Although Mr. Sui's skull is very strong, it still didn't last long to be opened in the face of modern craniotomy.

When his head was opened, there was another burst of exclamations.

"The dura mater is still intact and shiny!"

"The meningeal blood vessels are also clearly visible, and the twelve pairs of cranial nerves are almost recognizable!"

"Oh my God, that's amazing! The cerebral marrow is still there! ”

Professor Wu Tinggui put his hands into his skull, took out a gray semi-solid object that resembled a hot pot restaurant's shabu pig brain, and put it on the weighing machine that his assistant had already prepared.

"970 grams! It's amazing! ”

This cerebral marrow occupies four-fifths of the space in the cranial cavity.

In layman's terms, this is the human brain tissue.

The average weight of brain tissue is around 1375 grams.

It has been 2,100 years since Mr. Sui's death, and it is a medical miracle that there are still 970 grams of brain tissue left, and the shrinkage is so small, and the shape is intact, and there is basically no liquefaction.

After the death of ordinary human beings, the brain tissue will irreversibly begin to liquefy, then the meninges will rupture, all of them will turn into a puddle of "brain plasma" and pass away, and finally the external tissue of the skull will decay, and only a skull remains.

However, Mr. Sui's meninges are very well preserved and still play a role in fixing the brain tissue, which makes his cerebral medulla still very intact after sleeping underground for 2,100 years.

"This is even better preserved than Mrs. Xin Chai's brain, which has been reduced by half, and it looks like tofu scum!"

"This Mr. Sui's brain cells are basically well preserved, and even the cranial nerves are still there!"

Professor Lu Xingwen from the Institute of Biology looked at the "Mr. Sui's brain" that was immediately put into the antiseptic protective solution after weighing, as if he was looking at some rare treasure.

In fact, it is indeed a rare treasure.

In 2008, archaeologists discovered the best-preserved hominin brain in the village of Herslington, near Yorkshire, England.

The brain was named the "Heslington Brain".

Based on subsequent research, it was determined that the ancient English man probably died between 673 and 482 BC, when he was in his 30s.

And the method of death was very cruel, he was first hanged, then beheaded with a knife, and his head was cut off and immediately buried until it was discovered by archaeologists.

As we all know, brain tissue is made up of proteins, so it breaks down faster than the rest of the body and is difficult to preserve.

Therefore, well-preserved ancient human brain tissue plays an important role in protein labeling research, medicine, structural and functional proteomics, biomedical applications, and archaeology.

For example, the "Heslington brain", because of its unique way of protein folding, if studied thoroughly, modern scientists may have important clues for treating people with dementia.

In 2013, American archaeologists discovered a brain in Turkey that was more than 4,000 years old.

Don't ask why American archaeologists are archaeologists in Turkey, do they have anything to do with their own archaeology?

Anyway, it is also because of special reasons, natural disasters and special environments that have not decayed and disappeared this brain for thousands of years.

This brain is also useful in studying the causes of brain diseases in modern humans.

Most importantly, these two brains are of great significance for studying and understanding the structure of the ancient human brain.

Before Mr. Sui appeared, although Huaxia had also found a lot of non-rotting corpses.

But more than 2,000 years ago, all brain tissue has broken down.

Mrs. Xinchai, the best preserved, also had half of her brain atrophied and her tissue structure destroyed.

Only Mr. Sui has a brain so complete that even the cranial nerves still exist!

This has important research value in human biology, as well as in modern medicine!

It's no wonder that Professor Lu Xingwen regards it as a rare treasure!

For an old professor of human biology, what could be more appealing to him than the brain tissue of 2,000 years ago?

Seeing Professor Lu constantly observing the brain soaked in the embalming liquid, Kong Jianwen persuaded with a headache:

"Professor Lu, after the specific research is completed, let's report to the top after the dissection!"

"The most important thing now is to race against time to dissect, every second that passes, Mr. Sui's body may decay faster by a second!"

When Mrs. Xin Chai was unearthed, it was because of the trapped conditions and the lack of protection consciousness that the preservation situation deteriorated extremely, making the original lifelike corpse unsightly, and the damage was very serious.

By the time the "underground palace" was built in the Hunan Museum to preserve it, Mrs. Xin Chai was unrecognizable compared to when it was first unearthed.

It can be said to be a great regret in the history of Chinese archaeology.

Now, although the times have advanced, technology has also advanced.

Everyone already has experience in dealing with wet corpses, and the conditions have come up, and there are sterile laboratories and everything.

But an anaerobic anatomical environment is certainly not possible to create.

Mr. Sui was exposed to an oxygen-filled environment, and even if there were no bacteria, the inactivated human cells would decompose themselves after being exposed to oxygen.

Therefore, the best way to preserve this "Chinese treasure" is to shorten the dissection time as much as possible, and then carry out proper embalming treatment for Mr. Sui.

Under Kong Jianwen's reminder, the dissection was sped up again.

Professor Wu, who was the chief surgeon, kept switching the dissection tools, and the movements were crisp and accurate for Mr. Sui's abdomen, and then the organs were uncovered and put into a container specially preserved for embalming.

"The internal organs are also well preserved and are basically complete."

"The shape of the liver is clear, and the gallbladder is slightly distended."

"I found the cause of the swelling, and there were more than 20 gallstones in the gallbladder."

"Well, there are remnants of pleurisy, pericarditis and cholecystitis in the organs of the deceased, all of which are chronic diseases of the elderly for many years."

"However, there are a lot of things in the liver tissue that look like eggs, and the eggs that can survive in the liver are probably schistosomes or liver flukes."

"Hey, there are also some eggs in the intestines, and we have to send them for testing to find out."

Chen Han, who had been listening to the dissection reports of the experts, whispered to the tutor: "That... I remember that Mrs. Xin Chai in Mawangdui also had haeborso eggs in her body. ”

"Now Mr. Sui also has schistosomiasis eggs in his body."

"Does this mean that the historical documents and ancient medical classics in China record that schistosomiasis was prevalent in the two lakes area 2,000 years ago, and that the records of the phenomenon of schistosomiasis are meticulous and correct?"

Kong Jianwen nodded: "Of course it's accurate!" ”

"Schistosomiasis was very frequent in the southern region of the Western Han Dynasty, from the poor to the high-ranking nobles."

"As the wife of the prime minister of Changsha State, Xin Chai has been recruited, and Mr. Sui, the five doctors, is obviously not immune."

Chen Han and Kong Jianwen were chatting, and the team of medical experts on the autopsy table was also dissecting in a steady and orderly manner.

Under the leadership of the two professors, the dissection was very smooth and fast.

Before the cells and tissues on Mr. Sui's body had time to come into close contact with the air for a while, the dissection was successfully completed.