Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 242 238. Stubborn Lamin

In fact, the development of military hospitals has been less than a hundred years. In the military activities in the 18th century or earlier, there was almost no concept of military hospitals.The substitutes are a large number of tents or some small residential buildings that can be occupied. It was not until the late 18th century that temporary buildings that could be called military hospitals gradually appeared.

In the Napoleonic period, military hospitals with a capacity of 300-500 beds officially became a "safe haven" for soldiers on the battlefield.

But this harbor is not only dirty, but also extremely fragile, and it will be broken down by some small changes at any time.

In Carvey's view, the establishment of military hospitals on the entire western front is extremely unreasonable.It is a very stupid act that a central hospital capable of treating 1000 people was built in the frontline town of Muchen, but it is enough to demonstrate the confidence of its builders in the Austrian army.

If the Allied Forces of Osa + Lamin's Sixth Army successfully defeated the main force of Prussia, the Western Front would advance tens of kilometers, separated by the Isar River, and the Muchen General Hospital would become a real rear hospital. And that too will be prescient.

But now.
Of course, Carvey was not in the mood to discuss this kind of problem that had become a thing of the past with Etler, the former director of Muchen General Hospital.After all, it is not up to him to decide where a large hospital with thousands of people will be built. The final decision is in Edinson's hands.

If we analyze it in detail, the power structure of the small Muchen General Hospital is far more complicated than Carvey imagined.

Although Ettler is the dean, but because his identity as a dentist was not recognized by his colleagues, and he lacked knowledge of medical and surgical diagnosis and treatment, he was a puppet from the beginning of his tenure.Compared with the current chaos, he seems to be more useful, becoming a puppet who manages logistics and keeps accounts.

It is mainly responsible for the food, nutrition, hospital beds, bedding, hospital clothes, material warehouse and material supply of the wounded soldiers.

But the one who really needs to be responsible for this is the inspector sent here by the Military Medical Office, that is, a certain deputy inspector under Earl Moraso.

"Where are the deputy inspectors?" Carvey looked at the hospital management list, hoping to sort out the people who can be used by him. "The hospital has clear regulations. The dean manages doctors and nurses, and the inspector manages logistics and other personnel allocation. How did you get here?"

"The deputy inspector got separated during the retreat." Ettler was also very helpless. "Now the supply of materials and personnel is more important than treatment, so I will take responsibility for it."

"Treatment." Carvey glanced at him and shook his head slightly, "Forget it, that's it."

From the very beginning, Etler was an empty shelf, and the real power of the hospital was dispersed in the hands of three other people, the chief doctors of internal medicine and surgery, and a deputy inspector.With the retreat of the army and the disappearance of the deputy inspector, those two doctors still have the most power in Gablenz's medical system.

Originally, they could still coexist peacefully, and the well water did not interfere with the river water, but now the situation has changed.

The basic structural framework of Muchen General Hospital has been destroyed, the wounded and medical patients are mixed together, and the scope of responsibility has seriously overlapped.At this time, the power will appear extremely chaotic, regardless of what should be managed, and what should not be managed indiscriminately. In the end, it is the wounded soldiers who are unlucky.

"Where are the two chief physicians?" Carvey asked.

"The sick should be treated in the Abbey of St. Thomas."

"St. Thomas Monastery?" Carvey is now in the Osa coalition camp. There is also a temporary military hospital here. "There is also a hospital there?"

"Correct."

"Then why not integrate the two hospitals? Resources can be shared, and it saves people from running back and forth."

Etler sighed softly: "When we retreated here, there were too many wounded soldiers. We could only build the St. Thomas Monastery, the church in the center of the city, and the two surrounding schools into a temporary military hospital. But there were too few beds. So after the location of the army is determined, a temporary military hospital will be set up in the barracks."

According to Etler, the ones in the city center were for the treatment of the sick, while the ones in the barracks were mainly for rehabilitation.

It sounds serious, but when he got to the scene and saw this kind of hospital with his own eyes, Carvey realized that the so-called temporary military hospital was quite different from what he thought.They merely bring together the sick and wounded and rarely perform medical functions.

