Chapter 259 Magic Anesthesia, Research and Development Begins!
"Have you heard? The Parliament has made a secret remedy to combat the 'Sea Plague'."
"Yes, I heard that too."
News spreads fastest among businessmen. Less than ten days after Gretel succeeded in making sodium ascorbate, the news spread among the sea merchants in Nevis City:
"Yes, there is a clerk in my shop, his second brother's brother-in-law, who is in the Northern Squadron. I heard that when I came back this time, all the patients in the fleet who contracted the 'sea plague' took this medicine, and soon they were cured. alright!"
"I heard that the Northern Fleet is going to sea for training soon. They are planning to float offshore for a few months and test this new drug."
"Tell me, can we get this medicine?"
"I went to the White Tower yesterday and asked, but there was no exchange area."
"Maybe it's still being tested? I'll ask someone to ask..."
Gretel didn't want to deal with these things at all. After making sodium ascorbate, he calculated the yield and found that with his production process, only 10 mg of vitamin C could be extracted from 100 grams of oranges.
Assuming that a normal person consumes 100 mg of vitamin C every day and a fleet of 1,000 people floats at sea for 60 days, he would need to make sodium ascorbate for use by a fleet...
Throw away 60 tons of oranges!
fall!
Such a large production volume should be left to industrial production, and he should not be allowed to make it by hand alone!
So, Grete finished writing the paper and quickly threw it into the hands of Archmage Carlisle. Archmage Carlisle looked at the paper and the key points mentioned in it that needed to be tested. He shook his head and smiled bitterly:
1. There must be a more efficient way to extract drugs to treat scurvy. It is recommended that the Alchemy Workshop establish a team and conduct multiple experiments. In view of the fact that this drug is easy to remain stable in acid but will quickly change its properties in alkali, it is recommended to chop the food into pieces and use dilute hydrochloric acid, dilute sulfuric acid, and dilute nitric acid to extract it in turn;
2. Different vegetables and fruits have different contents of active ingredients. It is recommended that the team find more fruits and vegetables for measurement, rather than just using oranges and lemons. Attached, the method of calculating content by titration method;
3. When this drug reacts with baking soda and soda ash, different ratios need to be tested for purity and concentration...
At the back of the paper, there is also a thick stack of experimental records, which is half a foot long. That attitude is obviously "I've made it, please come up with more details, I won't play anymore".
It's really Gretel's consistent style... It was the same when the mithril was smelted last time, and it was the same after the last phlogiston experiment. Throw out a plan, let it go, and let others test and improve it...
There is nothing wrong with doing research like this, but it is too big of a brand. Generally speaking, magicians below level 5 will practice with their mentors. After reaching level 5, they will independently study some valuable issues. As for leading a team, they must reach at least level 7, 8, or even 9. above. Of course, those out-of-town mage towers that a fifth-level mage can preside over are not among them.
But Little Gretel is only level 3!
"Okay, you have completed this task for the time being." Archmage Carlisle sighed and patted the paper. "However, we have to wait until enough medicine is made and the fleet has tested it to be effective before we can reward you. - Next, have you decided what to study? Are there any resources that Thunder Horn can provide?"
Gretel hesitated. Penicillin is still being searched for, and so far, no results have been obtained;
The drawings of the P4 laboratory are already available, but the plan of the mage tower, protection system and change system are still entangled and have not been finalized for the time being;
In terms of public health, the relevant departments of the parliament are wrangling, mainly because a new expenditure has suddenly appeared. The amount of the budget has not yet been determined, and it will not be his turn for a while...
"This... I have a magic that I don't quite understand. Can I ask you for advice?"
"What magic?"
"Second-level magic of the Charm Control School, [delaying pain]."
"Oh, this magic." Archmage Carlisle immediately relaxed. This magic is not difficult, I am familiar with it!
[Delay Pain] This magic can make the subject feel no pain for a period of time. It is one of the necessary spells for magicians to go on adventures and travel at home. When he advanced to the third level mage, he learned it very quickly and has become very familiar with it over the years.
By the way, this magic also has a corresponding divine version, which has always been a weapon used by priests to comfort patients - whether it hurts or not, I will give you a [slow pain] shot, and the disease will be cured within three hours.
"Can't you learn this magic? Where is it stuck? Use it again and show me -"
Did you recite the incantation correctly? The casting gesture is not standard? The spell model cannot be parsed? Archmage Carlisle guessed. Gretel lowered his head and chanted a few words, pointed his hand, and a spell wave was sent forward. Archmage Carlisle raised his hand to meet him and pinched himself. Sure enough, he could hardly feel the pain.
Considering the natural spell resistance of high-level mage, it is quite good to be able to achieve this.
"Didn't you use it well? What's the problem?"
"What is the working principle of this magic?" Gretel quickly asked a lot of questions:
"Which part of the human body does it act on? Can the range be adjusted, such as controlling only a certain part of the limb? Can the muscles be relaxed at the same time? And..."
"Stop! - I'll take you to find someone from the Charm Control Department!"
Grete smiled slightly.
He has long wanted to study this magic. [Delaying pain] allows patients to not feel pain for a certain period of time. In Grete's view, it is simply an anesthesia artifact. Local anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, and general anesthesia will not cause central nervous system depression during anesthesia, nor will the patient's heart rate drop or lose spontaneous breathing——
This is much better than clinical anesthetics!
But the problem is that when he used [Delay Pain] to perform surgery on the rabbit, the rabbit struggled when it should struggle and ran away when it should. When setting the bones of a lamb's leg, the sheep's muscles should be taut or taut, and should not be broken, but they still can't be broken.
Elder Wood’s answer to this was “increase your control.” But Gretel always felt that there should be another way, a better way...
The relationship between the control system and the evocation system is not good. The latter feels that the former is too flashy and insidious; the former feels that the latter is too violent and only knows how to fight and kill. Fortunately, Archmage Carlisle had been in Thunder Horn for many years and had some connections. He led him around and quickly found a level 13 magic control mage.
"Mrs. Seat, this is the child." Archmage Carlisle pulled Gretel through the door. In the reception room, a charming young woman who looked to be in her twenties or eighties raised her head and smiled slightly:
"Little Gretel? I've heard of you. - Well, since you have any doubts, just study with me for a while and follow along to study."
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