A Man of Science and Engineering in Troubled Times Wandering in the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 95 Rehabilitation
Aspirin can be called the three classic drugs in the world's medical history. Such a high status is naturally not in vain.Even if more than 50 years later, drugs such as ibuprofen with faster effects and Tylenol with longer-lasting effects are born, they still cannot shake their status.

But Li Yu is not very familiar with pharmacology. He only knew about salicylic acid when he was studying organic chemistry, and its chemical formula is not complicated.Of course, aspirin is a synthetic form of acetylsalicylic acid.

But what Li Yu said has surprised Pu Lande and Yu Xunling, because these chemical names are now unknown to ordinary people.

Pu Lande gave a thumbs up: "I can't count how many western arts you know!"

Two hours later, Tianjin was the first to send back news that the medicine was indeed available in the concession, and a medical representative introduced it to the concession hospital, but the hospital was still in the testing stage and did not dare to give the medicine to patients easily.

It is not difficult to understand that in the era of such advanced medicine in the 21st century, it takes at least ten years for a new drug to go on the market from research and development to clinical practice. Bayer's current promotion steps are indeed big enough.

——After they synthesized aspirin in 1897, they began to sell it all over the world in 1899.

Pu Lande took the telegram and reported: "Colleagues in Tianjin said that the hospital in the concession has 3 bottles, but the price is 10 silver dollars per bottle."

Ten silver dollars is equivalent to more than 2000 yuan later, which is an absolute sky-high price. Rare things are really expensive!Think about it, this medicine in later generations only costs more than ten yuan a box, which is very cheap.

Yu Xunling said: "Don't say 10 silver dollars, 100 silver dollars will do!"

Pu Lande said: "It's easy to handle, I'll let him buy them all."

"It's best to let him come by train himself, and we'll pay for it," Li Yu said.

Yu Xunling nodded desperately immediately: "Yes, yes, yes! It doesn't matter how much money you want."

After Pu Lande knew what they meant, he sent another telegram.

Later, telegrams were also sent back from Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places. Although there were some, they were very few, and they were basically trial drugs sent by Bayer's pharmaceutical representatives for sales promotion.

Li Yu naturally asked them to buy as much as possible to be prepared.

But the medicines from Shanghai and Hong Kong have to travel by water, and it takes many days to reach the capital.Although the price is not as high as that in Tianjin, it is about the same after including the shipping cost.

As for today, I can only let De Ling bear it first and wean off the opium slowly, in case there are withdrawal symptoms again.

With peace of mind, Yu Xunling returned home with peace of mind.

Li Yu planned to come back tomorrow when the medicine arrived, but he also couldn't bear to see De Ling smoking opium.And I have to go back and continue to catch up on the manuscripts. I really owe more and more manuscripts. Fortunately, they are not difficult scientific research papers.

He took a rickshaw casually, and when he returned to the house, Li Yu saw the driver, Zhao Qian, also coming.

Seeing this, Zhao Qian said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I'm late."

Li Yu said, "It's okay, take care of your own affairs first."

There are still many houses in the house, and Uncle Wang arranged for him to live in a room in the outer courtyard.

Before Zhao Qian lived in a ruined temple in order to save money, it was a huge luxury for him to sleep on the bed with shelter from the wind and rain.

Zhao Qian was so moved when he saw that he could have a decent house by himself. Uncle Wang smiled and said to him, "Master is a good man, you won't suffer if you follow him."

Zhao Qian nodded desperately: "If you have any work in the future, you can tell me, Uncle Wang, that I am in good health!"

Li Yu's mentality is very peaceful. Anyway, he spends a lot of money "taking a taxi" every day, so it's better to hire a driver directly. After a long time, if there is a carriage and a car, it can save some money.

The next day, the full-time driver Zhao Qian took Li Yu to find Pu Lande.

It has to be said that the efficiency of these foreigners is really much higher than that of officials in the Qing Dynasty.

Even if Yu Geng was able to borrow the telegraph machine from the Zongli Yamen yesterday, the personnel of the Qing Telegraph Bureau below would not be able to move so quickly, and they had to explain to them what aspirin is, which wasted a lot of time.

Pu Lande's reporters came back and forth, and delivered the medicine personally. Although it was the Yu family who paid for it, Pu Lande naturally looked at Li Yu's face, otherwise he might not have done this, so Li Yu owed the favor.

Yu Geng also personally came to Pu Lande's office today and offered 200 silver dollars.

Yu Geng didn't have time to thank him, so he hurriedly said: "I will thank you again someday." Then he hurried back to his residence.

Yugeng and the others have been abroad for many years and know how to take western medicine, but the medicine bottles are all in German, so Li Yu took the translation and explained to them the dosage.

Yu Xunling told De Ling about the situation yesterday. Knowing what Li Yu had done, and with the encouragement of his brother and parents, De Ling secretly made up his mind to stop opium no matter what.

