Chapter 309: Curing Father-in-law is Proof
Lin Sanqi stood in the yard and talked to everyone about X-rays for about half an hour, which made Dean Shen keep touching his chin.
His idea was very simple, because you said that Lin Sanqi wanted to learn Chinese medicine knowledge, this condition was unique. After all, he came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine. Even if he did not master the core secret recipe, he always understood general medical knowledge.
But Lin Sanqi is now talking about Western medicine knowledge. Where did Lin Sanqi learn this Western medicine knowledge about tuberculosis?
Did I really lose those ten years and only learn a little bit from the old Russian doctor?
However, judging from the shocked and admiring expressions of the presidents and department heads of several hospitals, including Union Hospital, China Railway, and Friendship Hospital, it seemed that even the experts did not grasp what Lin Sanqi was talking about.
Compared with them, Lin Sanqi, a young man in his 20s, looks more like a professor and a Western medicine expert.
This makes people wonder, is Russian medicine really so advanced? Can they surpass China by just learning and teaching some knowledge?
Also having doubts were Lin Kucan, who was quietly watching his youngest son in the corner of the yard, and several old men nearby.
Mr. Xiao asked in some surprise:
"Kushen, your family is really like a night-shining pearl growing in the melon shed. It's so rare. Your youngest son knows nothing about Chinese medicine, but he can talk about Western medicine knowledge very well."
Mr. Han was also full of questions:
"I heard this guy's been missing for ten years. Old Lin, didn't you secretly send him abroad to study Western medicine? You're smart, don't put all your eggs in one basket. Why didn't I think of that?"
Traditional Chinese literati like to bet on both sides, just like the Song family. Some married men with the surname Kong, some married men with the surname Sun, and some married men with the surname Jiang. No matter how the situation in the country changes or who holds power, the Song family will always be the winner.
What could Lin Kushen say? He was also shocked in his heart.
In the past, whether it was to reduce a fever or stop diarrhea, it was just a trivial matter.
Now we can cure tuberculosis and explain it clearly and convincingly, even able to intimidate the most powerful Western doctors in the country. This is the "great way".
Although he had a thousand questions in his mind, Lin Kucan knew that he needed to cover for his youngest son and act as his wingman. He couldn't let his son fall into danger, so he said with a smile:
“Although we are practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine also needs to make progress.
Integrating Western medicine, applying Western medicine to Chinese medicine, and learning from foreigners to defeat foreigners—I believe this is the future direction of development. You see, Xiaoqi is now starting to pursue the path of combining Chinese and Western medicine, and perhaps we can break new ground that no one has walked before.”
Mr. Shi nodded and made his attitude clear:
"Now, everyone, please stop opposing me. Let's first see how effective Xiaolin's treatment is. Medicine is all about the results. If Xiaolin can truly cure tuberculosis, then regardless of whether it's Chinese or Western medicine, it will be a tremendous achievement."
Mr. Shi is currently the most senior, famous and influential Chinese medicine practitioner in the country.
During the Republic of China, he was the representative of the traditional Chinese medicine community who petitioned Nanjing. If it were in later times, he would be the president of the National Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
His final statement was actually intended to quell the discussion and opposition behind the scenes, so that many of the onlookers, Chinese medicine doctors, would shut up tactfully.
After Lin Sanqi finished introducing the X-ray film, he stood on the steps to continue his "outpatient clinic".
"Okay, now we've completed the imaging test, but this alone isn't enough. We need to understand more about the patient's disease signals. So, we need to do the three major routine tests, biochemistry tests, sputum tests, and so on. If the patient has pleural effusion, we'll also check the pleural effusion routine test."
Dean Tu laughed:
"Director Xiaolin, it seems like you're still using Western medicine."
Lin Sanqi shrugged:
"Yes, this is the Western medical testing method. It is undeniable that Chinese medicine is far inferior to Western medicine in terms of auxiliary examinations. Since we have such a good machine, why don't we use it?"
Dean Tu nodded. "Well said. But I've noticed that you've already taken care of the lab, right? It seems you still have some inventory that you didn't hand over last time."
Lin Sanqi waved his hand and said, "Please take a look at our laboratory. We have a complete range of instruments, and our technology is definitely more advanced than any other hospital."
