Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 136 133. The Creativity of Art
One month later, April 1866, 4

25 Foundry Street

It was originally an old factory building of a steel factory. After it closed down, it was donated to Hans Schriati by a duke and became his studio in Vienna. 【1】

Hans found a lot of props for painting portraits, such as sculptures, flowers, musical instruments, jewelry, etc. After some careful design, the original decadent atmosphere was swept away, and finally it became an extremely luxurious studio, and even more so. In the mouth, "the miracle of beautiful decoration".

He made a lot of friends and had no views of the family. Apart from the princes and nobles, many middle-class people could also be his guests. Over time, this place has also become a unique landscape in the cultural circle of Vienna.

The impromptu art exhibition was very much Hans' style, and even the rainy weather in late April did not stop the feast.It is not necessary for him to specially send out invitations, as long as the people who often visit his studio reveal a little information, it will attract people who like oil paintings all over Vienna.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, friends who had lunch came to No. 25 one after another in a carriage, wanting to witness his latest paintings with their own eyes.

The exhibition uses a new hall that he found someone to build next to. It has a simple two-story, almost completely open design. As long as you walk through the door, you can have a panoramic view of these exquisite paintings full of bold colors.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the king, who had been actively preparing for the battle in the palace, came to the door of the studio in his car, stirring up the atmosphere of the salon to its peak.

Franz stayed in the gallery with the head of the palace guard for a while, chatted with Hans for a while, and left in a hurry.However, the exchange of less than half an hour not only allowed him to spend money to buy a painting here, but also added a different kind of brilliance to Hans Shriati's studio.

"Which pair did the king choose?"

What everyone wants to know most now is the king's gaze. Holding the freshly brewed milk tea in his hand, Hans pointed to an oil painting in the corner and said, "It is it."【2】

"The "Stealing Kiss"?"

"The king bought it at a price of 1000 crowns." Hans smiled and sipped his tea. "The painting will be exhibited here for another week, and then it will be sent to the Vienna State Museum for collection."

The painting was not expensive, but the king's favor was enough to double Hans' worth.

When it comes to art, the Austrians are both conservative and bold.

Conservatives are unwilling to give up tradition and break through the shackles, and are more willing to create within the established framework.What's bold is that they don't care too much about each other's status when expressing self-appreciation.

Kings are certainly worthy of respect, but taste is a mixed personal emotion.

For the early oil painting about love tragedy, everyone felt that it was rich in emotion, but the color was still not bold enough.Even Laszlo himself had to admit this: "If it were me, I would definitely choose this "Plague in Florence", a masterpiece completed at the end of last year."【3】

"Personally, I prefer "Harvest: Gift of the Earth", which makes me really feel how lucky I am to have good food and wine."

"The bid for this painting is 2900 crowns, why don't you buy it."

"I'm still thinking about it."

"I like that pair of "Snow White" [4] better, it should be the part where she gets the poisonous comb." Moraso also took his wife Mariana to the art exhibition, and stood aside and said, "The screen design is very good, Snow White The princess has no intentions, she is so kind, my dear, how about you?"

"Me?" Marianne took two steps to the left with her beloved cat in her arms, "Of course I like this one, "The Back View of the Countess" [5], I still have to thank Mr. Hans for helping me in his busy schedule. paint."

"My lady is graceful, and she is the sister of Queen Elizabeth. It is my good fortune to be able to paint for you." Hans said, "If possible, please let me draw a portrait of your face next time. Such a beautiful face It would be a pity not to use a brush to record it.”

"Give me a chance next time." Mariana glanced at her own portrait, and quickly averted her gaze. "If I remove my extra points, I would like this one better."

What she was looking at was a "not very delicate" oil painting, and the surrounding scenery was painted with color blocks, which was completely different from the academic style. 【6】

In the painting, a ballet dancer in a white dress is leaping across the set and onto the center stage, posing with one foot up.The black ribbon tied around her neck fluttered lightly, and the sense of agility was vivid on the paper.

"The dancers are really beautiful, the movements are graceful and soft, but the surrounding scenery is too rough."

