Chapter 280: Folk Remedies
Heart failure, which was so pronounced that edema was evident, improved dramatically between the two meetings, almost changing the person's appearance.
First of all, the possibility of self-healing can be ruled out, believing that this degree of heart failure can heal itself is not as good as believing in myostem cells, listening to Barber's statement, it seems that this process and the course of taking drugs prescribed by the clinic basically coincide.
Trying to reduce his presence, David could feel a sharp gaze sweeping at him, as if he was back in an anatomy class, except that the scalpel was not in the instructor's hand, but stabbed at him, flipping open the top of his skull to see the contents.
Kraft has to admit that he has an inherently unspoken prejudice against his fellow physicians in the internal medicine of his time.
After all, the main job of these people is to explain the unsystematic clinical experience in a naΓ―ve elemental theory, and to extract the active ingredients of the drug, or what they think are the active ingredients, by heating them in water or burning ash.
Most of the "treatments" can hardly be said to be beneficial to the patient, and most of the ones that are probably beneficial are in a state of inaccuracy, sometimes ineffective, and have limited effect.
The reason why the status is always much higher than that of surgery is because of the lack of evaluation standards, and generally relatively few patients die directly in the practice place, which is relatively less terrifying.
If it was really David's drug that worked, even if there was only one case and there was no evidence, it would be interesting enough. He knows a lot of drugs that can have a better effect, but none of them can be made by taking shortcuts by hand.
Kraft was in awe, and felt that he had to adjust his attitude towards David, who might have some skills.
But there is a small problem, Mr. Bobble, who is getting better, is very excited, and the professor who sees the change in the patient is very excited, but the prescribing physician does not seem so excited, nor is he arrogant, and he casually echoes the whole process, and looks a little weak under Bobble's praise and Kraft's gaze?
He even took the initiative to reject the proposal of cooperative sales, which made the financial officer who found the business opportunity feel deeply regretful, showing that "I understand everything, the secret formula cannot be disclosed" expression, and reported a figure that Kraft thought David would never be able to refuse and left regretfully.
Staring at the corner of the street where the carriage left, David's eyes seemed to watch a handful of golden sand come to his hands and flow through his fingers, and the bloodshot on his eyeballs was glowing golden.
"It's incredible, I didn't expect there to be drugs that can relieve heart failure, and I haven't heard of their professors on Westmin's side."
"Heart failure?" David hadn't come back to his senses yet, and his heartache was written on his face, "What heart failure?" Isn't Mr. Bobble still young, and his heart function should be pretty good. β
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"And what did you prescribe to him?" For a moment, Kraft felt a little out of breath, maybe it wasn't Bobble who had heart failure, it was him.
For the sake of the respect that had just arisen, he felt that he should be patient, the system of the four-liquid doctrine was still very different from the anatomy-based medicine, maybe David had his own set of explanations.
"Mr. Barber's symptoms are due to heart failure, probably right-sided heart failure. Lack of blood supply leads to fatigue and tightness; The blood returning to the right heart cannot be ejaculated immediately, resulting in too much blood accumulation in the venous system, which leads to loss of appetite due to accumulation in the venous plexus of the digestive system, and edema caused by fluid extravasation due to high vascular pressure, all of which can be explained by a single cause. β
David took half a minute to digest these words, and as if he was touched, he asked; "But isn't the organ of the venous system the liver?"
"What version of The Human Anatomy did you study?"
"The classic model, the old book specially found at that time, is said to be the closest to the original."
"Promise me, don't talk to Viren about it, okay?" Craft was saddened to find himself surprised.
"Why?"
"For the sake of his health, and for the sake of your degree, listen to me." That was the end of the discussion of the anatomical etiology, and now he wanted to hear what David had to say, "How do you think about his etiology and medication, and if you can, I'd like to learn about it." β
Seeing that the other party was still a little hesitant, thinking of the possible value of the drug, the professor added: "Of course, if it is not convenient to communicate directly, I am also willing to make some exchanges." β
"No, no, no, there's nothing bad to communicate with." David hurriedly said that it was not because he was stingy with the formula, but because he had some other reasons that were difficult to speak.
Kraft was willing to share his tuberculosis treatment for free, and if it was rumored that he had been denied a prescription, it would be self-defeating.
"It's my pleasure that you're interested, but it's not a good place to say here, so let's go up and talk."
Dispersing the people around him, David invited Kraft into his study alone, closed the door and sat down, pulling out a not-so-good book from the shelves full of his own collection of pharmacopoeias.
The atmosphere of secrecy made Kraft look forward to what he wanted to know next.
"Here's the thing." David began to explain awkwardly as he flipped through the book, which was loosely bound, with what looked like his own notes, and between the pages there were one or two sheets of paper of different material.
He quickly flipped to what he wanted, a slightly thicker piece of vellum, not even a sheepskin, as if it had been made of some kind of small animal skin.
"About five or six years ago, I got this recipe from a female traveling doctor."
[Oh, it turned out to be a folk master]
Clough nodded that at any given time, many discoveries were essentially exhaustive, which determined that effective prescriptions could appear in the hands of any practitioner, and some might just disappear in obscurity, and it was good that David could unearth them.
"And what is it in charge of?"
"Uh" David was even more embarrassed, "She said that this recipe is ancestral, and it is not very effective for some patients who are getting older and feel that they are unable to cope with certain aspects, but there are a few that work. β
"You know, there's going to be people who need that, and there's a lot of them, so there's going to be some behind the counter. Mr. Barber mentioned it to me privately, and I recommended it to him. β
"Huh?" It doesn't seem to be the same as I imagined, but it seems to feel familiar somewhere.
Seeing that the professor's face was different, David hurriedly handed over the leather paper, hoping to make the other party ignore the fact that he was selling some "unseemly" drugs privately, "If you need it, please take it, it didn't cost much to buy this thing at that time." β
He succeeded, and Kraft fell silent the first time he saw the paper.
There are more than 20 nouns listed on this homemade leather paper, but they are not difficult to read, and they are all popular names. Even if you can't read it, you can guess it from the root of the word, which should be the stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits of a variety of plants, which make up this recipe.
On the ship that came to Dunling from Rivers University, Professor Klinsmann, who majored in pharmacy, had introduced some common herbs to him, including several of them, but they were limited to names, and there was still a certain gap between them and the actual number.
It contains warm and blood-pumping medicines such as ginger and honey, tonic medicines such as cinnamon, spices such as pepper and cloves, and names that you have never heard of.
It is not certain whether it will have an indescribable effect, but I believe that those who smell it will definitely be refreshed.
"Have you ever noticed an improvement in patients with lower extremity edema?"
"I'm sorry." David apologized dryly, "I can't remember, because the main use is not to treat edema, and I never paid attention to it." β
"That's why I want you to keep your medical records." Again, Kraft sadly realized that he was not surprised, "Bring all these pills, and we'll find out what the hell is going on." β
(End of chapter)