Chapter 59: Impact
During the last ten days of October 1885, the elder Huntelaar was busy ascertaining the final managers of the two factories and looking for a local partner for the pharmaceutical factory, while John, after a successful meeting, had begun to consider whether he would be invited to travel later in the year, in addition to continuing his work.
At the same time, the surgeons who attended the meeting returned to their cities......
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Austria, Vienna, railway station.
"Uncle, why didn't you see Mr. Wolfler?"
Scott, who had come with a carriage to pick up people, looked around and asked a little strangely.
Scott was a student of Bierrot and had just arrived at the Vienna General Hospital to study surgery with Bierrot, but on the other hand, he was also Bierrot's nephew, and the two were quite close. So after receiving the telegram from Bierrot, he came to the auto show today to pick up people. However, when he left, Bierrot took his assistant Wolffler with him, but when he returned, there was only one person, which surprised him.
"He's staying in Berlin."
Handing the luggage to his nephew, Bierrot said a little tiredly. The long journey was quite hard for an elderly person, especially in this era, the train conditions were quite poor, and the distance of nearly 1,000 kilometers made Bierrot a little unbearable.
"Stayed in Berlin?"
Scott's eyes widened, and his expression suddenly became surprised.
Bierrot was not interested in explaining, he saw the carriage in the distance and walked over. Now he just wants to go back to his home as much as possible, lie down comfortably and sleep, and wait for himself to talk about other things.
However, it was obvious that Scott did not understand the old man's hardship, and he hurriedly caught up with his teacher and asked urgently, "Uncle, that Mr. Huntelaar's paper...... Is it really that good? So you let Mr. Wolfler stay and study? ”
"Hmm."
Nodding. Bierrot replied lightly.
"But ......"
Swallowing hard, Scott felt that his brain was running out of words.
He didn't really care about surgical sterilization or anything, after all, Bierrot had changed his attitude ten years ago and attached great importance to disinfection technology. In his opinion, Mr. Huntelaar had at best made a little improvement, and there was nothing to make a fuss about. What caught Scott's attention was local anesthesia. As a surgeon, he is very interested in this technique. As for appendectomy or something, Scott hardly believed it, because in that gentleman's paper, the success rate of open removal of the appendix was 100%!
How is this possible?!
As a student of Bierrot, Scott was of course dismissive of it.
In Scott's mind, his teacher and uncle is now the best surgeon in Europe, even Professor Bierrot has to be careful in performing open surgery, and the mortality rate of patients is also frighteningly high, how can a guy who has never heard of it be 100% successful?
It must be a deliberate exaggeration!
In this day and age, deliberate exaggerations by physicians are commonplace. Scott had seen a lot of cases of successful surgery and then immediately write a paper to brag about himself, so he was opposed to Bierrot's decision to go to Berlin in person. Bilrot left the University of Berlin for family reasons and school on the other, so Scott has always had considerable prejudices about the place.
It's just that I didn't expect it......
After getting into the carriage in silence all the way, Bierrot suddenly turned his head to look at his student: "Scott." Do you want to be a really good surgeon? “
"Of course!"
Scott was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately nodded and said.
"Let's go to Berlin then!"
Took a deep breath. Bierrot said solemnly: "When Wolfler returns, I will send you to Charlotte's hospital to study hard with Mr. Huntelaar......
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London, England.
"Sir, everyone is here."
In Liszt's office, his secretary said respectfully.
"Okay. I'll be right away. ”
Nodding, Liszt stood up and pointed to a large bag on the ground and said, "You bring these materials first, and the doctors will each send a copy." ”
"Yes, sir."
The secretary immediately stepped forward and carried the bag, and couldn't help but be surprised: "So heavy? Mr. What's inside? ”
"I asked for some information in Berlin."
Sorting out the things on the table, Liszt said without raising his head.
Seeing that Liszt seemed reluctant to say more, the secretary didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly went out with the bag in both hands. When the secretary had gone out, Liszt packed up his things and did not go out immediately, but sat for a few more minutes before walking to the conference room of the Department of Surgery at the Royal College Hospital.
In the conference room, there were already many people seated.
With the increasing promotion of surgical sterilization and anesthesia techniques, the development of surgery is gradually accelerating. Not only is the success rate of conventional surgery getting higher and higher, but surgeries such as breast cancer and laryngeal cancer are gradually becoming less difficult. Surgery has gradually gained recognition from the medical community, and Liszt, who has become famous for his efforts to promote surgical disinfection technology, has naturally risen in status, attracting many outstanding talents to join and follow. The size of the surgery at the Royal College Hospital is much larger than that of Charlotte Hospital, and the number of fifteen surgeons is almost twice as large as that of the hospital!
While waiting for Liszt to come, everyone whispered in twos and threes. Liszt's visit to Berlin was no secret, but few people knew the specific reason, so they were all speculating about the purpose of the professor's meeting today. As for the things that have just been sent, few people take a look at them.
When Liszt walked into the conference room, the room quickly fell silent.
"Gentlemen."
Without too much nonsense, after looking around, Liszt frowned and said directly: "Have you all read the things you just sent?" ”
There was silence in the room.
Doctors, look at me, I'll look at you, and many people immediately began to look through the information in their hands. The secretary had just sent the things down without saying anything, and few people had noticed them while they were discussing the purpose of the meeting immediately after Liszt's trip to Berlin.
However, before everyone could take a few looks, Liszt had already said loudly: "Gentlemen, I strongly urge you to take a good look at this information in your hands!" This was written by Mr. Huntelaar, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Berlin, on local anaesthesia, surgical sterilization practices and appendectomy...... I think if you've watched the first two issues of The Lancet and German Medicine, you know what that means, right? ”
"That's the one who wrote the paper on all the successes of the open surgery?"
After hearing Liszt's words, a middle-aged physician in his forties couldn't help but frown and ask.
"Yes, it's Mr. Huntelaar!"
Frowning, Liszt nodded heavily.
There was a slight commotion in the conference room. The name Huntelaar has been very popular among surgeons for a while, on the one hand, naturally because this guy has published so many important papers one after another, and there are such eye-catching things as local anesthesia technology. On the other hand, it was also because Liszt's physicians were highly skeptical of the authenticity of those papers!
The main focus is on the effectiveness of new surgical sterilization practices and the safety of appendectomy.
As Liszt's subordinates, surgeons have a natural sense of superiority in the field of disinfection, after all, even if Liszt's stone carbonic acid disinfection method has been frequently questioned in recent years, he is still the most prestigious surgeon in this field, so his subordinates have always looked at people with their nostrils in this regard. As for the 100% success rate of appendectomy, everyone is even more scorned, they are all surgeons, and no one believes that this can be done with current technology!
The doctor's questioning just now just showed everyone's attitude.
Of course, Liszt was well aware of this, so at this time he sighed heavily in his heart, and said angrily: "Gentlemen, I have been in Berlin for a whole week, and I have seen many facts with my own eyes, so I can swear in my name that what is written in those papers is true!" ”
"Boom ......"
This time, there was a sudden commotion in the conference room.
Under the stunned gaze of many surgeons, Liszt and the others calmed down a little and then said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, I ask you to read these materials carefully and be prepared!" Chuck and George spent three months studying in Berlin and will soon be back in London, and when they return, we will improve on what they have learned......" (To be continued......