afterglow

Chapter 189

Pulmonary tuberculosis was the conclusion that Zhou Changfeng came up with after deliberation all morning. He needed a disease that could be cured, but the course of treatment was relatively long. At the same time, it was not suitable to show his face and work normally during this period of time.

After pondering for a while, it seems that only tuberculosis is the most suitable right now?
Tuberculosis can be said to be one of the oldest infectious diseases in history. Archaeological discoveries have appeared in humans as early as the Neolithic Age thousands of years ago.

This is a chronic respiratory infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis invading human lungs and seriously endangering health.However, for a long time, tuberculosis was not particularly prevalent.

Until the beginning of the eighteenth century, the nightmare of tuberculosis officially ushered in an outbreak period. Western literary works of that period often had records similar to "pale complexion, emaciated body, and severe coughing...".

What makes people laugh and cry is that many European nobles at that time took it as "proud" to be infected with tuberculosis, because it would make them pale, which was in line with the strange aesthetics of the time.

Around the same time, this disease was also rampant in China.The ancients originally classified it as tuberculosis, but in the Wenzong Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, some doctors officially named it tuberculosis.

For quite a long period of time, tuberculosis was an incurable and incurable disease, and people could only carry out conservative treatment by exercising and resting in a place with fresh air.

At that time, tuberculosis sanatoriums could be seen almost everywhere, but they could only maintain the survival of some tuberculosis patients for about ten years.

Although the German doctor Robert Koch successfully isolated the Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 7882 and uncovered the culprit of the disease, people have been unable to find a solution to this stubborn bacteria for decades. Drug.

The French took the lead in developing the vaccine, the famous BCG vaccine, but this can only provide prevention for children, and it will become invalid as they grow older.

Zhou Changfeng remembered that in the original plane he was in, people had to wait until after the end of the war when the Americans discovered streptomycin before people had an effective drug to treat tuberculosis.

However, what is interesting now is that in the 26th year of Zhichang, a county king in Houming also contracted tuberculosis. This county king was very unwilling, so he desperately searched for all kinds of weird things to eat.Superstitious in the principle of using poison to fight poison, he tried many things, including scorpion venom, snake venom, and bee venom, and then began to experiment with various chemical poisons.

Of course, it didn't work. Instead, he tossed himself half to death.

Finally, one day, he had a whim, thinking that only the kind of poison that "can poison the livestock but not the human body" can treat tuberculosis.

So he began to experiment with dogs, searching frantically, and his hard work paid off. The attendants of the county prince's mansion really found a medicine that can quickly poison dogs to death, but is basically harmless to the human body. It really worked.

The drug they found by mistake was actually isoniazid, the first-line drug for the treatment of tuberculosis in later generations.

In fact, isoniazid was synthesized as early as 7912 in Qiyuan. It was originally synthesized by two graduate students from Charles University in Germany, intending to use it as an antidepressant.

However, because of some liver and kidney toxicity, it has not been promoted. Unfortunately, people have not found its miraculous effect in treating tuberculosis.

In ancient times, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, and today, Prince Zhu tried a thousand poisons. Interesting things are fun, but this has completely reversed the situation of "ten tuberculosis and nine deaths", and tuberculosis is no longer a terminal illness.

However, because the king of the county had tried too many poisons before, although he was cured of tuberculosis, he didn't live long, and died a few years ago.

"...So, Doctor, I need your help."

After hearing Zhou Changfeng's statement and explanation, the doctor took off his glasses and nodded seriously, "God bless you, sir."

He got up and left, searched around in the consulting room next to him, and chatted with other doctors.

After a while, he came back with an X-ray film.

The doctor said while writing the medical certificate: "This is a chest X-ray of a patient with moderate pulmonary tuberculosis. It usually takes ten to fourteen months of treatment and recuperation. You know, this disease is very stubborn. One year Time should be enough for you."

After getting the fake medical certificate, Zhou Changfeng didn't stay long and went back to the hotel where he was staying.

Now it was the turn of Chen Guangyun and Adala to be surprised.

"Ah? Tuberculosis? It shouldn't be. You look so good and you don't cough. Why did you get that thing?"

Suspicious Chen Guangyun picked up the film, went to the balcony and looked at the sunlight, and was surprised by those conspicuous nodules.

"Sir, then you can't stay here for long, you have to find a place to recuperate and take medicine." Adara worried.

Although there are specific drugs now, people's fear of tuberculosis has not completely dissipated.

Zhou Changfeng was very calm. He packed his luggage and said, "Chen Guangyun, you go back to Barcelona directly. I have to go to...Paris."

"Paris? What?" Chen Guangyun felt puzzled.

If the condition is serious, why not go directly to the country?

If it's not serious, then go to Barcelona to recuperate for a few months before continuing the mission.

"The doctor said that my situation is a bit special. The medical conditions in Spain are limited. It is better to go to England or France."

"Then why don't you go back to Daming? Yingtian's hospital can treat this as well."

"It's so troublesome to go back to China. There are no flights now. I have to go to Paris to get an international flight to Yingtian. In that case, I might as well stay in Paris for the first half of the year. It's convenient to come back when I have nothing to do."

"Er... also."

The current situation is very suitable for Zhou Changfeng to display his ideas, because the entire Iberian Peninsula is in chaos and chaos.

The more chaotic it is, the easier it is to deceive people.

For the time being, it is also difficult to get in touch with the headquarters of the Ming Military Expedition Team, so they can only go to the post office to send a telegram. The limitations of communication methods in this era are still very large.

Chen Guangyun didn't know that everyone was fooled, so he was quite worried about Zhou Changfeng's condition, so without thinking too much, he asked him to go to Paris for treatment as soon as possible, while he returned to Barcelona.

"When you get there, remember to say hello to the Daming Legation."

"Of course." Zhou Changfeng agreed very simply.

Since it seemed more urgent, they did not stay in Chinchon. After waiting for the telegram from the left-behind members of the Ming Military Expedition Team in Barcelona, ​​the three immediately set off again.

When they arrived at Tarankorn, Adala parted ways with the two, and Chen Guangyun and Zhou Changfeng took the train to their respective destinations.

The train chugged along and finally stopped at Manresa.Afterwards, Zhou Changfeng hired a car and finally arrived at Puigseda, a small town on the border between Spain and France.

The national border has been blocked, and the border inspection port is full of heavily armed French soldiers. Everyone who crosses the border must undergo strict inspection.

However, with the help of the medical certificate and Ming's passport, the friendly-looking border prosecutor did not embarrass Zhou Changfeng, and clicked the stamp of permission to cross the border.

Standing on the land of France, Zhou Changfeng looked back at the direction of Spain, and took a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)