Krafft's Anomaly Notes

Chapter 285 Folk Remedies

The heart failure, which was so pronounced that the edema was obvious, improved so much during the two meetings that it was almost life-changing.

First of all, we can rule out the possibility of self-healing. Believing that this level of heart failure can self-heal is not as good as believing in muscle stem cells. Listening to Barbour’s explanation, it seems that this process basically coincides with the course of medication prescribed by the clinic.

David, who was trying to lower his sense of presence, could feel a sharp gaze scanning him, as if he was back in an anatomy class, except that the scalpel was not in the hands of the lecturer, but was thrust towards him, and he opened the top of his skull to see what was inside. things.

Kraft had to admit that he had an inherent, unspoken prejudice against his fellow physicians of this era.

After all, the main job of this group of people is to explain unsystematic clinical experience with simple elemental theory, and extract the active ingredients of drugs, or what they think are the active ingredients, by heating water to dissolve or burning ashes.

It is difficult to say that most "treatments" are beneficial to patients, and most of the parts that are probably beneficial are uncertain, sometimes ineffective, and have limited effects.

The reason why its status is always much higher than that of surgery is because of the lack of evaluation standards, and generally fewer patients die directly in the practice setting, which makes it relatively less scary.

If David's drug really had an effect, even if there was only one case and no evidence, it would be interesting enough. He knew a lot of medicines that could have better effects, but none of them could be made by shortcuts by hand at present.

Kraft was in awe and felt that it was necessary to adjust his attitude towards David. This man might really have some abilities.

But there was a small problem. Mr. Barber was very excited when his condition improved. The professor was very excited when he saw the patient's changes. However, the prescribing doctor seemed less excited and less proud of himself. He echoed Barber's praises throughout the process. Looking a little guilty under the gaze of Kraft?

"why?"

For the sake of his newfound respect, he felt that he should remain patient. The system of the Four Liquids theory was still very different from anatomy-based medicine. Maybe David had his own explanation.

David spent half a minute digesting these words. He seemed to be touched and asked, "But isn't the liver the governing organ of the venous system?"

"Classic model, an old book specially found at that time. It is said to be closest to the original version."

"Promise me not to mention this to Virenti?" Kraft sadly realized that he was not surprised.

"Then what kind of medicine did you prescribe for him?" For a moment, Kraft felt a little out of breath. Maybe it wasn't Barber who had heart failure, but him.

He even took the initiative to reject the proposal of cooperative sales, which made the financial officer who discovered the business opportunity feel deeply regretful. With an expression like "I understand, the confidential formula must not be leaked", he reported an offer that Kraft thought David would never be able to refuse. I regret leaving after the numbers.

Staring at the street corner where the carriage left, David's eyes seemed to be watching a handful of gold sand being delivered to his hands and then flowing away from his fingers. The bloodshot eyes on his eyes were shining with golden light.

"Heart failure?" David hadn't recovered yet, his heartache was written on his face, "What heart failure? Mr. Barber is still young, isn't he? His heart function should be pretty good."

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"Mr. Barber's symptoms are caused by heart failure, mainly right heart failure. Insufficient blood supply leads to fatigue and shortness of breath; the blood returning to the right heart cannot be ejected immediately, causing too much blood to accumulate in the venous system, which accumulates in the The venous plexus of the digestive system causes loss of appetite, and high blood vessel pressure causes extravasation of fluid, causing edema. All symptoms can be explained by one cause."

"It's unbelievable. I didn't expect that there are drugs that can relieve heart failure. I didn't even hear their professor talk about it at Westmin."

"Which edition of "Human Structure" did you study?"

"For the sake of his health and your degree, I'm right." The discussion on the anatomical cause of the disease ended here. Now he wanted to hear David's opinion, "How do you consider the cause of his disease?" And medication, if possible, I would like to learn about it.”

Seeing that the other party was still hesitant, and thinking of the possible value of the medicine, the professor added: "Of course, if it is not convenient to communicate directly, I am also willing to make some exchanges."

"No, no, no, there is nothing difficult to communicate." David quickly said that it was not because he was stingy about the formula, but because of other reasons that were difficult to talk about. Kraft is willing to share the treatment method for tuberculosis for free. If there is news that he was rejected for a prescription, this will be a way to destroy his credibility.

"It's an honor for you to be interested, but it's not the right place to talk about it here. Let's go up and talk."

Dispersing the people around him, David invited Kraft to the study alone, closed the door and sat down, pulling out a not-so-good looking book from the shelf filled with his collection of pharmacopoeias.

The atmosphere of secrecy made Kraft more expectant of what he would know next.

"Here's what happened." David began to explain awkwardly, while flipping through the book whose binding was beginning to loosen. The handwriting inside looked like his own notes, and there were one or two pages of different materials sandwiched between the pages from time to time. of paper.

He quickly found what he wanted, a piece of slightly thicker leather paper, not even sheepskin, it seemed to be made of some small animal skin.

"About five or six years ago, I found this prescription from a female traveling doctor."

[Oh, it turns out he is a folk expert]

Kraft nodded in approval. At any time, many discoveries are essentially exhaustive methods, which determines that effective prescriptions may appear in the hands of any practitioner, and some may disappear into obscurity with secrecy. David can make it It’s good to be unearthed.

"Then what does it treat?"

"Uh" David became even more embarrassed and hesitantly said, "She said that this prescription is passed down from ancestors and is used for some patients who are getting older and feel that they are unable to do what they do in certain aspects. It is not very effective, but it has some effects. of."

"You know, there will always be people who need it, and there are quite a few, so we will keep some behind the counter. Mr. Barber mentioned this to me privately, and I recommended it to him."

"Huh?" It seems to be different from what I imagined, but something seems to feel familiar.

Seeing that the professor had a strange look on his face, David quickly handed over the paper, hoping to make him ignore the fact that he was selling some "disgraceful" drugs in private. "If you need it, please take it. It didn't cost much to buy it at that time." money."

He succeeded, and Kraft fell silent as soon as he saw the paper.

There are more than twenty nouns listed on this self-made leather paper, but it is not difficult to read. They are all popular names. Even if you can't read it, you can probably guess based on the root of the word that it should be the stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits of various plants that make up this recipe.

On the ship from Rivers University to Dunling, Professor Klinsmann, who majored in pharmacy, once taught him about some common herbal medicines, including several of them, but they were limited to names, and they had to be matched with the real ones. There is still a certain gap.

Including warm medicines such as ginger and honey that are thought to promote blood flow, as well as tonic medicines such as cinnamon, as well as spices such as pepper and cloves that stimulate the senses, and some names that you have never heard of. The entire medieval period All great tonic soup.

It’s not certain whether it has unspeakable effects, but I believe that people who smell it will definitely feel refreshed.

"Have you ever noticed that patients with lower limb edema have improved their symptoms after using it?"

"Sorry." David apologized simply, "I can't remember, because the main purpose is not to treat edema, and I never paid attention to it."

"That's why I have to keep your medical records." Kraft sadly realized that he was not surprised again, "Bring all these medicines and let's find out what's going on."

(End of this chapter)