Chapter 333 Status Quo of the Pharmaceutical Field
At the end of October 1879, in the Han mainland, with Chang'an (Cordoba) being established as the new capital and a long period of peace in the future, more and more Chinese families were pouring into the areas surrounding Chang'an City.
At the feet of the Emperor, the four heartlands of the Han Kingdom represented the center of power, as well as unlimited opportunities and business opportunities.
In Chang'an City, on a dilapidated street left behind by the Argentinians, one after another street-facing stores were bought by Chinese businessmen from other places. With slight modifications and decorations, the front doors of those Western-style houses were soon filled with all kinds of goods.
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Around the pharmacy opened by Dr. Feng, seventeen empty stores were all bought by other Chinese businessmen within a month. Three Chinese medicine clinics were opened diagonally across the street and in the middle of the street.
The capital is the most benign place, where officials and wealthy businessmen gather. The huge population means that a large number of doctors and pharmacies are needed to provide medical services and treatment.
At the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China, the local people of Han mainly relied on Chinese doctors who migrated from the mainland, Nanyang and other places to provide medical protection. Doctors and doctors were a very important profession in South America.
The existence of doctors and doctors is indispensable for treating diseases and saving lives in the local area. Doctors, whether they are Chinese medicine doctors or Western doctors, all play a decisive role in Han Chinese society.
In terms of immigration selection and naturalization and settlement of new immigrants, TCM doctors have received varying degrees of preferential treatment. For example, immigration reception points have been set up in coastal areas of the mainland, and doctors with medical experience have been given priority to leave by ship. The merchant ships they boarded have a more sanitary environment.
It is better and more spacious. After arriving in South America, the two-year immigrant adaptation period is shortened to half a year. At the same time, when they set up medical clinics and clinics in their homeland, the government will sell them street shops and houses at low prices to ensure that the drug stores can be opened as soon as possible.
Carry out normal business.
In terms of business, merchants of medicinal materials closely related to the medical field are also exempted from some taxes, because many medicinal materials used in traditional Chinese medicine originate in mainland China, and the adaptive planting of introduced medicinal plants in South America is still in the experimental stage of promotion.
It is far from meeting the local medical needs. On the other hand, due to differences in climate and natural environment, many herbal varieties grown in the northern part of the mainland cannot adapt to the local environment in South America. After these local medicinal materials are consumed,
Through long-distance sea transportation, herbs purchased from the mainland are transported to the mainland to alleviate the shortage of supply in the local market.
The development of traditional Chinese medicine in the local area has not been able to develop rapidly due to the adverse effects of the lack of professional doctors and the high cost of some medicinal materials. As a side-by-side traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine has benefited from advances in biology, physics, chemistry and other scientific fields, and its scientific nature
And its practicality has been greatly improved and developed.
The continuous import of overseas Chinese immigrants and the outbreak of the local baby boom have led to an increasing demand for medical care. From 1871 to 1878, among the 3,278 international students sent by the Han government to Europe, the number of medical students was
260 people. After 1878, the Han government increased its emphasis on and support for the medical field, and gradually expanded the total number of foreign students and the scale of medical students in terms of official students sent abroad. It is expected that the number of official students sent abroad will increase to 1,000 in 1880.
The number of international students majoring in medicine has increased to 114.
In 1881, it was planned to send 1,200 international students, including 127 medical students.
In addition to sending foreign students, in terms of local medical construction, Li Mingyuan personally issued an administrative order to develop Chinese medicine and Western medicine industries without discrimination, giving equal status to white doctors in local areas, especially the newly merged Argentina and Uruguay, and Chinese doctors, and encouraging Chinese families.
Go to the nearest Western medicine clinic for medical treatment and medication. At the same time, white Argentines who decide to stay in the Han mainland and accept government rule can also go to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic for treatment.
