A doctor who travels through two eras

Flu is highly contagious. As frontline medical workers, doctors often have to wear N95 masks to prevent it. If they are more strict, they also have to wear disposable isolation suits, masks, goggles, hats, shoe covers, etc.

Then hang a bottle of hand sanitizer around your waist and disinfect your hands anytime and anywhere.

But in 1960, doctors often only had masks made of gauze or cotton, which could not protect against viruses at all. Many old Chinese medicine practitioners were even unwilling to wear masks.

So as the Changping branch began to accept patients on a large scale, doctors began to fall ill one after another.

Lin Sanqi had always thought that his girlfriend would definitely not be able to hold on. After all, a pair of A-grade girls, a skinny girl weighing at most 90 kilograms, could not have a very good resistance, even if Lin Sanqi usually gave her papaya milk...

Unexpectedly, Pan Ye didn’t fall down, but his father fell down first.

In Lin Sanqi's dormitory, Doctor Lin was lying on the kang with his eyes closed, shivering from the cold.

Lin Sanqi and Lin Gancao stood obediently aside, their eyes filled with anxiety.

Pan Ye took the thermometer and looked at it, then whispered, "Uncle Lin's temperature is 40℃ now."

In addition to a high fever, Lin Kushen also suffered from aches and pains in his limbs and sore throat, but did not have any cold symptoms such as coughing and runny nose. Lin Sanqi thought that these were probably symptoms of the flu.

Lin Gancao is the eldest son and an honest man. At this time, he is as anxious as an ant in a pot of meat.

"Dad, do you think Chai Ge Jie Du Tang or Bai Hu San Hua Tang is more suitable for you in this situation? Or should we use our Qing Re San? Just tell me and I will go and boil the medicine right away."

The influenza outbreak in Changping in 1960 was definitely not as optimistic as Lin Sanqi had imagined. So far, there have been many deaths.

Although according to Japanese data in later generations, the influenza mortality rate for people over 60 years old is 0.55%, and for people under 60 years old it is 0.01%.

But in 1960, the current average mortality rate is 5%, especially among the elderly and children. The above data are only among the patients who visited the hospital.

There is also a large amount of data that has not been counted, such as the poor who are waiting to die at home. These people have never been to the hospital, and their death is not included in the statistics.

It’s just that Lin Sanqi has been busy with logistics these days and didn’t know that the epidemic was so serious. He always thought it was just the flu, a cold, and it’s unlikely to kill people.

Lin Gancao, who had been fighting on the front line, knew clearly how those bodies were carried out of the hospital...

Although Lin Kucan was suffering from a fever, his mind was not confused. He smiled and nodded to Pan Ye, his future daughter-in-law:

"Xiao Yezi, thank you for your hard work. Uncle Lin will be fine."

"Uncle Lin, why are you being so polite to me?"

Then Lin Kucan said to his eldest son:

"I won't take those traditional prescriptions this time. I want to try Xiao Qi's ibuprofen prescription and Amo prescription. After all, this is also the secret recipe of our Lin family passed down from generation to generation. Although even I, the current head of the Lin family, don't know what the medicine is, hehe."

Lin Sanqi also smiled awkwardly and said:

"Hey, Dad, these are all medicines invented by the Lin family. When they are passed down to future generations, they are all heirlooms of our Lin family. There is no difference."

Lin Kushen and Lin Gancao both chuckled.

Pan Ye was confused, she had always believed that the medicine Lin Sanqi took out was a secret recipe handed down from the Lin family. But now in front of the head of the Lin family, Lin Sanqi's tricks had actually been exposed.

Lin Gancao also wanted to see the magic of his younger brother, so he smiled and said:
"Okay, let Dr. Kobayashi be the doctor today."

Since everyone present was his family, Lin San was not polite and said to Pan Ye, "Go and pour me a glass of water. I want warm water."

"it is good!"

Pan Ye quickly brought the water, and Lin Sanqi took out three pills from his pocket:

"Dad, I won't play tricks on you in front of my family. You should soon know if these two pills are effective or not."

Lin Kushen, Lin Gancao, and Pan Ye all leaned over to take a closer look and saw that these were three pills of a shape they had never seen before.

Capsule medicines were first promoted in foreign countries in the 60s, but because China was unable to produce capsule shells, it had to wait until the late 80s before they were gradually promoted.

So naturally, the Chinese medicine doctors in 1960 had never seen such a strange medicine.

As a doctor, Lin Kushen was also curious. He did not ask where the medicine came from, but just asked:

"Xiao Qi, what's the significance of these two pills?"

Lin Sanqi explained to the pill in his hand:
"Dad, these two pills have their own uses. This yellow pill is called loxoprofen, which is mainly used to relieve pain or reduce fever. This one is called mabaloxavir tablets, and you take two pills at a time. It is specifically used to treat influenza."

Lin Kucan changed his posture and leaned on the bed:

"I can understand fever and pain relief, but how do you understand the flu?"

"Influenza, the full name is influenza, the term used in Western medicine.

