plumnovel Chapter 15 Diana and Garlic
Chapter 15 Diana and Garlic
After observing the room, Chen Wenbin frowned slightly and instructed the maid, "...Open the window first! The patient needs ventilation!"
The young maid hesitated, "But Dr. Edward said that Miss can't be exposed to drafts..."
"...Listen to me!" Chen Wenbin said without room for argument, "Because I have a way to cure her!"
The maid glanced at the butler, who nodded slightly, so she had no choice but to pout and open both windows.
At this moment, the girl on the bed coughed as she propped herself up and said to Chen Wenbin, "...Cough cough! Hello! Dr. Robin! I am Diana Spencer. I've heard about you from Betty...Do you really have a way to cure me?"
"Of course!" Chen Wenbin nodded calmly. "In my opinion, whooping cough isn't a difficult disease to treat... How long have you been coughing?"
"It's been two weeks!"
After opening the window, the young maid answered with concern, "We initially thought it was a cold, but then we found out it was whooping cough... Thankfully, it wasn't the more serious tuberculosis!"
As she spoke, she blinked her emerald green eyes at Chen Wenbin and pleaded, "Dr. Robin, is what you said earlier true? Do you have a way to cure Miss?"
In Europe at that time, doctors were powerless against whooping cough and tuberculosis, and the mortality rates of these two infectious diseases remained high.
Whooping cough is known as the "baby killer" in Europe. The mortality rate for infants with the disease is about 20% to 30%, which can be said to have been very effective in controlling the population growth rate in Europe. Although the mortality rate for adults is much lower, it is still just as terrible!
Governor Hopkins only sent Chen Wenbin over as a last resort after learning of his miraculous medical skills.
Chen Wenbin did not answer the maid Betty's question. Instead, he stepped forward and tried to touch Diana's forehead with the back of his hand to feel her body temperature. Diana instinctively flinched, but in the end, she let him touch her, though her face inexplicably turned red.
She's still a shy girl...
Chen Wenbin chuckled inwardly and nodded, saying, "The temperature isn't high, it's not a big problem!"
After saying that, he turned to the maid and instructed her, "Go and prepare a cup of warm water."
"Okay!" the maid replied and hurried downstairs to fetch water.
Chen Wenbin then explained to Diana and the butler, "I will give Miss Diana a pill to suppress her condition, but to cure her completely, we need to prepare a new drug on short notice... It will take about a week of treatment."
The butler immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "Dr. Robin, what ingredients do you need? I'll have someone buy them right away!"
"It's just garlic!"
Chen Wenbin waved his hand and said, "If we had alcohol and distillation equipment, that would be even better!"
"Garlic? Alcohol?"
Mads was stunned. Could these two things really cure whooping cough?
Although he was quite puzzled, Mads immediately nodded and said, "Yes, doctor, I'll have it prepared right away!"
Seeing that he didn't question him, Chen Wenbin didn't waste any words and took out half a tablet of agomecartin from the medicine bottle he carried with him.
This is a sleeping pill that regulates melatonin, with almost no side effects, so it's not of much value to him. It just so happens that it comes in handy now.
He originally intended to use amoxicillin to suppress Diana's condition, but her body temperature was still relatively normal, and amoxicillin has a certain chance of causing allergic reactions. If an allergic reaction occurred, his image as a miracle doctor would be ruined.
Why not wait until tomorrow to extract allicin, which has no side effects, and cure this little girl's whooping cough directly?
That's right, Chen Wenbin plans to develop allicin, a broad-spectrum antibacterial drug with a shelf life of only a few days.
This stuff not only inhibits various cocci, bacilli, fungi and viruses, but can also treat whooping cough, dysentery and wound inflammation, and even high blood pressure and high cholesterol. In this era, it can be called a life-saving drug!
In addition, the method for extracting allicin is very simple. Just crush fresh garlic and use alcohol as a solvent to extract it. For Chen Wenbin, a medical student, it's a piece of cake.
With allicin as a helper, Chen Wenbin's reputation as a miracle doctor and scientist can be fully established.
Although allicin is unlikely to become a highly profitable pharmaceutical business due to its shelf life, the prestige boost it gained from disclosing its extraction method is absolutely world-class!
It's no exaggeration to say that they will be remembered in history!
When the maid brought over a glass of warm water, Chen Wenbin placed the pills in Diana's hand and said:
"...Alright! Miss Diana, eat this first! Trust me, this will at least help you sleep well tonight!"
Diana took the pills and the water glass, and was about to ask what the small white pills were made of, but a violent cough that seemed to spurt her lungs out interrupted her.
Okay! Whatever!
Whatever it is, things can't get any worse than they are now! If her condition continues, she feels she's really going to die!
Despite her doubts, she gritted her teeth and swallowed the pills with water.
After seeing that she had taken her medicine, Chen Wenbin turned to Mades and said, "Mr. Mades, that's enough for today! I'll bring the medicine over tomorrow, and Miss Diana should be better in about five or six days."
After saying that, she instructed the young maid, "Your name is Betty, right? Immediately prepare some easily digestible food for Miss Diana. Remember, no lamb or beef, chicken is fine, understand?"
"Okay, doctor! I've got that in mind!"
The young maid nodded vigorously and repeated, "No lamb or beef, I want chicken!"
"See you tomorrow, Miss Diana!" Chen Wenbin greeted the girl on the bed and quickly left the room... Although his physique had been enhanced, he was still worried about being infected!
As Diana watched him hurry away, she felt a pang of resentment, but at the same time, she felt a surge of hope... Perhaps this man really could cure her!
"Dr. Robin! Please wait!"
On the other side, Chen Wenbin had just left the villa and was about to invite David to the carriage when Mads quickly stopped him, saying:
"Doctor! I know you are currently living in the pastor's house, but I think you should have a stable place to live. It just so happens that His Excellency the Governor has a vacant garden villa near the church, which is cleaned by maids and is very clean. If you would like, I would like to ask you to move there."
"Once you cure Miss Diana, His Excellency the Governor is willing to provide you with long-term accommodation there, without you having to pay any fees!"
As he spoke, Mads took out ten Spanish silver dollars. "Also, this is today's consultation fee! Please accept it!"
Once Miss Diana has recovered, the Governor is willing to pay forty pounds!
So quickly it went from twenty pounds to forty pounds... Is His Excellency the Governor so generous?
Offering free housing and money, what exactly is Diana's identity? Is she worth the governor going to such lengths for?
Chen Wenbin made his own guesses, but he didn't refuse the silver dollars from Mades. Although he wasn't short of money now—he had received three hundred pounds for the ten percent of the shares he sold to Governor Hopkins after landing—who would complain about having too much money?
After accepting the money, he thought for a moment, then took out two silver dollars and handed them to David, saying, "David, could you go and buy me some garlic and alcohol..."
"Doctor!" Mads immediately stopped her, saying, "I can provide everything you need for Miss Diana's treatment; you won't need to spend any extra money!"
Is this the style of the nouveau riche?
Looking at the sincere-looking butler, Chen Wenbin finally succumbed to the temptation of the free house and money, and agreed to move into the vacant villa that Mades had mentioned.
Free housing is free, so why not take it!