Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 183 180. The "Dark Octopus" Hovering in the Brain

There have been internal and external disputes since ancient times, but they are not serious in St. Mary's Hospital. At least Massimov, who is extremely Catholic, does not think that internal medicine is fooling around.

The old-school medical therapy has been with Europe for thousands of years, stable and reliable.Emerging internal medicine technology keeps pace with the development of science and technology. Although there are certain dangers, sometimes it can give people a lot of surprises.

No matter what the result is, with the blessing of faith, he believes that those physicians are for the sake of patients, and the treatment plans they use also have a certain theoretical and practical basis.

In contrast, Carvey's proposed trepanation is more barbaric.

Although European surgery is also used, because it was introduced in the original Hippocrates medicine, but the actual operation is more in the romantic and bold France and the sturdy Prussia, and the conservative Austria has always been concerned about the skull. Drill with skepticism.

"Why don't I want to use surgical methods to treat this kind of intracranial evil spirit." Even if Massimov is more willing to support Carvey, he must compromise with reality. "Headaches are treated by physicians, and we have no right to interfere."

"But medical treatment did not have the desired effect."

Carvey looked at the medical record book, which was much thicker than ordinary medical records, and couldn't help but question: "Bleeding, bacon slices, and hammer shocks have no effect, and they also used chemical batteries for electrical stimulation therapy, which also had no effect." [1 】

"The patient's headache was really bad."

"That's not the problem." Carvey explained, "It's because of a problem with the diagnosis. What the hell is 'intracranial evil spirit neuralgia'???"【2】

"It's Dr. Ed Nelson's judgment." Massimov trusted the chief of internal medicine very much.

"Is this one of the headaches?" Carvey can still tolerate those unreliable treatments, but he really can't bear to see such an obvious diagnosis. "I remember that the internal medicine department has made a clear Classification, there is no such thing as 'evil spirits in the brain'."【3】

Massimov dealt with anatomy all day long, and his medical view must be more materialistic.

He also feels that the "evil spirit theory" that is more suitable for the Middle Ages is not in line with the current medical research theory, but his firm belief is like a backdoor on the Internet, and he has his own set of words to explain it: "In today's era when both medicine and surgery are booming, We should face the ancient occult with an open and inclusive mind."

Brief summary: what if it is true?

Carvey did not expect that in the middle and late 19th century, he could still see the popularity of occultism.But if it is combined with the current situation in the country before crossing, it seems that there is nothing surprising. People have to believe in something. People who don't believe in science or don't fully believe in science will naturally believe in some ghosts and gods.

"I see that there is a seance and exorcism meeting in the medical history records?" It was a rare visit, but Kawei was interested. 【4】

"It should have been arranged." Massimov glanced at the time, "This is a special healing conference that combines modern medicine and divine magic. The countess will host the seance, while Ed Director Nelson played the role of performing hypnotism, which must be more solemn than ordinary seances."【5】

"Countess? Which earl? I have met a lot of earls recently."

"It's Countess Morazol."

At seven in the evening, Carvey met her in an empty internal medicine ward.

Marianna is wrapped in a black hooded robe and holds a candlestick with a dyed red candle in her hand.Beside her is an assistant, holding a water bottle filled with clean water and a small box, following behind her.

Knowing the identity of the other party, Carvey can no longer watch it with a teasing attitude. After all, she is the Queen's sister, and must be given the most basic respect: "Countess, good evening."

"Dr. Carvey???" Before Mariana recognized him, it was Nora, her assistant who was also wearing a black robe, who answered first, "Ma'am, it's Dr. Carvey, you guys met at the wedding banquet before. "

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, I have the impression that it is the young surgeon who was rejected by Buster." Mariana has an impression of Carvey, "Isn't Dr. Carvey a doctor at the Municipal General Hospital, why are you here? "

"Mr. Massimov asked me to see a patient." Carvey glanced around the ward, "It should be the protagonist of the next séance."

"Oh? It turns out that you are the consultant that Massimov has been thinking about." Mariana looked at him with a smile, "But I'm afraid it may not be useful if you come this time. Director Nelson can't do anything about it. Nora"

"Yes."

Nora opened the small box and water bottle and handed them to Mariana.

She put down the candle in her hand, took the water bottle first, put it on the table, and said silently: [The spirit in the water is driven by me]
Then took the small box, put it next to the water bottle, poked your fingers into it, and continued to meditate: [Let blessings come on this salt]
After saying the so-called incantation, she carefully poured the salt into the water bottle, stirred it slowly, and then came to a corner, wet her hands and sprinkled it around the ward in a clockwise direction.

