In terms of price fluctuations, this knife is indeed outrageous, but in terms of real value, Kawei's knife is still at a more reasonable price.
It's not like he has never seen thoracic fractures before. This kind of thing usually does not appear alone, and is often accompanied by serious injuries to various parts of the body. It is very consistent with Andre's current situation. Before Andre died, his body must have suffered severe blunt force trauma, which could have caused multiple fractures to his limbs and was destructive enough to rupture his tender internal organs.
No one knows what kind of chaos is in his stomach now. It is possible that the liver and spleen have long been broken, and the abdominal cavity is full of blood clots, making it impossible to perform anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, the subcutaneous blood vessels are now severely ruptured and the widespread blood stasis makes it meaningless to dissect and separate the blood vessels under the skin.
Taking back this kind of corpse is like opening a blind box that only lacks the hidden money. The probability of opening it is extremely low, and there are very few places to practice.
The bones in the hands and feet are broken, so internal and external fixation of the broken bones must be considered one.
Repositioning external fixation is not very difficult and can be practiced on living people. Herman and Hills are also very skilled at it. Internal fixation surgery requires a large number of high-standard stainless steel products, and there are strict requirements for disinfection, which is too advanced for the technical level of this era.
What's left is amputation. The requirements for amputation practice are indeed very low. It only needs an arm and leg, so the value is also reduced a lot.
"Stop joking!" Musil laughed angrily, thinking that Kawei was looking for trouble. "The body that was just sent over has been here for two days, and Ignatz paid a full 60 kronor. This Jucai 20? I’m not a three-year-old..."
"I've seen that corpse before. It has no human shape on its face. To be honest, 60 crowns is too high."
Kawei explained his reasons like a professional autopsy: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it was just a coincidence. Teacher Ignatz needed a cesarean section and there was an urgent need for female corpses with intact internal organs, so I gave you 60 kronor. "
"You said it happened by chance???"
"Of course the money belongs to Teacher Ignatz, and the final decision rests with him." Kawei asked: "Excuse me, has Teacher Ignatz signed any written agreement with you? If so, I will pay immediately. "
Musil quickly shook his head: "How can there be an agreement on this matter..."
"Then there are other corpses here, teacher? If they are complete, I will pay now." Kawei took the money out of his pocket, "60 kronor, not a penny."
Where did Musil come from so many good corpses? He said helplessly: "I only have two in my hand. One has not yet closed the case, and the other is 'him'."
"If that's the case, I can't help it." Kavi explained, "20 kronor is not low for this corpse. A whole corpse that has been dead for three days is only 30 kronor on the black market. If it is injured, If it is heavier, it will hold up to 20 crowns at most. If it were carried by a gravedigger, I'm afraid it won't even sell for 15 crowns."
"How can you compare it with the rotting corpse in the coffin?" Musil felt that his profession was insulted. "This corpse was soaked in ice water for three hours, and the decomposition rate was much slower. It was enough It takes you four or five days.”
"As far as the speed of decay is concerned, you are right..."
Kawei affirmed his professional ability, but unfortunately, he could not agree with Musil's judgment on the value of the corpse: "Teacher Musil, the speed of decay cannot be the main criterion for evaluating the value of a corpse. According to Ignatz With the teacher’s hand speed, it only takes most of a day to finish a corpse.”
"Then what are your standards?"
"The most important thing is the integrity, followed by the degree of decay. Both are indispensable."
Kawei put on the linen gloves on the side and slapped Andre on the chest. Suddenly, two streams of light red blood spilled from the corners of the corpse's mouth: "Look at his chest, all the ribs are broken..." Look at his belly again, it’s a mess, how can Teacher Ignaz use this kind of corpse?”
Kawei's press really dropped a lot of points for the corpse.
Musil still understood the condition of the corpse, but he didn't see it in such detail. He also wanted to sell more money, but he thought Ignatz didn't care so much. Who would have thought that the young man who came to pay today would be so demanding: "But his hands and feet are not bad, it's just that some bones are broken, so he can't use them?" "
Kawei sighed and explained: "At the critical moment when Mr. Ignatz is improving his abdominal surgery, how can he spend twice the market price to buy a corpse that can only be used for amputation practice. In the case of Ignatz Mr. Natz’s level of amputation, there is no need to practice amputation. Mr. Ignatz..."
"Okay, okay, I get it." Musil's head hurt when he heard it, and he quickly interrupted him, "Don't have a teacher Ignatz in the east, a teacher Ignatz in the west, a teacher Ignatz in the east." amazing???"
"It's really remarkable. I'll report it today."
Kawei’s words are true. In modern times, it is basically impossible for a surgeon in his forties to make the front page of the capital’s largest newspaper. But Musil felt uncomfortable, and after getting angry, he directly rejected the offer: "For 20 kronor, there is no door, but I can make 50 kroner by selling the Graz Hospital next door!"
