Chapter 46 third quarter

Brown's attitude infected Pete, and he soon fell in love with Chinese medicine.As a pharmacologist, before this, he was working with a good friend Evans to extract anesthetic substances from a beautiful flower called Datura meteil (Datura seed), which was a very exciting discovery, But he is only as an assistant of others, and his character does not like to be an assistant of others. He really wants to discover some valuable new substances by himself, so as to leave his name in the history of human drug development.He clearly knows that human medicine is either obtained from animals or plants, and the other is minerals or microorganisms.Then, traditional Chinese medicine is composed of these ingredients. If you choose some commonly used drugs from traditional Chinese medicine, such as the snakehead incense, money grass, melon seeds, etc. used by Cheng Shaozhong, as Brown said, once you find out some effective substances, and this substance If it has not been discovered before, it means success!Of course, if we find a way to artificially synthesize this substance, it will be even more accomplished!He also knew very well that Brown, as an epidemiologist, would not be very handy in pharmacology, and it was definitely not the best combination for him to cooperate with Mister Cheng alone.Then, if the three of them join forces, the integration of Chinese and Western medicine in epidemiology will be an appropriate topic for Brown and Mist Cheng. The discoveries in this area will be based on them, and the discoveries in pharmacology will naturally be based on themselves. Lord, in this way, everyone can get their own place, and they can work together in a division of labor. Great success will surely be achieved!If Nellie is asked to come forward to organize a fund again, I am afraid that the development prospects of this matter will not shine!After thinking about it repeatedly, he decided to have a detailed talk with Brown first, to discuss a practical plan, fully taking into account the interests of the three parties, and he is not afraid of failure in cooperation!

Since Cheng Shaozhong used propolis to cure sexually transmitted diseases for Qiong, Brown became interested in testing the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, but because his specialty has nothing to do with drug testing, there is no laboratory for him to use, so he can only submit the samples to others for testing , to obtain ready-made data.Although this can also obtain the final result, it cannot directly participate in the preparation of the basic solution, the selection of experimental materials, and the accuracy of the amount of anesthesia for experimental animals that may seem insignificant, but may actually be very important. Whether it is correct or not, whether the disinfection and sterilization process is strictly controlled, and even whether the ion-exchanged water is pure or not, many factors that should be grasped randomly cannot be grasped at all.Therefore, I have no idea about the testing process, and I am not sure about the final result.In addition, the content design of some specific testing items sometimes needs to be adjusted randomly. For example, testing the anti-inflammatory function of propolis often requires experiments on the fever response of several small animals.Then, the detailed content of the three animal experiments of mice, rabbits, and dogs formulated before the experiment should be fully adjusted according to the reaction of the previous experiment, and the original content of the next experiment should be adjusted appropriately in order to obtain more scientific data. , but if you can't participate in the operation, you can't make this kind of adjustment... There are many similar problems, which make Brown's testing plan repeatedly unsatisfactory, so he has to be forced to postpone the plan again and again, which is why the testing report of propolis has been unable to get out the immediate cause.Therefore, Brown even wanted to discuss with Homan, simply purchase some necessary equipment, set up a laboratory at home, and the whole family can participate together after work and school, wouldn't it be fun.

It was at this moment that Pete came to Brown and suggested that he should partner with him to establish a special Chinese medicine laboratory—of course Pete emphasized that Mister Cheng should be the most important backbone of it.However, since he is neither a member of the Georgetown University School of Medicine, nor a teacher after admission, he can only participate part-time and cannot report to the hospital as a full-time member for approval. Brown first affirmed the plan to create a special Chinese medicine laboratory, thinking that this is of course needed anyway.But he still has some hesitations about who will fund the establishment, because according to his feeling, the hospital's current understanding of traditional Chinese medicine is still very limited. Morton felt it in the lost and confused eyes.Therefore, he was not optimistic about whether the courtyard could approve the plan.However, if he personally contributes, he thinks that for him, it is tantamount to subsidizing Pete to set up a personal laboratory, because the laboratory that mainly studies traditional Chinese medicine must be led by Pete, a pharmacologist, which is not as good as his own. Invest in your own home.Therefore, his tendency is: let them formulate a plan together, explain the necessity and feasibility of the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine, and make people interested, and then Pete will go to Taft and Nellie, it should be easier to ask them to come forward and help raise funds, and it should be an independent consortium-funded research department with considerable autonomy.

Finally, Pete called Mrs. Nellie, told him and Brown's thoughts, and hoped to get her support.Mrs. Nellie was obviously interested, and replied unequivocally: "I appreciate your plan, and I am willing to participate in cooperation. I think as long as I can fully recover, this is very convincing in itself, and I am sure to get it." The support of the consortium, isn't that the case?" Pete heard that Mrs. Nellie's attitude was sincere, but he felt that her statement was not clear enough, so he said: "I think so, Herron. You will be responsible for raising the funds for the establishment of the laboratory. If you get funding from the consortium Better yet, otherwise, you and Taft invest in it yourself, okay?"

"Peter, you conspirator, you're trying to get your brother and me out of your way!" Nellie said sharply. "It looks like you're trying to get the laboratory into the White House, don't you?" From Nellie's tone, Pete clearly heard that she did not object to his last opinion, so he also joked: "Yes, our future Chinese medicine plantation will appear on the White House lawn, and it will be more beautiful than it is now." "But don't you forget, we're going to be moving out of the White House soon, and Woodrow Wilson's going to knock on the door," said Nellie.

"That's right, the two things go together," Pete said. "When you and Taft are arranging the new house, just take the laboratory into consideration." "It seems that you must pester me," said Mrs. Nellie. "Then I must follow your advice?" "It must be wise for you to choose this way," Pete said. "OK! Just do as you say! You scoundrel!" Mrs. Nellie finished cursing, smiled, and said a little slyly: "Actually, it's just for the health of me and Taft. If you don't do it, I want to." I suggest that you do this! I have already told Mister Cheng about this. Now, you should know that it is time for me to receive treatment, and Mister Cheng is here with me."