The Rise of the European Emperor

In ancient times, the mortality rate of children was very high, and colds are common, right? For such a small disease, the fatality rate was very high in ancient times. It is mainly a high fever caused by a cold, and children with weak constitutions can die directly. Not to mention children, even adults have a high fatality rate of cold and fever. For example, Juan III, who was rescued by Marin, almost died because of it.

In fact, in his previous life, Marin often had colds and fevers when he was a child, and his physique was weak. Fortunately, after the 1990s, there is no shortage of medicines in rural areas. When you go to the hospital, there are always antibiotics for you. I remember at that time, when Marin went to see a doctor, the doctor would say "let me inject X-mycin" after taking the temperature, and then entered the terrible injection link... Regardless of the side effects of antibiotics, Marin was like this when he was a child in his previous life Came back alive... and it was because of his frailty and sickness when he was a child, coupled with the popularity of martial arts in the 1990s, that led to Marin exercising regularly...

But in ancient times, those antibiotics were not used, so children could easily die young. Because of this, there is a habit in rural areas to give children humble names, such as Ergou and Gousheng. Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't grow up.

This is the situation in ancient China. Anyway, there are still many local doctors with uneven medical skills in China, and many children can be rescued.

As for ancient Europe, it was very miserable. Because before the development of modern medicine, European doctors mainly relied on bloodletting and prescribing laudanum. Of course, there is also the need to ask priests for "holy water" to drink, or to exorcise evil spirits. In short, until the early 19th century, the level of medical care in Europe was scary. The majestic King George III of the British Empire was tied to a chair by a quack doctor and beaten with a stick after suffering from a mental illness similar to senile dementia in his later years...

Such a poor level of medical care has made the survival rate of European children even more difficult. Even in the royal family, it is normal for a few princes to die.

Moreover, at that time, when people caught a cold, got a cough or something, it was also classified as "lung disease", and then died of various diseases...

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In addition, dysentery, that is, diarrhea, is also a disease with a high fatality rate in ancient times. Especially in ancient Europe, more people died of diarrhea.

why? Because Europeans don't have the habit of drinking hot water...

Whether it is ancient or modern, Europeans are not used to drinking hot water. In modern times, there is still pure water to drink, but in ancient times, we can only drink raw water. Then, it is also very common for Laxila to die. Among them, the mortality rate of children with diarrhea is particularly high.

In modern times, colds and diarrhea can be solved by going to the pharmacy and buying some cold medicine and diarrhea medicine. Even cold medicine and diarrhea medicine are common household items.

However, in ancient times, especially in ancient Europe, even kings did not have this kind of treatment...

Diarrhea is better, at least, laudanum, regarded as a magic medicine by ancient Europeans, does have the effect of treating dysentery. However, this product is produced in the Middle East and is an "imported drug". It is expensive and only nobles can afford it. Therefore, diarrhea is a disease that usually kills civilians, especially children among civilians.

However, dysentery and diarrhea are actually related to food hygiene. Marin's two sons, Caesar and Robert, never had diarrhea because they never drank raw water or ate any spoiled food. Moreover, there are two doctors, Mozhigen and Battelle, who belong to the level of genius doctors in Europe, sitting in the palace.

It's just that Marin couldn't promote the habit of drinking hot water. Because there is no thermos in this era, and no thermos can be made. If you want to drink hot water, there is actually only one way - to promote the use of honeycomb coal stoves.

Because, even if the briquette stove is blocked, there is a kettle on it to boil water. Even if there is no firepower, it is not difficult to heat someone in the pot with a single spark. As long as there is a briquette stove, there will be basically no shortage of hot water at home.

However, in order to avoid stimulating the Ruhr area to his ally, Duke John II of Cliff, Marin did not rush to launch the briquette stove. Otherwise, the allies will also turn their faces. But after two or three years, the briquette stove will definitely be launched.

After all, it's so convenient. In the absence of piped gas, the briquette stove is an artifact for urban residents to cook.

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That is to say, in ancient times, the two most important diseases that led to the death of children were actually the common cold, fever and dysentery and diarrhea in modern times... As for other more serious diseases, because they rarely occurred, there were no these two diseases. The disease has a high fatality rate...

Moreover, Marin now has a simple way to treat colds - brown sugar and ginger water, sweating under the quilt...

As for fever, there is also a solution - rubbing alcohol all over the body to dissipate heat...

Coincidentally, the production of Erguotou in Beihai is very large now. As a by-product of the pot head and pot tail - medical alcohol, the output is also very large. In this way, there is also a way to treat fever.