Now everyone couldn't sit still anymore, and all the deans and department heads rushed to the laboratory, followed by bursts of exclamations.
"Wow, this life analyzer is from Mindray? It should be the latest one released last year."
"And these, the blood cell analyzer, urine analyzer, and feces analyzer—they're all foreign. What brands are they? Dirui, Sysmex..."
"Look what this is! It's a tuberculosis culture apparatus from Beckman Co. in the US. I saw this thing in Hong Kong before and was really envious of it, but unfortunately I couldn't afford it."
Lin Sanqi thought, you guessed it right.
These testing equipment were purchased by Lin Sanqi when he went to Hong Kong to register a patent, and it cost him a full 200,000 US dollars.
There's no way around it. Just like televisions, color TVs in 1985 could be sold at sky-high prices, and medical equipment in 1960 was just as expensive.
Lin Sanqi originally wanted to use second-hand machines obtained from Huadu Medical University, but those machines were too old and too easy to break down. Without a maintenance team, it was difficult to use them in clinical practice.
So Lin Sanqi had to reluctantly sell a batch of gold, and then he bought a full set of the most advanced medical equipment of the era from Hong Kong.
The key point is that these instruments actually existed in this era and would not arouse any suspicion. At most, the procurement channels are illegal.
Well, anyway, Lin Sanqi is already the biggest smuggler in the country. He is registered with the upper class, so he doesn’t have to worry about having a lot of debts.
Before the storm came a few years later, he had already fled far away, not giving those who disliked him a chance to take action.
Anyway, he knows the time nodes, and no one knows better than him which year, month and day the strong wind will start to blow.
What no one knows is that Lin Sanqi’s preparations for opening a hospital go beyond this. In his “channel space” there is also a set of fully automatic medical instruments from 2013. When a tube of blood is drawn, the machine can automatically analyze it and quickly produce results.
Lin Sanqi even bought a portable bedside CT machine.
In total, Lin Sanqi spent more than 10 million RMB, but there was nothing he could do. This was his personality. If he did it, he would either not do it or do it to the best of his ability.
The Chinese Medicine Hospital purchased so many imported instruments at once, which once again shocked colleagues from major hospitals. Now it was Dean Shen's turn to take the blame.
Liu Shengli punched Dean Shen’s arm:
"Okay, I didn't realize it before, but now I realize that you Chinese medicine practitioners are really making money. You bought so many advanced instruments just like that? How much do these cost?"
"That's right. The key is that these machines can't be purchased with our RMB. We need foreign currency. Your Health Bureau is really biased."
"Exactly. We wanted to replace the machine, but the health bureau refused even after submitting the report. How can the Chinese medicine hospital just give us whatever we want?"
Director Zhu was sweating profusely after hearing this and had to explain again:
"I swear to God, this is the first time I've heard that the Chinese Medicine Hospital has secretly hidden so many treasures. But I can guarantee that all the foreign exchange needed for these machines was raised by the Chinese Medicine Hospital itself. They are capable, so don't be jealous!"
In fact, the world's most advanced medical equipment is also available in China, but it is all in the hands of special departments and serves special ethnic groups, and the general public is unaware of it.
Lin Sanqi's equipment can definitely be regarded as the most advanced "civilian" equipment in the country at that time.
Liu Shengli suddenly hugged Dean Shen and said with a smile:
"Old Shen, we're good brothers and good friends. How about you lend me that biochemical analyzer for a while? It just so happens that the old leaders are going to have physical examinations. Don't worry, I will definitely return it intact after the physical examinations are over."
Dean Shen snorted and sneered twice:
"This machine of mine is a virgin. You want to borrow it before you even use it? What are you thinking? Besides, don't I know you? Once you enter the door of your digital hospital, there's no getting out."
Lin Sanqi was from the south after all, and suddenly a business idea flashed through his mind:
"Everyone, please calm down. I think this is fine. Our machines are currently underutilized. If you have any tests you'd like to have done, you can send us your specimens and we'll run them for you. Of course, you'll have to pay a fee."
Dean Shen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he cursed in his heart: Little rascal.
