"John, you're giving too much."

After coming out of the room, Thomas couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "In this case, as long as you can arrange a decent funeral for the old man, you don't have to give so much cash...... The money you gave Hollint was enough for him to go back to France and live comfortably for a while! ”

John smiled and didn't say anything more.

For John now, money is just a number and a symbol, and he doesn't have to pay attention to it for a long time. So, after seeing the sad little Mr. Hollint, he gave twice as much money as expected, despite Thomas's eyes. And from another point of view, John also did this to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, after all, Europe in this era was also quite resistant to autopsies, enough money to ensure that Hollint would not regret it.

Seeing that John didn't care, Thomas was secretly helpless and at the same time marveled at the kid's financial resources, and after hesitating for a moment, he whispered: "John, I'm afraid that the autopsy must be done with the help of the school's autopsy room...... Shall we do it tonight or wait until tomorrow morning? ”

"Tomorrow morning."

Without thinking too much, John said, "The light is too dark at night, you contact the anatomy room first, and we will officially start at nine o'clock tomorrow morning!" ”

"Okay."

After nodding, Thomas left in a hurry, and John shook his head with a wry smile: "Looks like I won't be able to go to Blister's house tomorrow......"

……

On Sunday morning, the pathological autopsy of the corpse proceeded quite smoothly.

With the assistance of Thomas, Paul and Robert. John gave a careful and meticulous dissection of the corpse of old Mr. Hollint, which was really not a difficult task for a surgeon. While the three of them marveled at John's proficiency in anatomy, he also discovered the cause of the elder Hollint's death - peritonitis after the perforation of the appendix, which was almost a mortal terminal disease in this era.

After it was completely over, it was already half past four in the afternoon.

"Gentlemen."

After cleaning himself up, John smiled at the other three with a slightly tired smile: "Everyone has worked hard after a busy day, how about having dinner together?" ”

"I'll forget it, I want to go back and rest early."

Thomas first shook his head and politely rejected John's offer. In addition to assisting with the autopsy, he also had to help deal with Hollint's funeral, and he was tired today.

Robert also shook his head in decline. Only Paul hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

The two found a restaurant to sit down. After ordering two random dishes, Paul looked at John and asked with a smile, "John, where did you study medicine before you came to Berlin?" Looking at your proficiency in dissecting corpses today, it is definitely not something that you can practice in the past two years at the University of Berlin......"

"This ......"

For this issue. John opened his mouth and didn't know what to answer.

"Huh. Never mind. Let's talk about something else. ”

Seeing John's face full of embarrassment, Paul smiled lightly and skipped the question.

In the eyes of later generations, it was taken for granted that physicians and medical students would study anatomy. Pathological dissections of corpses were also common, but in the world of the 18th and 19th centuries, it was not easy for anatomists to find a corpse.

In 1752, the British were the first to enact the Murder Act, which allowed anatomists to claim the bodies of executed murderers, so surgeons became frequent guests at the execution grounds. In the Western mind, being dissected is more terrible than dying, because a person with an incomplete body may be denied access to heaven because of this, so surgeons often have to fight fiercely with family members in order to obtain the body of a condemned prisoner.

So essentially, the provisions on corpses in the Murder Act were not intended to develop medicine, but to punish criminals.

It is conceivable how many people voluntarily donated their bodies, so in order to provide corpses for anatomists at high prices, countless people began to take action, either digging up those fresh graves themselves, or colluding with the people in the cemetery, or even simply "making" the corpses themselves, until after causing public panic, the British enacted the "Anatomy Act" in 1832: it stipulated that anatomists had the right to dissect unclaimed corpses in slums and morgues......

Once again, the poor are tools for the "good of all"!

As an American, Paul knew very well how difficult it was to find a corpse for autopsy in the United States, which was even more backward than the United Kingdom! Therefore, like the British who robbed the tombs, there were many doctors in the United States who were accustomed to finding fresh graves to dig up corpses, and even using force in addition to buying them with money! During the Civil War, a professor at a medical school, after hearing the news of the misfortune of a gentleman's family and the death of his entire family, immediately pulled a large group of students to snatch the body back, and finally a federal commander was furious and sent troops to surround the medical school, not only snatching the body back, but also setting fire to the school building......

Therefore, in the blink of an eye, Paul had already made up a lot of things in his mind, thinking that this was how John's anatomical knowledge came from, so he naturally wouldn't ask more.

After seeing Paul's expression, John of course knew what the other party was thinking, but in order to conceal the source of his anatomical knowledge, he had no choice but to keep silent about it, and quickly changed the subject: "Paul, there is something I need to ask you for a favor!" ”

"What's the busy?"

After taking a sip of coffee, Paul asked with a frown.

"I need some KKY!"

After a little hesitation, John said in a low voice: "It's better to use KKY with higher purity, it's very urgent, can you help me get some?" ”

“kky？ What do you want that thing for? ”

After hearing John's words, Paul's brow furrowed.

In the 19th century, there was no concept of drugs, whether it was opium, kky, or morphine, in the eyes of the common people, it was like a cigarette in later generations, and the trade was legal. This is evident in the novel Sherlock Holmes, where Watson initially only persuaded Holmes to smoke KKY, and did not try to stop it, just like modern people's attitude towards smoking.

And because of their special effects, many doctors in this era have a soft spot for KKY and morphine, which, like HLY, which will soon appear, will become a panacea for all diseases!

But as a doctor, Paul still knows the disadvantages of this thing, and when he heard John ask him to help find some KKY, he was shocked and hurriedly persuaded him: "John, KKY is no good for smoking too much, I think you still ......"

"You're mistaken, Paul."

Shaking his head a little crying and laughing, John patiently explained: "I don't want to smoke it myself, but I just need some to study new anesthetic drugs...... Don't worry, I won't touch opium or KKY. ”

"Studying anesthetics? Then no problem! ”

Hearing John's words, Paul also remembered what he said last weekend, and it suddenly dawned on him.

However, Paul was still full of curiosity about John's thoughts, and after a short pause, he blinked and asked, "John, you want to use KKY as an anesthetic?" Can this thing be used as an anesthetic? ”

"I think we can give it a try."

Nodding, John smiled and said, "Just last year, Mr. Freud of Vienna discovered that KKY can numb the tongue, and Dr. Carl Kohler tried KKY as an anesthetic for eye surgery, and the results were quite satisfactory, so why can't we explore other possibilities?" ”

"Really?"

Hearing John's reasoned explanation, Paul nodded subconsciously.

In fact, John was taken aback when he was scouring various medical journals for evidence. Karl Kohler he is relatively new and seems to have little impression, but Sigmund? The name Sigmund Freud became famous in later generations, and a copy of "The Interpretation of Dreams" made him the founder of the psychoanalytic school. But John never imagined that the big guy would even study KKY in this era!

But with the two of them researching it up front, John's plan was easier to implement.

Sure enough, after confirming that two doctors had already conducted relevant research, Paul had no doubts about John's thoughts, and nodded directly: "No problem, I can ask a friend to help me get some high-purity KKY, how about giving it to you next week?" ”

"Good!"

Looking at his friend who didn't take it seriously, John suddenly smiled and said, "Paul, my side should be able to deal with KKY soon, and then you can test it for yourself?" ”

"I'll try it myself?"

Hearing this, he was slightly stunned, and the moment he saw John's smile at this time, Paul subconsciously shivered! (To be continued......)

PS: Because of the problem of sensitive words, kky and hly are replaced by letters. The former is Ke + Ka + Yin, and the latter Hai + Luo + Yin