As for the difference between "admission" and "rehabilitation", if Etler's dean's name is not mentioned, they seem to be two completely independent hospitals.

Kavi has limited manpower and cannot manage the monastery in the center of the city for the time being: "Dean Etler, I suggest that my team temporarily take over the surgical work of the barracks hospital. Do you have any objections?"

How dare Etler have any opinions. After experiencing the fiasco and rout of the Isar River, he only hopes that he can return to Hungary alive and stop fighting any shit.So after hearing Carvey's suggestion, Ettler immediately gave up his power: "No problem, Dr. Carvey is fully qualified for the post of dean."

"Thank you Dean Ettler for your cooperation."

"However." Ettler hesitated, and after thinking about it, he said, "In this special period, the inspector is missing again. The hospital in the barracks is actually under the supervision of Deputy Marshal Lamin."

"Why is the deputy marshal in charge?" Carvey looked at the 40-year-old dentist strangely, "There are only 300 beds here, and the number of wounded soldiers does not exceed 500. It’s just a small-to-medium-sized hospital, why let the deputy marshal manage it.”

Etler also had no choice: "It was taken over when we retreated. Firstly, the number of doctors is really small, and finding local doctors has become the top priority. Secondly, someone in the ward spread rumors. The deputy marshal said that this would shake the morale of the army. , so I took over."

This change was unexpected by Carvey. He has not seen any coach who would personally ask about the work of the military hospital.

It's like the troops of the three armies assembled on the northern front. None of the three commanders has the power to ask about the Olmitz Fortress Hospital.But even so, their concern is only a simple inquiry, and military doctors can maintain the greatest freedom in practicing medicine within a reasonable framework.

Carvey was a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, Lamin was a direct descendant of Grand Duke Brecht, and he had a letter from the Grand Duke, so it was a good chance to take over the hospital.

But before officially taking over here, you really have to go to the command post and report yourself.

The barracks hospital is not big, it is formed by supporting four large tents.In addition to the big tent, the four interconnected corridors were also crowded with various patients.

Judging from the size of the tents used, this is the temporary rescue station of the Sixth Army led by Lamin, and the medical staff are all from the Sixth Army.

So after Kavey entered the command post to express his intention, Lamin decisively rejected Kavey's request: "Etler? I don't know Etler, I only know the Sixth Army's temporary relief station. This is the Sixth Army The site, the temporary relief station is under my management, which is clearly stipulated in the military rules and regulations."

Carvey wanted to move out Archduke Brecht at this time, but the other party would not accept it: "I have lost the battle, and I am still a little dizzy, but I can still recognize German. The Archduke didn't let you take over here at all, but came here. Support here."

In ordinary people's understanding, support means helping, not doves occupying magpies' nests.But in Carvey's thinking, as long as it is related to patients, everything needs to be the best.It's okay to be a pure surgeon and perform surgery, but at least you have to change the ward and operating room according to your own requirements.

Otherwise, if the wounded who had just been rescued two days ago died due to some inexplicable nosocomial infection, Carvey would definitely feel unwilling: "I think it will be too late to make these requests to the government by then."

Lamin drank the lunch soup that was just delivered, and said, "It's not too late. The hospital is running well now, and no one else needs to intervene. Of course, if Dr. Carvey is willing to stay and help, I agree with it. "

Speaking of this, Carvey will not force it.

Originally, the military doctor had no real power, and the other party was still a real deputy marshal, so it was not an option to die.Since the takeover is not allowed here, Carvey thought about leaving a surgical team to help, and took others to the monastery in the center of the city to have a look.

But just as he was about to leave the command post, there was a noise outside the door, and two gunshots could be vaguely heard.

Lamin just sent a reconnaissance post to the outskirts of Gablenz this morning. It is clear that the Prussian troops are stationed in the southwest corner of the outskirts, a full 10 kilometers away from here.The hand-to-hand battle that just ended before caused considerable casualties to both troops, and the Prussians would not attack in a short time.

