In the afternoon, London Pier.

The slightly hot weather could not stop the surging flow of people, and as soon as the Jasmine cruise ship arrived at the port after a long voyage, a large number of people could not wait to rush down from the deck, and for a while the sound of talking, colliding, and noisy became a mess.

After a long time and a bumpy ride, no one wants to stay on board for even a minute longer.

Compared to the crowds of people who disembark, there are far fewer people waiting on the pier. After all, a cruise ship from New York to London takes at least ten days to sail, and in this era, the most primitive radios only exist in Tesla's laboratory, and it is not easy to determine the arrival time of the ship. So for most people, once they arrive at the port, they are left on their own.

Of course, there are still quite a few people waiting on the pier.

There was no radio, but the cable telegraph was well established in those years, and it was very fast to send telegrams from New York to London, and it was not impossible for someone to wait on the docks if the identity of the passengers was important enough......

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"Let Jean, please let Jean!"

While wiping the sweat from his head with a handkerchief that has turned dark, George? Owens squeezed forward as he struggled, and at the same time the sign in his right hand had to be held high to prevent the name on the sign from being drowned out by the retrograde crowd.

There are too many people who get off the cruise ship in an instant.

But after a little bit of a little bit of progress, George? Owens had already seen the person he was about to pick up, and his face suddenly showed a look of joy, and he held a sign in his right hand and shouted: "Mr. Huntelaar! Mr. Huntelaar, here I am! I'm here ......."

In a clearing behind the crowd, three people had just stepped out of the boat.

All three of them looked quite young, the oldest being only about thirty years old. The youngest seemed to be in his early twenties, but he was certainly over six feet tall and stood out in the crowd. These three people, naturally, are John and Howard, who have just arrived in London? Kelly and Henry, the coachman of the Huntelaar family.

The voices were noisy, and John didn't hear George? Owens shouted until the other party squeezed out of the crowd before waving in surprise, "Hey." Mr. Owens, here we are! ”

George? Owens threw down the sign in his hand, stretched out his arms and strode over: "Haha, welcome to London, Mr. Huntelaar!" ”

"Long time no see, George!"

John, who saw his old friend, was also very happy, hugged each other hard and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?" You can't pick us up on purpose, right? ”

"Haha, of course!"

Owens clenched his arms hard, laughed and said loudly, "Since I received your telegram from New York. Professor Liszt asked me to ask the shipping company and knew that you should be there in these two days...... I've been waiting for you at the docks since yesterday! ”

"Ahh Thank you so much! ”

After being slightly stunned, John thanked him again and again.

Since he had come to London by ship, John certainly had to pay a visit to Professor Liszt. On the one hand, the relationship between the two is good, which can be regarded as a real year-old friend, and on the other hand, there are still many work contacts between the two. John certainly couldn't pass up this great opportunity to visit.

"George, let me introduce you."

After a warm greeting. John began to introduce Kelly behind him: "This is Howard? Mr. Kelly, an excellent physician, is now the Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at our hospital. Mr. Kelly, this is George? Mr. Owens, who is Professor Liszt's right-hand man......"

After everyone got to know each other, Kelly led the group into the carriage. Came to the hotel where I had booked.

Everyone is well aware of the exhaustion after a long journey, so George? Owens didn't stay long after arranging for John's lodging, and quickly took his leave. John took a hot bath, slept comfortably, and then met Professor Liszt in person the next morning.

"Welcome back to London. John! ”

"Thank you, Professor Liszt."

After hugging Liszt, John smiled a little apologetically after being happy: "We were supposed to visit, but I didn't expect you to come this morning......"

After a long greeting, the two sat down on the sofa in the room.

While pouring water, John quietly looked at Professor Liszt. Compared with the last time we met, Liszt did not have any obvious changes, but if you look closely, you will find that the famous professor of surgery in Europe seems to have more gray hair and deeper wrinkles, but because of the high-spirited demeanor at this time, these subtle changes in the small details have been concealed.

John knew that Liszt might not have had a good time in the past two years.

Historically, Liszt would have reached the pinnacle of his life in seven years as President of the Royal Society, but now he is at an absolute low point.