"This kind of painting is too outstanding, and it is very different from the academic school."

"I don't want to be classified into academic schools, neoclassical schools, and other messy schools. Everyone has different painting methods, so why do I have to assign them?" Hans explained, "Besides, I was a Vienna school who admired academic schools. The reason why he dropped out of the Academy of Fine Arts was that he lacked talent for painting.”

"The group of old antiques don't understand the changes of the times at all."

"Conformity is terrible, killing too many good painters."

Hans approached the oil painting and explained: "This is my attempt a month ago. The main character is Beatrix Christopher, the principal of the Vienna Ballet. Her smile is absolutely unique in the Burgtheater. I chose A painting method that is more realistic and highlights a certain action freeze-frame picture, and tries to highlight the presence of the protagonist."

At this time, he silently looked at Laszlo in the distance: "But this painting has already found its owner."

"So it is."

Mariana understood it a little bit, and she understood it by looking at the blurred shadow behind the protagonist in the portrait: "The "Lady Picture" just now is a gift from Mr. Laszlo to his daughter Naya [7]. It was a waste of money today."

Bergert, who was on the side, couldn't forget the "Lady Picture", and replied: "It's more than that. Mr. Laszlo bought three pictures this time."

"Another one?"

"Ah."

Hans looked up at the hanging lamp in mid-air, recalled the uncomfortable operating room lights, and said after thinking for a long time: "If you insist on adding a name, it should be called "Dr. Carvey's Clinical Class" .”

In an era when ordinary people had little access to famous paintings, the impact that an excellent work can have on people's hearts is probably unimaginable to modern people who have long been accustomed to a large number of visual stimuli.

The same goes for Kavey.

Although Bergert has been emphasizing how imaginative and shocking Hans' oil paintings are, he just can't get interested.Even if he accepted Hans' painting request and became a member of his portraits, it was hard to feel anything special.

The only thing that remains fresh in his memory is the muscle soreness caused by being asked to stand for half an hour after the operation.

For Carvey, it doesn’t matter whether art is art or not, and money is only a necessity for his life and follow-up work. What is really meaningful to him is surgery.Instead of chatting with a group of elites in the upper class, talking about art and business, it is better to read more books in your spare time.

After studying the "Human Anatomy" textbook in depth, Carvey had a lot of exchanges with Ignatz.

He is better at first aid for trauma, and can handle general surgery, bone surgery, and chest surgery well.But when it comes to plastic surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, and oral cavity-related content, although I have learned many new surgical techniques, I am not as confident as a doctor who has actually experienced it.

Carvey knew that although his surgical skills were fine enough, there was still room for improvement in many ways.

It is not enough to sit still and eat his laurels. He also needs to increase some surgical creativity and experience in contemporary surgery.

This kind of creativity is actually similar to art. If you stay at home and think about it, you may never be able to figure out why.At this time, I still need to clear my mind, go out for more walks, look at the scenery along the street, look at the pedestrians and carriages walking on the road, and then look at any interesting operations in the surgery theater.

For example, today, the lineup of the surgery theater is quite exciting.

"At four o'clock, Olgi and Hills are going to have a cesarean section?" Carvey looked at the program card in the theater, a little surprised, "The next seven o'clock is Mr. Waterman's upper jaw resection, and nine o'clock is still his lower eyelid Sagging correction surgery. I want it, do you still have a ticket?"

The conductor gave Kavey a blank look: "Yes."

"I want to be in the first row." Carvey took out his pocket, "How much?"

"Cesarean section is only the second row, 260 crowns. Dr. Watman's palate resection is the third row, 230 crowns. Lower eyelid correction is cheaper, and the first row only costs 150 crowns."

This is much cheaper than Carvey's original cesarean section.

In fact, rare things are more expensive. Since the end of the cesarean section performance, the following cesarean sections have never been sold at such a high price.After the separation of the Municipal General Hospital and the Riverside Theater, the theater lost a lot of income, and the price of tickets for the hospital was much cheaper.

