Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 25 25. The House of the Rabbit's Death and the Pregnant Woman

Sometimes the crazy associations in my mind come so suddenly. If Alphonse hadn't mentioned the hare meat, Carvey would never have thought of the rabbit head.

Of course, he definitely didn't use it for cooking, and he himself doesn't know how to cook. In fact, judging from the material alone, it is also possible to use pig's head.Just considering the convenience of obtaining materials, it is neither convenient nor cost-effective to buy from a slaughterhouse. It is easier to find this chef to give to yourself.

Moreover, the rabbit head is small in size and easy to carry, and it does not require much effort to remove the brain.

"Why do you want rabbit heads? You can't eat them." Because of his occupation, Alphonse only knows about eating animals and plants. "In order to deal with the bad dental problems of Europeans, we try to make rabbits The meat is stewed. The meat on the rabbit's head has no teeth and can't be chewed, so it hasn't been cooked long enough?"

"I'm not here to eat." Carvey really couldn't explain why, "Anyway, just leave it to me."

Alphonse just felt strange, seeing him running to the boss again, he didn't ask any further questions.He put his fat head on the back of the chair, looked at the ceiling and slowly closed his eyes, muttering: "What a weirdo!"

According to Carvey's memory, alcohol, iodine, and even iodine should have finished products at this time, but no one used them for disinfection, and they soon became fringe products that no one cares about.One is the indifferent understanding of microorganisms, and the other is the deep-rooted concept of alcohol. 【1】

Carvey really wants to go to the chemical factory to ask about alcohol. It is best to get iodine and alcohol for disinfection, which can not only prepare for the next operation, but also replace the vegetable oil that blocks infection.

But the chemical factory is too far away from the hospital, so I thought of going to the pharmacy first to try my luck and see if there are any medicines worth learning from.

The result was naturally unsatisfactory. The bottle of panacea was full of gimmicks, but the price was a bit expensive, so Carvey could only stay away.Especially after thinking of the rabbit head plan, he still decided to get rid of the alcohol used for disinfection first.

There are many medicines in the shop that contain alcohol, and you can smell the faint aroma of alcohol coming from the laboratory in the back shop just by entering the door.But there are still more low-strength wines in it, and it has been steamed and blended with other solvents, which has no effect on disinfection.

"Why don't you leave?" The boss completely lost his patience in doing business with him, "If Mr. Alphonse was not here, I would have kicked you out a long time ago."

Carvey smiled: "Boss, forget about the medicine, or give me a bottle of bar?"

"Wine? My place is not a tavern. On the contrary, there are many high-end wines in Mr. Alphonse's restaurant. You can buy them from him." Quedlin warned, "But in my experience, drinking alone can't cure her." The sickness of the elderly."

"But at least it will save her some pain."

Carvey laughed painfully, showing a kind of helplessness after compromising reality.Quedlin felt the same way, the ancient and traditional spirit of a pharmacist and the enthusiasm for healing patients were once again ignited by this filial face: "Shall I add some opium to you?"【2】

"Well, I think it's better to forget it." Carvey shook his head.

"Don't rush to refuse, let's take a look at this bottle of Godfrey's liqueur [3], I forgot about it just now!" The boss excitedly took out an emerald green vial from the corner, "It can relieve pain and cough , Fever can also calm down and sleep peacefully, it is simply a low-end panacea.”

"I really don't need it." Facing the dazzling array of effects, Carvey still declined, "My uncle is addicted to drinking this. I can't let my mother make the same mistakes, so give me a bar."

Quedlin sighed, couldn't help muttering a few words, and asked, "Zweig red wine from Austria?"

"Is there anything stronger?"

The boss picked another bottle in front of the window: "Then use this, brandy imported from France, how about it?"

"Not bad, that's it." Carvey asked, "But I hope to process it again. You should have a decanter here, right?"

"Yes, there are." Quedlin has seen many alcoholics, and the brandy has run out, but he has never seen such a thing. "Isn't there enough brandy?"

"Of course not," Carvey said. "Brandy doesn't do much for my mother."

Quedlin was immediately in awe: "Amazing~~"

"So, I want something really strong," Carvey continued. "How much does it cost to distill here?"

"Such a whole bottle of brandy costs 1.5 crowns, and one distillation is 1.5 crowns."

"2 times."

"Distilled twice? Is that still wine?" Quedlin didn't know what he wanted to do, looked at the wine bottle and asked, "Is this thing drinkable?"

"Don't worry about it, let's make a price."

"That's five crowns!"

"No problem, deal." Kavi shook hands with the store manager, "I will pay 1.5 crowns for the wine as a deposit, and I will give you the rest when the goods are received."

"Row."

Medical alcohol can denature the proteins of bacteria and viruses, and 75% concentration can exert its best effect [4].Even if the concentration cannot reach 75%, it must be at least 65%.

