CHAPTER 482: CHAPTER 441 SHIP DOCTOR

The northern part of the Far Sails Territory houses Aiven’s high-standard biotech laboratory.

Gurgle... Gurgle...

In the glass distiller, green crushed leaves and red, yellow, purple petals continuously roll in boiling water, with the scalding steam rising, carrying the essential oil separated from the oil storage cells.

Through the condenser tube above the distiller, it flows continuously into the spiraled condenser surrounded by cold water on the outside, finally dripping into the collection bottle below.

A hand wearing sterile gloves removes the transparent collection bottle already filled with the oil-water mixture and replaces it with a new one.

Snap!

The young man in protective gear skillfully uses the laboratory equipment at hand to separate the oil and water, then fills the extracted finished essential oil into several glass bottles.

"Teacher, the essential oil from the Split-leaf Pineapple flower has been extracted, would you like to take a look?"

Distillation is currently the most commonly used method for plant essential oil extraction, with no exceptions.

About 95% of various essential oils are extracted through distillation, while others include pressing, solvent extraction, etc., each applicable to different medicinal components.

Currently, such a simple preparation process does not require Aiven to do it personally, as his second disciple Calvin is more than sufficient.

Taking the finished product from Calvin, Aiven conducted several control extermination experiments on the collected [Super Cystic Fungus], and after obtaining the expected results,

He took the experiment records and walked towards the medical doctor working on the other side of the lab.

"Dr. Taylor, the Split-leaf Pineapple flower essential oil is stable in property, has an excellent bactericidal effect on this pathogen, and is most suitable for large-scale preparation. I think this is the good medicine we are looking for."

"Split-leaf Pineapple flower? Let me take a look."

Shortly after Aiven’s group and Dr. Taylor parted ways, Gary led a group of guards to find him swiftly and escorted him to the Far Sails Territory.

When the first batch of [Cyst Attendants] attacked the Far Sails Territory, causing panic and infection, timely intervention helped greatly. Of course, this wasn’t solely due to the doctor’s duty, his immense value as a skilled medical Wizard made him a favored guest of the Marquis couple.

By the time Aiven’s group traveled through storms, crossing the entire Vice-Kingdom of New Granada and flying over the Golden Sea to reach the Far Sails Territory, Dr. Taylor, who was well-prepared, used the knowledge inherited from the "Vesalian School" to target a series of specific herbs using the original bacterial strains:

Lesser Calendula Weed, Hare Wind Crab Shell Grass, Hairy Split Beebalm, Split-leaf Pineapple flower...

In reality, those who look down upon Traditional Chinese Medicine do not realize that even the earliest Western medicines mostly came from the vast natural world of roots, bark, and flowers.

However, pharmacists researched and extracted the most effective, single-component chemical products from them. This is how Western medicine later became, being extracted by chemical methods to be purer and singular compared to Chinese medicine.

For example, Aspirin is another name for Acetylsalicylic acid, a synthetic compound produced by synthesizing the active ingredient "Salicin," named after the willow tree’s "Silk Willow."

The raw material was originally derived from the resin extracted from willow bark and the juice extracted from willow leaves.

Quinine, a special anti-malarial drug, also originates from a flowering evergreen plant, the famous Cinchona tree.

The bark of the Cinchona tree itself was initially widely promoted as an anti-malarial medicine. Two hundred years after being used as medicine, a pharmacist extracted an alkaloid called "Quinine" from it, transforming it into a conventional Western medicine.

Presently in this Age of Navigation, as experimental medicine gradually develops.

Natural plant extracts or essential oils are beginning to gradually replace the complex bottled decoctions derived from the Wizard’s "Magic Potion," becoming an important tool in the hands of pharmacists and about to become the main form of medicine in the mundane world.

If we fast forward one or two centuries, at that time, natural substances will either be raw materials for drug manufacturing or reference samples for artificial products, and chemists will also produce more and more chemical compounds not found in nature.

Of course, currently, the medical science stage is just beginning, and Aiven and the others still do not have the corresponding conditions and knowledge systems.

Directly extracting active components from plants is the simplest, fastest way to produce enough medicines to solve epidemics compared to replicating their complex efficacy through chemical means.

As for why modern pharmaceutical giants never promote these complex natural medicines, it is not because they are ineffective, but merely because they are difficult to obtain corresponding patent rights for profit from such medications.

This issue doesn’t exist for Aiven.

