For the purpose of trade, Lawrence conducted a large-scale survey of the entire island with the help of the lords of the Green Island.
Considering Lawrence's identity and the relationship with the country behind them, these lords naturally did not worry about the bad consequences if those critical data were known to Lawrence.
Therefore, during this investigation, all the lords on the island cooperated with Lawrence's actions as much as possible and shared with him the key information they had.
This information, which contains a series of trivial data such as population, local specialties, land area, etc., may not mean much to other people, but for Lawrence and Shumei, who have mastered big data analysis capabilities, they can analyze a lot.
Something very meaningful.
For example, if we analyze the local population and living space data, we will naturally find that this area actually has great development potential, and it will never be as depressed as it seems on the surface.
This news also means that if we trade with Green Island, it will be a long-term trade that can last for many years. Therefore, if we want to maximize the interests of all parties, we need to take the possibility of this long-term trade into consideration.
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It was during the compilation of these key data that Lawrence discovered that the medical level on this island can be said to be appalling.
In settlements like Surrey Castle, there are still some staff from the Passion Church or other church staff who can provide some medical services that are obviously insufficient in both quantity and quality.
But after leaving these large cities, if people in other places get sick, they can only take it hard or find some unreliable herbs, and then start praying to the gods of faith to see if any miracles happen.
Even compared with Green Island, the medical level of the New Saul Island where Lawrence was previously located is considered very good.
At least compared to the large areas of wasteland and monotonous vegetation on Green Island, the Star Sea islands located in the tropical rainforest area have more diverse organisms, so more types of natural medicines can be found.
Under this background, selling various medicines and some simple medical products to the island is naturally a very profitable thing.
At the same time, considering the purpose of expanding the market and establishing reputation, in addition to selling medicines and medical supplies to the island, Lawrence planned to discuss with the Passion Church to see if he could cooperate with the island in some medical aspects.
After that banquet, Lawrence was quiet for several days.
According to Viscount Surrey, these British nobles on Green Island were actually just like the nobles on Sauer Island that Lawrence had contacted before. After receiving this information, they were first surprised and then fell into a dispute.
After all, this matter is related to everyone's income for a long time in the future, so the nobles need a period of time to coordinate various internal situations before they can give Lawrence a unified reply.
Taking advantage of this free opportunity, Lawrence and Saphire went to many large settlements on the island and visited members of the Passion Church in those settlements, expressing their hope to cooperate with them in medical treatment.
After hearing Lawrence's idea, basically all the members of these churches expressed support.
The only reservation they have is that the method proposed by Lawrence has never been done here before. So they hope to conduct a simple pilot somewhere to verify the reliability of this method.
It was naturally impossible for Lawrence to object to the request of the Passion Church, so after discussing with the members of the Passion Church and the nobles, Lawrence chose Surrey Castle as the location for his experiment.
So just when Lawrence completed his trip to the island and returned to Surrey Castle, a simple medical school was built.
Lawrence didn't think it was too difficult to establish a basic medical system in a territory on the edge of civilization, because he had already done similar things on Sauer Island before and accumulated some experience.
experience.
So after just one week of training, these students from the Viscounty of Surrey showed their mastery of some practical medical knowledge.
"Is it that easy to train a doctor?" A nobleman asked with wide eyes and a surprised tone.
Because he saw several young students who were taken out for examination, after carefully examining and questioning the patient, they quickly discussed and prescribed a treatment prescription.
"Of course it's not that simple." Lawrence shook his head and walked to the patient to check it out. Then he took the prescription and made his own judgment.
"For example, they only noticed that the old man had some diarrhea and prescribed montmorillonite powder to stop diarrhea, but they did not find that the cause of the patient's diarrhea was food poisoning."
"I think this kind of diarrhea caused by eating some rotten meat or fish raw should be easily recognized and treated accordingly, instead of just treating superficial diarrhea while ignoring more important foods.
Poisoning problem.”
Obviously, these are just low-end barefoot doctors who have been trained for a week. At most, they have just learned some medical-related knowledge.
If you want to know the level of this kind of education, you have to wait until the three-month overall teaching training is completed to see what the specific situation is.
But even so, those who came with Lawrence to inspect were still extremely surprised by the speed at which these low-end barefoot doctor apprentices were trained.
"This is simply unbelievable." After watching the very immature treatment demonstration by the students, a baron whose fiefdom was due north said in surprise as he looked at the scene in front of him.
"I know these people have only studied for a week. But to be honest, their level is already better than the so-called medical staff who provide various medical services in my territory."
Listening to the explanations of these nobles, Lawrence finally figured out the level of the original doctors in the area.
What struck him as unbelievable was that the medical skills of those who used to practice medicine in this area were horribly low.
A large number of people who don't know any medical skills claim to be doctors and use various seemingly stupid methods to deceive the people, and use such deception to seize a large amount of wealth.
"I admit that burning some plants or bathing in hot spring water can cure some diseases. But it is purely a lie to say that this method alone can cure all diseases."
After listening to the nobles talking about the treatment methods of the medical staff in the area, Lawrence commented unceremoniously.
"But I can also understand why this happens. At least compared to staying there and waiting to die, this treatment can have a placebo effect."
"Count Sauer, what is this placebo you are talking about?" After hearing Lawrence say a certain word, a middle-aged nobleman who also had the title of earl asked curiously.
After hearing the sound, Lawrence followed the call and found out that this nobleman was one of the two earls with the highest title on the island, and he was also a non-staff bachelor of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Obviously, the earl had the unique inquiring spirit of a scholar, so he interrupted Lawrence at this time and asked him about the meaning of this new word.
"Placebo is a newly coined word that I made up, consisting of two roots: comforting and drug." Since he wanted to explain this word clearly, Lawrence naturally started from the most basic ones.
"This kind of medicine is actually made of substances that have no medicinal effect or side effects, such as white sugar, dyed water or starch, etc., and its appearance is similar to the real medicine——"