Aspirin can be called the three classic drugs in the history of medicine in the world. Such a high status is certainly well deserved. Even if drugs such as ibuprofen, which has a faster effect, and Tylenol, which has a longer-lasting effect, came out more than 50 years later, it still cannot shake its status.
But Li Yu did not know much about pharmacology. He only knew about salicylic acid when he was studying organic chemistry, and its chemical formula itself was not complicated. Of course, aspirin is a synthetic version of acetylsalicylic acid.
But what Li Yu said already surprised Pulande and Yu Xunling, because ordinary people have no way of knowing these chemical names.
Puland gave a thumbs up: "I can't count how many Menxi studies you know!"
Two hours later, Tianjin was the first to send news that the drug was indeed available in the concession. A medical representative introduced it to the concession hospital. However, 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 an era where medicine is so developed in the 21st century, it can take at least ten years for a new drug to be launched from research and development to clinical practice. Bayer's current promotion steps are indeed big enough.
——After they synthesized aspirin in 1897, they began selling it around the world in 1899.
Puland took the telegram and reported: "My colleagues in Tianjin said that the hospital in the concession has three bottles, but the price is 10 silver dollars per bottle."
Ten silver dollars were equivalent to more than 2,000 yuan later. It was an absolutely sky-high price. It was really rare and precious! Think about it, this medicine only costs more than ten yuan a box in later generations, which is very cheap.
Yu Xunling said: "Don't say 10 silver coins, 100 will do!"
Puland said: "That's easy to handle. I'll let him buy them all."
"It's best to let him come by train in person, and we'll pay for it," Li Yu said.
Yu Xunling immediately nodded desperately: "Yes, yes! No matter how much you want."
After Puland 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. They were basically trial drugs sent by Bayer's pharmaceutical representatives for sales and promotion.
Li Yu naturally asked them to buy as much as possible to be prepared.
However, 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 in Tianjin, it is almost the same after including shipping costs.
As for today, I can only let De Ling endure it first and slowly wean off opium, just in case there are withdrawal symptoms again.
With peace of mind in mind, Yu Xunling returned home with peace of mind.
Li Yu planned to come back tomorrow when the medicine arrived. He couldn't bear to see De Ling smoking opium. And I still have to go back and continue to work on the manuscript. I really owe more and more manuscripts. Fortunately, they are not difficult scientific research papers.
After casually taking a rickshaw, Li Yu saw the rickshaw driver Zhao Qian coming back to the house.
Seeing this, Zhao Qian said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I'm late."
Li Yu said: "It doesn't matter, take care of your own affairs first."
There were many houses in the house, and Uncle Wang arranged for him to live in a room in the outer courtyard.
Zhao Qian used to live in a ruined temple to save money, and it was a huge luxury for him to be able to sleep on a bed without wind and rain.
Zhao Qian was deeply moved when he saw that he could have a decent house by himself. Uncle Wang beside him smiled and said to him: "I am a good man. You will not suffer if you follow me."
Zhao Qian nodded desperately: "Uncle Wang, tell me if you have any work in the future, I have good health!"
Li Yu's mentality is very peaceful. Anyway, he spends a lot of money on "taking a taxi" every day. It is better to hire a driver directly. After a long time, if there is a carriage and a car, he can actually save some money.
The next day, full-time driver Zhao Qian took Li Yu to find Pulande.
It has to be said that the efficiency of these foreigners is much higher than that of officials of the Qing Dynasty.
Even if Yu Geng could borrow the telegraph machine from the Prime Minister's Yamen yesterday, the staff of the Daqing Telegraph Bureau below might not be able to act so quickly, and they would have to explain what aspirin is, which would waste a lot of time.
Reporters from Puland came back and forth to deliver the medicine. Although it was the Yu family who paid for it, Puland naturally looked after Li Yu, otherwise he would not have done this, so Li Yu also owed the favor.
Yugeng also came to Pulande's office in person today and presented him with 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.
Yu Geng and the others had been abroad for many years and knew how to take Western medicine. However, the medicine bottles were all in German, so Li Yu took them and translated them, explaining the amount to take.
Yu Xunling told De Ling about the situation yesterday. De Ling knew what Li Yu had done, and with the encouragement from his brother, father and mother, he secretly made up his mind to stop opium no matter what.
After all, the entire Yu family believed in Li Yu's ability, even though he was not a doctor.
Even if it is just a new addiction, it is difficult to control the addiction with willpower. Today, De Ling was so weak that he didn't want to eat, so he forced himself to drink some porridge before taking the pills.
