The production of antitoxin is inseparable from large animals.

To put it bluntly, this thing is to inject toxoids or toxins into large animals, so that a large number of antibodies are produced in the animal serum, and then the animal serum containing the antibodies is refined and concentrated. Historically, Behring used cattle to produce diphtheria antitoxin, and later generations used horses to produce tetanus antitoxin, but in any case, it was necessary to have a farm. John is going to buy a farm this time so that he can raise cattle to produce diphtheria antitoxin.

Behring had published his paper in 1890, and John would have been able to get ahead of them, perhaps by the time he returned from Europe, he would have seen the finished paper, and as for purifying the serum, Behring would have been much later without Ehrlich's help. You know, although the truth of this history has never been definitively stated, the use of antitoxin serum in 1892 in clinical practice has been recognized by more people.

This time is enough.

So John was sure that the patent would fall into his own hands, so it was necessary to have a farm and a large number of cattle in advance. Think about it, if the antitoxin serum proves to be useful by then, the United States alone will probably need a six-figure preparation to supply the market in a year, and it will inevitably be an explosive demand, and it will be a little too late to prepare at that time.

After John's explanation, old Huntelaar and the others immediately understood.

Diphtheria is indeed a well-known disease in this era, and countless children die under the diphtheria bacillus every year, so when they heard that John had found a cure, everyone was naturally overjoyed, and the old Huntelaar made a decision on the spot without waiting until the end of the year, and immediately took out the funds to buy the farm, and at the same time would buy a sufficient number of cattle. No one has more confidence in his grandson than old Huntelaar. It is simply impossible to consider the possibility of his failure......

At John's urging, Ehrlich and his subordinates immediately got busy.

If Ehrlich gets busy, it means that this future medical bull can finally get rid of the tedious and simple research and development of new sulfonamides and really devote himself to valuable work. And under his leadership, at least a third of the people on the research side were also freed, and of course these one-third were carefully selected by Ehrlich. Ability and knowledge are very good.

At this time, however, John had no energy to pay attention to them.

After three months of "boom", Heinz General Hospital is finally about to face its biggest test since its opening - the half-price policy of sulfonamides and aspirin is about to be abolished......

"How's it going?"

In Thomas's office, John asked expectantly, "Today is the first day that the half-price discount on medicines has been canceled, and the number of outpatient visits has not dropped significantly, has it?" ”

"Uh...... Not really. ”

After hesitating slightly, Thomas shook his head and said with a wry smile: "However, although the number of outpatient registrations in one day today has reached two hundred and forty people, a quarter of them immediately returned their registration numbers as soon as they heard that the half-price discount on medicines had been canceled." And the rest of the patients were very dissatisfied......"

"Well, there's definitely going to be an impact."

Pursing his lips, John sighed helplessly and said, "So these two weeks are very critical!" If the number of outpatient visits in hospitals has been declining, it means that our three-month half-price policy has not played a big role, and I am afraid we will have to think of another way. ”

"Well, that's what I thought too."

Secretly sighed, Thomas said in distress.

Recently, the number of outpatient visits in the hospital has been maintained at more than 200 people per day, and it is slowly increasing. This is already a very good performance for a hospital that has only been open for less than half a year. But Thomas himself was very dissatisfied. Because if you calculate the ratio of income to cost, he finds that the larger the outpatient volume of the hospital, the greater the loss on the books!

Quite simply, the input and output are still not proportional!

Although the half-price medicine in the hospital is supplied by John at a low price, there is no loss on it, but don't forget. There are more than 100 people up and down the entire hospital, and the salaries of these people alone cost hundreds of dollars a day, not to mention the various expenses for maintaining the operation of the hospital, such as electricity and water bills, which are close to $10,000 a month.

Average to every day. That's three hundred dollars!

This is because the big line on the roof of the hospital is supplied by John for free, otherwise Thomas doubts that he will be able to sleep at night!

When it comes to the calculations, Thomas doesn't see any hope of breaking even.

If John's one-time investment in hospital construction is not taken into account, and only the operating expenses are considered, the outpatient volume must exceed 500 to break even, because the 50-cent co-pay and other cheap drugs do not make much money at all, only the daily appendectomy is really profitable, but the cost of local anesthetics and strict disinfection is also high. If the original price of several drugs is restored and the hospital can get income from it, the number of outpatient visits must also reach more than 300.

