In the medical history of Chen Qi's previous life, there were three godly medicines: Penicilin, Aspirin, and Diazepan.
There was no need to say more about Penicilin. It was an important and highly effective, low-toxicity, and widely used in clinical applications.
It could be said that the emergence of penicillin had created a new era in the use of antibiotics to treat diseases. Its successful development greatly enhanced the ability of humans to resist bacteria infection and led to the birth of the family of antibiotics.
The second was Aspirin, which was the evergreen among cold and fever medicines. It was still used by Chen Qi before he transmigrated.
Aspirin could be used to treat a wide range of diseases, including colds, fever, headache, toothache, joint pain, rheumatism, and so on. It could also be used to prevent post-surgery complications such as blood clot, heart attack, and stroke.
It was no exaggeration to say that in this era, Aspirin was an all-purpose medicine!
The last one was Valium, which had calming, anti-anxiety, and anticonvulsive effects on central muscle relaxation. It could be used for neurosis such as nervousness, anxiety, depression, fear, insomnia, muscle spasms, and stubborn epilepsy.
Chen Qi was planning to create one of the three godly medicines in the medical history of his previous life, Aspirin.
Of course, it was similar to the situation of the chemical fiber.
In this era, Aspirin had long appeared and had already become a commodity. It was sold to the Dragon Country by the western countries at a high price and became a divine medicine to accumulate wealth.
As far as Chen Qi knew, a large portion of the Eighth Route Army's medical expenses were spent on it.
As a divine medicine of this era, the price of Aspirin was naturally not low. Not to mention that it was a divine medicine unique to western countries. It had traveled thousands of miles to the Dragon Country, and its value had increased several times over.
You asked how expensive the Aspirin was?
Let's put it this way. In the past, the retail price of a box of Aspirin was only a dozen yuan. In this era, it would cost at least one or two hundred yuan.
You still have to fight to buy it. Without special channels, you can't buy it even if you want to.
However, what about the cost?
Chen Qi could tell you very responsibly that a box of Aspirin wouldn't even cost ten copper coins, let alone one or two hundred dollars.
Most importantly, it was not troublesome to manufacture Aspirin. With the current infrastructure of the Phoenix Mountain military base, it was absolutely easy to mass produce Aspirin. It would only take one or two months.
However, Chen Qi did not have much knowledge in the field of chemical drugs. Although he had found the simplest way to make Aspirin in the library in his mind, he still needed to experiment with it himself.
After all, Aspirin was not a chemical fiber like nylons. It was a life-saving drug. If something went wrong, it could really kill someone.
Therefore, he did not dare to casually make it before confirming the efficacy.
It wasn't difficult to make Aspirin. All he needed to do was to use sulfuric acid and sulfuric acid, and then a catalyst.
Chen Qi vaguely remembered that in this era of his previous life, the Germans used concentrated sulfuric acid as a catalyst. Not only was the yield low, but it was also relatively dangerous.
Therefore, Chen Qi planned to use lemon acid instead of concentrated sulfuric acid.
There was another benefit to doing this. Using lemon acid as a catalyst not only bypassed the patents in the hands of the Germans, but they also did not have to pay patent fees.
They could even apply for patents themselves and earn money from the western countries.
Salicolic acid can be extracted from willow bark.
Acetic acid was cracked at a high temperature and then absorbed by ethene to obtain the yield of the acid.
As for the catalyst, lemon was not needed. It could be prepared by fermentation of starch.
Therefore, to put it simply, the raw materials used by Chen Qi to make Aspirin were: Willow bark, vinegar, ethene, and starch.
If it was more primitive, it would be willow bark, vinegar, oil, and starch.
The main component of vinegar was acetic-acid, and the ethene could be extracted from oil.
The last part was the willow bark and starch. After all, wheat was the main crop in Yanzhou, and willow trees could be seen everywhere.
Therefore, it was not difficult for Chen Qi to manufacture and produce Aspirin.
After all, this was the first time he was making it, so Chen Qi did not dare to make too much during the experiment. He only extracted a few dozen liters of each of the three raw materials.
With that, after some hard work, the first batch of white powder was finally produced half a month later.
It was about five kilograms, and with a small amount of starch, it was made into more than 10,000 small tablets. Each tablet was 325 milligrams, which was also the standard dosage later on.
Wu Tao and the others, who were also involved, looked at the pills in front of them and were skeptical."Minister, it was so easy to create it? Is this an Aspirin? Can it be eaten? Will someone die?"
Even though everyone admired Chen Qi, the Bureau Chief, it felt surreal to be able to create an Aspirin so easily.
"Take a few pieces and feed them to the pigs to see if they will die." Then, he would find a patient with a high fever to see if it was effective. Don't worry, I'm 99% sure that this is the real Aspirin.”
At first, Chen Qi was not very confident, but as the experiment progressed, he was sure that there was absolutely no problem with the Aspirin he made.
Drug testing was a very rigorous science, but in Yanzhou, there was neither the Drug Administration nor the Food and Drug Administration. Naturally, it was not that rigorous.
There were many poor people who had a fever. Their bodies were burning and their minds were blurry. They were about to die. They could even feed them a few dollars worth of poison, let alone a few pills.
Everyone experimented with rabbits, pigs, and dogs first.
Then, she mustered up her courage and gave the patient half of the medicine.
In the end, the effect was like a god. The high fever quickly subsided, and the antipyretic and painkiller effects were excellent. Other than a few people with stomach discomfort, there were not many side effects.
Just like that, after testing thirty patients, everyone could not help but cheer."Minister, it's done. This is the Aspirin!”
Chen Qi looked at the cheering scientific researchers in front of him and smiled."Comrades, we've succeeded. We've finally developed the Aspirin.”
" With it, not only can we solve the problem of the soldiers in the frontline getting sick, but we can also solve the financial difficulties of the base. We can even help the headquarters turn from a beast that only knows how to swallow gold into a treasure bowl.”
"Tomorrow, I'll bring the results of our recent efforts to the Yanzhou headquarters and personally ask for everyone's credit!”
Chen Qi said with a smile. He was also very happy.
During this period of time, everyone had worked very hard. Without delaying the research and manufacturing of heavy artillery, they had also taken the initiative to participate in the production of chemical fibers and Aspirin. They were neither bitter nor tired.
Therefore, the success of the chemical fabric and the Aspirin was not his alone, but everyone's credit.
When Wu Tao and the other comrades heard Chen Qi's words, they were extremely touched.
However, they knew very well that whether it was the successful development of the chemical fabric or the successful production of Aspirin, it was all Chen Qi's credit. They were just helping, so they did not dare to take credit.
Therefore, they waved their hands and rejected him." No, no, no. This is all the credit of the Bureau Chief. We can't even thank the Bureau Chief for his guidance and teachings. How would we dare to be greedy?”
Chen Qi shook his head and couldn't help but laugh." Industrial development and technological innovation are not something that can be accomplished by one person. Therefore, everyone has contributed. You can't be overly humble.”
After he finished speaking, he turned around and instructed Tang Xiaoyou,""Comrade Tang Xiaoyou, tell the logistics department to prepare all the military uniforms and fabrics that have been manufactured during this period of time. Tomorrow, I will bring them to the Yanzhou headquarters to personally ask for everyone's credit.”
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