Arthur was very surprised. Even if he guessed the spy operation, he wouldn't have to go to great lengths to find him. What's more, all this is just speculation at the moment.
"No, Princess Alice is seriously ill. Her Majesty the Queen wants you to take a look."
Bond explained to Arthur.
"Treat Princess Alice? Isn't it said that Her Majesty the Queen has always disliked this daughter?"
The reason why Arthur said this is that some unpleasant things happened in Germany recently in the UK regarding the Audley issue.
"Actually, these are just rumors. The Queen probably hates the German Queen Victoria."
This is the eldest daughter of the Queen of England. She has the same name as the Queen, but Alice has been in a bad mood recently.
Mainly levied a large amount of tariffs on their territory, Hesse.
Arthur waved his hand, "I don't even want to know about all their messy things. What I want to know now is why they suddenly came to me? Is there no doctor in the palace?"
Speaking of this, Bond couldn't help but lower his head with a guilty conscience. It was this morning that he arrived at the palace, and then he praised Arthur to Queen Victoria. This time, the queen was reminded of her sick daughter.
After hearing Bond's explanation, Arthur didn't know what to say. Bond was still urging, "Arthur, please hurry up! The Queen is already waiting very anxiously."
Arthur had no choice but to follow Bond to the palace.
This time he did not go to the hall where he was received last time, but entered a separate room.
Arthur stood outside and clearly heard a cough, and then he was immediately invited in.
At this moment, the room was full of people, and lying on the bed was Princess Alice. She looked much better than Queen Victoria.
But it was the middle of the crowd, sitting next to him was her husband, Duke Friedrich Ludwig, the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine.
It can be seen that he must have been a handsome royal in his youth. He had a very good relationship with Alice's father. He heard that his wife was seriously ill and rushed to England from Prussia.
Of course, there are also rumors that he came to seek refuge this time.
There were two nurses and two doctors around the bed. The two doctors looked quite young.
Seeing Arthur entering the room, he couldn't help but frowned.
Arthur can understand them. After all, they are enemies in the same industry. What's more, if you can treat the royal family, you can not only get a lot of money, but also gain a huge reputation.
Queen Victoria was sitting a little further away, and standing next to him was also Arthur's acquaintance, Professor Rand Smith whom he had met at the banquet last time.
When he saw Arthur, he immediately walked forward enthusiastically and hugged Arthur, "Young man, I am very happy to see you here again."
Arthur wanted to say, you are happy, but I am not happy. Obviously, he can be here today. Professor Rand Smith also played a big role.
But in front of so many important people, he still managed to hold back a smile, "Yes! I'm glad to see you here too."
At this time, even Queen Victoria stood up, but her height only reached Arthur's chest.
Arthur hurriedly bent down to be polite. The Queen was even more friendly than Rand Smith, "My child is going to trouble you this time to treat my daughter. Professor Rand Smith said that only you can cure this disease." ."
Arthur hurriedly replied with sincerity: "Your Majesty, Professor, he is really too praiseworthy. You should let me take a look at the princess's condition first!"
The queen saw that Arthur was a practical person and admired him very much. Little did she know that Arthur didn't like their useless false politeness.
Arthur came to the bed and nodded to Duke Friedrich. However, Arthur did not even look at the two doctors.
This is not because he is arrogant, but because he has no intention and is wasting his time with them.
At this time, Princess Alice, who was lying on the bed, looked at Arthur and suddenly said: "Are you Mr. Doyle who cured cholera?"
Arthur was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, but it was all due to everyone's efforts."
"You are so humble. On behalf of the residents of our territory, I would like to thank you for your generosity and selflessness!"
Alice was quite affable, very much like her mother, Queen Victoria.
"Thank you for the compliment, but now you have to show me your tongue first."
Princess Alice was not embarrassed at all by Arthur's frankness and stuck out her tongue very cooperatively.
Arthur reached out and touched his tonsils again. In fact, he smelled a weird bad breath from the moment he entered the room.
Arthur listened to her heartbeat again, then stood up and said: "Princess Alice must have diphtheria!"
"What? You mean diphtheria?"
Queen Victoria, who had just returned to her seat, immediately stood up again.
For this era, this disease may be second only to the plague, and it mostly affects children.
So two doctors immediately stood up and objected: "What a joke. Everyone knows that diphtheria only occurs in children."
