Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 22 22. Price Standards
In terms of price fluctuations, this knife is indeed outrageous, but considering the real value, Kawei's knife still falls at a relatively reasonable price.

It's not that he has never seen thoracic lacerations. This kind of thing usually doesn't appear alone, and is often accompanied by serious injuries to various parts of the body, which is very suitable for Andre's current situation.Before Andre died, his body must have suffered a very serious blunt injury. The destructive force that caused multiple fractures in the limbs was enough to rupture the soft internal organs.

Now no one knows what kind of mess his stomach is in. It is possible that the liver and spleen have been broken long ago, and the abdominal cavity is full of blood clots, making it impossible to dissect the gastrointestinal tract.And now the subcutaneous blood vessels are severely ruptured, and the blood stasis all over the skin makes subcutaneous dissection and separation of blood vessels meaningless.

Taking this kind of corpse back is the same as opening a blind box that is only short of the hidden money. The chance of opening it is extremely low, and there are very few places where it can be used to practice.

The bones of the hands and feet are all broken, and the internal and external fixation of the fracture must be counted as one.

Resetting and external fixation is not difficult, and it can be practiced on living people, and Herman and Sears are also very proficient in doing it.Internal fixation surgery requires a large number of high-standard stainless steel products, and there are strict requirements for disinfection, which is too advanced for the technical level of this era.

The rest is amputation. The requirements for amputation practice are indeed very low, just an arm and a leg, so the value is also reduced a lot.

"Don't be joking!" Musil laughed angrily, thinking that Kawi was looking for trouble, "The corpse that was just sent over was placed here for two days, and Ignaz paid a full 60 kronor. Only 20? I'm not a three-year-old."

"I've seen that corpse before. Its face has no human shape. To be honest, 60 crowns is too high."

Carvey explained his reasons like a professional coroner: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it was a coincidence that Mr. Ignatz needed a cesarean section, and there was an urgent shortage of female corpses with intact internal organs, so I gave you 60 crowns. "

"You say it's a coincidence???"

"Of course the money belongs to Mr. Ignatz, and the final decision rests with him." Carvey asked, "Excuse me, has Mr. Ignatz signed any written agreement with you? If so, I will pay immediately. "

Musil shook his head quickly: "How could there be an agreement on this matter?"

"Then there are other corpses here, teacher? If it's complete, I'll pay now." Carvey took the money out of his pocket, "60 crowns, a lot."

Where did Musil get so many good corpses, he said helplessly: "I only have two in my hand, one is not closed yet, and the other is 'him'."

"If that's the case, I can't help it." Carvey explained, "For this corpse, 20 crowns is not too low. A whole body that has been dead for three days is only 30 crowns on the black market. If it is heavier, it will hold up to 20 crowns. If it is replaced by a gravedigger, it may not be sold for 15 crowns."

"How can you compare it with the rotten corpse in the coffin?" Musil felt that his profession had been insulted, "This corpse has been soaked in ice water for three hours, and the decay rate has slowed down a lot, enough You use it for four or five days."

"If you only talk about the rate of decay, you are right."

Carvey affirmed his professional ability, but unfortunately, he did not agree with Musil's judgment on the value of the corpse: "Mr. Musil, the rate of decay cannot be the main criterion for evaluating the value of a corpse. Ignaci With the teacher's hand speed, it only takes half a day to use up a corpse."

"Then what is your standard?"

"The most important thing is the degree of integrity, followed by the degree of decay. Both are indispensable."

Carvey put on the linen gloves on the side, and slapped Andre's chest with a slap. Immediately, two streams of light red blood overflowed from the corners of the corpse's mouth: "Look at his chest, the ribs are all broken, and then look at his stomach. , It’s a mess, how can Mr. Ignatz use this kind of corpse?”

Kawei's press did drop a lot of points for the corpse.

Musil still understood the condition of the corpse, but he didn't see it so carefully.He also wanted to sell for more money. He thought that Ignatz didn't care that much. Who would have thought that the young people who came to pay today would have such high demands: "But his hands and feet are not bad, it's just that some bones are broken, so they can't be used? "

Carvey sighed, and explained: "Mr. Ignatz is at the critical moment of improving abdominal surgery, how could he spend twice the market price to buy a corpse that can only be used for amputation practice. Ignaci Mr. Natz's level of amputation, where do you need to practice amputation. Mr. Ignatz"

"Okay, okay, I get it." Musil felt his brain ache, and quickly interrupted him, "Don't be Mr. Ignatz, Mr. Ignatz, Mr. Ignatz amazing???"

"It's really amazing, why don't we report it today."

Carvey's words are really not adulterated. In modern times, it is almost impossible for a surgeon in his 40s to make the headlines of the largest newspaper in the capital.But Musil felt uncomfortable, and immediately rejected the offer when his temper came up: "20 crowns, there is no door, and you can earn 50 crowns by selling the Grez Hospital next door!"

"How much is Mr. Namusil willing to accept?" Carvey asked, "50 crowns?"

"60 crowns! That's the price he agreed with me at the beginning. In order to take care of him, I refunded all the orders from Graze Hospital."

