I was the Founding Father of the United States

Chapter 17 Home Treatment

The next day, Robin's Clinic & Pharmacy officially opened for business.

Business address: 76 Providence Street.

Attending physician and pharmacist: Chen Wenbin.

Pharmacist Apprentice: David Klein.

Trainee Nurse: Mary Frey

Chen Wenbin never expected that he would own a licensed clinic and pharmacy in another world, and it was even wholly owned.

If he had this kind of capital before he transmigrated, even if it was just a clinic in the center of a county town, why would he still be working at a foreign trade company?

He's a winner in life!

The best people in the county's matchmaking corner and in your social circle!

Looking at the cursive English sign in front of the villa, Chen Wenbin sighed inwardly, walked into the villa, and pushed open the door to the extraction room on the first floor.

Inside, David and Mary, now dressed in white lab coats and wearing masks, were standing in front of the lab table, filtering the crude allicin alcohol extract they had made the night before using gauze and filter paper.

As for the round-bottom flasks, condensers, simple distillation apparatus, and piston vacuum pump that Matex had sent, they were neatly placed aside.

"teacher!"

"...You're back, sir!"

Upon seeing Chen Wenbin return, the two immediately stopped what they were doing.

Chen Wenbin nodded, glanced at the small basin of pale yellow extract, and asked, "How many times has it been filtered?"

David immediately replied, "As you instructed, sir, I first filtered it three times with gauze, and then once with filter paper."

"Okay, that should be enough. Stop now and seal the unfiltered extract. I'll teach you how to improve the purity of allicin."

After he finished speaking, he took out the mercury thermometer he had just borrowed from the city hall and explained to the two of them: "...Actually, these filtered crude alcohol extracts can also cure diseases, but since they contain alcohol, taking too little medicine will affect the treatment effect, so we need to use vacuum distillation to remove the alcohol from them."

The key to this method is temperature and low-pressure control, so it's impossible to do without a thermometer and a vacuum pump... David, go get a basin of hot water!

"Yes, sir!" David suppressed his excitement and immediately went to the kitchen to bring back hot water.

Chen Wenbin placed the thermometer in a basin of hot water and then continuously added cold water until it dropped to 109 degrees Fahrenheit... which is about 43 degrees Celsius. The reason for not using Celsius is that the thermometers made in the UK are based on the Fahrenheit standard, and the conversion formula is Fahrenheit = Celsius × 1.8 + 32.

After getting the hot water ready, the next step was to fill the distillation flask with the extract, then connect the condenser and the manual piston vacuum pump. Finally, the distillation flask was immersed in hot water, and the alcohol was distilled out by lowering the boiling point of the alcohol under low pressure. After working for half an hour, the three of them finally obtained about several tens of milliliters of pale yellow allicin liquid.

Because the product was only valid for two or three hours, Chen Wenbin did not delay any longer. He put the glass bottle containing the allicin into a homemade cotton insulated box, instructed the two to continue pounding garlic and filtering the extract, and then went to Diana's residence.

The distance was only a few hundred meters, but he chose to walk instead of taking a carriage.

Upon arriving at the destination, Diana's maid, Betty, seemed to have been waiting at the door. Seeing him, her eyes lit up, and she excitedly rushed forward, saying, "Dr. Robin, you've finally arrived! Miss slept so well last night… You're amazing!"

Chen Wenbin nodded and said calmly, "...The medicine I gave Miss Diana yesterday was just to help her sleep. The real medicine that can cure her illness is in the box I have."

"…Great!" Betty cheered and immediately led Chen Wenbin into the villa.

When they met again, Diana was no longer lying in bed, but had changed into a casual floral off-the-shoulder dress and was sitting in the living room on the first floor, her blonde hair falling casually over her chest, looking like a sickly beauty.

However, she looked better and her cough wasn't as frequent... It seems that her rest last night helped her immunity recover.

When Diana saw Chen Wenbin, she was taken aback at first, then she forced herself to stand up, lifted her skirt, and bowed slightly in a ladylike curtsy.

"Good morning, Dr. Robin!"

"Miss Diana."

Chen Wenbin also took off his top hat, handed it to Betty, and asked, "How are you feeling today?"

