Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 348 344. The end of the little man (1)

Bizet's opera creation was not smooth. The performance of "The Pearl Fisherman" in 1863 was fluctuating. The response to "Ivan IV" completed last year was also mediocre.In the middle of this year, he began to create "Beauty of Bay City", and finally completed the last chapter at the end of the year, and was able to enter the opera house for its premiere.

Just like Vienna, the premiere of an opera in Paris is also very important, almost equating to a lifelong performance.

On days like this, even Bicai, who has long been familiar with the competition rules, would feel nervous.He needs the support of some friends, but he has an introverted personality and lacks friends. He can only ask someone he knows well to see if he is interested.

"Tomorrow my new opera will premiere"

"Well, congratulations." Carvey gave him the final throat examination, and basically determined the surgical method, "but remember not to be too tired, the surgery will be done in two days. Let me check the time today is December 12nd , Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. Start fasting on the night of December 2th, and have a surgery demonstration on December 12th."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Bizet originally wanted to wait until the first performance was over to see the results before deciding whether to undergo surgery, but the success rate of Kavey's surgery these days was ridiculously high, which made him feel like he had to go to Vienna if he didn't want to do it now.

Of course, he doesn't think Vienna is bad, but he prefers to stay at home and create rather than go out.And the cough is really severe, and sometimes blood can be seen in the sputum.

No matter how you look at this phenomenon, it has nothing to do with your health, so after much consideration, Bizei agreed to the operation.

"The tumor is not big, and the operation is not big. You just need to make an incision on the head and neck and cut things off." Carvey continued, "If the tumor grows bigger, the operation will become more difficult. have to."

"I get it, I got it, you just said it before, if it's serious, you'll have to cut your throat completely." Bicai sighed resignedly, ". Then you won't be able to smoke anymore?"

"I have to quit." Carvey said, "I have seen a lot of throat cancer, and most of them smoke."

"Is there still such a relationship?"

Carvey glanced at him, then continued to think about the things in his hand: "Trust me."

"Xinxinxin" Bizet coughed twice, "Well... Tomorrow night, the Opera House will premiere my new opera. Are you free?"

"Uh, tomorrow night? Several people have asked me before." Carvey shook his head helplessly, "I'm really sorry, I have to prepare the assessment materials for the Paris Surgical Technology Competition, and I have to discuss it with those professors tomorrow night Come on, I really can’t find time.”

"That's it, okay." Bicai was a little disappointed, and suddenly a thought flashed through him, "Forget it, I'm not going either!"

"Huh? Isn't that your first performance?"

"I'm just a score writer, and I'm not on stage. If I don't go, I won't be gossiped." Having experienced many failures, Bicai chose to avoid the pressure and laughed, "By the way, when we talked, How about I write you a short play after the operation is over?"

Carvey also laughed: "I don't care, just don't have any sex."

"En? True love is like fire. It's a pity not to have a beautiful woman in this life. Why not?"

"I only love my job, and I don't have time to give it to anyone else."

Carvey said very honestly: "For example, in your operation, although the incision is not large and the operation steps are few. But for your safety, I still need to do a lot of practice, sum up and learn from previous treatment experience. Allocate more time , theoretically speaking, your death rate will be higher."

"So it's like this. It's really different from my way of looking at inspiration." Bicai understood what he meant, "Okay, I'll think about other plots."

After getting along for so many days, Bizet can be regarded as Kavey's friend. He also wants to participate in the premiere of the opera, even if he doesn't understand it.

It's a pity that the trip to Paris was not easy. From the operation to the speech to the final surgical conference, Carvey had too much work to do in front of him.

After arriving in Paris on November 11, he has undergone several major operations in a row, either during the operation or on the way to prepare for the operation.

The patient's recovery was also good and bad, which distracted Kawei a lot of energy.Fortunately, the success rate of the operation and the overall recovery are satisfactory. Even if there are a few wounds with ulcers, they are all within reason and have not escaped his control.

When encountering this kind of incision, what the doctor has to do is to insist on changing the dressing. If there is too much exudation, a new vsd will be applied. If there is a pus cavity, it may be necessary to expand and debride the wound.The rest is left to the patient's own body and time. As long as the body is fine, there is no need to rush, just take your time.

