Dark-Haired British Doctor - Chapter 95



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Episode 95: Rabies [1]

Dog bite accident.

Accidents happen occasionally in Korea too… … .

I didn’t think it could be as frequent as here.

There are so many wild dogs… … .

Especially when I went towards the slums, I saw quite a few dogs that clearly looked like they had gone crazy there.

Did you say the dog was one of the reasons I left that house and went to live with Alfred?

“Ugh, ugh!”

As a result, several people come to this hospital every day with dog bites… … .

It was a pure coincidence that I had never paid attention to this patient before.

No, I was too busy to see it that way.

Think about it.

If you look away, you won’t be able to tolerate that bird and will do strange things to you.

Killing people because they have a headache?

“Stay still!”

“Yes, aren’t you trying to heal me?”

It’s sad that I have to use the word ‘natural’ at times like this, but in any case, now is not an exception.

“Quaaaah!”

While I was doing this, I was already using a soldering iron to rub the wound that the patient had suffered from being bitten by a dog.

Speaking of irons used to support people, of course, if there were such a thing, that would be a big problem… … .

Not even that, it was an iron used by our medical staff to iron their clothes.

In other words, you are burning human flesh with an iron… … .

“That’s right! “The bleeding stops!”

In an instant, the acrid smell of burning flesh spread out in all directions.

Strangely, the smell of burning human flesh gave me a sickening feeling, unlike the general smell of grilling meat.

“eww.”

Anyway, people were cheering when they saw what was happening.

“That, is it? Has the bleeding stopped?”

“Uh oh. “You are alive now.”

“Whew.”

What was amazing was that even the patient was breathing a sigh of relief.

If rabies was prevented like that, would it have remained in history?

It wasn’t going to be easy.

‘Yes, now I remember.’

Whatever it was, when the desperate screams stopped, my head finally started to spin.

I wondered if I could have saved that patient if I had moved faster, but when I looked into the knowledge that came to mind, I realized that it was impossible.

Treating rabies is not an easy task.

In the first place, it’s not a bacteria, it’s a virus.

Antiviral drugs… … .

‘Hey… … When did that first come out?’

I don’t even remember, really.

Maybe it was much later than antibiotics?

In the first place, none of the antiviral drugs were as effective as when used against the appropriate bacteria.

However, it was during Pasteur’s time that a cure for rabies was developed, so it was in the 19th century.

Fleming discovered penicillin in 1929, so this was said to be much earlier.

even… … This was accomplished before the existence of a virus was even discovered.

‘It was in the form of a vaccine. Anyway, if you give an attenuated vaccine, antibodies form quickly… … If used before the disease progresses too far, it could be used as a treatment. It may be difficult to say that it is 100% safe, but… … .’

When I thought about it this way, it occurred to me that Louis Pasteur was a truly monstrous great man.

No, doesn’t that mean that he accomplished something that seemed difficult even to me, who was studying in the 21st century, in this barbaric era?

Of course, since it was a time of rapid progress, it certainly seemed like things would get easier after a few decades… … .

However, this could not diminish his greatness.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

“yes? Oh no. hmm. That dog… … What are you going to do with the dog?”

“dog? have to kill “It has rabies. How can I save it?”

yes.

would kill

In fact, this could be said to be a reasonable measure, as it is something that is done even in the 21st century.

Isn’t rabies still in an advanced state in the realm of incurability?

Considering the severity of the symptoms… … .

If prevention is possible, even if it means killing, it would be better.

“Can I take a look?”

But I felt like there was something I could do before I died.

I looked back at the patient, who had unknowingly burned the area where he had just been bitten, that is, near his forearm.

That person wouldn’t be able to survive.

That method only works for simple dog bites, not rabies.

Actually, not all dogs that bite people have rabies, right?

-Kurrrrrr.

However, no matter how you look at it, the dog in front of you appears to have rabies.

First of all, the amount of saliva flowing down was unusual.

These are some of the symptoms of rabies.

I’ve never seen it in person, but since it’s a surgery, I inevitably see dog bite wounds… … .

At that time, rabies was discussed at home meetings and conferences for the purpose of diagnosis.

Anyway, I thought I could find a way to save other patients in the future.

“You want to see this?”

Of course, Dr. Liston had a look on his face that said he didn’t understand.

– Kki-ing.

In some ways, that face gave an extremely ghastly impression.

Perhaps that was why even the rabid dog, or in other words the crazy dog, started whining out of fear.

It was truly an amazing feat.

“It doesn’t seem that dangerous now, does it?”

“Does that make sense! “If you get bitten, you die!”

“Then why did you lose earlier?”

“You came all the way to the hospital, so you’re saying they didn’t do anything? Besides, didn’t the bleeding stop for now?”

“ah.”

Wow, I was really surprised this time.

You guys know this too, right?

This doesn’t mean everything will work out.

Nevertheless, you can cut human flesh with a soldering iron without hesitation.

I guess I’m still a long way from becoming a 19th century person.

“But why do you want to see this? Well, there are several ways… … .”