Today, Mo Zhigen and Battelle have cultivated hundreds of qualified disciples, scattered in Beihai country and colonies. They also learned how to use brown sugar and ginger water and rubbing alcohol to sweat. Moreover, ginger and brown sugar are now produced in large quantities in Grenada and Cuba, and the cost is not expensive. As for alcohol, let alone.

As for the colds that often occur in children, in fact, Ma Lin, a person with half-baked medical skills, also knows the two magic medicines of Bupleurum and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water. Because, in his previous life, he often had colds and fevers when he was a child, so he took these medicines many times. Especially Huoxiang Zhengqi Water... Even after time travel, Marin still can't forget the bitter taste... Even, Marin still clearly remembers the formula of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water...

However, this is useless. Because those are all traditional Chinese medicines, mainly produced in China. This is why Marin is eager to establish contact with the Ming Dynasty - he wants to get those traditional Chinese medicines!

Not to mention the efficacy of Bupleurum and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, the main drug of Yunnan Baiyao, Panax notoginseng, is also the target of Marin. Because, during the war years, there was a great demand for special medicines for bruises. Moreover, Marin still remembered the formula of Yunnan Baiyao.

It's ridiculous to say that the formula of Baiyao was passed down from Lao Mei. Because, although Baiyao was kept secret in China, Laomei had to disclose the formula in the manual in order to obtain the right to sell it. This incident caused an uproar at the time, and Marin naturally paid attention to it, so he wrote down the formula of Baiyao. If you traveled to ancient China, you would have already made money by doing this. But now, because he is still in Europe, and there are no Chinese herbal medicines such as Panax notoginseng, Sanyucao, white bull gallbladder, and yam, Marin can only stare blankly.

In addition to the dispensing of Bupleurum, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and Yunnan Baiyao, Ma Lin is also particularly interested in another traditional Chinese medicine. That is - Coptis chinensis...

Coptis chinensis can extract berberine, and berberine is a special medicine for treating dysentery and diarrhea. In later generations, Marin would eat berberine tablets when he had diarrhea.

Moreover, the extraction of berberine is very simple - there are mainly sulfuric acid method, lime water method and ethanol method...

Marin sulfate dare not try, because the control is not good. Moreover, Marin also lacked sulfuric acid in his hands. The lime water method and the ethanol method are very convenient for Marin. Ethanol, that is, alcohol, is abundant in Marin. However, alcohol is quite expensive now, so it is still economical to use the lime water method, and the method is simple-just add Coptis chinensis powder and quicklime to water and stir, then add salt and salt out, and you can get berberine...

The extraction method of berberine is simple, and it has special effects in treating dysentery, and it also has great effects on tubercle bacillus, pneumococcus, typhoid bacillus and diphtheria bacillus. Pneumonia, typhoid fever, and infantile diphtheria were precisely the most important intractable diseases in ancient times, and they were also common diseases.

And, more importantly, berberine side effects are relatively small. Unlike penicillin, which is an overbearing drug, it has a lot of side effects.

In addition, it should be noted that many people mistakenly believe that penicillin is easy to prepare. There is nothing wrong with this, because as long as Penicillium grows, penicillin can be extracted.

However, not all penicillins can be used as drugs. Medical scientists selected thousands of samples of penicillin, and after many tests, they obtained the penicillin suitable for use as a drug. If you use untested penicillin casually, it may not cure the disease, but directly kill the patient...

Therefore, in the absence of chemical talents under his command, Marin has no way to engage in penicillin for the time being. Because the selection of penicillin strains is a long process. Marin is not familiar with it, but has no time. After all, he is still the head of a vassal state, but he has no time to observe and test penicillin all day long. Therefore, this matter has to wait for chemical talents to be trained before taking action.

However, the extraction of berberine is too simple, the effect is so good, and the side effects are still small, so Marin has no reason not to be high. What he has to do is to import a large number of Coptis chinensis seeds from Daming, and then plant them on a large scale in North America, where the climate is very similar to China, and then extract and use them...

Similarly, Marin also intends to introduce a large number of important Chinese medicines such as Bupleurum, Huoxiang, and Panax notoginseng, and plant them in North America. At that time, there will be no shortage of these drugs, and they can be used by ordinary people in the North Sea country, reducing the mortality rate of diseases and the premature death rate of children.

It is precisely because Huaxia has too many things that Marin needs, including these life-saving medicines, that Marin is so enthusiastic about the great voyage. Even, after Amerigo finishes exploring the Daming Pacific route this time, he plans to go to Daming himself to bring in enough Chinese medicine seeds and get some Chinese medicine to improve the medical level of Beihai...