Chapter 376: Talents Gathering
Sheffield estimated that there were only some well-known attending physicians, and there would not be many of them, so he asked, "Are there any doctors from Asia?"
"There are some, mainly Japanese, and there are also some Chinese doctors under the rule of the British government. No one from Thailand was invited, but there are some white doctors in Africa. You also know that many diseases are very serious in Africa." Rockefeller Jr. didn't say much, but it was enough to make his point clear.
"That's right!" Sheffield retreated tactically. If anyone dared to say that African diseases were not serious, the slave owner would strongly disagree. Not to mention the well-known AIDS, Ebola alone was scary enough. The only good thing about Ebola was that the mortality rate was too high, and it was very likely that the host would die before it could spread.
Both viruses are closely related to gorillas, which are the closest animals to humans. Many diseases in gorillas are easily transmitted to humans. AIDS and Ebola are just small lessons that close relatives have taught humans.
It was impossible for Rockefeller Jr. to invite doctors from all over the world, so he only selected the most famous ones to create a sufficiently important conference.
"This medical conference should have a great impact, at least in our country. It will help establish order in the medical industry," Rockefeller Jr. said with anticipation. "I think it's totally worth it."
"Well, eliminating these folk pharmacists is no problem. By the way, is that case related to you?" Sheffield thought of the case of the doctor who killed more than a dozen people. When he heard about it, he also wondered whether it was related to the Rockefeller family.
Although the slave owners did not overestimate these traditional medicines, they did not believe that such a case would occur at this time. It was too coincidental. Although the level of folk pharmacists was just that, they would not make such a big treatment error.
"I thought you did it!" Rockefeller Jr. denied it flatly. "From your work style, this kind of thing is most like you. You can do anything for money."
"What does it have to do with me? The medical industry is not mine!" Sheffield said with a look of doubt, "But I always feel that this matter is man-made. Unfortunately, it is just a suspicion."
If this happened to United's industry, there would be no doubt that it was done by the DuPont family.
"Anyway, it gives me an excuse to reorganize the medical industry." Little Rockefeller didn't think too much about it and said, "It would be a pity not to use it."
"You have to hold it earlier. I'm going to St. Louis to host the Olympics in August. I'm the chairman of the Inter-American Safety Committee and a director of the International Olympic Committee. Coubertin may not come this time. As for our president, he is not interested in this kind of occasion except for the big stick." Sheffield sighed and said, "It has to be presentable on the scene."
It is always necessary to find a few countries to accompany the prince to study, but this is not easy. Many countries are skeptical about holding the Olympics at this time because the relationship between Japan and Imperial Russia is becoming increasingly tense. In fact, according to real history, the Russo-Japanese War should have started before Sheffield got married.
However, there was a slight deviation here. After accepting the loan from the Morgan Alliance, Japan was clearly prepared to think twice before acting. It was not to become timid after receiving the loan. It must have wanted to be more prepared to increase its chances of victory.
The slave owners understand this. Who wants to bet everything on a war if they can prepare more? Risking life is a very risky thing. However, preparation is mutual. Time is fair to everyone. If Japan wants to prepare, the Russian Empire will also have time. If they fight again, it may be more tragic than in history.
Even if the war did not break out, many European countries already felt that war was inevitable. At this time, they naturally had no interest in the Olympics, and could only rely on slave owners to pull more countries from America to participate in order to boost their momentum.
For the European countries participating in the Olympics, Sheffield has expressed through the United States Olympic Committee that it will reimburse the athletes' round-trip Atlantic voyages to motivate them. Judging from the current feedback, the St. Louis Olympics has finally been saved from being consigned to the pillar of shame.
"I have given everything for the United States!" Looking back now, Sheffield feels that he can really be called a patriotic role model, and no one understands patriotism better than him.
As the environment in Chicago is no longer so tense, the newspapers' attention has shifted away from water pollution. The Chicago City Government has stated that it will take steps to control pollution and will never let this incident happen again. This statement is a response to the angry Chicago citizens.
Later, the news that the World Medical Congress and the Olympic Games would be held successively replaced the water pollution issue in the expectation of the Chicago City Government. Sheffield was also looking forward to this, because he wanted to take advantage of the popularity. He was also one of the sponsors of the World Medical Congress and he was the organizer of the Olympic Games.