This kind of active slowing down step by step has enabled many doctors in the main palace hospital to see the essence of surgery clearly and benefit a lot.

In addition to surgery, Carvey also participated in lectures and meetings, and had to leave time for free clinics and to complete the cesarean section map that he had promised.

These two items are all pen work. The former needs to prepare speeches, while the latter needs to prepare a lot of anatomical drawings, which naturally takes up a lot of time.

Especially for Atlas, after more than half a year, he picked up the painting technique of the original owner again. Kavey will definitely learn it by hand. It belongs to the fact that the brain knows how to draw but the hands may not be able to keep up.So after finishing Laura's house reconstruction, he devoted most of his time to the drawing creation.

Seeing that it would be completed in two or three days, the Surgical Technology Conference was overwhelmed again.

Paris, like Vienna, has a surgical congress every year. Compared with Paris, the conference is less frequent, but the scale is much larger.Moreover, there will be technical competitions at the conference, usually involving amputation, suturing, and hemostasis. There has never been a real major surgery.

When he first came to Paris, Carvey was invited to participate in the competition, but after seeing Carvey's skills, he was directly recruited as a judge.According to Cedieu and Holt, putting Carvey on the competition bench is equivalent to bombarding mosquitoes with 16-pound shells, which sounds more exaggerated than killing a chicken with a bull's knife.

It didn't matter to Carvey, because he was not prepared to participate in that kind of competition.

But now that he has suddenly become a judge, it is not so easy to push. After all, Bizet's laryngeal tumor resection is the opening performance of the conference.Whether it is difficulty or freshness, it is in line with the current level of surgery, so there is no reason for Carvey not to go.

The work of the judges is not easy. Not only do they have to score the surgical competition, but they also need to propose assessment items. The contestant with the highest final score of all items will win the competition prize.

The total prize money in the previous session was 5 francs, but this time it was increased to 8 francs because of Carvey's bonus.

As the most important surgeon in Paris these days, Carvey's assessment program naturally attracted everyone's attention.The competition is aimed at young people, and the project should not be so difficult that it is difficult to start, nor too simple to open the gap, and it also needs certain innovations to show its own characteristics.

In addition, Carvey still needs to prepare several speeches.

The Surgical Congress was aimed not at Paris but at the whole of France, and there was quite a lot to be said for him.

Among them, the cesarean section and preoperative disinfection are the unshakable ones, which are also the main purpose of his visit to Paris this time.In the remaining two or three games, he may need to look for appendices, hernias, vascular anastomoses, plastic surgery, breast cancer, perianal abscesses and bedsores.

Carvey now prefers a homemade vsd for perianal abscesses and a new wound-healing drug, mainly because they both work well.

The former is more expensive, but it can greatly shorten the postoperative recovery time. The patient with perianal abscess was completely healed and discharged after only two weeks because of vsd.The latter is also completely acceptable to civilians, and if possible, it will be mass-produced.

As for those abdominal surgeries, you can pack them up and write a general statement. If there is still space, he may leave the place for vascular anastomosis.

In order to cope with these conference speeches, Carvey needs to write a lot of manuscripts. Since two days ago, he has rejected several patients recommended by the hospital and concentrated on preparing for the conference.

This home office style of work reduces his attention to the ward.Not showing up at the main palace hospital for several days in a row not only made Mick and the man in black very idle, but also made someone who missed Laura all the time feel itchy.

Li Ben didn't know that Kawei was not in the hospital, so he didn't want to go to the hospital.

It's just that December 12 is an unusual day, the money is about to arrive, and Laura's operation has passed a week.He wanted to see his beloved woman before he got the money, so he took a carriage to the hospital gate in the evening.

He stayed around for a while, and after making sure he didn't find Mick and the man in black, he sneaked into the hospital.

Li Ben's purpose is very clear, he doesn't need to meet Laura, he just needs to take a sneak peek at his beauty.After all, time is limited, and staying too long will cause unnecessary trouble.

The main palace hospital is a free hospital for ordinary people. It is a large ward with a dozen or 20 people crowded together.But I asked the nurse on the way and found out that Laura did not live in the ward, but in a temporarily cleaned warehouse.