Ten minutes later, the medicine took effect and De Ling's headache was relieved.
She had been tortured by the headache and had not slept well for a long time. After the pain subsided, she could not control herself and fell into a deep sleep.
Fortunately, what De Ling suffers from is not a serious migraine. It is estimated that he will be greatly improved after one course of treatment. He will just take medicine when he has symptoms in the future.
Aspirin was truly a panacea at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. Just like penicillin when it was released in the future, it is not fair to call it a miracle drug.
Yu Geng was very happy when he saw that his daughter could finally sleep peacefully. He couldn't help but thank Li Yu: "Mr. Li! You have been so kind to our Yu family. I really don't know how to thank you!"
Li Yu smiled and said, "Thank you for the medicine. I'm not a doctor."
"No! Your Excellency saved my daughter from the suffering of the smoke, and you also had the virtue of reshaping her life."
Li Yu said: "The minister has said it! But I really don't know why De Ling was contaminated with opium?"
Yu Geng sighed, "When she lived abroad, she really didn't have any bad habits. But after entering the palace, the dignitaries she met were completely different from those abroad. De Ling was favored by the Queen Mother, and many nobles were also curious about her. .De Ling is young and ignorant after all. As for opium,...it was Balon who told her that she could take opium to relieve pain and stress."
"Balong?" Li Yu asked, "Who is Balong?"
Yu Geng hesitated: "Yes..."
Mrs. Yu next to her saw his hesitation and immediately said, "He is the young master of Rong Lu Rong Zhongtang."
"Rong Lu?"
Li Yu was stunned. He clearly remembered yesterday that the smoking cessation advertisement contained the slogan Ronglu swore by, but in the end, his son encouraged others to smoke opium!
Cheating?
But even though the Yu family knew it, they didn't dare to say anything. Ronglu was now the Minister of Military Affairs and the most powerful person in the court, so they could only tolerate it for the time being.
Li Yu didn't pay attention yesterday, but today he discovered that De Ling's mother also looks a bit Western.
In fact, Mrs. Yu is indeed of mixed Chinese and American descent. Her real name is Louisa Pearson. She was a famous "foreign prostitute" in Shanghai and later became Yu Geng's house filler.
Mrs. Yu was obviously angry, but she was only angry in words. She also knew that she would never do anything to Ronglu's son in a short time.
Yu Geng sighed, "As long as my daughter can get better."
Three days later, when Li Yu came to visit Yu's house, De Ling had recovered relatively well and his addiction to cigarettes had almost disappeared.
Yu Geng realized that Li Yu was really a genius and forced him to give him 1,000 taels of silver notes. Li Yu firmly refused. After hearing this, De Ling in the west wing came out and said: "Brother Li Yu, please accept it. Our whole family knows that there is no With your help, I will be ruined.”
Li Yu was surprised when he saw De Ling: "Why are you wearing such formal clothes?"
De Ling said: "I have been away from the palace for many days, and the Queen Mother urged me to go back quickly."
"But you have not fully recovered." Li Yu said.
De Ling smiled: "It's much better. The Queen Mother's decree has been issued for a long time, and I have also been teaching English to the Emperor. I have missed many days of classes."
After hearing this, Li Yu finally understood why De Ling had a headache. The most difficult contradiction in the world to reconcile now is probably the huge gap between Cixi and Guangxu.
De Ling, a seventeen-year-old girl, was caught in the middle and had 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 just thinking about it.
Yu Geng had nothing to do in face of this situation. He could only hope that his daughter would be smarter in the palace. The Queen Mother was even more unprovoked than Ronglu.
The carriages and horses stopped outside the door, and a eunuch came down and shouted inside: "Miss Yu, are you okay? The Queen Mother and Lafayette have been waiting for you for several days."
De Ling smiled bitterly, raised his voice and said, "Come right away."
It's really urgent.
De Ling thanked Li Yu again: "Brother Li Yu, thanks to your help this time, money cannot express my father's feelings, but if you don't accept it, our family will really not be able to face you in the future." She glanced at the door. ,"I am leaving."
The helpless tone of the last three words conveyed De Ling's helplessness towards life in the palace, which was cold, false, sinister, and sinister.
Sure enough, it is better to just do some research quietly.
However, Li Yu himself knew that it was too naive to think so.
The torrent of the times is like huge waves on the surface, but it is also carrying turbulent sand under the water.
And this water is really turbid!