Even if there was a sneak attack, Gablenz's fortifications would be strong enough to withstand it for several days, and the first thing to be heard would be the sound of gunfire.

Apart from these, Lamin also knew very well the difference between the sound of his own rifle and the sound of the Prussian rifle. He had heard too much these days.

There are so many evidences in front of him, but Laming is still very cautious. While trying to appease the newcomer Kavi and establish a calm image, he quickly got up and picked up the saber and military cap that were put aside, ready to put on Jacket went out to see what happened.

"Hockney!"

At this time, there was a rapid knock on the door, and a guard soldier came in: "Deputy Marshal, what's the matter?"

"What's going on in the camp? Why are there gunshots?"

"Gunshots?" Hogany obviously didn't hear it, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "Maybe they are killing rats. There are quite a few rats around the burial pit. Maybe because they can run too much, some people can't catch them. He chose to shoot."

It was only then that La Ming realized that he had made a false alarm, and put back the military cap he was about to put on his head: "I said that you can't shoot at will in the barracks. Did they not take what I said as an order?"

"Please rest assured, Deputy Marshal, there will be no next time!"

However, as soon as the words fell, the three of them heard two gunshots in succession, this time the sound was clearer than before.

"If the gunshots appeared before your words, I might believe it." Lamin took off his military cap again and put it on his head directly, with a serious expression on his face, "Shooting random shots in the barracks is nothing to brag about." The fine tradition. I have to go out and see which xx is doing this!"

There was a mess in the barracks, and many people had already walked out of the tents to the place where the gunshots came from, but the location of the chaos was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Isn't this the morgue?" La Ming was surprised to see a mud room in the distance.

"General!"

"Can anyone tell me what happened?"

"The gunshots seem to be coming from there." Several soldiers were discussing nearby, "but we don't know exactly what happened."

"A wounded soldier suddenly woke up just now, and soon had some small disputes with other people."

"Woke up? Woke up from the morgue?"

"Yeah, I woke up. This poor guy was sent here. His hands and feet were bound together for burial. Who knows, he woke up suddenly before the burial. It is said that someone heard the movement in the morgue and ran in for a while. Look, that guy is untying his feet."

"How do you know so clearly?"

"Well, the person who went in to watch the movement was me"

"Then why did you shoot?" Laming was puzzled. "It is clearly stipulated in the barracks that shooting is not allowed!"

The crowd gradually moved closer to the morgue. There was a five-on-one brawl at the door, surrounded by soldiers who were watching.The rifle as the "murder weapon" has been thrown to the ground, and the "protagonist" is lying dead on the ground under the blows of other people's sticks and broom handles.

"General!"

Hearing Laming's arrival, the five of them also stood up straight and saluted: "General!!!"

"What's wrong? Who fired the shot?"

"It's him. He seems to have just woken up from the bed in the morgue. We still want to ask which unit he belongs to and send him back. Who knew that he couldn't even speak clearly, so he had a dispute with us. Not only took away took out our rifles, snarled like a mad dog, talked a lot of nonsense, and finally tried to shoot us"

The whole thing wasn't really a big deal, it was just someone pulling the trigger by mistake.

The mentally disturbed "prisoner" was beaten again and passed out again under the efforts of everyone, which was considered enough punishment, and the matter passed quickly so lightly.

But in Carvey's eyes, the cause and effect of the incident and the weird development direction during the period are more outrageous than any hospital experience he knows: "Shouldn't the focus be on the shooting?"

"What do you mean?" Lamin returned to his temporary command post and questioned Karvey's question, "Can you make it clearer?"

"Why did this soldier wake up in the morgue?"

"Oh, that's what you're asking." Laming, who has served in the army for 20 years, is considered well-informed. "We fought several vicious battles, and the military doctors are very busy. Life and death are extremely normal things, nothing to make a fuss about."

"Then what if he hasn't woken up?"

"Didn't wake up?" La Ming suddenly grinned, "Doesn't that mean he's dead already?"

(End of this chapter)