Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 19 19. Western-style Boundary Oil

Andre's surname is indeed Edmund. Although Carvey doesn't know what his middle name is, the clothes on the corpse in the photo are indeed exactly the same as when Andre came last night.

There are countless men in Vienna wearing black long coats, and countless men wearing checkered vests, and many of them are worn together.But Andre Edmund, who wears a check waistcoat and a long black coat and lives in the central city, is very few.

Besides, he was as fat as Alphonse, only slightly shorter.

Carvey is almost certain that this is the landlord, Andre, who repeatedly discussed the man in black and the rent price for the next three months with him last night.

To be honest, the absence of a troublesome character is a great thing to be thankful for.He no longer needed to worry about the 5 kroner monthly lease contract, nor did he need to worry about Andre stabbing the matter to the police station.

But for Carvey, or for this era, before the identity of the corpse is 100% confirmed, he still needs to consider some uncertain factors.

First of all, the library is unnecessary.

Originally, Mick's identity was very mysterious, and he was a major suspect in the case of Rosa's falling from the building. At least in the limited contact time, Carvey didn't think he was a good person.If Andre hadn't pressed so hard and didn't give himself much time and way to survive, he wouldn't have followed the note left by Mick to find the library today.

15 heller is still quite expensive.

Now that Andre is dead, he will naturally not have any contact with this mysterious man in black.The smaller the intersection with the unknown, the lower the chance of accidents, the safer he is, and life can go on as usual.

If you really happen to meet the less than 1% chance, it is not the landlord who died.Then Kavi needs to agree to a lease contract of 5 crowns to stabilize him, and then go to the library to discuss with Mick, maybe he can make this game go.

The worst case is that Andre is still alive, the library ignores him, and he can only solve this difficult problem by himself.
Carvey poked his head out of the window and asked, "Excuse me, where is the closest place to get off at the Municipal General Hospital?"

"Municipal General Hospital." The coachman turned sideways and replied, "Get off at Vienna University Station and walk straight along Horner Street for 10 minutes."

"Thank you."

Whether Andre is alive or dead can only be known when he goes home tonight, and Carvey still focuses his main attention on his work.

He works as an assistant, not a surgeon. Although he can enter the field, Ignatz may not use him when it comes to surgery.

The number of surgeries at the hospital was not large. There were only five patients in the three surgical wards who really needed surgeries. Carvey had already confirmed it before leaving get off work yesterday.

Hills and Herman each had a skin bump, basically a sebaceous cyst or lipoma.This type of operation requires less blood loss and is easy to handle. The most important point is that there are not many spectators and no assistants are needed, so it is very suitable for practicing alone.

There are three remaining, one is a cleft lip who was just admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon, one is a woman who is about to give birth but the fetal position is abnormal and is very likely to cause dystocia, and the last is a gangrene of the foot who is still hesitating whether to amputate.

Both they and Ignatz, the chief surgeon, need some psychological and physical "preparation" time, so today's schedule looks particularly leisurely.

The second is that Ignatz has too many people who can be called assistants.

Carvey performed well yesterday, but his rank was still very low. Yesterday afternoon was entirely a coincidence due to multiple factors. No one would let a non-medical school graduate who had only been on stage once and performed brilliantly once stay in for a long time. on the operating table.

Appreciation and trust are two concepts.

With Herman and Hills' enthusiasm for learning, they would never miss these surgeries.

In addition, Ignatz also has an intern doctor. At least Bergert, who was devastated yesterday, still has a chance of trial and error relying on his parents' relationship.It may be Kavey's turn after all these people have gone to bed one by one.

In fact, not to mention surgery, as long as Ignatz is not around, he won't even have a place for rounds, so his focus of work in recent days is still on the leg of the 11-bed boy.

"how do you feel today?"

"It's okay." The boy didn't have much confidence in his legs, especially when he asked about the hospitalization fee, he felt extremely depressed, "Doctor, is it expensive to stay here for one night?"

"It's not expensive. This is a social welfare hospital, and the church is responsible for paying for it." Carvey comforted, "You only need to pay 5 helle a day to live here, 1.5 kroner a month. Of course, if you are not used to the food here , the food still needs to be prepared by oneself.”

"So cheap?" The boy finally regained some energy, "The rent at home is still 3 crowns."

"So take care of your wounds and don't think about it"

After washing his hands, Carvey unwrapped the paper and cotton strips that had been bandaged yesterday.

The linseed oil in it was still wet and looked very greasy, but the wound itself was fine.There was no redness at the seams, no change in color at the seams, and the inner cotton didn't absorb too much exudate.

Everywhere told Carvey that the wound was not infected.

As for the fracture, it has completely entered the hematoma stage【1】.

"Is it really okay to be so swollen?" Mother asked with concern.

