Chapter 43: Lay Out
“…… Therefore, strictly speaking, blood type does not accurately determine the blood relationship between two generations. ”
After patiently explaining, John looked at Mr. Wesley with a blank face, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. The gap between the times is so huge, and the basic common sense of the 21st century, which is known to almost everyone, is like a book from heaven to the people of this era, even like the well-educated person in front of him.
So when John had finished speaking, Mr. Wesley hesitated and asked, "But Mr. Huntelaar, I have read Mr. Conan Doyle's detective novel, and I have heard about what is happening in Europe......
"Sir, I am the creator of the blood group theory!"
This time, without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, John directly shook his head and said: "As far as the current technology is concerned, we can only judge the possible blood type of our children by the blood type of our parents, but we can't judge their parent-child relationship!" And ......" and what? “
Seeing that John's tone was a little hesitant, Mr. Wesley asked anxiously.
After a slight pause, John said with a complicated gaze: "And my research is just a theory at present, and it has not been demonstrated by large-scale population blood group research, so ...... Mr. Wesley, Sherlock Holmes is just a novel, not a substitute for strictly forbidden scientific research, and I personally think that for now, the blood group theory has not been perfected to the point where it can identify blood relationships for people! ”
John was not disgusted by Wesley's request, but he did not want to get involved either.
In fact, in John's view, no matter what age the father wants to find out whether the child is his own, it is a legitimate demand - this is their right. It's just that compared to the society and people of the future, this era is still too intolerant of this kind of thing. One carelessness can easily lead to a catastrophe, just like what happened in Europe not long ago, so subconsciously John didn't want to be involved.
However, this statement obviously did not dispel Wesley's thoughts, and he almost immediately went on to ask, "Then Mr. Huntelaar, if you continue to research, when will you be able to accurately determine the blood relationship between people?" ”
"I'm sorry. I'm afraid it won't be possible anytime soon. ”
For this question, John could only shake his head helplessly and smile bitterly.
The technology that can really determine the parent-child relationship has not been possible in recent decades, and even the appearance of John is not realistic. Because in addition to the proposal of medical theories, this also requires the progress of physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, machinery and other aspects of technology, which can be said to be a huge system engineering. John's crossing may drive the rapid development of surgical technology, the pharmaceutical industry, and even the entire medical system, but it is indeed too difficult to do so.
After seeing John's reaction, Wesley probably knew that the road must have been blocked, but he continued to ask, "With the current means." Is it possible to use blood type to determine if a child is mine? Like in the novel? ”
In his desperation, Wesley was no longer in the mood to make a simple cover-up.
"This ......"
John frowned and hesitated at this question.
If you simply use the blood type to determine whether the child is biological, in fact, it is still possible, for example, if both parents have blood type O, then the blood type of the child can only be type O. However, firstly, there are only four blood types in the ABO blood group system, and the probability of various possibilities is very high, and secondly, John really does not want to provide such technical support at the moment. So in the face of Wesley's urgent request, he was really a little uncertain.
Under Wesley's eager gaze. After pondering for a long time, John finally shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wesley, I can only help you identify which blood type you belong to, but whether you can judge the blood relationship between the two from this, I think it still needs a lot of examples to study." It will be proved in the end......"
Seeing off Mr. Wesley, who was frowning, John shook his head helplessly.
When he first heard from Anna that Conan Doyle had written this theory, John had a hunch that there would be trouble, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. It seems that no matter what era it is, there will be no shortage of men who suspect their wives of infidelity. There will be no shortage of men giving birth to illegitimate children outside the home, and the introduction of the blood group inheritance theory undoubtedly provides them with an effective way to judge whether the child is biological. And that's why John was reluctant to throw it out so early in the first place, because in this day and age, the impact of this kind of thing on the family is too great.
"Trouble, trouble!"
Fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and John's expression changed rapidly.
If it were an ordinary family, it would be impossible to trouble John because of such a thing, first, they might not be able to afford the high cost, and second, John could simply refuse. But like Mr. Wesley's words today, John felt that there was some trouble: the other party must belong to the kind of rich and powerful people, even if he is not afraid, it will still be very troublesome after all.
And......
And that's just the beginning!
Although he had already obtained the North American rights to the entire Sherlock Holmes series from Conan Doyle, John never had time to think about publishing, so the relevant news came from Europe. And it can also be seen from Anna's letter that because the blood group theory has caused at least two family tragedies in Europe, it has had a rather bad impact: most people may just read it as news, but some physiologists have jumped out and started to criticize Conan Doyle's novel, of course, the ultimate target is John? Huntelaar.
In Conan Doyle's novels, Watson is an absolute admirer of Dr. Huntelaar.
All the medical knowledge provided by John to Conan Doyle, including blood group theory, and of course a lot of forensic knowledge, is in the mouth of the character Watson in the book. Mr. Huntelaar learned from his mouth. In Conan Doyle's writing, Watson had studied with Mr. Huntelaar for a long time, and all this knowledge was derived from Mr. Huntelaar's unpublished work.
Because of John's achievements in the field of surgery, many people know that he is real.
Many people have not necessarily studied John's blood group theory, but when the tragedy happened, they did not focus on the cause of the tragedy itself, but began to focus on the ABO blood group theory. So in the letter to John, Anna was full of concern......
"Bang!"
After sitting alone for a long time, John's fingers suddenly slammed on the table!
"Damn it!"
Taking a deep breath, John's constricted brows gradually relaxed: "Since it is inevitable no matter what, then it is better to put everything in front of the world......" (to be continued......