I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 480



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Episode 480 Before Going on a Long Journey [1]

Japan is far away.

Even in the 21st century, Japan remains quite a distance from Britain.

It takes almost 14 hours by plane, so… … I guess that says it all.

How long would it take to travel by ship in the 19th century?

‘Farther than China… … And this time you said it was a merchant ship?’

The Opium War, no, no!

It was a warship during the Yeongcheon War.

You might think that warships and merchant ships are the same, but their speeds are completely different.

The only thing the warship was carrying was just food for us to eat.

Even the ammunition was loaded from India and it was so fast that it almost seemed like the ship was flying when it got there.

But the merchant ship… … .

“Hey… If I go this time, I’ll probably see you next year?”

Alfred’s words are not an exaggeration at all.

No, it is this senior’s words that should be considered the most credible.

He’s the guy from the top family, so what can I do if I have to trust him?

“I need to clean up everything before I go.”

“Okay, then. First, tell me more about the anesthesia.”

“Um… … Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything more I can tell you about the anesthesia.”

“Didn’t you say it would be much better if we made a rubber tube?”

“That’s true. That’s not my job, it’s the pharmacist’s job. I’m going next month, but will that guy be able to do it?”

Alfred’s expression became a little strange at my words.

It means that the meaning was not conveyed properly.

Either it was me or it was this guy.

“No, that’s not it… … Just because a rubber tube comes out doesn’t mean you can use it on a patient right away.”

“Yes. How should I use it? Who knows.”

When it comes to intubation in the 21st century, I have never really paid any attention to the intubation tube itself.

Oh, I paid attention to the size and thickness because the width of the prayer varies depending on the body size, but I never even looked at the material or anything like that.

I just wrote it because it was there.

It was something that was obviously available at the hospital, like air.

‘I thought I was doing well and would get in smoothly.’

Even the 21st century can have a lens attached to it at the end.

Then, you can insert it while looking inside clearly like an endoscope.

It is not for nothing that the rate of preventable deaths in 21st century university hospitals is dropping so sharply.

How is the time when you would just shine a light and put it in half-heartedly different from the time when you had to look directly into it with an endoscope?

‘But that’s not it.’

It’s terrible when things we took for granted disappear.

No matter how careful you are, there is a certain probability that a steel pipe will break.

It can’t be helped because it doesn’t look any better than before.

If a rubber tube comes out in that situation, can you completely trust it?

What if it breaks off in the middle and remains in the prayer?

What if a hole opens and all the gas and oxygen leaks out?

As I was thinking about that, Alfred continued.

He seemed quite serious, as if he had already thought the same thing as me.

“The rubber tube is not very reliable. It won’t be strong.”

“Yes. I guess that’s the way it can be.”

“Of course… … shouldn’t we start with an experiment?”

“ah…….”

I just found out.

What does Alfred want to say?

“Please tell the police. It would be a bit much for us to go and ask them on our own.”

“So… … you want to stick the rubber tube into the prisoner first?”

“yes.”

“Even if I die?”

“We should target those who deserve to be killed.”

“Umm… … Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it… … But I wonder if you’ll accept it.”

Nana Liston’s position is quite special, at least in London.

The experiments we are conducting are considered punishments rather than experiments, so to speak.

But Alfred… … .

Even though he made his academic debut, he is still unknown.

“Convince me.”

“how?”

“That… …by sorcery?”

“Witchcraft? Hmm.”

If it were in the past, I would have sighed the moment you mentioned witchcraft.

No, doctors are scientists too, so how can they practice witchcraft?

Does that make sense?

But not now.

My belief is that we should use all available resources, no matter what.

‘It’s witchcraft… … .’

So I recently did a round-up of what the sorcerer has been up to.

Oh, that sorcerer is not me, it’s just something that people who have been historically classified as sorcerers did.

Of course, there is also treatment.

In the past, it was believed that illness was a disease sent down from heaven or caused by ghosts, so it couldn’t be helped.

Isn’t that how it is in every culture?

‘But… … looking at Zhuge Liang… … ?’

You could say that the image I’m aiming for is somewhat similar to Zhuge Liang.

Things like docks and such are a bit like that.

I am a scholar, so shouldn’t I be at the level of Zhuge Liang?

There is a reason why they wear hats and wrap themselves in robes when selling soup at academic conferences and such.

Recently, they even prepared a fan made from rare ostrich feathers that they had rescued from Africa.

‘Don’t make a prophecy.’

Yes, isn’t prophecy the most important role of a sorcerer?

You might think that the prophecy is all a fraud… … .

This is something that actually happens.

If you watch SF movies, even the prophecy of Lee X-Algae was a false prophecy, but it turned out to be a real prophecy, right?

What’s the difference between Nana and the sorcerers that appear there, Beni X Serrit?

No, I’m better.

I actually saw the future.

“Okay. I think I can handle that.”

“Oh… … As expected… … .”

“Don’t do this. Tell everyone to gather together.”

“Oh, oh, oh. Okay.”

So I told everyone to gather together.

Why?

I don’t think there will be any progress in anesthesia while I’m away.

Well… … there may not be any progress, but I want to be hopeful for now.

“What does Joseph want to do when I’m not around?”

“First, eye surgery.”

“Um… … eye surgery… … .”

Only horrible sights come to mind.

It feels like the hope I was barely holding on to is being shattered.