It is usually caused by a virus and spreads through the air. After the virus enters the human body, it begins to replicate, one becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight, and so on. So after getting the flu, except for the initial incubation period, the subsequent symptoms are often fierce, causing fever, headache, myalgia and other systemic symptoms. In severe cases, it can also cause viral pneumonia, encephalopathy, etc.

Lin Kucan nodded:

"I know about viruses. The foreign doctors in Huadu often mentioned bacteria and viruses. But they once said that there is no cure for viruses. Can your medicine cure them?"

Lin Sanqi nodded slightly, then shook his head:
"There is currently no cure for the virus, which is a difficult medical problem to overcome. However, for influenza, although there is no cure, there are drugs that can relieve symptoms."

"Is this the medicine?"

"Yes, that's the medicine, Dad. Take it quickly and your body will recover."

Lin Kucan took the cup, put the pill in his mouth readily, and swallowed it with a cup of water, without any doubt whether the medicine was poisonous.

Doctor Lin was too weak and fell asleep after taking the medicine.

When Lin Kucan woke up, it was already dark, and Lin Sanqi was sitting aside reading a novel (not a medical book...)
"Xiao Qi, where are your brother and Xiao Yezi?"

"They are all busy at the clinic. Dad, how do you feel?"

Lin Kucan felt it carefully and found that his high fever and limb pain seemed to disappear all of a sudden. He quickly checked his own pulse and then his eyes lit up:
"It's amazing. The pulse is steady, gentle and strong, with a regular rhythm and continuous deep pulse. It really recovered after taking one dose of medicine. It's better than me, an old Chinese doctor who treats typhoid fever."

Only Lin Sanqi knew that Mabaloxavir tablets, a powerful drug, were absolutely at the level of an atomic bomb in 1960, so it would be strange if they were not effective.

"Hey, it's good that it's not burned. Dad, come here. This is the white porridge I cooked for you. This is the salted duck egg and this is the fermented bean curd. Eat something to fill your stomach first."

Lin Kucan sat up, saw the porridge and side dishes on the small table and smiled:
"This is the taste of our hometown. I have never seen this kind of southern fermented bean curd in all my years in Beijing. Thank you, Xiaoqi."

"Hey, how can a father thank his son? Just tell me what you want to eat in the future. There is nothing I can't do for you."

Lin Kucan began to drink the porridge silently, while Lin Sanqi picked up the novel and read it happily. He was reading Jin Yong's martial arts novels. He had only watched the TV series before, and this was the first time he read a book.

"Xiao Qi, there's no one here now. Tell me, during the 10 years you were missing, did you become a spy?"

Lin Kucan said this out of the blue, and Lin Sanqi almost fell to the ground:

"Dad, how could I be a spy? Have you ever seen a spy as high-profile as me? And look at what this is?"

Lin Sanqi took out his officer ID from his pocket:

"Look, I'm currently the deputy chief of the Digital Hospital's Procurement Department, with the rank of second lieutenant. If I were a spy, how could I possibly wear the glorious military uniform?"

Lin Kucan looked at the officer's certificate and put it aside, then asked earnestly:

"If it's convenient for you, could you tell me where all these medicines, these southern ingredients, and so much grain come from? I don't think there are so many good things in China except from abroad."

Lin Sanqi knew that his father was worried about him, so he could only bite the bullet and admit:
"Dad, you are the only one I can talk to about this. I do know an international organization that can get all kinds of supplies from home and abroad. But don't worry, our organization only wants to make money and has no intention of harming society."

Lin Kucan asked back, "You got hundreds of tons of food for the Digital Hospital and our Chinese Medicine Hospital, is that also how you got it?"

"Correct!"

"What can you use to trade food with them?"

"Medicinal herbs, all kinds of precious medicinal herbs, such as wild ginseng, are in great demand. Even Dean Shen traded ginseng with me."

"Does Dean Shen know the inside story? For example, where did the food come from?"

"I didn't say it explicitly, but he probably guessed it. It was he who suggested that I go to the Digital Hospital. He said that the Chinese Medicine Hospital might not be able to protect me, and no one dared to mess with the Digital Hospital, so he asked me to take up a position there."

After a long silence, Lin Kucan finally spoke:

"Do you know what the consequences of cooperating with them are? Or do you think you can rest assured if you cling to them?"

Lin Sanqi was a little confused: "What's the problem with cooperating with them?"

In the eyes of contemporary college students, the country is omnipotent and will take action at critical moments.

Lin Kucan actually didn't want to care about these messy things, but after all, he was his own son, so he had to worry about it:

"Xiao Qi, have you ever thought about this? A country is made up of countless individuals, but human hearts are the most unpredictable.

Just like when you cooperate with Dean Shen, Dean Shen can ensure your safety in the unit; when you cooperate with the Digital Hospital, they can ensure your safety in the country, but all this honeymoon period of cooperation is only temporary.

What if one day, after Director Shen and Director Liu of the Digital Hospital step down, the new director doesn’t like you and thinks you are a trouble maker, do you think you can still rest easy?

Maybe one day the wind changes and you look more and more like a foreign spy; or maybe the natural disaster ends and the food supply is restored, and you are no longer useful, then I am afraid you will be liquidated." (End of this chapter)