In ancient times, children had a very high premature death rate. Is it normal to have a cold? This kind of minor illness had a very high mortality rate in ancient times. It was mainly caused by high fever caused by colds. Children with weak constitutions could die directly. Not to mention children, even adults had a high mortality rate. For example, Juan III, who was rescued by Marin, almost died because of this.

In fact, when Marin was a child, she often caught colds and fevers, and her constitution was weak. Fortunately, after the 1990s, there was no shortage of drugs in rural areas. When she went to the hospital, she always had antibiotics for you. I remember that when Marin went to see a doctor, the doctor would say "Come on Xamycin" after taking the temperature, and then she entered the terrifying injection process... No matter what side effects of antibiotics have, Marin survived like this when she was a child... It was precisely because of her weakness and illness when she was a child, and the popularity of martial arts style in the 1990s that Marin often exercised...

But in ancient times, there were no antibiotics, so children were prone to die prematurely. Therefore, rural areas had the habit of giving children a bad name, such as Ergou, dog leftovers, etc. Otherwise, they would be afraid that they would not be able to raise them.

This is the situation in ancient China. After all, there are many local doctors with uneven medical skills in China, and there are still many children who can be rescued.

In ancient Europe, it was very miserable. Because before the development of modern medical skills, European doctors mainly relied on bloodletting to treat and prescribe opium. Of course, they also asked priests to ask for "holy water" to drink it or exorcise evil spirits. In short, until the early 19th century, the medical level in Europe was very scary. King George III of the British Empire suffered from mental illnesses similar to Alzheimer's disease in his later years, and was tied to a chair and beaten with a stick...

Such a low medical level makes it more difficult for European children to survive. Even in the royal family, it is normal to die a few princes.

Moreover, at that time, people caught a cold and had a cough, and were also classified as "lung disease" and then died of various diseases...

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In addition, dysentery, also known as diarrhea, was also a disease with a very high mortality rate in ancient times. Especially in ancient Europe, more people died of diarrhea.

Why? Because Europeans don’t have the habit of drinking hot water...

Europeans are not used to drinking hot water in ancient times or modern times. In modern times, there is still pure water to drink, but in ancient times, they can only drink raw water. Then, it is very common to die of diarrhea. Among them, the mortality rate of children with diarrhea is particularly high.

In modern times, colds and diarrhea can be solved by simply going to the pharmacy to buy some cold medicine and diarrhea medicine. Even drinking diarrhea medicine is a common item for ordinary families.

However, in ancient times, especially in ancient Europe, even kings did not have such treatment...

Digestion is a little better. At least, the tincture of opium, which was regarded as a magical medicine by ancient Europeans, did have the effect of treating dysentery. However, this thing is produced in the Middle East and is an "imported medicine". It is expensive and can only be afforded by aristocrats. Therefore, diarrhea usually dies of civilians, especially children among civilians.

However, diarrhea and diarrhea are actually related to dietary hygiene. Marin's two sons, Caesar and Robert, never drink raw water or eat any deteriorating food, have never had any stomach problems. Moreover, there are two doctors Morigen and Bartel, who are in the genius doctor level in Europe, who are in charge of the palace.

However, Marin could not promote the habit of drinking hot water. Because there was no thermos in this era, and it was impossible to make a thermos. If you want to drink hot water, there was actually only one way - to promote the use of honeycomb coal stoves.

Because even if the honeycomb coal stove is blocked, there is a kettle to boil water on it. Even if there is no firepower, it is not difficult for the star fire to heat up the pot. As long as there is a honeycomb coal stove, there will be basically no shortage of hot water at home.

However, in order to avoid irritating the ally John II, Duke of Cliver, who had just sold the Ruhr area to his short-lived ally, Marin did not rush to launch a honeycomb coal stove. Otherwise, the allies would also turn against each other. But in two or three years, the honeycomb coal stove will definitely be launched. After all, it is too convenient. Without pipeline gas, the honeycomb coal stove is a magic tool for urban residents to cook.

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In other words, in ancient times, the two most important diseases that caused children to die prematurely were actually very common colds, fevers, dysentery and diarrhea... As for other more serious diseases, because they rarely occur, the mortality rate of these two diseases is not as high as those two diseases...

Moreover, Marin now has a simple way to treat a cold - brown sugar ginger water, covered with quilt and sweating...

As for fever, there is also a way - rub alcohol all over your body to dissipate heat...

