Fang Zhengyi walked to the princess' bed and observed her for a while.
I found that apart from the fever and cough, there was nothing special.
When I heard Doctor Hu say it was a lung disease, I couldn't help but feel that it was a bit like pneumonia, but after all, I'm not a professional medical student, so I can't be sure.
He could only turn to Li Yuanzhao and say, "Your Highness, let's go. It's useless to stay here so as not to disturb the princess's rest."
Li Yuanzhao nodded heavily.
The two walked to the outside of the palace gate. Li Yuanzhao leaned against the pillar in a depressed manner and said softly, "Old Fang, you know that Miaohan is my closest sister. We have been together since we were young. She is one month younger than me and has always been weak and sickly."
"Seeing her in such pain today, I felt like my heart was being cut by a knife. I wish I could kill that quack doctor right away!"
Fang Zhengyi stood aside in silence.
Li Yuanzhao continued sadly: "I thought you had a lot of ideas and could find a way to save her... I didn't expect..."
"What should I do if she leaves?"
The two were silent for a long time.
Li Yuanzhao suddenly raised his head and said to Fang Zheng: "Old Fang, do you want a wife?"
"???"
Li Yuanzhao suddenly said this, and Fang Zheng suddenly felt that the situation had changed too quickly, and his heart was a little unable to accept it.
"I just remembered that there seems to be a folk method called rushing for happiness. Why don't I marry Miaohan to you and try it out!"
"There's nothing I can do about it. You're the only one who can do this. If it were any other man, I would never agree to it!"
"Just tell me if you're willing or not!"
Fang Zheng raised his head and looked up at the sky in silence. Is the prince doing me a favor by marrying the dying princess to him, or does he hate me?
He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, those are just folk legends. If having a happy wedding can cure diseases, there would be no war in this world..."
Hearing this, a string in Li Yuanzhao's heart seemed to suddenly break!
He jumped up and grabbed Fang Zhengyi's arms, roaring, "You tell me! Then you tell me! What else can I do?!"
Fang Zhengyi immediately pulled Li Yuanzhao's hand away and shouted, "Calm down!"
"The most important thing now is to find a way to save the princess. Why are you yelling so loudly? Will it be useful?!"
Li Yuanzhao woke up from Fang Zhengyi's yell and sat down on the ground dejectedly, muttering, "Is there any other way... Is there any other way..."
Seeing how distraught he was, Fang Zhengyi couldn't help but feel the same way.
The prince is also a man of temperament...
Helplessly he said: "Perhaps...I have a way...but the hope is very slim."
Li Yuanzhao jumped up as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and said excitedly: "Lao Fang! You really have a solution! Tell me now!"
"There is something called penicillin, which may be able to cure the princess's disease."
Fang Zhengyi also hesitated for a long time before deciding to tell it out, without any hope in his heart.
Penicillin is a panacea in later generations and soft gold during wartime.
It is extremely safe and plays an immeasurable role in antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Before Fang Zheng came here, he had just watched a drama that explained in detail the traditional method of preparing penicillin.
But I only remember the general idea, and the details still need to be figured out.
However, the three conditions must be met at the same time: ensuring that the program is error-free, the preparation environment is qualified, and the knowledge learned in the TV series is reliable...so in his mind the success rate is basically zero.
Seeing the prince like this, we can only try our best to save him.
"I have a way to get this medicine, but don't make it public until you succeed. Besides, it takes time to make the medicine. Whether the princess can hold on until then depends on luck..."
Li Yuanzhao was very excited: "Okay! Okay, Lao Fang, you tell me what to do! I'll find someone to help you!"
.................
The two hit it off immediately and rushed back to the East Palace, ordering Liu Jin to get a few baskets of oranges.
Place all the oranges in a dark place to allow the mold to grow. Within a few days, the mold will begin to crawl onto the surface of the oranges.
Fang Zhengyi also asked someone to get rice and taro and boil them into juice to make a rough culture medium.
Finally, we selected the greenest strain of Penicillium on the orange peel and dotted it on the culture solution.
After a week, the culture medium was almost complete, and vegetable oil was added and stirred.
Since penicillin is a water-soluble substance, this step is to continue purification.
Next, add the carbon powder and continue stirring to purify.
Fang Zhengyi vaguely remembered that the next step was to use acidic water and alkaline water to further purify penicillin.
I didn't know how to make acidic water, so I could only use vinegar. As for alkali, there was plenty of it in the imperial kitchen, although its purity could not be guaranteed.
The filtration process has to be carried out in several steps. Since there was no filter paper, Fang Zhengyi even brought toilet paper produced in Taoyuan County from home!
Taoyuan County Yamen specially supplies toilet paper, which is tough, soft, breathable and water-permeable, with high density, and is much better than ordinary rice paper.
Due to the lack of disinfection methods, toilet paper is exposed to the sun to sterilize during bright days.
The syringe was also handmade by a silversmith, and the rubber stopper was replaced with animal tendons.
All experiments are proceeding in an orderly manner, and Fang Zhengyi's confidence is constantly being built up through experiments again and again!
In order to ensure safety and rigor, Fang Zheng was unsure about the order of the experiments, so all the test equipment was boiled at high temperature, and the ratio of acid and alkaline water was adjusted in groups. In the end, a total of 27 experimental groups were set up!
The prince was only able to participate for a short period of time, and was scolded several times by Yan Guoan and Emperor Jing because he skipped classes from time to time.
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