It's a pity that Quedlin's laboratory has limited equipment. The more distilled, the less water there is, and the more difficult it is to distill. Two times should be his limit.If the distillation technology of the pharmacy can't meet the disinfection requirements, Carvey still has to go to the chemical manufacturer for consultation.

Once there is alcohol, then with the high-temperature cooking of the equipment and bandages, the disinfection problem can basically be solved.

As for the rabbit head, it was actually prepared for the pregnant woman who was about to have a caesarean section.

Just wanting to make a finished product, Carvey still lacks a lot of things.The first thing you need is a medicine ball mill, which needs to grind the air-dried rabbit brain into fine powder, then make an extract through clean water, and then use a centrifuge to get the extract out.

It's a pity that these two things are too advanced. There must be no pharmacies, and probably no chemical plants.

If it is the next best thing, the ball mill can be replaced by a human medicine bowl, but it takes a little longer.In the case of a centrifuge, no suitable substitute can be found even ten years from now [5], and we can only rely on water to slowly soak out the things in our minds.

Carvey went back to the hospital thinking about disinfection and the rabbit head all the way.

He had already thought of the reason for not buying the corpse, and was going to push it all the way, and put all the problems on the tragic death of Andre.As for the 1.5 crowns for buying wine, I still need to explain it carefully, maybe I can push it to the two bottles of vegetable oil that Alphonse sent
At this moment, a flat bed knocked open the door and was pushed out of the third ward.

A person was lying straight on the bed, her face was covered with a white cloth, and the white sheet was covered with blood. Walking beside the bed was her husband and a newborn child in her arms.The cry of the baby was in stark contrast to the deathly calmness on the man's face. It was not easy to live in this age.

Carvey glanced back and walked into the ward.

"Doctor, please, please transfer me to Maternity Ward 2!"

Suddenly, a woman's cries were heard from the aisle in the distance. A pregnant woman was trying to kneel down to her obstetrician with her belly outstretched.

Her tragic and shrill voice not only attracted everyone's attention, but also aroused the emotions of the pregnant women around her.Immediately, the women who were still staggering in the aisle stepped forward one after another, talking about "the second maternity ward".

The obstetrics department of the Municipal General Hospital has two major wards, which are located on both sides of the third ward. Outsiders see no difference in the ability of midwives, facilities, and beds.

But in the eyes of those mothers who have been staying in the hospital, the two wards are like a sky and a ground.In February alone, 1 multiparas who had just given birth were sent to the morgue in Ward 12, but only one woman died in Ward 2.

More importantly, the mother who died in the second ward had given birth to 2 children and was in her 4s.Her health was not very good in the first place, and she plummeted even more after giving birth. Death seemed to be a very normal thing.

But the 1 women who died in the first ward were different. None of them were over 12 years old, and their bodies were not that weak. Judging from the average life expectancy in Austria, this is obviously abnormal.

No matter who it is, they will ask why after seeing these data, not to mention those who actually live in puerpera.

But doctors did not realize the seriousness of this problem. In their view, it is completely acceptable to treat thousands of pregnant women a year and die 200.After all, the mortality rate in the surgical ward next door has been above 40%, so they have no psychological burden.

"Since the ward has been booked, there is no way to change it. You have changed it. What about the mothers in the second ward? I think everyone should stay calm and don't be too excited to affect the child."

"It's fine if you don't change to Ward 2, just let us go home."

"Yes, it's safer to stay at home, and if you stay here to give birth, something will happen!"

"The sister who was pushed out just now is just like me, only 22 years old! She died just a few days after giving birth. This ward must be cursed!"

"I can't take it anymore, I don't want to live in this stinky 'death house', let us go back! My sister, my mother, my aunt, and even several neighbors chose to stay at home There have been no problems in production, why do I have to wait here to die? Why."

Facing such doubts, several obstetricians who came to rounds really didn't know how to explain.Because this has been the case for a long time and they don't know what's wrong with the ward.

At the beginning, it was just a feeling. The doctors and nurses always felt that there were more deaths in the first ward.Then after the death data was aggregated, they found that this was indeed the case, and attributed the cause to the underlying diseases of the mothers, saying that it was the difference between individuals.

But slowly, this reason became less and less tenable, and they attributed the disparity in the death rate between the two wards to randomness.

Now maybe they have to pull the witch who has disappeared for hundreds of years to come out as his back.

But the puerpera does not understand medicine, and it seems that only curses, magic, and divine punishment can explain this phenomenon, and the name of the "House of Death" in the first ward has spread.

A lot of people crowded the aisle to watch, and Kawei could only stand aside and watch when he was blocked.He also felt strange in his heart. Although he hadn't been to the maternity ward much, the city general hospital has its own set of standards for admitting and treating patients. It is understandable that the technology is not in place, but there shouldn't be such a drastic difference between the wards. .

There must be a problem.
(End of this chapter)