"This is."

"Set up a simple enchantment." Nora put her finger up in front of her mouth, made a silent movement, and explained softly, "Before you need to create a sacred spiritual space before exorcising evil spirits, if the Countess herself A person doesn't need to be so complicated, just meditate for a while. But now there are many people present, and some external force is needed."

In fact, regardless of the East or the West, feudal superstitions are similar things. Kawei changed his mentality in time, and just regarded these as local customs.

[I summon you!Earth energy! ! ! ]
Mariana put down the water bottle, took out a short stick that looked like a magic wand from the grocery bag on the table, and drew a circle along the wall of the ward: [The energy must form a defensive circle, protect this space, and ensure that it is isolated from the outside world ! ]
"Nora, go and invite the patient and family members, as well as Dr. Ed Nelson."

"Yes."

Although the content is very secondary, Marianne did it in a well-organized manner and looked serious.After completing the preliminary barrier construction, she asked Carvey to sit down, and after the people needed for the séance were in place, she took out four-color candles from the grocery bag and arranged them in the four corners of the ward.

At this time, Carvey finally saw the patient and Director Ed Nelson who was with the patient.

Ed Nelson is over 50 years old. He is a medical doctor who graduated from the University of Vienna School of Medicine. He has practiced medicine here for 30 years and is also one of the candidates for the competition for the Chief Physician of the Military Medical Department.

In fact, judging from his age, resume and medical practice experience, he is worthy of the word "general".But because theology has been separated from medicine, although Edinson believes in Catholicism, he does not believe in the theology's set of treatment methods, and he always rejects Edinson, who still chooses theology.

And judging from the voting, Ed Nelson has only 5% approval rate, which is really not very popular.

Ed Nelson saw the difference in Carvey as soon as he entered the door. He was wearing a black suit, a top hat and a cane in his hand, and his doctor's pie seemed out of place here: "Who are you? Are you the doctor here? Why didn't I see you?" past you?"

"Mr. Ed Nelson, I'm Carvey, we met at the military doctor's office."

"I've seen it. Oh, yes, I have seen it."

Carvey did see him at the military doctor's office, but because the other party didn't like to see surgery, this kind of "meeting" tended to be more unilateral.Even if Ed Nelson really remembered Kavey's name, he couldn't compare it with the numerous faces: "You are Kavey? Aren't you a surgeon? Why?"

"Master Massimov sent me here."

Considering the difficulty of adopting skull drilling, Carvey still tried his best to skip the content of the medical records that may cause controversy, changed his disdain for theology in the office just now, and said with a smile, "The Countess personally hosted the seance and exorcism meeting, I must come to open my eyes."

"Yeah, it's always good for young people to learn more."

Ed Nelson always felt that a young man as sharp-edged as Carvey must be a difficult prick.Who would have thought that he would be so humble after a face-to-face meeting, and it was rare to nod to his speech: "By the way, since you are here for a patient, you should have read the medical records, right?"

"Seen."

"how do you feel?"

"Um, is Mr. Ed Nelson asking for diagnosis or treatment?"

Ed Nelson smiled: "You can talk about it, you can say whatever you want."

Kavey is calm on the surface, but his heart has already been twisted into a twist.If he really wanted to say something, he would not be so cautious.

After thinking about it for a while, Carvey decided to stabilize the opponent first: "From the perspective of diagnosis, I agree with the teacher's judgment of 'nervous headache'."

"Oh?" Ed Nelson was a little surprised, "You also think this is a nervous headache caused by the evil spirit in the brain?"

"Before I saw the evil spirit with my own eyes, I can only say that the cause is unknown for the time being. If you want to get to the bottom of it, you can only rely on guesswork." Carvey played a sloppy eye, "After all, there are many causes that can cause nervous headaches. , the evil spirit is just one of them.”

"It's rare to study surgery with such meticulous thinking." Ed Nelson nodded with satisfaction, "Intracranial evil spirits are an important cause of nervous headaches, so I'm here today, just to see the final result of the exorcism."

"Hopefully it will have the desired effect."

"Definitely."

Carvey doesn't know where his self-confidence comes from. Seances and exorcisms are all deceptive tricks, and in the end it is the patient himself who suffers.Thinking of this, he moved his eyes away from Ed Nelson, and carefully looked at the patient who had just been seated.