Through collaborative experiments with Dr. Taylor, they finally selected a plant widely distributed in the subtropical and tropical regions of the New Continent: the Bignoniaceae Espada species "Split-leaf Pineapple flower."

The essential oil component directly extracted from it can exert a strong exterminating effect on [Super Cystic Fungus] altered by witchcraft, and even has a broad-spectrum inhibitory effect on various other bacteria.

In particular, due to the wide growth range of this plant, even employing the simplest and most straightforward distillation extraction method won’t destroy its active components, facilitating large-scale preparation.

Moreover, unlike the antibiotics Aiven is planning to manufacture, it might not have strong side effects on the human body, necessitating a prior allergy test.

This also means they don’t need overly complex human trials and can directly go to market!

"I think there’s no problem, Mr. Aiven. Although it’s not the one with the best antibacterial effect, considering multiple factors, this drug can fully meet all our current requirements."

After reading the experimental report and comparisons of several alternative drugs, Dr. Taylor also agreed with Aiven’s choice with some excitement.

Sha.. Sha.. Sha..

At the bottom of the report, he left a prescription for how to use this new drug from the perspective of an excellent doctor’s expertise.

Combining the plant essential oil named [Golden Red Pigment] due to its color with several auxiliary drugs, it is expected to cure patients of the second generation infected by the [Cyst Attendant] within three days.

However, it is inevitable that after being absorbed by the cystic fungus, they will be weak for a long period.

As for the first-generation patients directly infected by the "Plague Poison Cloud," it’s not certain yet. Because they currently don’t have such patients on hand, even if they were wandering in, they have already been burned as sources of infection.

Moreover, Aiven is very skeptical that after killing two members of the "Poison Plague School," if they still dare to spread germs so openly.

Although this time due to various coincidences and targeting approaches, they fell into their hands.

It cannot challenge the survival ability of the "Poison Plague School" and the powerful threat to ordinary people; if they were to act low-key, they could at least live comfortably.

Aiven couldn’t help but think deeply, just a pathogen in a Crystal Cave can cause such trouble, then after various unknown pathogens, rarely understood by humans, break out, what kind of power would they possess?

Even common diseases among sailors at sea: malaria, yellow fever, bloody diarrhea, dropsy, colds, parasitic diseases... these are increasingly troublesome, and cannot be solved by sheer power alone.

So when Calvin left the laboratory with the report and the orders signed by Aiven to collect materials and gather craftsmen for mass preparation,

Aiven asked the doctor organizing the experimental equipment beside him:

"Dr. Taylor, after solving the issues here, do you have any other plans?"

After finding the special medicine, Taylor, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, hadn’t expected Aiven to ask this question. After thinking for a while, he answered honestly:

"I might choose to continue traveling through the magical New Continent, improving my medical skills while continuously treating diseases. If I could achieve some pioneering medical results, leaving a mark in medical textbooks, it would make my decades-long medical journey worthwhile."

Aiven also knew that this doctor, who looks middle-aged, is actually close to seventy years old. It’s just that his essential nature and special knowledge as a Wizard keep his physical condition much better than ordinary people.

And such an "elderly" person able to cross the Black Sea to the New Continent, without firm belief or obsession, is unimaginable.

So, after hearing his words, Aiven felt certain that his plan this time should be stable.

He stared into Taylor’s eyes and sincerely said:

"With such a great aspiration, you are destined to become a great doctor.

Just so, I have a thought that might inspire you.

The essential oils extracted from plants have various effects because they contain specific natural ingredients."

When the other was prompted to listen intently, Aiven dropped a heavy bombshell.

"And I’ve also discovered a special substance produced by certain microorganisms, which can be used to treat various bacterial infections or pathogenic microbial infections. I named it: Antibiotic.

Moreover, its antibacterial effect is much better than natural plant extracts, and it’s destined to be a blessing to countless patients suffering from diseases.

Most importantly, this is a brand-new class of drugs, and its inventor is destined... to be remembered in medical history!"

Seeing Dr. Taylor, who was already breathing heavily across from him, Aiven finally showed a devilish smile:

"The experimental part I haven’t fully completed, and the second author of the thesis is currently missing, I don’t know if..."

"Please, you must give me the opportunity to contribute to the progress of human medicine!"

Seeing Dr. Taylor bow deeply in front of him, Aiven felt immensely delighted and gently clenched his fist:

"Ship doctor, get!"