Chapter 2216 "NATURE"

"Are you leaving? How long will it take you to come back?" Huang Chun already knew that Shen Long was going to Anguo to purchase medicinal materials, so he was a little bit reluctant. Since the two met, Shen Long had never traveled far.

"Why? Can't bear to part with me?" Shen Long said with a playful smile, he was very familiar with such things as climbing up the pole.

"Bah, who can't bear to miss you." Although he said so, Huang Chun started to work as soon as he finished speaking, "I'll make you coffee, the priest's friend sent him some good coffee beans, what is it?" It’s from Jamaica, and I’ll cook some for you.”

In the outer room of Huang Chun's bedroom, a coffee pot was brewing on the clay stove, which was slightly steaming. The two of them sat on a small bench. Huang Chun poured a cup of coffee and handed it to Shen Long. He got up to get sugar. Sitting next to Shen Long, he helped him add sugar and stir, and then talked about some trivial things that happened recently, both of them enjoyed this feeling very much.

The next day, Shen Long set off with Tu Erye and Mr. Xu. Shen Long did not ride a horse, but took a carriage with them. In the carriage, Tu Erye and Mr. Xu chatted casually, while Shen Long hugged a Read the book carefully.

After a while, Second Master Tu still couldn't hold back and asked, "Jing Qi, what kind of book are you reading? I think it's in foreign language, right? You even know foreign language?"

"I learned German and English from my husband back then." Shen Long handed the book to them, "This book is called "NATURE", which translates to "Natural" in our words. It is similar to the palace newspaper of the imperial court. A copy will be published, but what is published in the Palace Newspaper is about the important affairs of the imperial court, while what is published in "Nature" is the latest scientific research results that foreigners have fiddled with."

On November 4, 1969, Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, a British astronomer and discoverer of helium, published the first issue of "Nature" magazine. Thirty years have passed, and "Nature" magazine has developed into a global One of the best scientific research journals, Sir Lockyer still served as the editor-in-chief, and he would not step down until 1919.

It is worth mentioning that so far, Chinese scientists have published papers in the journal "Nature". In 1881, "Nature" published an article entitled "Acoustics in China", which was based on experiments. , Overturned the conclusion of the famous physicist John Tyndall in acoustics, and corrected Bernoulli's law. The author of this article is Xu Shou, a modern Chinese scientist.

Xu Shou had a strong interest in mathematics and science since he was a child. He studied with Hua Hengfang from his hometown. After failing the imperial examination qualification examination, he began to concentrate on researching science and technology, exploring the principles of things, mathematics, astronomy, calendar, physics, and rhythm. He is very interested in science, medicine, mining and so on.

Later, Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang came to Shanghai together and visited Li Shanlan, a famous modern scientist who has researched mathematics, astronomy, mechanics and botany.

I also purchased some instruments for physical experiments, and began to conduct a series of physical experiments according to the prompts in the book.

Years of accumulation made him a scholar with a wealth of modern scientific knowledge. In July 1862, he made China's first steam engine. In 1866, they cooperated to make China's first motor ship "Huang Hu". ", this ship has been included in history textbooks.

If such a talent is released to future generations, he will definitely be a national treasure. However, the treatment Zeng Guofan gave Xu Shou was only to appoint him as the "master book" of the chief official's subordinate, and he was not taken seriously at all. How could such a Manchu not be beaten by the West.

After creating the "Huanghu", Xu Shou put forward many pertinent opinions on the development of science and technology to Zeng Guofan, but they were not taken seriously. Frustrated, Xu Shou went to Shanghai, and while translating Western scientific works, he tried to He wrote the thesis, "Acoustics in China", which he completed during this period.

If in the 21st century, although the gap between China's technological development and the West is getting smaller and smaller, it is still a matter of celebration if someone can publish an article in "Nature", but now, Xu Shou's achievements are not It aroused the slightest response, and there are very few people in China who have heard of "Nature".

Mr. Tu Erye and Mr. Xu took a glance at it and returned it to Shen Long, with a look of little interest, so Shen Long added, "There are still a lot of latest medical discoveries made by Westerners."

"Oh, I've seen foreigners' doctors too, all of them are wearing white coats, they look like they are in mourning, with this attire, the patient of that family dares to go to see a doctor with them!" He started talking, "If you want to talk about guns, maybe foreigners are good, but if you want to talk about medical skills, it's our ancestors who are better!"

Shen Long shook his head, "That's not necessarily the case, based on the information I read in this magazine, foreigners surpass us in many aspects of medicine!"

Before the nineteenth century, or even at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the medical level of the West lagged behind that of the East. However, in the second half of the nineteenth century, with the development of cell theory, cytopathology, bacteriology and other theories, and experimental The foundation of medicine and the independence and development of pharmacology have led to the rapid development of Western medicine.

"I don't believe this, but those foreigners with red hair and green eyes, they still know how to signal the pulse? How to see a doctor?" Tu Erye, like most Chinese medicine practitioners nowadays, is immersed in the glory of the past, not many people Can take a look at the progress and development of Western medicine.

"Not to mention anything else, we still haven't been able to make the Mafeisan of Hua Tuo's ancestor, but foreigners have already made a drug with a similar effect." Dr. Simpson began to use chloroform for medical anesthesia, and used this anesthetic drug Chloroform was used in female childbirth, surgery, and when Queen Victoria gave birth to her eighth child, Prince Leobert.

Tu Erye was a little unhappy when he heard this, but he still refused to admit defeat, "It's okay to have one or two magical medicines once in a while, there are many good prescriptions in Mongolian medicine and Tibetan medicine, and even many rural wild doctors have one or two. There are folk remedies with good side effects, but none of these can compare with ours."

"Hehe, that also shows that the medical skills of Westerners are not useless?" Shen Long had no intention of arguing with him, but he was sighing in his heart. Thousands of years ago, the methods used by Chinese medicine to concoct medicines are still the old methods, but now Western medicine has begun to use chemical methods to artificially synthesize or extract active ingredients in medicines. If you are obsessed with the old dream, the gap will only be widened.