"But this kind of corpse can't be used when you buy it back to the hospital." Carvey shook his head helplessly. "I think it's better to forget it. I'll go back and discuss it with Mr. Ignatz first, and leave."

The young man took off his gloves and left immediately, very decisive, even a little arrogant.

Musil never thought that things would turn into the current situation. He thought that he could earn 120 crowns for the police station in two days.Turn in the big head to the leader, and you can earn about 20 no matter what.But now his 20 crowns must have been discounted, but this is only second, and now the more important thing is to let go of the client Ignatz, what about the corpse?
If you go through "regular" channels, it would be nice if those stingy hospital directors can give you 40 crowns.Besides, Andre's corpse is indeed flawed, and the price may be further pushed down.

It's hard to say how much it was suppressed. Anyway, for them, the source of corpses mainly depends on the black market.The price there has been fluctuating around 30, and the key is free door-to-door delivery. Very few may not even cost 20 crowns, but the quality is not good.

Those hospitals didn't have Ignatz's mental cleanliness, and they all performed low-difficulty operations.They don't have high requirements for corpses, and they often buy goods in the black market, and there is no need to go to the police station at all.After all, there are a lot of rules here. You have to submit an application for free corpse donation, and you have to spend your own money to carry the things back.

The longer the corpse, the cheaper it will be, and it will be very troublesome to find a new buyer. What should I do?
Musil looked at Kawi who had already washed his hands and was walking towards the gate. He had a fierce ideological struggle in his mind, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "Wait! Just follow the standard of Graze Hospital, 50 kroner to carry away Bar."

Carvey didn't respond. He came to the door and raised his hand to catch the doorknob.Musil knew at a glance that the other party was still dissatisfied with the new price, so he had no choice but to continue to lower the standard: "Forget it, 50 crowns, I'll ask the police transporter to send it back for you."

Carvey shook his head and opened the door.

"47 crowns, help you to the hospital."

Kavi didn't stop on his feet, and walked out of the gate directly.

"45 crowns!"

Hearing a bang, Carvey left the dissecting room.

It didn't matter to him whether he bought the corpse or not.

Bought. If Ignatz is not satisfied, he can blame Muzier for the poor identification of the body, saying that the police department is cheating money.If Ignatz blames him for not buying it, he can say that the corpse has serious problems and is of no practice value at all, and he can still put the blame on Musil, saying that he refuses to lower the price to deal with it.

Forehand and backhand are both reasons.

But for Musil, finding a new buyer has not been so easy.Even if a gift application is submitted, transactions between the police department and a new buyer will always be accompanied by various risks in the face of the "Anatomy Act".

What's more, new buyers may not be able to give too high a price.

Therefore, Carvey decided that Musil would still negotiate the price with him, and if he lost the bet, he would not lose money, and if he won the bet, he would make a profit.

He stretched himself outside the dissecting room, and walked slowly towards the door with his legs apart, trying to give the forensic doctor a buffer time for thinking.The development of the matter was indeed as he had imagined. It didn't take long for Musil to trot all the way to catch up.

"Young man, why don't we discuss it again?"

Carvey turned back and asked, "Discuss? How to discuss?"

"40 crowns!" Musil seemed to have made up his mind. "You only need to pay 40 crowns, and I will send someone to send the body to the hospital."

"20." Carvey still insisted on his own standards.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Musil felt as if he had bitten a gravel hidden in the black bread, and the back molars were broken, and there was nothing he could do about it: "You man, why are you so unreasonable? What??? I have already dropped to 40 kroner, so you have to give up half a step anyway."

"I gave up, from the very beginning." Carvey explained patiently, "I wanted to drive 10 crowns."

"You" Musil stomped his foot and said, "20 is too little, you have to add a little more!"

What Carvey wanted was this sentence. With this sentence, his price increase will become more weighty: "Well, considering that Mr. Ignatz needs to perform repair surgery on a patient with a cleft lip, this If the face of the dead body is still intact, I will add 5 crowns."

"Only five crowns?"

"No more." Carvey didn't want to waste time here, "I can give Teacher Musil a little time to think about it. This corpse can be sent to the City General Hospital within the next two days. The price is 25 crowns. We pay on delivery."

After speaking, he left the police station.

After the police station sells unclaimed corpses, most of the money will go into the pockets of the upper echelon. After all, he is just a tool for soliciting customers and bargaining.

The tool man naturally has a certain scope of power and responsibility. From the previously set 60 crowns to 25, the gap is too huge. Musil is not qualified to make this decision: "It's really troublesome, and I have to go to the director."

Carvey swaggered away from the police station, walked along the street for 5 minutes and saw a pharmacy.

In this era when skin care products contain arsenic and opium is used as a cold medicine, it is not easy to strictly and prudently control the "safe" dosage range.As a patient, facing a box of blood-stained knives, scissors, and saws, it must be "safer" to have bottles of colorful medicine.

Therefore, even without any scientific basis, and even following various alchemy recipes from the Middle Ages, these pharmacies that can develop their own medicines still became an indispensable part of European medical care in the [-]th century.

Carvey needs to find something useful in these pharmacies.

(End of this chapter)