"...I'm feeling a bit better, but my lungs and throat are still very uncomfortable!" Diana said, secretly glancing at the young doctor in front of her. She thought he looked even more charming than yesterday after taking off his mask... Her pretty face couldn't help but blush slightly.

"Okay, take your medicine now!" Chen Wenbin was a little surprised by her reaction. Why was this girl looking at him with the same lewd gaze as Mary?

And Betty... her eyes seem off too!

Thinking back on the Smith family's two daughters, Andrew and Chris's sisters, and Mrs. Anna's enthusiastic reactions to him these past few days... he finally realized his current attraction to women!

He knew he had become much more handsome, and the flaws in his features and skin had gradually disappeared, making him more and more perfect. Every night when he saw himself in the mirror, he thought he looked incredibly handsome, but he subconsciously ignored this advantage... After all, how can a real man rely on his looks to make a living?

Um, okay!

I used to think this way because I lacked the resources. But if it could help me achieve my goals, sacrificing my looks wouldn't be out of the question...

But now was not the time to think about these things. He turned to Betty and instructed her, "Betty, go get a cup of warm sugar water. The water shouldn't be too hot, and don't put too much sugar in it... My medicine can't be taken directly; the taste is a bit strong."

"Okay, doctor!" Betty quickly agreed.

Chen Wenbin then took out the small bottle of garlic extract and showed Betty and Diana the dosage ratio for each dose, telling them to take it every six hours, three times a day, and that it would take about a week to cure them.

After Diana drank half a cup of sugar water mixed with allicin in one go, Chen Wenbin did not leave. Instead, he chatted with her for another ten minutes or so to make sure she did not have an allergic reaction before he said goodbye and left. Allergic reactions to allergens can occur, but they are very rare.

After he left, Betty came back and sidled up to Diana, grinning, "Diana, isn't Dr. Robin very handsome?"

I almost screamed when I saw him! I heard he's not even engaged yet!

"...Yes! He is indeed very handsome, and very gentlemanly!" Diana didn't deny it; she was also very surprised to see such a handsome face behind his mask...

Then she sighed and shook her head, saying, "But I can't decide who I marry..."

"Why not?"

Betty encouraged, "Little Francis has broken his neck, Diane, your engagement is off!"

Moreover, Dr. Robin is a very capable doctor. If the allicin he discovered can really cure you, then the whole of Britain will be grateful for his discovery!

"At that time, the master shouldn't object to you marrying a famous doctor..."

……

Since moving into 76 White Street, Chen Wenbin's pace of life has suddenly accelerated.

As Diana's condition continued to improve, more and more patients came seeking treatment from Dr. Robin, including many local powerful families from Providence and Newport.

Chen Wenbin has many things to do and cannot sit in the clinic all day to see patients. As a last resort, he can only limit himself to seeing 20 patients every morning. 15 of these spots are reserved for the wealthy, with a consultation fee of 5 pounds per person, while the other five spots are reserved for the poor, with a fee of only one shilling per person. Emergency patients are an exception.

In order to get away as soon as possible, he submitted his paper on allicin to several major newspapers in New England, and recruited the four young men he had treated on the Chena—Andrew, Chris, Anthony, and Benjamin—to learn how to produce allicin and basic medical knowledge.

In addition, he recruited three of Mary's sisters to help her with some miscellaneous tasks at the clinic.

Besides the clinic, Chen Wenbin currently has the following main tasks:

First, we gathered craftsmen to build a prototype of the human-powered Jenna spinning machine to solve technical problems, while simultaneously advancing the construction of the water-powered spinning machine.

Second, conduct experiments on the heating of mercuric oxide and write a paper on the theory of oxidation.

Third, purchase cattle and sheep bones, sulfuric acid, and experimental equipment to try to produce white phosphorus and red phosphorus.

Fourth, compile teaching materials, recruit teachers, and prepare for the establishment of Providence College of Science.

Fifth, follow up on the scurvy data sent by Charles House and establish contact with the British Navy...

In short, there were many things to do, and Chen Wenbin was very busy, but with the full help of Reverend Jason, David and Andrew, as well as Governor Hopkins and the support of a group of wealthy families who had received medical treatment from Chen Wenbin, his career was progressing steadily.