"The wound is fine, and the fracture hasn't shifted. Just keep it fixed and don't move. It will take a while for the hematoma to recede, not so fast, probably in."

Carvey explained it according to the orthopedic theory of modern medicine, and just wanted to say the specific time, unexpectedly, his mother took out a khaki glass bottle from her pocket and asked, "Why don't you try this. "

"what is this?"

Perhaps it was Alphonse's mercury vial that had left a deep impression on Carvey yesterday, and this time, he realized reflexively that the bottle contained nothing serious.

It turns out that his feelings were right.

"It's the earthworm oil [2] I begged from the pharmacy."

"Sorry, I didn't hear clearly." Carvey once thought that his understanding of German was not comprehensive enough, so he misunderstood the content, so he asked again, "What kind of oil did you just say?"

"Earthworm oil, specially used to treat bruises and hematomas."

Mother spoke seriously, and even carried Ignatz out. Of course, she considered Carvey's feelings, and her tone was very tactful: "I talked to Dr. Ignatz yesterday, and he also thought that earthworm oil might be useful, so I brought it early this morning, use it quickly."

Maybe useful?

Maybe it will work?

Carvey knows about the placebo effect, but who can guarantee that there is no mess in the body of an earthworm.Once these dirty things entered the wound, all his efforts would be in vain.

"How about I discuss it with Mr. Ignatz later?"

"Has he not come yet?" My mother was very anxious. Earthworm oil is definitely the best healing medicine in her mind. "I asked the pharmacy owner [3], this bottle of medicine is really effective."

While treating the boy's wound, Kavey inquired about the formula and production process of this western-style traumatic oil, and then found an unsolvable solution: "I know you are in a hurry, but I don't think the materials used in this earthworm oil are high-end enough. , the effect is definitely not as good as mine."

"Not high-end enough?"

"Yeah, it's the oil that really has the effect of removing blood stasis and reducing swelling, and the earthworm just stimulated its medicinal power." Facing the foolish people, Kawei could only make up nonsense along with him, "I used Roshshuya The linseed oil used by chefs in special restaurants is absolutely high-end, and it costs 20 crowns a bottle."

"Very expensive."

The mother and son know nothing about medicine, but they know a lot about money. The price of 20 crowns was enough to make both of them take a few breaths, and watched Kawei complete today's dressing operation in shock.

"Okay, that's it for today."

Finally, Kavey wrapped the boy's wound with paper, wiped off the oil stains on the ground, and then said with a smile: "The wound is very good, don't move around, and don't take medicine casually. By the way, there is a little Slippery, you must be careful when you walk."

Wound treatment is not difficult.

Since there is no problem with the wound, it means that there is no problem with the bandaging method, as long as you continue to operate according to yesterday's method.

But Carvey still realized that the method he used was too primitive and seemed to be very environmentally friendly. He used all the materials at hand, but the cost was too high to be promoted at all.He must find a drug that can be used to disinfect and isolate germs as soon as possible, not only for the 11th bed, but also to determine the life and death of the Earl.

You must know that the earl's lower right abdomen is still open [4], infection is inevitable.

What alternatives are available, Carvey has no idea.To what extent can alcohol be distilled and if there are better alternatives? He has no historical basis in this regard. If he wants to know, he has to take the time to ask the chemical factory to find out.

Just as he was thinking about these things, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, and it was Ignatz who hadn't shown up in the morning who came.His face was full of excitement, and he smiled and shouted to several doctors who were still making ward rounds in the distance: "Sills, Herman, come out~"

"what happened?"

"Here comes a new corpse!"

Ignatz tried his best to suppress his emotions, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was already looking forward to seeing through the corpse: "It cost me a total of 60 crowns, but it has only been dead for two days, and it is well preserved. Although the face is broken, Can't do cleft lip repair, but she's a woman, a woman! It's worth the money!"

The two put down their medical records and walked over quickly, only to see a flatbed cart pushed up the road, with a linen body bag on it, and a paper mortuary card hanging at the end.

"Thankfully, a body finally came."

Hills and Herman also breathed a sigh of relief. In order to deal with the pregnant woman with dystocia, they racked their brains to simulate a cesarean section, so as not to repeat the same mistakes a few days ago. Unfortunately, they couldn't find a corpse for practice.Now that the body is finally in place, at least Ignatz still has a chance to make mistakes before he officially performs the operation.

Carvey also walked to the door. Originally, he just wanted to see where the underground dissection room was, but after hearing their conversation, he always felt that something was strange.

The female corpse, the face is broken, just died two days ago, well preserved
Kawei secretly glanced at the information on the corpse card:
【Name: Rosa
Age: unknown

Address: Room 73, 302 Basinger Street

Cause of death: Accidental fall]

(End of this chapter)