It seems to be a lose-lose situation, but without the theater's share, the hospital's income has increased a little.Recently, I am cooperating with two medical schools on the content of "clinical teaching", and the income is not low. Kawei's painting was completed in the first class.

The conductor looked at him counting the money, and said lightly: "If you can still stay in the theater for surgery, there is no need to pay this money, and the doctors who contract here can watch 4 operations in the theater for free every month." .”

Carvey smiled and put the money into the window: "Money doesn't matter, here it is, 640 crowns."

The departure of the Municipal General Hospital not only affected the revenue of the theater, but even these low-level conductors had a hard time. The crazy scene of a successful operation never happened again.

For Carvey, no matter how much the hospital earns or how little it earns, or whether the theater can survive or not, it has nothing to do with him. Sending the operation to the hospital is a happy progress.

And the conductor behind him can be regarded as a victim of the progress of the times.

At the beginning, Carvey and the dean had discussed the share of cesarean section tickets. As long as Vienna completes a successful cesarean section, his share will be reduced by 1%.Now a month later, that percentage is still as high as 47%.

Of the 3%, two cases came from Ignatz, one from Waterman, and the rest of the doctors failed, including Olgi.

Olgi removed the stitches two weeks ago, and tried a cesarean section a week ago. During the operation, he suffered a sudden hemorrhage, so he had to temporarily choose to remove the uterus.It's a pity that the progress of the whole operation was too slow, the mother couldn't survive the heavy bleeding, and finally died on the operating table.

On the contrary, during this month, Carvey completed 5 cesarean sections one after another, all of which were successful.One of them was also placenta previa. Although the degree of risk was not as high as Brenda's, more than 1ml of blood was shed. Finally, the danger was saved by autologous blood transfusion.

This stark contrast caused a surge in Kavey's patients.

Graze Hospital does not have many donations and external investment, and a considerable part of its income comes from the pockets of patients.Therefore, the combination of surgeons Olgi and Hills must learn about cesarean section as soon as possible to get back the source of the disease.

After a week of preparation, they spent money to find another woman who was willing to undergo surgery.

"Is she the mother today?" Carvey is also familiar with the way, first went to the preparation room to find out, "Placenta previa?"

"Yes." Olgi was preparing disinfection supplies, "Dr. Carvey is a busy man, why is he free to come here for surgery?"

Carvey looked at the pregnant woman's belly, and still felt that he should advise: "Dr. Olgi, is the sodium citrate ready?"

"Get ready, strictly follow the ratio you used before."

"Where's the infusion bottle?"

"It's also ready." Hills was preparing the rehydration fluid. "The fluid inside is also the '0.9% normal saline' that you mentioned before. We also specially prepared for pre-heating, and the temperature was controlled at about 30 degrees. .”

"gauze?"

"We have even prepared the gloves." The second assistant Locard next to him said, "We also have the carbolic acid and alcohol you mentioned earlier, and we will use them on her in the order you strictly required later. .”

Looking at the complete surgical supplies, Carvey frowned: "Then why did the last cesarean section fail?"

It is a particularly unlucky thing to say that the operation failed in front of the patient. If it were someone else, I might have been driven away by the guard.But now standing in front of them is Kavey, the founder of modern cesarean section, holding a 100% success rate of the operation in his hand, questioning his own confidence.

What's more, he came this time to persuade the patient to give up.

Olgi has rich experience in clinical surgery, but now he has to answer this question patiently: "Maybe it touched the edge of the placenta when entering the uterus, causing massive bleeding."

"Didn't you have an autologous blood transfusion?"

"There is not enough manpower, and there are some problems with cooperation." Hills said, "But we have practiced many times this week, and we have added two nurses and a midwife. There will be no problem with cooperation."

Carvey knew that what he said next would attract dissent, but he wanted to try anyway.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he was about to speak, Hills blocked his mouth: "The patient is from Graze Hospital, and the operation is also from Mr. Olgi and us. We hope you can give us the most basic respect."

When it came to this point, Carvey didn't have much to say: "Then I wish you a successful operation in advance."

(End of this chapter)