After all, the whole Yu family believed in Li Yu's ability, even though he was not a doctor.

Even if it is only a short time before the first dye, it is difficult to control the addiction with willpower. Today, De Ling is too weak to eat, so he has to drink some porridge before taking the pills.

Ten minutes later, the effect of the medicine appeared, and De Ling's headache also eased.

She had been tormented by headaches for a long time without a good night's sleep, and after the pain subsided, she couldn't control herself and fell into a deep sleep.

Fortunately, what De Ling suffered from was not a severe migraine. It is estimated that after a course of treatment, there will be great improvement, and it will be better to take the medicine when symptoms appear in the future.

Aspirin was indeed a panacea in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, just like penicillin in the future, it is nothing but a magic medicine.

Seeing that his daughter was finally able to sleep peacefully, Yu Geng was overjoyed and couldn't help but thank Li Yu: "Mr. Li! You have shown great kindness to my Yu family. I really don't know how to thank you!"

Li Yu laughed and said, "Thank you, you should also thank you for the medicine, I'm not a doctor."

"No! Your Excellency saved my daughter from opium, and you have the virtue of rebuilding her life."

Li Yudao: "My lord minister has said it! But I really don't know why De Ling was contaminated with opium?"

Yu Geng sighed, "When she was living abroad, she did not have any bad habits. But after entering the palace, the dignitaries she saw were completely different from those abroad. De Ling was also favored by the Queen Mother, and many noble children were also curious about her. After all, De Ling was young and ignorant. As for opium, it was... Baron told her that opium could be taken to relieve pain and pressure."

"Balong?" Li Yu asked, "Who is Balong?"

Yu Geng hesitated, "Yes..."

Seeing his hesitation, Mrs. Yu immediately said, "It's the son of Rong Lurong Zhongtang."

"Ronglu?"

Li Yu was stunned. Yesterday, he clearly remembered that the advertisement for quitting smoking contained Ronglu's swear words, but his son encouraged others to smoke opium instead!

pit father?

But even though the Yu family knew it, they didn't dare to say anything. Rong Lu is now the minister of military affairs, the most powerful person in the court, so he can only endure it for the time being.

Li Yu didn't pay attention to it yesterday, but only today did he realize that De Ling's mother also looks a bit Western.

In fact, Mrs. Yu is indeed a Chinese-American mixed race. Her real name is Louisa Pearson. She was a famous "foreign prostitute" in Shanghai at first, and later worked as Yu Geng's house fill.

Mrs. Yu was obviously angry, but she was only angry verbally. She also knew that she would never do anything to Rong Lu's son in a short time.

Yu Geng sighed, "It's only if my daughter gets better."

Three days later, when Li Yu came to visit Yu's house, De Ling had recovered relatively well, and his addiction to smoking had almost disappeared.

Yu Geng found that Li Yu was really a god, and insisted on giving him 1000 taels of silver notes, but Li Yu resolutely refused, and De Ling in the West Wing heard it and came out and said, "Brother Li Yu, please accept it, our whole family knows it, no With your help, I will be ruined."

Li Yu was surprised when he saw De Ling, "What are you doing in such formal clothes?"

De Ling said: "I have been away from the palace for several days, and the queen mother urged me to go back quickly."

"However, you have not fully recovered." Li Yu said.

De Ling smiled: "It's much better. It's been a long time since the Queen Mother's edict was issued, and I've been teaching English to the emperor, and I've missed many days of class."

After hearing this, Li Yu understood why De Ling had a headache. The most difficult conflict in the world to reconcile is probably the huge gap between Cixi and Guangxu.

De Ling, a 17-year-old girl, was caught in the middle with no political experience. She would definitely not be able to cope with two core figures in the power center of the Qing court at the same time.

Li Yu started to feel a headache even thinking about it.

Faced with this situation, Yu Geng has nothing to do, he can only hope that his daughter will be smarter in the palace, and the queen mother is more annoying than Rong Lu.

The carriages and horses stopped outside the door, and an eunuch came down and shouted inside: "Miss Yu, are you alright? The Empress Dowager Lafayette has been waiting for you for several days."

De Ling smiled wryly, raised his voice and said, "Come right away."

It was really urgent.

De Ling thanked Li Yu again: "Brother Li Yu, thanks to your help this time, money can't express my father's heart, but if you don't take it, our family really can't face you in the future." She glanced at the door ,"I am leaving."

The helpless tone of the last three words revealed De Ling's helplessness towards life in the palace, which was indifferent, false, gloomy, and sinister.

Sure enough, it is better to do research quietly.

However, Li Yu himself knew that it was too naive to think so.

The torrent of the times, on the surface, is a stormy sea and huge waves, but under the water surface, it is also engulfed in mud and sand.

And the water is really turbid!

(End of this chapter)