampoo. H&B understands this, and does not advertise on a large scale, but after opening a few stores in the wealthy area, it focuses on opening up markets outside of Berlin.

The success of H&B was something John expected.

Until more than 100 years later, women of any era cannot depart from the basic fact that beauty is their most powerful weapon. This was all the more important in the 19th century, when men were absolutely dominant, otherwise there would have been no strangulation of the loins. Therefore, it is only natural that the fluttering softness that can make the hair fresher and smoother appear and be welcomed.

As usual, John quickly put things aside.

Throughout August, Mr. Huntelaar was busy as a teacher, teaching two surgeons at Charlotte Hospital how to use future surgical techniques. put them on the path to surgical standardization; Busy teaching Howard? Kelly studied blood transfusion techniques, and by the way, they revealed some things about caesarean section in their heads, which contributed to the development of obstetrics and gynecology in the 19th century; Heinz is also busy training Heinz pharmaceutical technicians, because the farm has been bought, and next month the paper on diphtheria antitoxin will be published, and Ehrlich will begin his first clinical trial at Heinz General Hospital. Naturally, Europe will rely on John to fire the first shot......

There are so many things going on that it's hard to believe that his main focus now is on North America and not on Europe if it weren't for John's own plans for it a long time ago!

But while John was on the go, a telegram arrived.

"Würzburg?"

When he saw the location of the telegram, John's eyes widened and his heart pounded in his chest. John of the University of Würzburg, of course, remembered, because he was quite familiar with the professor of surgery there, but at this time received this telegram. But the appearance of another person flashed in his mind in an instant!

Hurriedly opened the telegram and looked at it, and sure enough, as John thought, this telegram came from Roentgen!

"The experiment has been successful, please come to Würzburg as soon as possible."

A simple sentence made John's heart immediately overjoyed, and he raised his head and shouted: "Henry, Henry! Quick, get me the fastest train to Würzburg......"

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July 27, 1888. Würzburg.

When William, a professor of physics at the University of Würzburg? Roentgen closed the door of the laboratory tightly and began to study cathode rays alone. Follow John? Description of Mr. Huntelaar. He "recreated" the marvelous experiment with an elaborate device, with a vague image of his hand bones on a phosphor screen coated with platinum barium cyanide.

For the next four weeks, Roentgen was feverishly immersed in this miraculous phenomenon.

Then on August 27, 1888, exactly one month later, when Roentgen's wife came to the laboratory, the physics professor put her hand on the photographic plate. A photograph was taken with this new ray of unknown nature - a photograph of a hand bone wearing a wedding ring!

X-rays, which were supposed to appear seven years later, were discovered in advance.

Originally, he thought it was just a surgeon's fantasy, but Roentgen did not expect that he had actually discovered such a wonderful phenomenon, and as an honest scientist, Roentgen did not have the idea of claiming this result for himself. Immediately after coming to his senses, he sent a telegram to Berlin.

So on the last day of the end of August, John? Mr. Huntelaar is again in Würzburg.

"Oh, that's amazing!"

John couldn't help but exclaim when he saw Röntgen take a picture with what he saw as rudimentary equipment, and then show his own hand bones quite clearly. Of course, he had long been accustomed to the presence of X-rays, but he was still amazed by the physics experiments of the late 19th century.

"This is a major physical discovery!"

Even after a few weeks, Röntgen was still full of excitement and said, "Mr. Huntelaar, this means that we have discovered a new kind of ray!" ”

John nodded happily and exclaimed, "Yes, sir, a very wonderful phenomenon...... Congratulations, you've made it to this ray that penetrates the flesh and skin and leaves the bones of the human body directly on the photograph...... Professor Röntgen, I don't know exactly what this means for physics, but it's going to be a big discovery for medicine! ”

In fact, John was deliberately obscuring his own views.

Of course, he knew what the discovery of X-rays meant for physics, because one of the three major discoveries in physics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries also left a strong mark on history. It's just that as a physician, and an accomplished physician, he must now be able to reduce his influence on physics and even chemistry.

"A major discovery in medicine?"

After hearing John's words, Röntgen was stunned. As a physicist, and doing a physical experiment, Roentgen never thought about the effect of this ray on medicine. Mr. Huntelaar was a little puzzled.

"Yes, medicine!"

Smiling, John nodded vigorously and said, "Professor Röntgenium, for thousands of years, physicians have been looking for a way to observe the inside without destroying our bodies, and this ray you found can do this perfectly, isn't it?" ”

"Uh......"

After a pause, Roentgen quickly understood what John meant.

Then at this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Röntgen's mind: "This Mr. Huntelaar discovered this phenomenon by chance, and then came to Würzburg to tell me that I should continue this research, is it just to use this ray in medicine?" This, how is this possible? How could he have thought so far from a fortuitous phenomenon......"

While Röntgen's mind was racing, John was very happy and continued: "Professor, think about it, if the doctors could know the situation in the patient's body, and even find the sick part, and understand the situation there, how much effect would it have for our diagnosis and treatment? Especially for surgeons, do they have a lot more confidence when they do surgery? In this respect, I think this ray can definitely be called an epoch-making discovery in the history of medicine......"

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Well, it was two more days.

Originally, the updates were already on track, but there was another tragedy in the past week, so don't say much, try to update. (To be continued......)