At this time, Duke Friedrich, who had been sitting by the bed, suddenly said: "When Alice was at home, she had been taking care of the two sick children. Could it be that they infected Alice with the disease?"
Arthur nodded, ignored the two doctors, and said to everyone: "Although I haven't confirmed the diagnosis yet, this disease is indeed an infectious disease, so everyone must leave the ward now, and the place must be disinfected. "
Then he turned to Professor Rand Smith and said, "I need a laboratory to confirm whether it is diphtheria virus."
"Okay! No problem, I'll go back and prepare it for you."
Arthur came here and with just a few words, he immediately became the command center.
After everyone calmed Alice, they followed Arthur's instructions and exited the room.
The royal family's cooperation made Arthur's treatment much smoother.
Then he took some samples and quickly came to the Royal Academy.
It is indeed a school invested by the royal family. Both the classrooms and equipment are much better than those of the University of Edinburgh.
What's more, in order to attract Arthur, Professor Rand Smith deliberately gave him the best.
"How is it? Is it really diphtheria?"
Professor Rand Smith stood beside Arthur and asked worriedly.
Naturally, he didn't want Arthur to make a mistake, but he also hoped that diphtheria would really happen, because there was no specific medicine in this era.
Arthur was on the microscope. After reading it, he recommended it to Professor Rand Smith.
"It should be diphtheria, but it seems it's still in the early stages."
"Do you have any treatment options?"
Arthur shook his head. Professor Rand Smith had actually known about this situation for a long time. "Then do you think Princess Alice is still okay?"
"Half and half! We can only see whether the antibodies in her body can fight these viruses."
Currently, there are no papers on antibodies in medicine, so Professor Rand Smith can’t quite understand it.
But he knew that the antibiotics developed by Arthur were the nemesis of the virus.
"Why don't you just try your antibiotics?"
Arthur shook his head, "These two are not the same virus at all."
Although he said this, Arthur knew a drug that was easier to develop, which was penicillin.
Diphtheria is exactly the right medicine.
In fact, he had already researched the strain of penicillin because it was much easier to cultivate than the antibiotics used to treat cholera.
It's just that he never really took it out because he didn't know if anything bad would happen if he changed history so easily.
Professor Rand Smith was an experienced man. He watched Arthur tapping his fingers on the table, as if he was hesitating about something.
He immediately said: "Arthur, if you have any ideas, do it boldly. Scientists must have an enterprising spirit."
Arthur couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was just afraid that he would go too far, but he didn't expect Professor Rand Smith to persuade him to be brave.
"Should we observe it for a while first?"
What Arthur wanted to do was to see if Alice could handle it on her own.
Professor Rand Smith naturally didn't understand Arthur's thoughts, but he saw that Arthur was still somewhat confident about Princess Alice's illness, which made him feel relieved.
What makes Arthur depressed is that he also has to live in the palace during this period.
But before he felt sick, Alice's husband, Duke Friedrich, also began to show symptoms.
"How about you check Her Majesty's body again."
Professor Rand Smith was horrified by Duke Friedrich's results.
Now the entire royal family has fallen into fear, and three of the princes have been ordered not to enter Buckingham Palace.
The ministers began to fear that the entire royal family would be wiped out.
Especially Queen Victoria, at her age, if she got diphtheria, the fatality rate was over 80%.
So Arthur had no choice but to summon Jabi, who had just returned from Kent, to the palace, and then asked him to take Olivia with him to the University of Edinburgh to help him get experimental strains.
With his loved one by his side, Arthur's mood immediately improved, and the development of penicillin was also much faster.
But in the eyes of Professor Rand Smith, this was not fast enough, because Queen Victoria also had mild symptoms.
Arthur initially studied intravenous drops of medicine, which required a lot of refining and processing. Olivia looked at Professor Rand Smith, who looked like an ant on a hot pot all day long, and couldn't help but give Arthur an idea: "Refining the medicine." It’s too time-consuming now, why can’t you develop dry powder first?”
This sentence reminded the dreamer, and Arthur couldn't help but pat his head.
"I actually got into trouble. Thanks to you for reminding me, otherwise it might really have been a big mistake."
Dry powder is much simpler than liquid medicine, but it’s just a matter of dosage.
When the first dry powder of penicillin was successfully developed, Olivia grabbed Arthur's face and kissed him passionately.
"Congratulations Arthur, you finally succeeded!"
