Chapter 194: Antibiotics
In fact, Vincent's elixir never said that he could make a panacea, because he couldn't have made something that he didn't believe existed.
Both the High Academy of Magic and the Church of Light are fanatical in the research of panacea, devoting a lot of resources to research over the years, and claiming that a better elixir is coming out every year.
The rulers and nobles of various countries are eager for this, after all, the sky is unpredictable, and they themselves are not peaceful people, everyone wants an elixir that can cure everything.
In Vincent's view, the elixir and alchemy are the two major deceptions of the world, and they belong to the huge pit that will not yield results no matter how much is invested, but as long as there is unrealistic greed in people's hearts, they will have illusions about these things.
Of course, in a world where there is divine power and magic, if the gods are gracious, it is not a problem to bring the dead back to life, and in a sense, the elixir is not incomprehensible.
However, even if these elixirs came out occasionally, they were destined to be lost to the vast number of poor people, whose ailments were not cared for, and the cheapest medicine was to pray all day long for a miracle to happen.
As a lord who could not ignore the people in his realm, whether out of selfishness or responsibility, Vincent began to think about improving the medical level of his realm from the moment he sat in this position.
Although the conditions were not yet mature, Vincent financed the establishment of a hospital in Silverdragon Castle to provide basic medical care to the lords at a relatively low price, including the territory's doctors, pharmacists, and midwives, as well as temporary nurses, as well as lichs and witches that were previously shunned.
In line with the idea that no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, it is a good cat to catch mice, Vincent gathered all the people who had a certain treatment method and provided medical services such as medicine, emergency treatment, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics to the people.
As a layman who does not understand medicine and hospital operations, the effect of Vincent's good deeds in running a hospital cannot be said to be good, but at least the people can see the sincerity of the lord, even if the medical effect is not satisfactory, there are still many people who are willing to come and provide various clinical samples for Vincent's medical staff.
As a teacher, Vincent spread the concepts of hygiene that he knew so well that he taught people proper hand washing, diet, hygiene, and sanitation in order to reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
For those who do not comply with the hygiene requirements in the public domain, Vincent's handling is also very simple, the undead and the shadow demon report to the patrolling guards after they find out, and the one-stop service from warning, fine to detention is provided, and after half a year, even the littering person can not be found on the street.
The lord did not blindly rely on violence to implement policies, he also held several health promotion activities, and also sent the idol of the territory Ninia to personally demonstrate to the people, and held a health knowledge contest to show people how to identify and deal with common diseases.
Tempted by the reward, the hygiene knowledge of the inhabitants of Silver Dragon Fort is second to none on the mainland.
Vincent's pride is the city's public toilets and garbage disposal system, which has made it easy to dispose of street garbage thanks to the proliferation of various slimes, and the more than 100 public toilets built by the lord have raised a large number of slimes, eliminating the troublesome feces and organic waste.
This may reduce fertilizer production a lot, but until more efficient transport and drainage systems are in place, on-site treatment is the best way to keep cities clean.
Vincent has never been a self-righteous person, he has achieved results, and he is not averse to sharing his experience with others, whether it is a self-proclaimed holy church or a mage guild with more magical knowledge, as long as there is an experience and method worth learning, Vincent will seek cooperation, invite the other party to come and teach, or let his own medical staff learn.
The Chief Home Secretary has repeatedly admonished Vinson that the money he spends on hospitals and health can equip an army of 1,000 men, and that the army is more important to the territory, but for Vincent, only the people who live a long and healthy life and have many children and grandchildren can provide more protection value, not to mention that health care is equally important to the army.
There is no more hygienic territorial army on the entire continent than Vincent's, but even so, the trauma of the battle can cause major health problems.
Magic and herbs are effective, but the former are scarce, and the latter is too slow to act, and if the wounds of combatants are not treated in time, they can cause a large number of amputations and even death due to infection and inflammation.
