Unlike the 21st century where antibiotic-resistant strains are rampant due to overuse of antibiotics, bacteria in this era hadn't been "exercised" and thus Penicillin's therapeutic effects were very good.
After the injection, just 4 hours later, Camellia's high fever was preliminarily alleviated.
Just past five o'clock, Dr. Lamarck brought over the newly purified glucose—a small bottle of less than 70 grams at a concentration of 7.3%.
In this era, there was no technology to produce glucose from starch, and the purification techniques were imperfect. Producing this small amount of glucose cost more than a dozen pounds of raisins. The expense was over 200 francs.
Dr. Lamarck drew the glucose solution into a syringe, then inserted it into the vein on Camellia's arm to begin the slow infusion.