Chapter 42: The Most Important Step
As John's power grew, he felt more and more constrained.
When he decided to become a surgeon, he put all his thoughts on perfecting surgical disinfection techniques, developing local anesthetics, and preparing for the next appendectomy for half a year. But when he completed this qiē and established himself in the medical field, he found that there was still too much to do!
There are no effective drugs, there is a lack of trained doctors, and the nursing is in a rude state, and the care of patients after appendectomy must be done by the doctors themselves.
"There is still a long way to go!"
Back in his office, John tapped lightly on his desk and thought to himself. Today's events reminded him that in addition to perfect facilities, scientific management and adequate physicians, the building in New York also needed a large number of formally trained nurses, because these lovely angels in white are absolutely indispensable in the wards and operating rooms......
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Because he hadn't been here for a few days, John had several letters on his desk.
In the past two months, more and more doctors have written to him, mostly discussing surgical aseptic disinfection and local anesthesia techniques, and with the publication of the September issue of "German Medicine", the letters discussing appendectomy in the last week or two have become hot, of course, mainly German doctors, especially the professors of surgery at Heidelberg, Munich and other universities have been eager to start preparing to try.
The hospitals and surgeons of this era were not as cautious as later generations.
Like John, before he was reborn, if Corey wanted to introduce an advanced technology from abroad or carry out a new type of surgery, he must report it first, and only after the approval can he try it on a small scale, and sometimes send someone to study abroad for a year or two. But the professors of this era will not be so scrupulous. Dare to go under the knife directly on the patient......
"Huh?"
Flipping through it, John's eyes lit up when he saw a letter. Almost several times the thickness of an ordinary letter, a postmark from Portsmouth, England, and that impressive handwriting......
"Conan? Doyle? Sherlock holmes? ”
A classic image flashed through his mind, and John couldn't help but whisper.
What a surprise!
How did John not think that he would give Conan? How long did Doyle's reply last. The other party replied so quickly. And judging by the thickness of this letter, it is likely that it contains the revised "Study of Blood Letters"!
"Sting!"
Without any hesitation, John couldn't wait to tear open the envelope in his hand.
Sure enough, this is exactly Conan? Doyle's reply, which is followed by a study in Scarlet Letters, which he revised in just one week, is titled "Sherlock? Mr. Holmes"! And looking further down, it is the beginning that John knows very well: "In 1878 I received my M.D. from the University of London, and then I took a military medical specialty. He was then sent to India as a medical assistant in the 5th Musket Regiment in Northumberland......"
Classic opening, classic Watson!
"Hey......
After reading the short story at the speed of light, John was overjoyed.
It looks like this Conan? Mr. Doyle was indeed not a stubborn man, and almost completely accepted what he had given him, not only adding a narrator, Doctor Watson, but Mr. Detective's personality changed drastically, becoming eccentric, and at the time of his first meeting with Watson. It's still the same sentence: "I can see that you've been to Afghanistan." ”。 This made John even more amused, and he chuckled under his breath.
A different kind of satisfaction came to life at this time.
Carefully folded the letter and put it back in the envelope, John had decided to treasure it along with the last letter Conan Doyle had written to him. And when Mr. Holmes begins to become more and more popular in this world, this will be him and that Conan? A secret between Mr. Doyle!
After a long time of enjoying himself, John took out a pen and paper and began to write back: "Mr. Doyle. It's great to hear from you again......"
"Gotta get it!"
Just as John was encouraging Dao'er to submit the novel to a publishing house or newspaper, a knock on the door interrupted John's train of thought, and he immediately raised his head and shouted, "Please come in!" ”
"Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar."
The editor of "German Medicine" who pushed open the door greeted him warmly with a smile on his face.
"Good morning."
He shook his eyebrows in surprise. John stood up and smiled and asked, "Mr. Hines, is there something to find me?" ”
"Yes sir, I would like to talk to you about that meeting next weekend."
After shaking John's hand vigorously, Hines said respectfully.
At John's request, the Lancet and German Medicine simultaneously published that the Department of Surgery at Charlotte Hospital would hold an academic conference in Berlin and present new surgical sterilization techniques, local anesthesia techniques, and appendectomy.
Mr. Byrne gladly agreed.
This is not only an opportunity to build a good relationship with Charlotte Hospital, but also a good opportunity to meet many of the best surgeons in Europe and find more potential authors for your magazine! As the editor-in-chief of an academic journal, Mr. Byrne is one of the very few people of his time who can see the great potential of surgery, and he is also one of the people who value John's future the most.
The intervention of "German Medicine" was also of great benefit to John and them.
On the one hand, the magazine was also responsible for arranging the venue and accommodation of the participants, and John even gave them the task of contacting them after the conference was successful - of course, there would not be only one such academic conference, because John would probably have to attend countless academic conferences in the second half of his life......
Hines then asked, "Sir, can you tell me how many people will come?" ”
Frowning, John said with some uncertainty, "About forty people, right?" ”
"So much?!"
But after hearing this number, Hines was overjoyed.
"Is it much?"
After hearing Hines's words, John was speechless.
To be honest, John was a little disappointed with this figure, which was at most the level of a special training class in his previous life, and it was also sponsored by related manufacturers. You must know that an academic conference like this that directly provides the most cutting-edge research results will be able to come to a thousand people in the future.
But it's clear that John ignores the times.
Physicians of this era did not have high incomes, and they had a lot of headaches about expensive travel expenses, and most of them were famous surgeons or their assistants. And if you count it carefully, there are really not many surgeons who can accept and understand John's research now, and the level of forty people has already surprised Hines! After all, as the largest medical conference every year, the annual meeting of physiology in Germany is only one or two hundred people.
So while John was disappointed, Hines said excitedly: "Believe me, Mr. Huntelaar, if the papers you published were the first step to your fame, then this conference will be the most important step for you to become one of the top surgeons in Europe......"
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Kavinka is so powerful, I really can't write it. (To be continued......)