Madame Santini, 38, also has breast cancer, but she looks more haggard than the 40-something French countess.

From the perspective of limb function, the patient has not yet reached the level of dyscrasia, but her body is obviously thinner than others.In addition, the left hand is bound with a splint, and the limbs have no strength. They need their own man to support them to walk like ordinary people.

Whether it's breast cancer or intractable headaches that can cause epilepsy, there's no reason to procrastinate any longer.Even if the final five-year survival rate is very low, the patient's quality of life should be improved to the extent feasible.

Whenever the exorcism fails, he will come up with his own plan.

"Everyone, the exorcism of the seance tonight is about to begin." After everyone sat down around the central round table, Mariana came to the four candles one by one, lit the candles, and awakened the remaining four sacred elements. Begin to close your eyes and meditate"

[Aura of the East, you are given the mission of thought communication in this sacred barrier]
[Water in the South, you are entrusted with the mission of compassion and healing in this sacred barrier]
[Fire of the West, you are entrusted with the mission of courage and will in this sacred barrier]
[Spirit of the North, you are entrusted with the mission of transformation and growth in this sacred barrier]
Finally, after walking clockwise around the corner of the ward in accordance with the requirements of the Magic Secret Record, Marianne returned to the table, lowered her head to the table, and chanted softly: [Welcome to come, come]
Kavi thought this was just a formality, and the so-called arrival was just lip service, but soon he felt that something was wrong.

First, there was something rubbing against his feet, and then the instep seemed to be stepped on twice lightly.Just as Mariana was arranging the objects on the table, a furry guy swaggered out from under the table.

A literal swagger indeed, as it is missing a leg and walks with a slight limp.

But this does not affect its elegance, a damn elegance that makes people look like they are possessed by demons.

"Buster, come~"

Mariana bent down and picked it up, and placed it in the "altar" on the table.On the table is a round wooden board, representing the element of earth. In the center is a cardboard box covered with a layer of soft cotton cushions, surrounded by air (cat teasers with bird feathers inserted), water (shells + fish bones), fire ( The flame on the thin candle), the spirit (thread) and the remaining four elements are symbols.

"Mrs. Santini, please hold my hand." Mariana stood by the table, with an open Bible and a lit black candle in front of her, "Now the spiritual power of the whole room will descend. On Buster, let it drive out the evil spirits in you."

Mrs. Santini frowned tightly, and seemed to be fighting back a headache. Relying on the candlelight, Carvey, who was sitting by the side, could even see the beads of sweat rolling down her cheeks.

Buster, on the other hand, looked at his master in bewilderment, and quietly crawled in the cardboard box.

"By using Buster's power, I can see the hidden shadow in Madam's mind"

Mariana trembled slightly: "It's a dark shadow crawling in the mind, it's like a deep sea octopus that caused the disappearance of the ship, it is stretching out disgusting tentacles to torment you. Have you ever gone to sea and got lucky? Escaped a shipwreck?"

Mrs. Santini also seemed to be affected by the atmosphere, her body trembled slightly, her hands clenched tighter and tighter: "Yes, yes, it was the winter of the year before last! We encountered strong winds when we went to sea, and finally survived by luck."

"That's it! That deep sea evil spirit found you now!"

"Ah, it's the evil spirit! My head hurts! This is horrible"

"The evil spirit is too powerful, and its energy is beyond my expectation! But Ma'am, don't be afraid, I can use a whole set of lengthy exorcism rituals to get rid of it."

Mariana asked Nora to prepare the brazier, and threw the eight thorns representing the octopus into the brazier and burned them completely: "Please hold my hand tightly!"

[I am here to send evil and pain out of the enchantment, and I am slowly reducing its cruelty and malice in my hands, and eventually they will disappear with your goodness, like a thorn that burns into ashes. ]
While speaking like a spell, she asked Nora to put the black ash from the brazier into a glass jar, and then said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Santini, the pain will be relieved soon."

"But why does my head hurt even more!"

"No hurry, just put these thorn ash into this cloth bag, and then"

Mariana was also going to sell her own relief method, but Mrs. Santini was not in the mood to learn this method at all, she just pressed her left brain with her hand in pain.The pain distorted her expression, and she kept moaning.

After a loud cry, she flopped off the wooden chair and fell to the ground like soft mud, her whole body began to twitch violently.

She had another seizure.

(End of this chapter)