Chapter 21: Experiments
The next morning, on campus at the University of Berlin.
"It's ...... Physiology lab? ”
See a sign not far ahead, Howard? Kelly's eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression quickly became excited: "Physiology laboratory at the University of Berlin? ”
"Yes, the physiology laboratory of the University of Berlin."
Smiling, John repeated what Kelly had just said.
John still understands the mood of the obstetrician and gynecologist at this time. After all, he was also very excited when he first came here, because in this era, physiology at the University of Berlin is undoubtedly a jewel in medicine!
At the end of the day, this is a time when modern medicine is just in its infancy.
Surgery has just begun to get rid of the shackles of traditional skills and enter the door of science, and internal medicine has also relied on the accumulation of experience after the gradual collapse of the humoral theory and the theory of natural growth, and before the rise of modern treatment methods. As for obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics, they have just begun to attract attention, and only basic disciplines such as anatomy and physiology have really begun to break through. Advances in physiology in the 19th century were a great progress, and the University of Berlin was one of the best of them!
For Kelly, this is the place he once dreamed of.
But......
After a short period of excitement, Kelly looked at John with some puzzlement: "Didn't you say you want to discuss the issue of blood transfusion technology with me?" How did you come to the physiology lab? ”
"Hehe, where should I go?"
Laughing and asking rhetorically, before Kelly could ask another question, John had already strode into a nearby office and laughed, "Good morning, Werner! ”
"Haha, good morning, John."
After hearing John's voice. A tall white man of thirty-five or sixteen years old greeted him with a smile, hugged John hard, patted him on the shoulder and said, "In order to welcome your arrival, I have postponed this morning's class, if there is no good idea that makes my heart, hehe......"
Listen to the laughter of old friends. John was speechless.
This Werner, naturally, was an old friend of John's acquaintance. Although I didn't spend a long time in the physiology laboratory, I got along well with this associate professor of physiology at the time, and I have been communicating intermittently in the field of blood and other fields. When he was about to use it in the physiology lab this time, John immediately thought of him.
Werner was clearly very happy with his arrival.
But when Kelly walked in with some hesitation, Werner's laughter suddenly stopped. At this time, John smiled and introduced: "Werner, this is my colleague in New York, obstetrician and gynecologist Howard?" Mr. Kelly. Howard. This is Werner, an associate professor of physiology at the University of Berlin? Mr. Sprint. ”
"Good morning, Mr. Sprint."
Sprint, who had returned to normal, immediately stepped forward and greeted Kelly very warmly: "Welcome to the Sociology Laboratory of the University of Berlin, Mr. Kelly, it is an honor to meet you." ”
After some pleasantries, the three of them sat down in the office.
Without any more nonsense, John said straight to the point: "Werner, I asked Howard to come here today. It's because there's a new research topic that requires the two of you to work together! ”
"We? Cooperate? ”
After hearing John's words. Both of them were taken aback at the same time!
Kelly had already guessed what John meant by calling him to the school, after all, he had just decided on a research topic, but he never expected it to be a physiology laboratory. As for Werner's words, he was even more surprised, what can he do as a physiologist and an obstetrician-gynecologist to work with?
"Gentlemen!"
With a slight smile, John pulled out two envelopes from his bosom as if by magic. handed it to the two people in front of him, and then said loudly: "Presumably both of you know that the blood group theory and the related blood transfusion theory I proposed a few years ago. In recent years, many doctors in Europe have conducted similar studies, and there are also very successful cases, but unfortunately. The success rate and practicality are always unsatisfactory. Therefore, after several years of accumulation and precipitation, I intend to conduct a truly systematic study of blood transfusion technology...... And you, a physiologist with a knack for blood, and an obstetrician and gynecologist who urgently need technical support for blood transfusion, are the perfect combination! ”
After hearing these words, Werner and Kelly suddenly realized.
As a blood physiologist, Werner was indeed very interested in John's blood group theory, and has been following it for several years. As an obstetrician and gynecologist, the problem of maternal bleeding is important to Kelly......
If you look at it from this aspect, it's really quite a fit.
But......
Sensing the surprise in the hearts of the two, John then smiled slightly: "Sir, I think you should have noticed it too, right?" Now that the connection between laboratory research and clinical practice has become closer and closer, please allow me to make a judgment, that is, the future development of medicine will move away from the method of accumulation of experience and turn from the laboratory to the clinical model, and we can just try it through this research......
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In the afternoon, Charlotte Hospital Surgery Building.
August? Fisher and Ben? The two of them frowned at the same time, and then Ben? Puzzled, Lesitt asked, "John, you mean we have to conduct animal experiments first?" But...... If so, we will spend at least a month of time and a few thousand marks, which ...... Why can't it be used directly on patients? ”
"yes, yes."
For the doubts of his companions, August? Fisher also nodded repeatedly.
In their eyes, John's plan was purely superfluous. Now that the Department of Surgery at Charlotte Hospital has become famous, there are many patients who have to enter the operating room every day, not to mention anything else, even those patients with infected wounds that John requested, so why bother to do animal experiments?
Just go under the knife on those patients!
"Uh......"
With a wry smile, John shook his head and said, "Gentlemen, although it is not impossible to use it directly on patients, but for the sake of safety, and also to allow us to accumulate more experience, I think it is better to do animal experiments first......"
The difference in ideas for hundreds of years made John very helpless.
From a purely technical point of view, John is of course full of confidence, after all, the basic surgical operation techniques he proposed have been accumulated over hundreds of years and have been proven to be very applicable. But on the other hand, John didn't want to give others the impression that these techniques could be used directly on patients without experimentation!
The simple step of conducting anatomy, physiology, and pathology, followed by animal experiments, and finally clinical trials, is what John wants to pursue. He didn't want to be like other doctors of this era, who didn't care about the life or death of their patients, but only about the results of their own research!
This morning is as true this afternoon.
Although Auguste and the others thought that John's ideas were somewhat unnecessary, they agreed after a few arguments. At least compared to those patients who sometimes need to take some persuasion, the small animals can move the knife at will as long as they are numb, and it is relatively simple......
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My fingers are really useless, and I feel swollen and thick. (To be continued......)