The reason is also very simple, Lister became a surgical disinfection, and at the same time was trapped in surgical disinfection.

Until now, in June 1888, there are still a large number of doctors in Europe who refuse to accept the germ theory, and certainly not Liszt's theory of sterilization. These old-fashioned physicians, who had received old-fashioned medical education, were unwilling to learn the cumbersome and rigorous theories of disinfection, and still stubbornly adhered to the previous practices, and even ridiculed and criticized the ideas promoted by Liszt. At the same time, religious figures are attacking the latest medical discoveries because they offend the ...... who controls everything

Of course, none of this is the most important.

Since he began to research and promote surgical disinfection technology more than 20 years ago, what kind of position has Liszt not seen? Being attacked by the surgeons in the audience during his speech, besieged by the nuns, and even ignored by many doctors when he went to the United States, this is something that Liszt has long been accustomed to.

The point now is that many surgeons are criticizing Liszt's sterilization techniques.

One of the reasons for all this is John? Huntelaar invented new disinfection technologies two years ago, such as alcohol disinfection, iodine tincture, and so on. These better, and less irritating surgical sterilization techniques quickly spread in the hands of top surgeons, and Liszt himself was one of the most active followers.

But at the same time, there are still a large number of doctors who are still using stone carbonic acid disinfection.

The method of preparing iodine tincture has long been given, and the optimal concentration of disinfectant alcohol has long been given, but it is not so simple for general surgeons who are not affiliated with the university to get these things. Something like iodine tincture, because of its unstable nature and the current state of technology, can only be prepared by hospitals or physicians themselves, which blocks the possibility of most people using it. For those physicians who lack knowledge of chemistry, it is obviously impossible to simply learn how to prepare from papers.

At least for a short period of time, it is difficult to fully popularize the preparation method.

Therefore, the disinfection of carbonic acid, which is still widely used, has begun to receive more and more criticism, even if Liszt has promoted John's new disinfection technology in his paper, some people have always turned a blind eye. In the past two decades, Liszt has attracted too many enemies for himself because of his efforts to promote the concept of surgical sterilization, and now is the time for them to fight back.

John had seen all these things in those periodicals.

However, even after knowing these circumstances, John did not open his mouth to comfort the other party, after all, he knew that this is a very special stage, and the rapid development of bacteriological theory is only a matter of the past five years, and the new forces in the field of surgery have not yet completely gained a foothold, and the traditional forces are still relatively strong, which will cause such a situation. After this dark period, Liszt's earlier efforts in the field of surgical disinfection will gain more respect. Young physicians, in particular, who have grown up under the theories of Pasteur and Koch's bacteriology, will become more aware of the important role of sterilization in surgery, and will begin to become Liszt's loyalists, completely outpowering their obsolete opponents......

"First of all I want to congratulate you, John."

After John also sat down, Liszt said with a smile: "Congratulations on finally having your own hospital, I hope I will have the opportunity to see it with my own eyes in the future...... Also, I read last month's publication of The Lancet, and congratulations on your breakthrough in a new field! ”

"Hehe, it hasn't been proven yet."

Smiling, John shook his head.

Of course, he knew what Professor Liszt was referring to, whether it was heredity or vitamin theory, John's paper was groundbreaking, but he also knew that everything was just two papers until the results were given in the laboratory or in the clinic.

However, Professor Liszt waved his hand and said with a smile: "John, it's not that there is no proof at all, is it? I don't believe that research has not started in your hospital? And as far as I know, at least six or seven physicians in London are very interested in your paper, and have now begun to make observations and experiments. ”

"Oh?"

When John's eyes lit up when he heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Professor, can you elaborate on it?" ”

"Of course!"

Liszt laughed and continued: "As far as I know, there are two professors at the University of London who have started to study your genetic theory, and there are even more people who have studied vitamin theory, especially the Dutch......"

"Dutch......

Hearing the name of the country, John's brow suddenly furrowed.

"Yes, the Dutch are the most positive."

Liszt didn't notice the change in John's expression, nodded and smiled: "You know, the Dutch have a large colony in the far east, and the incidence of beriberi is quite high in that place......" (To be continued......