African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 120 Tropical Disease Research Center
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Berlin, the political center of Prussia, is also one of its academic centers.

Numerous Prussian universities, academic and research institutions gather here.

Today, Ernst also established a medical research institute in Berlin, the Tropical Disease Research Center.

Ernst's understanding of medicine is like a rolling pin blowing fire, and he knows nothing about medicine.But with money, nothing can be done, and there are plenty of talented people and strangers who come to invest when the funds are in place.

The Tropical Disease Research Center, just by the name, knows that its research projects are mainly to overcome tropical diseases.

As a country with a middle latitude and no overseas colonies, Prussia's research on tropical diseases is basically zero compared with countries such as Britain and France in the same period.

In this era, let alone the study of tropical diseases, common infectious diseases are still in the exploratory stage, so it is absolutely difficult to make achievements.

Ernst did not expect that his research results would immediately improve the medical conditions in East Africa, but it was only right to make technical reserves in advance.

Why in the previous life, those western medical companies and research institutions were able to monopolize the most cutting-edge theories and technologies of medicine.

Isn't it because they started early and supported by the strong national strength of the West, they built a strong fortress.

The Tropical Disease Research Center undertakes the task of preparing technology and experience for the future medicine in East Africa. It is not a problem to be one step behind, but it is terrible to be behind every step.

Although the Tropical Disease Research Center has the word tropical in its name, its research field is not limited to the tropics.

The research center will be divided into two parts, one in East Africa and one in Berlin.

After all, research on infectious diseases in Berlin does not have fresh-keeping technology, and it is difficult to obtain tropical virus and bacterial samples (live bodies are okay), so the Berlin part mainly studies traditional diseases in the European continent.

In East Africa, it will definitely cost more money to establish a tropical disease research center. For example, personnel must only choose medical talents who have received higher education in Europe.

If there is no huge benefit, whoever will go to Africa to work for you does not rule out those who have pure love and lofty ideals who are willing to throw their heads and blood for the cause of human medicine, but everyone still has to eat.

Therefore, the salaries of the personnel of the East African Tropical Disease Research Center must not be low, and they must be provided with huge insurance to relieve their worries.

And medical equipment is a large expense, which cannot be saved. If you want to make achievements, you cannot do without the blessing of the most advanced medical tools.

Fortunately, Berlin, the place in East Africa has to be transported by sea, which is time-consuming, laborious and expensive.

At the same time, Ernst is preparing to purchase a batch of medical materials from all over the world for professional reference.

For example, penicillin, this kind of thing, Ernst had heard about ancient China in his previous life, but Ernst didn't know if it was true or not. After all, the Internet was a big ditch in his previous life, and rumors cost nothing.

But "artemisinin" has an official endorsement, so it must be recorded in ancient Chinese medical books.

In addition to traditional Chinese medicine, other parts of the world have their own medicine, or witch doctor.

There will always be some successful cases and mature medicines in these medicines for professionals to study.

In fact, according to the characteristics of this era, there is no need to set up a separate disease research center in the colony.

In many countries, the research institutes are located in the country, and samples can be collected from all over the world.

The reason why Ernst took great pains to reproduce a research center in East Africa was mainly due to the fear in his cognition.

In the previous life, the reputation of those infectious diseases in Africa was too strong, AIDS, Ebola, Marburg... all had virus ceilings.

So Ernst is very cautious, if the virus samples from Africa are brought to Europe, causing huge losses... The consequences will be unimaginable, especially when it is finally traced to the source and found to be created by Ernst, then there will be no Ernst in the world Shelter.

Of course, this is a bit unfounded. There are special reasons why Africa was a hotbed of viruses in the previous life.

As the origin of human beings, Africa also retains the most diverse genes, which provides many possibilities for virus mutation.

Plus Africans, poor sanitation like drinking dirty water, eating raw meat...

There are other conditions that are conducive to the production of viruses, such as wars, poor medical conditions, etc. Only in the past life can Africa become a hotbed of viruses.

As for the natural environment, South America, India and Africa are similar. It can be seen that the environment is not the main reason.

Moreover, the East African colony opened up by Ernst itself was responsible for the task of driving away the local race, so that the genetic diversity of the local race was reduced.

At the same time, sanitation was improved in the colony, and wild animals (especially primates) near the place of residence were cleaned up to further reduce the breeding and spread of viruses and diseases.

With the growing expansion of the East African colonies, the future will definitely affect the pattern of the entire Africa. It is hard to say whether the frightening viruses in the previous life will be produced.

For example, AIDS, which originated in Congo (Kinshasa) and appeared around the middle and late 20th century.

It's still early!According to the speed of the expansion of the East African colony and the current expansion goals, sooner or later the East African colony will take over the Mitumba Mountains in the west and the plateau in the south of the Congo.

These are places where the savannah and tropical rainforest meet, suitable for agricultural development. In the previous life, Rwanda occupied part of Congo's land in the Mitumba Mountains.

Ernst has not yet considered whether he will take over the entire Congo. After all, the tropical rainforest is really difficult to develop, and with the help of the rainforest, the indigenous people there are not easy to drive away.

However, when the Northwest Territory is taken, there will definitely be aboriginals who fled westward to the Congo and enter Zambia in the future. The kingdom there is also facing the fate of being driven into the Congo rainforest by the East African colonies.

But the rainforest is not a place where people can live. Most of the Congolese in their previous lives settled along the edge of the Congo Basin.

If they want to feed so many people, they can only continue to flee north, to the grasslands of Central Africa, or to the West African belt.

Anyway, the Congo area is definitely different from the previous life, and it is hard to say whether AIDS and other diseases will appear.

However, Ernst's worries are not unreasonable. The Marburg virus in his previous life was discovered in the Marburg laboratory in the Federal Republic of Germany, so it is necessary to establish a separate research center in East Africa.

The Marburg virus originated in monkeys in Uganda and Kenya, which is now the territory of East Africa.

Therefore, at present, Ernst's extermination of native primates in East Africa still has some reason.

You must know that this is the 19th century, and medical conditions will only be worse than in 1967 (the discovery of the Marburg virus). It is safer to choose the direct physical elimination method. .

(End of this chapter)