Li Ben was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it, and ran to the "ward" excitedly.

Who would have thought that this occasional impulsive behavior made him see the scene he least wanted to see in his life.

Laura was by no means the only one in the ward. The number of three women and one man made this large warehouse seem a bit crowded.The three women are easy to distinguish, except for Laura, one is a nurse wearing a long work skirt, and the other is dressed as a servant.

The problem is with that man.

He was dressed in a dark blue dress, with neat waves and curls hanging over his shoulders, and he sat next to Laura.The two talked and laughed, and the pain and discomfort after the operation could not be seen on Laura's face, and the distance between the two was by no means as simple as ordinary friends.

"Laura."

It wasn't until their faces were pressed together like white paper covered with glue that Li Ben finally realized that he might have been greened.

An impulse rushed straight from his body to his forehead. If the rationality cultivated over the years had not been tempered too much, he would have rushed in to argue with that man right now.Li Ben held the walking stick in his hand tightly, trembling all over his body: "Laura! Laura, Laura."

Suppressing his anger, he also knew in his heart that this situation was caused by his lack of status, disability, and lack of money.

The most important thing is no money! ! !
If he had money, he wouldn't have fallen to this point, and if he had money, he wouldn't have to deal with so many things. If he had money, he would have been able to take Laura far away.
20 francs is not enough!Far from enough! ! !

The well-dressed gentleman in front of him is obviously not a person who only earns a dozen or 20 a year. This amount of money is not enough to settle the relationship, and he needs more money.He let out a long breath, swallowed his grievances, turned and left on crutches, and quickly made some changes to Ashley's plan in his mind.

It's too wasteful to deceive only one person, he will rely on the documents in his hand to deceive more.Including Ashley herself, cheating once is not enough, it is too cheap for these rich people.Stretch the bold and starve the timid.You can use some income to catch more fish and use them repeatedly
It may be that the huge emotional stimulation forced Li Ben to think, and his mind is very clear now.

Suddenly, a nurse's voice came from behind: "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

"Uh, I..." Li Ben glanced at the warehouse, and took two steps back, "Um, I'm lost."

"Where are you going?"

"Where is the surgical ward?"

"Go ahead and turn left."

"Thank you."

The nurse found it strange, because the entrance to the ward building is the ward, and it is difficult to find it here.Unless you come in through the garden window, you shouldn't miss it anyway.

What also felt strange was Laura who was lying on the bed. The figure flashing past the door was clearly the man who had always been nice to him.

Laura knew that he had helped her a lot these days, but she didn't believe in love or want love at all, she just wanted a better life.The Edward in front of him can help himself more and give himself a good life.It's better to be older, maybe you will die in a few years, and you can still get a good inheritance.

"What's wrong?" Edward was a diplomat after all, his expression was accurate, "You know him?"

"No, uh." Laura knew that she couldn't deceive him, and lying indiscriminately was not good for the relationship. "I just saw it, and I have some thoughts about me."

Edward raised his eyebrows and didn't say much. After a few words with the servant, he got up and left: "There is still a party at the opera house, I have to go first. You have a good rest, and find Annika if you have anything to do."

"okay, I get it."

Now half an hour's drive away, the gate of the Paris Opera House is crowded with people, and the dense oil lamps on the side of the road illuminate the surroundings resplendently, and carriages park here to put down gorgeously dressed men and women.

Among them is Safit.

Yesterday, I made an appointment with Li Ben to meet at 06:30 in the evening, earlier than Ashley.But now the time has passed, and the opera is about to start, but no one came.

Once there is a small problem in the middle of this kind of work, people will think wildly, and Safit is no exception.In addition, it was his first time doing it, and he had no income for many days, so he had to consider possible changes.

Did I mishear the time and place?

Or did they temporarily change the location, or advance the time?Even the two of them have already completed the deal and left themselves alone here?

Although Li Ben has been reassuring him, but at this point, he really has no way to trust an old liar.

"What do you think?"

Saffite only felt his shoulders sink, and Li Ben was already standing behind him: "The time is almost up, let's go in."

(End of this chapter)