Chapter 377 Medical Matters
Sheffield was not too worried about the Japanese doctors who attended the medical conference, as they were naturally taken care of by Rockefeller Jr. Hideyo Noguchi was naturally a talent of the Rockefeller Institute of Medicine, so Sheffield did not need to worry about this issue.
After proposing a chat, Sheffield changed his tone and spoke a few words in Mandarin, indicating that there was no language barrier between the two sides, and that they could use English if that really didn't work. Wu Lien-teh was also very interested. Time was not urgent anyway, and the medical conference could still be held. He had also seen that the white man in front of him seemed to have no ill intentions.
"I want to go out for a walk!" Natalia naturally had no interest, especially the content of the slave owner's conversation was very boring to her.
"You guys follow the madam and go out for a walk!" Sheffield pointed at a few bodyguards and nodded. The title of madam made the little girl feel sweet and happy. She felt a lot lighter when she walked.
"Mr. Sheffield's wife is impeccable in appearance," Wu Lien-teh complimented with characteristic caution.
"Actually, I'm already married!" Sheffield retracted his gaze and said calmly, "But for you Asians, this situation is not surprising. It is common for a real man to have three wives and four concubines. You will definitely not be surprised, but studying Western medicine is a very surprising thing."
"Since we have shortcomings, we must learn. This is what our generation should do. There is always a teacher among three people. Only by doing this can we avoid dishonoring our ancestors." Wu Lien-teh nodded slightly towards the west, which was the direction of East Asia.
Sheffield was a little speechless. He opened his mouth and closed it again. Finally, he said, "Mr. Wu's insights are admirable."
"Mr. William, you are too kind. I never thought that in such a distant country, I would meet such a humble person like you, and someone who understands and respects us so much. No wonder the United States of America is so powerful." If the compliment just now was just a superficial compliment, now Wu Lien-teh had a serious expression of admiration.
"..." Sheffield wanted to say that what he was like was not the norm for citizens of the United States, but when people started to praise him, he could only pretend to be worthy of it and accept it on behalf of the people of the United States. Can we still say that no matter what country it is, idiots make up the majority? Even if this is true, you can't say it out loud.
"As for the matter of strength or not, there is no country that will always be strong. There are only people who always want their country to be strong!" Sheffield sighed. With such a good foundation of the United States of America, such a good international situation and prestige after the collapse of the Soviet Union, who could have thought that it would be in such a mess in just over 20 years?
Even many scholars from other countries believe that with the popular base in modern society, the United States will always remain strong, and other countries will not even be qualified to challenge it.
Since the Chinese workers on the west coast were withdrawn from Sheffield, he had had few opportunities to practice his foreign language skills. Naturally, he was very happy to chat with Wu Lien-teh, but he still had a hard time understanding Cantonese.
However, he did not listen to Wu Lien-teh's praise of the United States at all. These foreigners have cultural filters, how can they know the true situation of the United States? It is a bit arbitrary to be full of longing just by seeing the busy factories.
"You will have your own motherland sooner or later!" Sheffield deceived Wu Lien-teh against his conscience. It was a deception because for most of the other person's life, he would only see the situation getting worse and worse.
The Qing Dynasty was already on its last legs, so what level would the Republic of China be at? Thanks to the Party’s governance, the few industries created by the Westernization Movement were all made worse by the Party’s governance, and became foreign nails, matches, and kerosene.
The slave owners did not slander the Republic of China at all. They have fully proved that the collapse of national industries in various places began when they began to govern the country. The Qing Dynasty was able to manufacture warships, but the Republic of China could only manufacture mortars, and they did not completely dismantle the remaining remnants.
All this is the result of the Cannon Party defeating the Beiyang government in just 20 years. The Cannon Party is not even worth mentioning in history.
"Mr. Wu, I have some Chinese workers in the Philippines who are helping me run a rubber plantation. You and they are of the same ethnicity. If you are interested, I want to build a hospital in Manila to repay these workers. You can be the director. If you want to continue to make progress in medicine, you must have some equipment. To be honest, the conditions for opening a private clinic are very limited."
Sheffield thought about it and had a rare moment of conscience. He decided to do some good deeds for the operation of the rubber plantation and for his own industry.
Wu Lien-teh almost suspected that he had heard wrongly. He was so lucky to have come to the United States. He wanted to refuse instinctively, "Mr. William..."