Finally, before the date set for the Olympic Games, the World Medical Congress hosted by Rockefeller Jr. opened amid the attention of all the people, including Sheffield. The American Medical Association and two hundred famous doctors from all over the world attended this World Medical Congress.
Sheffield naturally brought Natalia here to take advantage of the popularity and to see what level the famous doctors of this era are at and where they come from.
"Natalia, compared to folk pharmacists, today's doctors are not much better." Sheffield whispered to Xiao Maomei in such a great meeting, "The diseases that folk pharmacists can't cure, many doctors can't cure either. The difference is that some disease doctors can know how the patient died and can tell the patient's family the cause of death."
"Even if it's true, you can't say it out loud." Natalia covered the slave owner's mouth and whispered, "Let's just take a look. The Rockefeller family has invested so much energy."
At the critical moment, Natalia showed her sensible side and stopped the slave owner from talking nonsense, but after a while she asked, "Why is the language spoken by the Japanese not English?"
"In Japan, the navy learned from Britain and the army from Germany. In medicine, they also learned from Germany. Every Japanese doctor has to learn German!" Sheffield explained to the little girl. This tradition continued until the end of World War II. Both Germany and Japan were occupied, and Japan gradually began to speak English in medicine.
As the sponsor of this World Medical Congress, Rockefeller Jr. first took advantage of the Chicago panic to show the threat of water pollution to human health, and then took advantage of the pharmaceutical case to severely step on private pharmacists.
"We know that in many countries there is medicine that comes from ancient traditions, in Persia and Eastern Europe, there is the four-element medicine from ancient Greece, in Ottoman and Arab medicine with blood circulation theory and eye surgery, in India and China there is the five-element medicine theory."
"John has done a lot of homework. He even knows the Five Elements theory in Indian medicine." Sheffield was impressed by Rockefeller Jr. and thought that he must have made active preparations for this conference.
Of course, Rockefeller Jr. only mentioned it briefly, and it was obvious that if he continued, he would be exposed. Then he mentioned that the medical science of various countries is beginning to turn to the microbial theory, and indicated this trend.
Then some doctors came on stage to explain their discoveries in the medical field. Sheffield and his little sister listened in and almost understood where medicine had reached in the early 21st century. Microbiological research was basically a recognized direction. An Asian face on stage caught Sheffield's attention. He asked Rockefeller, "You can personally call a doctor to the stage. It must be an extraordinary person."
"He is a student of our Rockefeller Institute of Medicine." Rockefeller Jr. introduced to the doctor above. "His name is Hideyo Noguchi. He has made remarkable achievements in the study of serology, polio, rabies, and the prevention and treatment of syphilis. His dream is to cure yellow fever."
"Oh!" Sheffield straightened his back and pretended to be very interested, but he actually didn't listen. Rabies is a terminal disease, and once it breaks out, the mortality rate is 100%.
However, Sheffield was still very interested in the current development of Asian medicine. After the formal meeting, he took an interpreter to talk to the Asian doctors, because the slave owner did not understand German very well.
Among the group of less than 20 people, this should be the top medical master in Asia. Although these people disdain the slave owners psychologically, they are still very polite.
Sheffield's eyes fell on one of them and he took the initiative to say, "Doctor, you should be Chinese."
"Excuse me, who are you? Can you tell what an Asian looks like?" Wu Lien-teh was a little surprised and said, "My name is Wu Lien-teh, and I am also from Asia."
"It's too easy to tell that Japanese people are being falsely polite, especially when they're gathered together." Sheffield switched to English immediately. After all, it wasn't nice to comment on someone like that in front of a group of Japanese doctors.
Wu Lien-teh graduated from the Liverpool School of Tropical Diseases, the Faculty of Hygiene at the University of Halle in Germany, and the Pasteur Institute in France for internship and research. He then returned to Malaya and conducted tropical disease research at the Kuala Lumpur Institute of Medicine. Sheffield remembered this person, who was very famous. Now that he looked at it this way, Rockefeller's World Medical Conference was indeed full of talented people.
(End of this chapter)
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