Although in the eyes of the lichs, the lord's worries are completely superfluous, death is just the beginning for the undead creatures of the demons, whether it is zombies or skeletons, can't they still come in handy in the next battle?
"The combat efficiency of the undead is not high, and the pension I set is also very high, so rescue is still necessary," Vincent has his own explanation for this, "Besides, from the standpoint of the weak human race, no one wants to see their relatives turn into dry bones and return triumphantly, right?"
Therefore, after defeating the Herodian invasion, Vincent began to work on the development of broad-spectrum antimicrobials, which must be able to change the situation of the war in view of the fact that the situation in the north is still grim and the war of annihilation will come sooner or later.
"This is the culprit that can make people's skin festers after injury?"
Through the strange equipment that Plani demonstrated to her, Ninia carefully looked at the strange little things under the lens, and a sense of absurdity and shock arose.
The shock brought by the microcosm is indescribable.
"This is one of the few high-powered microscopes in the territory, what you see is a hundred times magnified staphylococci, well, that's what my uncle calls them, these little things are everywhere in people, but if they appear in large numbers on wounds, especially golden ones, they will cause wound infection and suppuration, and cause various complications, and may even be fatal."
Judging by how skillful Prani is at fiddling with these devices, Ninia thinks that he must have been exposed to these things for a long time and has become very comfortable playing with them, which explains why this playful child has been a rare sight lately.
She is a witch who can cure magic, and with the ability to heal diseases, she really can't be underestimated.
Prani pointed to the hundreds of glass petri dishes placed on the side, her face full of adoration and intoxication.
"Under normal circumstances, even if you find the culprit of the disease, it is not easy to deal with them, after all, they are so small and tenacious," Prani picked up an inconspicuous glass bottle without any label and no color itself, and held it up in front of Ninia's eyes with both hands, "Uncle, he knows what the nemesis of this microbes is, and can collect it in an extremely ingenious way."
"What is this?"
"Penicillin, the world's first antibiotic, will save countless lives," Prani said, making a prayer gesture, "I believe that Uncle will be the greatest man under the gods."
Next, Prani took Ninia, who looked suspicious, to explain and visit the so-called experimental results, that is, the so-called inhibitory effect of penicillin on staphylococcal samples, and then had a preliminary understanding of the effect of this wonderful potion.
What is even more shocking, though, is the fact that the results of clinical trials conducted with injured people – finding a few injured people in a territorial hospital – are simply not too easy.
These people all claimed that they had saved their legs and feet because of the elixir, and swore allegiance to the lord.
"Aren't there wounded soldiers this time?" Prani winked her eyes at Ninia, "No soldier has participated in a clinical trial yet, so this is the right time to give it a try." net
All afternoon, Ninia was immersed in a state of shock and trance, she really didn't expect the lord to have such a wonderful power of rejuvenation.
It is an unimaginable feat to be healed widely, not from person to person, but without discrimination.
Maybe there is not enough production capacity now, but sooner or later this invention will shake the whole world.
"Look at this, this is also the potion that my uncle taught us to develop, and it can also have a healing effect," Prani took out another bottle of yellow liquid for Ninia, "Since the effect is relatively poor, it is only used in the hospital at the moment......
"Doesn't that smell like garlic?" Ninia frowned and said, "When I was an adventurer before, everyone knew that this could be sterilized."
"That's right, but this is allicin extracted, and the effect is better," Pu
Lani replied with a smile, "If you had eaten garlic to achieve the same effect, people would have died of spicy food, but now that we have a way to produce it in large quantities, we have more land to grow garlic."
"Can you give me a bottle?"
"Are you going to take it to the barracks? No problem, but there's no need to rush, sooner or later you'll be equipped in large quantities."
"No, I have no right to administer medicine to soldiers at will without the orders of my master." Ninia picked up the bottle and smiled mysteriously at Prani, "I recently met a new friend, and she might like this gift."