This number......

It can almost make Thomas feel hopeless!

When all drugs were at half price, the outpatient volume had just been maintained at the level of 200 people, and now that the original price has been restored, the number of people has not fallen much, even if it is good, how can it go up?

Looking at Thomas's uneasy look, John certainly knew what the other party was worried about.

Ever since John and Thomas had said they would soon step down as dean and he would take the position, the ambitious surgeon had begun to shift his position. After all, everyone in the hospital knows that Mr. Huntelaar never interferes in the day-to-day management and operation, so he has now begun to perform the function of de facto director. Therefore, if the outpatient volume of the hospital begins to fall sharply, the first and most anxious person must be Thomas, but John, who has long been prepared for losses, will not be too bothered: anyway, the income of other industries is enough to support the development of the hospital.

After thinking quietly for a while, John finally spoke to comfort his number one general: "Thomas, don't worry too much. Our hospital is much better than other hospitals in New York in terms of hardware conditions and the level of doctors, and has many advantages over those independent doctors...... And I'm also planning something to reduce the burden on the hospital itself, and on the other hand, to solve the problem of how to attract more patients! ”

"Oh? What do you think of? ”

Thomas's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.

"The first one, reduce the burden!"

Holding out a finger, John smiled slightly, "I just talked to Mr. Ehrlich, and I am going to separate him and the institute he leads from the hospital and set up a separate institution. Of course, the office is still located in the research building of the hospital, and they will continue to provide laboratory services for the hospital in the future, but all the expenses will be provided by me separately, and the hospital will not be responsible for it! ”

"Huh?"

Shocked by this decision, Thomas was overjoyed!

Thomas naturally understood how good Ehrlich and his research team were, but he was still overjoyed when he heard the news. Quite simply, no matter how good their work is, Ehrlich will not bring any benefit to the hospital after all, but will cost a lot of money every month: more than $3,000 in salary plus laboratory expenses, which is a big burden for the director of Heinz General Hospital!

"Alas......"

Seeing Thomas's happy appearance, John could only shake his head helplessly.

In these days, even a brilliant physician like Thomas still does not see the huge impact of basic research on hospitals, nor the huge financial benefits they can bring in the future. Just like the antitoxin serum research that Ehrlich has already started, I'm afraid it won't be long before Thomas regrets it.

Seeming to feel that his reaction was a bit excessive, Thomas smiled a little embarrassedly: "Then, Mr. Ehrlich, they will ...... later."

"In the future, they will be part of the medical school!"

Without any hesitation, John immediately replied: "Within three years, the medical school will definitely be established, and those people will become teachers of the medical school, and at the same time work part-time in the laboratory!" ”

Since he dared to open his mouth to strip Ehrlich and them from the hospital, John naturally thought of a way to deal with it. In fact, most of them are high-achieving graduates of the University of Berlin and experts in the laboratory, which makes them perfect candidates for future medical school teachers.

After listening to this explanation, it dawned on Thomaston.

Of course, Thomas knew about the establishment of the medical school, and he also knew that Heinz General Hospital would become an affiliated hospital of the medical school sooner or later, and people like himself would become professors or lecturers sooner or later, but he didn't expect John to pull Ehrlich and them over now.

But that's good for the hospital, at least that's what Thomas thinks for now, so of course he won't object. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What about the second one?" You just said that you would find a way to attract patients to the hospital, what is the solution? ”

"Hehe, this ......"

With a smile, John smiled faintly and said, "This is what I have to ask someone to help solve after I return to Europe this time......

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This book is the most tiring book I've ever written.

It's not that it's so difficult to write, the key is that it happened to coincide with the time period when I was squeezed into a bunch of things this year, and it was really tiring to squeeze time code words every day. What makes me even more entangled is that the quality of the update is really not high in this case, and it is annoying to procrastinate myself.

Fortunately, I finally got through it, and then I was ready to gradually increase the amount of updates.

It may be a little unstable at first, and the two watches can only be done occasionally, but slowly it will stabilize at two watches a day.

Thank you all for your continued support, thank you very much! (To be continued......)