Just so happens that the production of Erguotou in Beihai is very high now. As a by-product of pot and pot tail, medical alcohol, the production is also very high. In this way, there is also a way to treat fever.

Today, Morigen and Bater have trained hundreds of qualified disciples, scattered in the North Sea Kingdom and colonies. They have also learned how to use brown sugar ginger water and rub alcohol to sweat. Moreover, ginger and brown sugar are now produced in large quantities in Grenada and Cuba, and the cost is not expensive. As for alcohol, let alone alcohol.

As for the colds that children often experience, in fact, Malin, a person with a half-baked medical skills, also knows two magical medicines, Chaihu and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water. Because, he often caught colds and fevers in his previous life, he took these medicines many times. Especially Huoxiang Zhengqi Water... Even after traveling through time, Malin still can't forget the bitter taste... Even Marlin still clearly remembers the formula of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water...

However, this is useless. Because those are Chinese medicines, mainly produced in China. This is also the reason why Marin was eager to establish connections with the Ming Dynasty - he wanted to obtain those Chinese medicines!

Not to mention the effects of Chaihu and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Yunnan Baiyao's main medicine, Panax notoginseng, was also the target of Marin's coveted. Because in the war years, the demand for special medicines for bruises and injuries was too high. Moreover, Marin still remembers the formula of Yunnan Baiyao.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! It’s ridiculous that Baiyao’s formula was still circulated from the United States. Because, although Baiyao is confidential to the country, in order to obtain the right to sell, the formula had to be published in the instructions. This incident caused an uproar at the time, and Marin naturally paid attention to it, so he wrote down Baiyao’s formula. If he had traveled to ancient China, he would have made money by this. But now, because he is still in Europe, there are no Chinese herbal medicines such as Panax notoginseng, Baiyao, and Huai Yam, so Marin could only stare at him.

In addition to the preparation of Chaihu, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and the preparation of Yunnan Baiyao, Malin is also particularly interested in another traditional Chinese medicine. That is - Coptis chinensis...

Coptis chinensis can be extracted, and coptis chinensis is a special medicine for treating dysentery and diarrhea. In later generations, Marin would take coptis chinensis tablets when he had diarrhea.

Moreover, the extraction of berberine is very simple - mainly include sulfuric acid method, lime water method and ethanol method...

Marin dare not try the sulfuric acid method because it is not well controlled. Moreover, Marin also lacks sulfuric acid in his hands. The lime water method and the ethanol method are very convenient for Marin. Ethanol, that is, alcohol, Marin is more. However, alcohol is quite expensive now, and it is still economical to use the lime water method, and the method is simple - just add Coptis chinensis powder and quicklime to stir, and then add salt and salt to the salt to obtain berberine...

The extraction method of berberine is simple and has a special effect on dysentery. It also has a great effect on tuberculosis, pneumococcal, typhoid and diphtheria. Pneumonia, typhoid and diphtheria in children are precisely the most important and complicated diseases in ancient times and are also common diseases.

Moreover, more importantly, berberine has relatively few side effects. It is not as domineering as penicillin, and has great side effects.

In addition, it should be noted that many people mistakenly think that penicillin is easy to prepare. This is not a problem, because penicillin can be extracted as long as penicillium is raw.

However, not all penicillin can be used as a drug. Medical scientists have selected many penicillin samples and have tested it many times before they can get penicillin suitable as a drug. If you use unverified penicillin casually, it may not be a cure, but a patient will be killed directly...

Therefore, in the absence of chemical talents under his command, Malin has no way to get penicillin for the time being. Because the selection of penicillin species is a long process. Malin is not familiar with it, but has no time. After all, he is still the head of a vassal state, but he has no time to observe and test penicillin all day long. Therefore, this matter has to be done after the chemical talents are cultivated before taking action.

However, the extraction of berberine is too simple, the effect is so good, and the side effects are small, so there is no reason for Malin to be not high. What he has to do is to introduce large quantities of Coptis seeds from the Ming Dynasty, and then plant them on a large scale in North America, which is very similar to China, and then extract and use...

Similarly, Marin, important Chinese medicines such as Bupleurum, Huoxiang, and Panax notoginseng, also intends to introduce large quantities of important Chinese medicines such as Bupleurum, Huoxiang, and Panax notoginseng, and plant them in North America. At that time, there will be no shortage of these drugs, which can be used by ordinary people in Beihai, reducing the mortality rate of disease and the premature death rate of children.
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