In terms of the development of Western medicine, some professional medical books rely on translations and compilations by the first and second batches of international students who graduated from medical majors who are proficient in foreign languages, and some rely on translations by white doctors in mission hospitals.
The Western church set up church hospitals in South America, Han, and the Central Plains to spread Western medical knowledge. Of course, there was a belief component in treating diseases and saving lives, but their main purpose was to use the church hospitals to help patients, spread Western religions, and bring Western goods into China.
Open the market.
The introduction of church hospitals and Western medical books had obvious utilitarian factors. However, in line with the guidance of discarding the rough parts and adopting the refined ones, Li Mingyuan did not treat the church hospitals as a scourge, and was worried that the people of Han Dynasty would be easily affected by the church hospitals.
and assimilation, and deliberately refused to introduce them. On the contrary, as long as the church hospital treats the sick and saves the patient, accepts more Chinese apprentices and translates medical books, Li Mingyuan will not interfere too much with their missionary behavior. After all, China has been in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
, has formed a unique oriental civilization system, which is difficult to be influenced by Western religious culture and lose its independence and autonomy.
In the area ruled by the Han Kingdom, rough statistics show that there are 28 public Western medicine hospitals and 80 private hospitals! There are more than 300 private Western medicine clinics, and a total of more than 400 Western hospitals. Among the clinics, about 300
It was established by local white people before the occupation by the Han army and has existed until now. Of the nearly 100 hospitals left, the Han government has successively led the establishment of about 40 hospitals, and foreign Western churches have established about 50 more.
In terms of quantity, there are more than 400 Western-style hospitals and quite a few clinics. However, each hospital and clinic is small in scale. For example, in more formal hospitals, there are only three or four doctors who know medical skills, while in small clinics, there are generally only
A half-baked doctor who knows how to treat daily fevers and colds.
Compared with these colleagues, Chinese medicine doctors who have several years or decades of experience in treating diseases are more trusted by Chinese families in the current medical field. For example, in the pharmacy opened by Dr. Feng, every morning, the sky is not completely clear.
Turn on the light, and there are already several Chinese people waiting to see a doctor standing outside the door.
Busy from morning to night, seeing off the last Chinese who came to see the doctor, Dr. Feng took the angelica, wolfberry, rhubarb, astragalus and other medicinal materials brought from his hometown to the front of the medicinal materials store and placed them in small cabinets by category.
"Master, a young man who looks like a businessman came outside the door. He looks familiar. He seems to be the man who often hangs around in front of several drug stores on the street."
The woman, holding her newly pregnant belly, slowly came to her husband and said.
"It's shopkeeper Huang, he should be discussing the medicinal materials business with me."
Dr. Feng put down the medicinal materials in his hand, turned around and helped his wife sit down, and warned, "I am busy with the things outside. You are pregnant again and are inconvenient. You can rest assured to raise your baby in the backyard. Don't go outside easily."
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"Dabao was a little naughty. He just ran to the door of the pharmacy facing the street. I followed him to the door and saw Shopkeeper Huang standing outside the door, so I welcomed him to sit down in the pharmacy and then went to the backyard to tell you.
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"Dabao is over one year old and he is getting more and more naughty and mischievous."
Dr. Feng burst into tears and said, "Mrs., please worry more. I'll find someone to install a wooden door on the walkway in the backyard tonight. This will save Dabao from running around and disturbing the ma'am's rest."
"It doesn't matter. I heard that the ocean-going fleet in Nanyang has resumed navigation. My younger brother and two younger sisters should have followed my father on the ship. In a month or two, they will arrive on the mainland. They will help the owner manage the pharmacy.
With business, you don’t have to be as busy as you are now.”
"After my father-in-law, second brother, third sister, and fifth sister come over, our family will be reunited. Someone will help you carry your big treasure. The second brother will follow me to treat patients. Our family has taken root in South America."
"Second brother and third sister are quite young. After they arrive, I will pay attention to see if there is a suitable family and settle their marriage as soon as possible."......