Liston asked, stroking the handle of his knife, as he was so dazed.

Now the dog was quiet.

He must have realized that if he made a mistake here, he would be cut in half by Liston’s knife.

A person who can help you control your anger even while you are going crazy due to illness.

I was truly fortunate that this person was calling himself my older brother.

“Like you said, it’s rabies… … “You can’t fix it yet, right?”

“yes. There is no way. Avoiding being bitten is the best policy. There is also a medicine called Ashrion, but if it was effective, it would have disappeared already.”

“There is a record like this in Joseon.”

Anyway, I started yelling again.

At first, I really couldn’t get my mouth off, but now there was no need to complain.

As soon as you open your mouth, the nonsense just pours out.

“A drooling dog bit a person and was slaughtered. Originally, it should have been burned, but the person who slaughtered it is said to have kept the meat to eat.”

“Huh, gangster is good too. How can that be? “Do you eat that?”

“It was so bad that I just didn’t eat it… … .”

What did Pasteur do?

To be precise, how did they make the attenuated vaccine? … .

It wouldn’t have been a particularly complicated process.

No, I couldn’t have done it.

What dramatic changes can there be in the 1890s?

‘Oh yeah.’

I remembered.

that’s right.

I remember being very embarrassed when I heard it.

“They say it was dried in the sun.”

“Um… … That helps… … Does it work?”

No.

Don’t become cancer.

If you pickle it in salt, the sterilization effect will be much stronger, but if you treat it that way, the rabies virus will die down, so it’s hard to aim for attenuation, and drying it in the sun will suffice.

Because of the temperature, it will become uncomfortable… … .

Even though it has its own sterilizing effect.

Above all, since the dog died, it would naturally have been an unfavorable environment for the virus to survive.

I don’t know the exact principle, but since it was done that way, the person who did it must be right.

“Listen.”

“Oh, sure.”

Now the dog was very scared even when he saw me.

It must have been because Dr. Liston and I seemed like equals when we were having a conversation.

If you think about it, it doesn’t make sense, but if you’re crazy, how can you see anything?

“It is said that when the person who had been bitten started to feel sick, the person who slaughtered him had this thought. Wouldn’t that pain get better if I eat meat? “I’m thinking something like this.”

“Uh huh, so?”

Not only Liston, but also the people around me were listening intently to what I said.

Joseph, Alfred, Colin, etc.

What kind of facial expression would you make if you found out that everything I’m saying right now is nonsense?

I was curious, but I didn’t want to get stabbed just to find out that one thing, so I decided to just keep going.

“It seems like the person who was bitten also wanted to eat some meat. “I didn’t say anything about what was going on, so it has to be that way.”

“Huh. What kind of person… … .”

“It’s too early to be surprised. It is said that the human gave him the head of the meat. “It seems like it was a waste to give away other delicious parts.”

“Are you a bitch?”

Liston is fair in many ways, especially when it comes to eating.

I thought it would be because he was a person who ate a lot, but he said it without showing it at all.

“The surprising thing is… … This is what happened next. Before I came to medical school and read something, I wondered why that was the case. “I thought it was just a coincidence.”

“What. “What is it that makes you cry like that?”

“That person lived. That meat… … To be precise, he lived by eating the head of the dog that bit him.”

“Uhm… … ? How? Like you said, isn’t it a coincidence? “It’s not that they don’t, but even if they get rabies, it doesn’t mean that they will die 100% of the time.”

As I said, the fatality rate was not 100%.

Haven’t there been really strong people since ancient times?

Even if someone caught Ebola, there were people who survived.

Rabies was no exception… … .

I didn’t just go out of my way to say something like that.

“I thought so too, but when I came here… … “There was an experiment done in the 17th century.”

“which?”

“I took blood from a dog with rabies and put it into the veins of another dog, and it developed rabies. “An experiment like this.”

“hmm… … Ah, I vaguely remember that too. That happened. But what is that?”

“That horse causes rabies… … “No, you’re saying there’s something in the blood or other bodily fluids, right?”

“I guess so. “Maybe it’s in the saliva too?”

Liston wasn’t interested in my bar or anything.

I was just looking at a dog that was drooling heavily.

Yes, that was correct.

There’s a lot in saliva too.

But eventually it invades your head, these words.

And when I dried the saliva, it really dried out and I couldn’t use it.

“I think it’s probably a dog’s head…” … In other words, something in the brain and medulla dries out due to the sun and becomes weak, and the patient who ate the weakened food came back to life… … I would like to.”

“What are you talking about?”

I said it in such detail. What do you mean? I wasn’t hurt while doing it.

I forgot to mention the antigens and antibodies, and I thought that was what I was talking about.

“I’m not completely organized either, but whatever. The important thing is… … .”

“You want to kill that dog, dry its brain and medulla and feed it to that person?”

“uh… … Yes. That’s what it boils down to.”

“Then let’s do it.”

Nevertheless, Dr. Liston, who called himself my older brother, raised his sword high.