Chapter 51 Development of antivenom

And the production method is too simple, normal people may not think of it at all, although she doesn't understand the principle of doing this at all.

"I also stumbled across a book in the library a long time ago, so I don't remember what the book was called, you know. ”

Chris raised his eyebrows and said helplessly:

"The ability of the 'scholar' made me remember the contents of the book, and it was only in the past two days that I suddenly remembered these contents, although I don't know whether they are true or false, but I think it will be of some help to you, so I copied them. I think we can give it a try, and maybe we'll be able to do it. ”

Bonnie nodded, anyway, they have nothing to do now, and they don't need to go to the community hospital to help today, asked:

"Do you need to call Bert along?"

"No, he should be experimenting with his ritual magic in the bedroom now, it's been so long, none of them have succeeded, Bert must be more anxious than we are, there is no need to call him for these little things, just the two of us can go to work." ”

So well-dressed Chris and Bonnie went to their partner Barnard, who bought at cost some of the most intractable and common venoms of the venom of the most intractable and common venomous snakes, as well as some guinea pigs and burrowing rabbits for experiments.

Then back at home, Bonnie ran to the brown horse, who had been with them for a year, stroked the horse's brown hair with her hand, and said gently:

"Horses, horses, the next period of time is going to be hard for you. ”

Chris naturally knows the reasons for choosing Malay to make antivenom:

Because of the horse's size, drawing a large amount of blood does not cause discomfort or death, moreover, there are not many diseases that the horse has with people, and most importantly, he has a ready-made horse.

Chris first mixed the venom of the snake together, shook it well, and then used a syringe to absorb a small amount of venom, and slowly injected it into the horse's body, while explaining to Bonnie next to him:

"Start with a small amount of injections and then slowly increase the dose of venom each day so that over time the horse's immune system will make specific receptors for the toxin. After a certain period of time, we will draw its blood every day, and through the comparative experiment between the poisoned guinea pig and the burrowing rabbit, we will finally be able to get the ideal blood one day.

"As for the extraction of serum, we can first let the blood sit for more than an hour before coagulation, and then collect the clear liquid that the blood clot retracts and hardens, which is the antivenom we need. ”

Although the antivenom prepared in this way is not of high purity, it is always life-saving.

Bonnie tilted her head and asked, puzzled:

"So why is this serum so good for people who have been bitten by venomous snakes? I've seen a lot of patients who're wailing because of the swelling of their affected limbs, the pain is excruciating. Some patients are drowsy, drooping eyes and face, listlessness, and then will have difficulty breathing, respiratory paralysis and loss of spontaneous breathing consciousness. ”

Chris explains:

"There are three types of venomous snakes: nerve venom, blood venom, and mixed venom. Each venomous snake bite has different symptoms, such as numbness in the nerve toxin, swelling in the blood circulation, and mixed venom. The former is blood circulation, and the latter is nerve poison. As for the pharmacology that antivenom can treat venomous snake bites......

"If the gum is an antibody, I'm a horse, and I put the gum in my mouth and take it out, and then I have antibodies. Because venom has a special shape, it can be said to be the key to a door, wrap it with antibodies, the key will not work, it will only run around in the body, but it cannot attach to the cells and kill people.

"The antivenom we have now can neutralize the toxin, but it can't reverse the damage that has already been done, so if the patient carries it with him, he or she can use a syringe to inject it in the first place, and if it is a few hours at night, it will not be able to reverse the necrotic tissue, and even death. ”

Of course, what Chris didn't say was that the most troublesome of them was the separation of serum, and the current level of pharmaceutical medicine did not seem to meet the required centrifuges, and I don't know if there are similar centrifuge machines elsewhere.

Bonnie repeated Chris's words in a low voice, silently jotting down the pharmacological knowledge that she had never seen before, but unfortunately Chris also said that she didn't remember which book she had seen it in.

After just a few moments, Bonnie felt that part of the potion in her body had been digested, which was a wonderful feeling that could not be described as good, and it felt great anyway.

"Well, if I could have read the book you're talking about, I think I'd be able to digest more today. “

After Chris heard Bonnie's words, the corners of his mouth twitched, thinking, even if I write all the physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology to you, if no one teaches you systematically, you won't be able to understand it in a short time.

Because of the lack of professional instruction from others, even if Bonnie studied those complex pharmacological knowledge all day, she could not understand, let alone grasp it flexibly. Naturally, he couldn't digest the potions of the "pharmacist", so Chris didn't write down the basic pharmacology at length.

And those things are not products of this world, and if they are used in large quantities, I don't know if they will attract the attention of the gods.

A few days later, Chris accompanied Bert to the University of Federenburg for an admission interview.

After reading Bert's personal information, public school grades and recommendation letters, several interview teachers began to ask questions for about ten minutes, and Bert nodded and gave an average score of 8.5 to Bert.

The interview results of the University of Federenburg are scored by five teachers in various fields, out of 10 points, and finally the average score is taken and 7 points are passed.

Because Chris's public school grades were too good at the beginning, basically all of them were full marks, coupled with the relationship between the private recommendation of the public school principal and the silent attention of Oliver, he was exempted from the interview and directly transferred to the school half a year early.

Over the next few days, Chris accompanied Bonnie to draw the horse's blood, and after a week, he successfully developed a serum that could neutralize most of the different types of snake toxin.

And on the day it was successfully developed, Bonnie visibly felt that some of her potion had been digested.

So Chris took Bert and rushed to Barnard's "Billy Pharmaceuticals" with a few bottles of samples.

Because of the successful promotion of antivenom in the past, the current pharmaceutical factory has become famous, and now Chris will also increase the number of servings per week from 100 to 500. It is nothing more than replacing the small pot for the preparation of the potion with a large cauldron. The price and quantity remained the same, except that Chris asked Barnard to sell the remaining 400 copies to some of the surrounding towns and villages.

Because of the profitability of the factory, the spirit from the boss to the employees is obviously different from before, after all, there is no need to worry about the sudden bankruptcy of the pharmaceutical factory that day.

Chris and Barnard had already planned that if there were no surprises in the next few months, the antidote could be rolled out in more cities, after all, there were more than 500 cities in the Republic of Ireland.

After giving Barnard a detailed introduction to the functions and methods of using this potion today, Barnard, the owner of the pharmaceutical factory, was naturally surprised and delighted.

The previous anti-poison agents only relieved general toxins, such as bee venom and less virulent snake venom.

Today, although the method of use of this agent is very inconvenient, it also needs to be injected intramuscularly. However, if the vast majority of the poisonous snake venom can be neutralized, it will definitely be favored by all farmers and hunters.

After all, there are many patients who die from venomous snake bites every year, but they can't help it, they also need to live.

Today's antidote will be a new star and darling in the pharmaceutical industry!

So after seeing Chris and the others leave, Barnard immediately sent a few bottles of the potion to a community hospital with whom he had a good relationship, so that the doctor could test the effect on the willing patients.

After all, there are many poor patients who cannot afford those expensive medicines, and can only relieve their pain through some cheap medicines.

And this drug test is at least free, so even if it is not known if it has an effect, or if it is a bad side effect, there are some patients who are willing to accept it.

Of course, these are all signed contracts, and the hospital and the doctor do not have to bear legal responsibility for any outcome.