Chapter 41: Radium
"Tony, your headache should be that you've been working too hard lately, pay attention to rest and go out for a walk!" On this day, Monet went to his new acquaintance, Dr. Hule, for treatment because of a headache.
Speaking of this, Yu Le seemed to suddenly remember something, and mysteriously took out a small medicine bottle and said to him: "By the way, I have a new medicine here, although the price is a little expensive, but it has radium added to it!" ”
"Radium? Are you referring to that new element discovered by Marie Curie? Monet asked tentatively.
Hule nodded and replied: "That's right, that's it, it seems that Tony you know a lot, this is a Nobel Prize-winning discovery, especially rare, but I think you must be able to afford it!" ”
If Monet hadn't known that there had been a boom in "radium abuse" in Europe and the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, he might have thought that Hule wanted to assassinate himself after learning that he was interested in his daughter-in-law......
You may not believe it now, but after Marie Curie discovered the radioactivity of radium in 1898, "radiation" was regarded by people in the West as a "source of health and vitality" in the following decades, as a cure-all.
This is because Mr. Curie once experimented with radium on his arm, and the skin of that arm immediately became red, necrotic, and crusted, and only grew back a month later.
So the merchant immediately seized the opportunity, thinking that smearing radium on the skin has the opportunity to make the skin "rejuvenated", so for a while, a lot of strange and absurd products have emerged, including but not limited to radium-containing masks, radium-containing nail art, radium-containing creams, radium-containing cigarettes, radium-containing toothpaste, radium-containing chocolate, radium-containing mineral water, and even condoms have to add some radium to enjoy it......
It wasn't until the appearance of the "radium women" that everyone realized the terrible nature and ended this absurd and terrible scene. (Actually, this kind of thing has never been broken, I don't believe you go to the Internet to search for various IQ taxes and how many new tricks there are.) )
So Monet hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no need, just prescribe me some common medicine." Uh, and I suggest you stay away from this radium product, I've heard it's not good for the human body! ”
"Who are you listening to? It can't be the old Mr. Heimlich again, right? Hule asked.
Because Monet couldn't tell the specific principle of radium's harm to the human body, he changed the topic and asked, "Huh?" Do you know Mr. Heimlich too? ”
"Of course I know, first aid and cola for gastric stones are particularly hot topics in our medical circle recently, but I didn't expect it to happen to you, Tony, but it's a pity that I met you too late, otherwise I would have published the paper on cola treatment for gastric stones!" Hule said with regret.
Just as the two were chatting, suddenly the nurse knocked on the door and came in and said, "Dr. Brown, Mr. Song is here!" ”
Hearing that there were guests here in Yule, Monet wanted to get up and say goodbye, but he didn't expect Yule to stop him: "Tony, I remember that you didn't say that you liked Chinese culture last time, it just so happened that this Mr. Song heard that he has a very high status in China, let me introduce you to you!" ”
Then he turned to the nurse and said, "Please come in, Mr. Song!" ”
Two minutes later, the nurse walked in with a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, dressed in a suit, and a little girl of about fourteen or fifteen.
"Mr. Song, this is my good friend Mr. Tony Monet, he has heard that Mr. Song is a scholar in China, so he wants to get to know you. Tony, this is the Mr. Song Jiashu Song I just mentioned to you, and this is her third daughter, Miss Meiling! ”
When he heard Song Jiashu's name, Monet didn't react much, but when he heard "Miss Meiling, the third daughter", and then thought of her surname, he suddenly had a "boom" in his head, because this can be said to be the most famous person he has met since he crossed over, of course, she is only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl now, but it will be terrible after fifteen years! (Another book about the protagonist of the Titanic actually dared to sleep with Miss Song San, I have to say that the creative environment of the online article at that time was really good, which was enviable...... )
Seeing Monet's expression, Hule felt very strange, and just as he wanted to ask, Miss Song San suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked Monet: "You are Mr. Monet who invented tomato scrambled eggs and cola chicken wings?" ”
Monet nodded and replied, "That's right, it's me, Miss Meiling, do you like to eat these two dishes?" ”
"Well, I like it very much, to be honest, I really didn't expect these two dishes to be invented by an American!"
"Well, although I'm an American, I love Chinese culture, especially Chinese food!" This passage was simply uttered by Monet in Chinese.
But what he didn't expect was that although Miss Song San answered in Chinese, she stumbled when she said, which made Song Jiashu on the side explain a little embarrassed: "The little girl has lived and studied in the United States since she was ten years old, and she doesn't use Chinese much, but it makes Mr. Monet laugh!" ”
"The so-called three days of not fishing for craftsmen, not to mention that they will definitely not be so skilled!" Monet expressed understanding.
"Monsieur Monet even knows this proverb, have you ever lived in China?" Song Jiashu asked in surprise.
"That's not true, but my chef is Chinese, and I learned all this Chinese from her." Mo Nai simply threw the pot to Shanshan, anyway, in his mind, Song Jiashu should not have a chance to meet Shanshan.
For Monet's explanation, Song Jiashu expressed acceptance: "Oh, so that's the case, then Mr. Monet, you are really a language genius, because among so many languages I have been exposed to, Chinese is definitely the most difficult." (When he was young, Song lived and traveled in Cuba, the United States, and many other countries.) )
"Well, it's okay, I'm mainly interested in Chinese culture, so I learned it relatively quickly!" Monet said modestly, and then asked, "By the way, Mr. Song, which city in China do you live in?" ”
"Monsieur Monet, have you heard of Shanghai?"
"How can I not have heard of the big Shanghai of Shiliyangchang, uh, let me ask you, is there a café called Ruimei Coffee in Shanghai now?"
PS: If you are an old book friend, please re-read Chapter 8, I have added a more important plot to it, and thank you for the continuous support of the book friend "20180601131331956"!
In addition, to explain, I was excited before, and I read the recommendation news of this week wrong, and Bai was excited, hoping to score strong next week......