The other directors agreed when they heard this. They said the machine belonged to someone else's Chinese medicine hospital and it was impossible to borrow it. Even if they were to replace it, they would not agree.
But if the machine can be opened to all hospitals and a certain testing fee is charged, it will be convenient for everyone, and all hospitals can take advantage of the opportunity.
It is normal to pay money. Any testing equipment needs to consume some experimental equipment. In a country that is under complete blockade, these consumables are also quite precious.
So everyone nodded and said, "This is a good idea. Let's do it this way."
At this time, Jin Ronghua, the president of Capital Medical College, suddenly raised another important question.
"Comrade Xiaolin, although these devices are the most advanced in China and abroad and can help us understand the severity of a patient's condition, they are just auxiliary tests. The key to treating tuberculosis is medication.
As far as I know, some drugs have been invented abroad to treat tuberculosis. They claim the cure rate can reach 50%. In our opinion, this is already a huge improvement. I wonder what your treatment plan and cure rate are, Comrade Xiaolin..."
As soon as this question was asked, everyone's attention was focused on Lin Sanqi again.
What I was thinking was: Yes, no matter how advanced your equipment is, it’s useless without medicine.
Lin Sanqi glanced at his father, and Lin Kucan nodded slightly before answering with a smile:
"Principal Jin, I dared to open this tuberculosis specialty and be the first in the country to propose a treatment for tuberculosis. Naturally, I have my own preparations. Of course, the specific medications I use are confidential for now, as they are inherited from my family."
"Heirloom?"
"I've never heard that Lingnan School of Traditional Chinese Medicine can cure tuberculosis?"
"That's right, if it can cure tuberculosis, why would it be brought out only today?"
People still have some questions. The simplest one is that since the Lingnan School mastered the treatment of tuberculosis, they should have used it to make a lot of money during the Republic of China. They could have easily become the richest man in the country with big yellow croaker and Yuan Datou coins.
Why is it being used in this most difficult time? It’s impossible to monetize traffic.
Lin Sanqi had already thought about how to respond to the questions:
"Well, the tuberculosis medicine is a secret recipe that my father and I have just developed after years of research. We have to keep the specific secret recipe confidential because it involves patents.
Oh, and by the way, we've already applied for this patent in Hong Kong, and we've also conducted human trials there. So far, the cure rate has reached 100%, so I can confidently launch this in China."
"One hundred percent cure rate?"
"Oh my God, doesn't that mean tuberculosis, a global problem, has been conquered?"
“Are there any related reports abroad?”
Several deans started to talk at once, and Lin Sanqi became unhappy and knocked on the table in front of him:
"Hey, hey, hey, several directors and deans, why are you like Huang Banana, thinking that the moon is rounder abroad than at home? What do you mean by whether it exists abroad? Can't it be a domestic original?"
When Lin Sanqi said this, everyone felt a little embarrassed.
However, this cannot be blamed on these directors. After all, most of the Western medicine hospitals in China were funded by foreign countries or passed down from church hospitals.
This group of people originally took the "study abroad route" and naturally understood the backwardness of Western medicine in China after gaining more experience. They did not believe that there would be any original drugs in China that could treat an international problem like tuberculosis.
What they were thinking was, if foreigners can't treat this disease, how can you, a mere Chinese medicine practitioner, be able to cure it?
Even if you were Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing or Sun Simiao, you would not dare to make such big statements.
Facing the doubts, Lin Sanqi took a box of pills from Pan Ye and showed it to everyone:
"Everyone, look, this is the core medicine I plan to use to treat tuberculosis. I call it 'Ethylamine, Pyrazine, and Rifayi Pills,' or 'Pulmonary Tuberculosis Pills' for short. This medicine not only contains our Lin family's ancestral secret recipe, but also contains two patented Western medicine ingredients, truly integrating Chinese and Western medicine."
Dean Tu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What pill?"
"Ethylamine, pyrazine, and rifaiso cigarette pills!"
"This medicine name is weird. It sounds like Western medicine."
Lin Sanqi thought that the surface of this pill was just covered with a layer of jujube paste, and inside it was a four-in-one ethylamine, pyrazine, and rifampicin tablet. To put it bluntly, it was a Western medicine.