"The patient being treated is Chinese, and the doctor is also Chinese. This is very normal. No one wants their workers to die at any time, right? Even if there is no shortage of labor, it takes time to train workers." Sheffield remained calm, saying that this was all official business and naturally there was no need for any thanks. "You are completely free. If your country calls you in, you can leave at any time."
Sheffield remembered that Wu Lien-teh had eradicated the plague. After the plague broke out, the Qing Dynasty sent Wu Lien-teh as the chief medical officer to lead the epidemic prevention work in the Northeast. Wu Lien-teh established the first plague research institute in Harbin and served as its director. He was only 31 years old at the time, but he was familiar with bacteriology, epidemiology and public health, and was qualified for the task. He did not avoid difficulties and went deep into the epidemic area to investigate and study, trace the epidemic route, and adopted a variety of prevention and control measures such as strengthening railway quarantine, controlling traffic, isolating the epidemic area, cremating the bodies of plague patients, and establishing hospitals to accommodate patients. Soon the epidemic was under control.
Wu Lien-teh was trusted by the government and admired by the international medical community for his rich knowledge, strict scientific approach and outstanding organizational skills.
Of course, the sequelae is that in just a dozen years, the Western medicine camp has been competing with traditional Chinese medicine. In the Republic of China period, there were several attempts to completely abolish traditional Chinese medicine. When these proposals were made, they always used the example of traditional Chinese medicine being helpless in the face of a large number of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners dying in areas where plague broke out.
"I wonder what Mr. Wu thinks of Chinese medicine!" Sheffield wanted to hear what this person thought of Chinese medicine.
"It's not that it's completely useless, but many doctors can't even explain why they use drugs this way." Wu Lien-teh shook his head slightly. "They themselves can't justify themselves. At this medical conference, microbial research has been established as a new medical direction. I believe that modern medicine will be easier to promote in the future. Traditional Chinese medicine is not systematic, so it is very difficult to produce a very high-level doctor. Even if you do, you can't teach too many students."
"I believe that Mr. Wu will gain a lot from this conference." Sheffield did not comment. Anyway, once these doctors who have studied modern medicine reach a certain scale, some things are bound to happen.
"Send a telegram to Gu Cheng and tell him I have someone to introduce to him." Chicago still had plenty of places to send telegrams, so Sheffield prepared to contact the leaders of the Chinese workers in the Philippines to formally prepare to build a hospital in the Philippines.
At least in the eyes of slave owners, the Philippines was definitely better than Malaya where Wu Lien-teh was. Because the United States was not ambiguous when it was time to let go and let the Philippines become independent, but it did not have the rich colonial experience of Britain, which laid mines before going ahead.
"Have you finished learning foreign languages?" Natalia jumped into Sheffield's arms and asked, "He's just a doctor. Aren't there many doctors in the Rockefeller family?"
"That's in China. Doctors like Mr. Wu are very valuable to some countries." Sheffield stroked the curve of the little girl's back. "He may be able to save many people."
Disputes over medical concepts are actually very normal, and Japanese medicine has already gone through this stage. Before the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese medicine, and doctors who returned from studying medicine abroad, had already won over traditional Japanese medicine in Japan.
Such disputes exist in all countries. The dispute in China is just for show. Where local medicine is really stubborn, Chinese medicine does not even rank first, but India, another country that practices the Five Elements Medicine.
India claims to have the oldest medical works. India's traditional medicine is much more powerful than Chinese medicine. Herbology is also one of the pillars of traditional Indian medicine.
"You've been taking the little girl everywhere and almost forgotten me." Edith Rockefeller said sourly, "Men really still like young people."
"It would be better if you didn't mention it. Natalia has been saying these days that we should add some milk when bathing. I thought that besides you, she doesn't seem to see anyone else bathing." Sheffield was almost amused. "John is attending a medical conference there, and you are taking a milk bath at home? Does this thing work?"
"You'll know if it works if you touch it. I'm so much older than you, I'm going to try it no matter if it works or not." Edith Rockefeller grabbed the slave owner's hand and put it on her leg. "The little girl just went to take a bath, she won't come out so soon."
"I just don't believe it really works. It's so easy to make money from you women." Although he said that, Sheffield still took the opportunity to try it out himself.
"Ah, why are you doing this..." Natalia shouted with grievance, pointing angrily at the two disheveled people, "It's broad daylight, you are going too far."
Natalia was indignant, her face full of disappointment of being betrayed. Sheffield muttered as he pulled up his pants, "I was saying, this is a bit hasty."
"I just want to see the effect. This is a medical thing, can it be called stealing?" Sheffield explained in a panic.
(End of this chapter)
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