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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 18:12:23 GMT
I couldn't produce penicillin, but maybe I could convince a scientist to look into it. I suppose that doesn't really count, as it would apply to many things. Besides, all I know is that it's produced from mold. It was originally found on bread I believe and then tested on a peach tree dish ( as Marjorie Taylor Greene would say) and observed to stop the spread of bacteria. No reason you couldn't replicate that in Late medieval England. Like Mags with the transistor you'd probably get burned at the stake though if you started healing people with it. |
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Post by Einhorn on Nov 23, 2022 18:14:00 GMT
I couldn't produce penicillin, but maybe I could convince a scientist to look into it. I suppose that doesn't really count, as it would apply to many things. Besides, all I know is that it's produced from mold. It was originally found on bread I believe and then tested on a peach tree dish (as Margery Tailor Green would say) and observed to stop the spread of bacteria. No reason you couldn't replicate that in Late medieval England. Like Mags with the transistor you'd probably get burned at the stake though if you started healing people with it. Cool! That makes me feel better. But wouldn't I need to go on to invent the hypodermic needle before I could administer it? |
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 18:19:21 GMT
It was originally found on bread I believe and then tested on a peach tree dish (as Margery Tailor Green would say) and observed to stop the spread of bacteria. No reason you couldn't replicate that in Late medieval England. Like Mags with the transistor you'd probably get burned at the stake though if you started healing people with it. Cool! That makes me feel better. But wouldn't I need to go on to invent the hypodermic needle before I could administer it? Not necessarily, you could just make a poultice with mouldy bread and apply it straight to an open wound. Also Jenner was able to take the puss from a cowpox sore and use a sewing needle to infect the patient with the cowpox virus. |
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Post by Einhorn on Nov 23, 2022 18:30:40 GMT
Cool! That makes me feel better. But wouldn't I need to go on to invent the hypodermic needle before I could administer it? Not necessarily, you could just make a poultice with mouldy bread and apply it straight to an open wound. Also Jenner was able to take the puss from a cowpox sore and use a sewing needle to infect the patient with the cowpox virus. I did not know that. Great! It's just occurred to me that I could probably teach the medical profession the Heimlich manoeuvre as well. Small potatoes compared to penicillin, I know, but still ... |
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 18:37:43 GMT
Not necessarily, you could just make a poultice with mouldy bread and apply it straight to an open wound. Also Jenner was able to take the puss from a cowpox sore and use a sewing needle to infect the patient with the cowpox virus. I did not know that. Great! It's just occurred to me that I could probably teach the medical profession the Heimlich manoeuvre as well. Small potatoes compared to penicillin, I know, but still ... If you don't know the Jenner story... He noticed that milkmaids who had caught the non-fatal cowpox virus straight from cows when they were milking them were immune to smallpox afterwards. He made the link and voila, vaccines were born and the first understandings of viruses began. Englishman of course. God save the king. |
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Post by wapentake on Nov 23, 2022 20:02:16 GMT
A very hard question and the only thing I could come up with really is a cheat,using the benefit of historical hindsight and with that ability make money from that knowledge to accelerate research and development of science and innovation.
Still as with some other posts probably end with persecution as some sort of heretic.
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Post by Orac on Nov 23, 2022 20:46:12 GMT
The op may have a strong point. I am running out of ways i would be at all valuable to these people. Thinking about machines in terms of information may push the needle forward slightly, but my genius likely would only be discovered in later ages. I wonder if you could make some kind of gramaphone record out of something available at the time.
Wax!
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Post by Einhorn on Nov 23, 2022 20:57:28 GMT
The op may have a strong point. I am running out of ways i would be at all valuable to these people. Thinking about machines in terms of information may push the needle forward slightly, but my genius likely would only be discovered in later ages. I wonder if you could make some kind of gramaphone record out of something available at the time. Wax! I'm encouraged by the fact that people are finding it difficult to come up with something. My friend posed the question months ago, and I couldn't come up with anything at all. I was beginning to feel inadequate. That said, things would probably jump out at you if you were actually in that scenario. |
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Post by Steve on Nov 23, 2022 21:12:29 GMT
Has to be something the then infrastructure could support. Penicillin was extremely difficult to produce in useful quantities in its early years even with 20th century capabilities.
So I'll go with using Cowpox as arguably the first effective vaccine
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 21:28:28 GMT
A very hard question and the only thing I could come up with really is a cheat,using the benefit of historical hindsight and with that ability make money from that knowledge to accelerate research and development of science and innovation. Still as with some other posts probably end with persecution as some sort of heretic. You could predict the 1598 total eclipse of the sun and pronounce yourself the right hand man of God him/herself if you really had a deathwish. Bit of a gamble but they might just make you Pope instead if you were really lucky. |
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Post by Einhorn on Nov 23, 2022 21:38:51 GMT
Would anyone here know how to pasteurise milk? (Viva La France!!)
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 21:45:36 GMT
Would anyone here know how to pasteurise milk? (Viva La France!!) Yes, you heat it up to 71.7 C for at least 15 seconds but not more than 25 seconds (I did actually learn some shit at catering college). You'd need a reliable thermometer and a load of ice to do it though. I'm not sure when the first mercury thermometer came along. You'd probably be better off inventing yoghurt if you wanted to extend the shelf life of milk. |
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 21:48:00 GMT
Better still invent ice cream. You'd make an absolute fortune.
You just need ice and salt for that plus all the readily available ingredients. You might have to wait a while for vanilla though.
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Post by Orac on Nov 23, 2022 21:54:58 GMT
Doughnuts, pizza, and crisps
You could make a fortune
edit to add
Opps..Potatos are still on the other side of the Atlantic
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Post by Montegriffo on Nov 23, 2022 22:10:23 GMT
Doughnuts, pizza, and crisps You could make a fortune edit to add Opps..Potatos are still on the other side of the Atlantic First potatoes in England not till 1586 apparently. Columbus missed a trick there. No tomatoes or pineapple for your pizzas either. |
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