Of course, I would never admit it even if I was beaten to death.
Several deans and directors picked up the pills and began to study them, pretending to know everything.
Dean Tu knew Professor Pan, Lin Sanqi's father-in-law, because Professor Pan was initially diagnosed with tuberculosis through an X-ray taken at the Union Hospital.
An X-ray taken at Union Hospital half a year ago confirmed the fact that the tuberculosis was cured, which caused a great sensation within Union Hospital at that time.
At that time, everyone thought it was just a medical miracle, but Lin Sanqi's current posture seemed to have really found a clinical treatment plan to cure tuberculosis.
"Xiao Lin, did you use this pill to treat Professor Pan's tuberculosis?"
Dean Shen spoke up and helped:
"Yes, Doctor Lin Kushen and I can testify to this. We also examined Professor Pan and confirmed that this pill was used to cure him. How could Lin Sanqi, the future father-in-law, dare to falsify this?"
Hehehe~~~
The whole place was filled with laughter. The Jade Emperor in heaven and the father-in-law Mount Tai on earth were both beings that could not be offended.
Lin Sanqi nodded to Pan Ye beside him and smiled:
"Look, how do you think I managed to win over such a beautiful girl? I treated my future father-in-law, and he couldn't repay me, so he betrothed his daughter to me. I got a great deal~~~"
Pan Ye's face turned red with shame, and he covered his face and dared not see anyone.
Everyone burst into laughter again.
The facts were before everyone's eyes, forcing them to believe. Even the two famous actors, Ma Lianliang and Zhao Yanxia, were whispering:
"Old Ma, I think this Doctor Lin is good. Since he dared to give this medicine to my father-in-law, it means that this medicine must be fine."
Ordinary people have very simple thoughts, just like a restaurant owner. If you dare to cook the dishes for yourself and your family, it means they are safe, hygienic and healthy.
If the employees of a food factory don't dare eat the food, how can the customers dare to eat it? There must be some advanced technology involved.
The same goes for medicines. If your employees use the back door to buy some of the medicines produced by your pharmaceutical factory, it means that the medicine is definitely of good quality.
On the contrary, if you give patients medicine that the boss and employees of your pharmaceutical factory dare not take, then you are lacking in virtue.
Seeing that everyone was very interested in Professor Pan’s case, Lin Sanqi asked Pan Ye to get back a few X-rays in preparation for on-site teaching.
This is the only successful case in the country at present, and it has once again attracted everyone's attention.
Lin Sanqi took out three X-ray films and placed them on the X-ray reader:
"Look, this is an X-ray of my father-in-law taken in 1955. We can clearly see patchy infiltration shadows on the chest X-ray with caseous necrosis in the middle, which is a typical manifestation of infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis.
This is the most common secondary, active pulmonary tuberculosis in our clinical practice. The reason is that in the early stages of tuberculosis or when the human immune system is low, the battle between the tuberculosis bacillus and the human immune system has just begun or is not intense.
The local damage to the lungs was not severe, consisting mainly of exudates and caseous lesions. If regular treatment is given promptly, recovery is relatively quick. However, because my father-in-law didn't know me at the time, this delayed my recovery.
Hehehe~~~~
"Please look at this second film. This is an X-ray taken in 1957. At that time, my father-in-law was a professor and very wealthy. He received penicillin treatment from the Union Hospital and also took a lot of Chinese medicine at our hospital.
As a result, we can see that the infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis originally had only small caseous necrosis, but because of untimely treatment, the necrotic area continued to expand over time, and a layer of fibrous tissue would form around the caseous necrosis.
As you can see in the film, this round thing is the tuberculosis ball, which is generally 2-4 cm in size. It has a fibrous membrane on the outside and caseous necrosis in the middle.
Generally speaking, the presence of tuberculomas indicates that the pulmonary tuberculosis is in a relatively stable state and can remain static and stable for a long time. However, if the body's immunity decreases, the lesions may change."
At this time, university student Zhang Qingmei raised her hand and asked:
"Director Lin, this tuberculosis nodule looks similar to lung cancer to me. If we encounter something like this in clinical practice next time, how can we distinguish whether it is a tumor or tuberculosis?"
(End of this chapter)
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