January 4, 1868
Berlin was Prussia's political center and also one of its academic centers.
Numerous Prussian universities, academic institutions, and research organizations were gathered here.
Today, Ernst also established a medical research institution in Berlin—the Tropical Diseases Research Center.
Ernst's understanding of medicine was like blowing on a fire with a rolling pin: utterly clueless. But with money, what could not be done? Once the funding was in place, capable people would come flocking in.
From its name alone, it was obvious that the Tropical Diseases Research Center's main research projects focused on conquering tropical diseases.
As a mid-latitude nation without overseas colonies, Prussia's work in tropical disease research was practically zero compared with countries like Britain and France during the same period.
And in this era, let alone researching tropical diseases, even ordinary infectious diseases were still in the exploratory stage. Achieving results would be harder than ascending to heaven.
Ernst did not expect its research results to immediately improve East Africa's medical conditions. Building up technical reserves in advance could never be wrong.
Why had those Western medical companies and research institutions in his previous life been able to monopolize the most cutting-edge theories and technologies in medicine?
Was it not because they had started early, coupled with the support of powerful national strength, allowing them to build impregnable fortresses?
The Tropical Diseases Research Center bore the task of preparing technology and experience for East Africa's future medicine. Falling behind by one step was not a problem; falling behind at every step was what was terrifying.
Although the Tropical Diseases Research Center had the word "tropical" in its name, its actual research scope was not limited to the tropics.
This research center would be divided into two parts, one built in East Africa and the other in