But I already have something to ask the pharmacist.

This is a request for a lens that is safe to put directly into the eyeball.

It seems impossible.

That… came out during World War II.

“Is there anything else besides that?”

“Disinfect. Never disinfect.”

“Ah, disinfection.”

In comparison, disinfection is likely to come out.

Honestly, the disinfectants we are using now… … .

This sounds like a disinfectant, but it’s actually a poison that you apply to your skin.

We have to improve somehow.

“Okay, fine. You should do it too. What about Colin?”

“I’m a cure for syphilis. Didn’t you say that the arsenic would come out somehow?”

“Oh, why? Are you caught?”

“Oh, no. My older brothers… … .”

“ah.”

Colin.

This guy is loyal, now.

Shouldn’t you listen to a guy like that when he asks you something?

Also, I think there was a treatment called Salvarsan that was based on arsenic.

Since it is arsenic-based, it is naturally quite toxic and people have died…

It was the only treatment for syphilis for decades before penicillin became fully commercially available.

“Yeah, that’s… … If it seems like it’s coming out, Colin will gather the prisoners and continue the experiment.”

“thank you!”

In other words, it’s like telling people to kill, but they like it this much.

Oh, thank goodness this is London.

It’s completely slummed, so there have to be a lot of prisoners, right?

‘Well… … If we don’t have enough people to kill, we should import some.’

Fortunately, there is a place nearby that is more slum-like than ours.

Paris… … .

It’s hell there.

The Seine is much smaller than the Thames.

Even at the highest estimate, the natural population there would not even be 500,000.

But with a population of millions, how would it be to live?

As it is a mess, there are a lot of criminals.

Even those who rule and those who are ruled, who are they?

To be fast.

‘Will they do well?’

Since I was already at the police station doing a show, I thought I might as well make a prediction about the baguettes.

“What about Professor Blundell?”

“Me? I always think about the mother. How can I…? How can I deliver the children more safely? That’s all I think about.”

“If there is more?”

Honestly, I’m not confident about the mountains.

That’s because I don’t know much.

Well… … I know about tools like forceps and such, but honestly, obstetrics and gynecology is something that almost no one knows about unless they are a specialist trained in the field.

“Breast cancer?”

“Oh, breast cancer.”

Fortunately, Blundell mentioned another illness as if he had been waiting for it.

I recently received a letter from a patient I had surgery on while I was in France.

The doctors there said that he was already dead, but they were glad he was still alive.

Well, it’s a miracle.

A cancer patient surviving in the 19th century… isn’t that on the level of the Second Coming of Jesus?

‘Among cancers, breast cancer is the one that is the least serious… ‘

Cancer that occurs in other tissues is difficult to detect in advance without imaging tests.

Because it’s hidden inside.

Of course, there are places where you can see things like the tongue, but cutting it out is really difficult.

Rebuilding is more difficult.

In comparison, breasts are easy to find and remove.

Reconstruction is hard work, but… …at least reconstruction doesn’t affect life and death.

“Breast cancer… … It’s not like you can do that with prisoners, right?”

“Isn’t it true that medicine doesn’t always develop through experiments?”

“That’s true.”

“But if you try hard enough, you’ll eventually get better.”

“That’s obvious… … Oh, the patient isn’t coming?”

“I don’t come often because I think I’m going to die anyway.”

If you’re sick, go to the hospital.

It was in the second half of the 20th century that this obvious proposition became established as truth.

Until then, hospitals were places you could only go to if you had absolutely no choice.

19th century London is a place where you almost feel like you’ve committed a sin that deserves death in a past life.

Our hospital has been washing away a lot of its bad reputation, but the karma it has accumulated over the years is too great to be completely cleared.

That’s why, when people get seriously ill, most of them just quietly end their lives.

“I think I can help you with this.”

“Really? Can I call female patients too?”

“haha…….”

It would be a mistake to think that my role is limited to that of a sorcerer.

I’m also a show doctor.

It’s also a fairly popular show.

Especially to upper-class women, because the future queen, Princess Victoria, loves my anatomy shows.

“Don’t worry.”

Breast cancer screening… … .

It’s really important, but I forgot.

After organizing everyone’s wish lists, I looked back at the smart-alecked John Snow one last time.

The guy smiled subtly, as if he knew everything.

“I’ll take care of all the statistics so that all these experiments won’t be in vain.”

“boy…….”

Isn’t that really great?

I definitely feel like this one guy is better than 100 other doctors.

I don’t know about the clinical aspect, but it’s definitely true in research.

After finishing my work at the hospital, I went to see my parents.

When I say it like this, it sounds like I’m seeing my parents for the first time in a long time since we practically live together, but I see them almost every day.

Although we may not be able to greet each other every day like the nobles of the Joseon Dynasty, we usually eat together at least once.

But it had been a long time since I had looked into a doctor’s eyes like today.

“You two are both old.”

“They say they’re going to do it… … .”

“Are you telling me to go quickly?”

I feel sad because my parents only see me as a bastard.

But I’m not a double-crossing brat, so I quickly opened my mouth to let you go.

“I’m going on a long journey, so I wanted to make sure everything is okay.”

“What are you looking at?”

“No… … Don’t do that. I’m going to get so annoyed if you say you’re going to do something… … Hey, you guys! How dare you!”

The kids solved it too.

It was for a ‘checkup’.