"Then what price is Teacher Musil willing to accept?" Kavi asked, "50 crowns?"
"60 kronor! This is the price he agreed with me at the beginning. In order to take care of him, I returned all the orders from Graz Hospital."
"But you can't use this kind of corpse if you buy it back to the hospital." Kawei shook his head helplessly, "I think it's better to forget it. I'll go back and discuss it with Teacher Ignatz before I leave."
The young man took off his gloves and left immediately. He was very decisive, so decisive that he was even a little arrogant.
Musil never thought that things would turn into this situation. He thought he could earn 120 kronor for the police station in two days. If you hand over the bulk of the work to the leader, you can still earn around 20 by yourself. But now my 20 crowns must be discounted, but this is only second. The more important thing now is to let go of Ignatz as a customer. What will happen to the body?
If you go through "regular" channels, those stingy hospital directors can give you 40 kronor, which is pretty good. Besides, Andre's body does have flaws, so the price may be pushed down even further.
It's hard to say how much they would suppress. Anyway, for them, the main source of corpses is the black market. The price there has been fluctuating around 30, and the key is free door-to-door delivery. A few may even be less than 20 kronor, but the quality is not good.
Those hospitals didn't have Ignatz's mysophobia, and they only performed low-difficulty surgeries. They don't have high requirements for corpses. They often hunt for goods on the black market and there is no need to go to the police station. After all, there are a lot of rules here. Not only do you have to submit an application for a free corpse, but you also have to spend your own money to carry the things back.
Corpses get cheaper as time goes by, and finding a new buyer is troublesome. What should I do?
Musil looked at Kawei who was already walking towards the door after washing his hands. A fierce ideological struggle started in his mind. He hesitated for a while and then said: "Wait a minute! According to the standards of Graz Hospital, 50 kronor will be taken away." Bar."
Kawei didn't respond. He came to the door and raised his hand to hold the door handle. Musil knew at a glance that the other party was still dissatisfied with the new price. He had no choice but to continue to lower the standard: "Forget it, 50 kronor. I'll ask the person who transports the body from the police station to help you send it back."
Kavi shook his head and opened the door.
"47 crowns, I'll help you get to the hospital."
Kawei walked out of the gate without stopping.
"45 crowns!"
There was only a bang and Kawei left the autopsy room.
It didn't matter to him whether he bought the body or not.
If Ignaz is not satisfied, he can blame Musil for the poor identification of the body and say that the police department is cheating money. If Ignatz blames him for not buying it, he can say that there is a big problem with the body and that it has no value for practice at all. He can still pass the responsibility to Musil and say that he is unwilling to reduce the price.
There are reasons for both forehand and backhand.
But for Musil, finding a new buyer will not be so easy. Even if a donation application is submitted, the transaction between the police station and the new buyer will always be accompanied by various risks in the face of the Anatomy Act.
What's more, new buyers may not be able to offer too high a price.
Therefore, Kawei determined that Musil would still negotiate the price with him. If he lost the bet, he would not lose money. If he won the bet, he would make pure profit.
He stretched out outside the autopsy room, opened his legs and walked slowly towards the door, trying to give the forensic doctor a buffer time to think. Things did develop as he imagined. It didn't take long for Musil to run all the way to catch up.
"Young man, how about we discuss this further?"
Kawei turned around and asked: "Discuss? How to discuss?"
"40 kronor!" Musil seemed determined, "As long as you pay 40 kronor, I will send someone to take the body to the hospital."
"20." Kawei still insisted on his own standards.
Musil looked at the young man in front of him, feeling as if he had bitten a pebble hidden in black bread. His molars were chipped and there was nothing he could do to him: "Why are you so unreasonable?" What??? I have already reduced it to 40 kronor, so you have to give in at least half a step."
"I gave in, right from the beginning." Kawi explained patiently, "Originally, I wanted to offer 10 kronor."
"You..." Musil stamped his foot and said, "20 is too little, you have to add a little more!"
What Kawei wants is this sentence. With this sentence, his price increase will become more significant: "Then... then, considering that Teacher Ignaz needs to treat a case of cleft lip next, The patient underwent repair surgery, and the corpse’s face is still intact, so I’ll add 5 kroner.”
"Only 5 crowns?"
"No more." Kavi didn't want to waste time here, "I can give Teacher Munir some time to think about it. This body can be sent to the city's general hospital in the next two days. The price is 25 kronor. We pay on arrival.”
After saying that, he left the police station.
After the police department sells the unclaimed bodies, most of the money will go into the pockets of the upper management. In the final analysis, he is just a tool for soliciting customers and bargaining for prices.
The tool man naturally has a certain scope of authority and responsibility. The previously set 60 crowns suddenly fell to 25. The gap was too huge. Musil was not qualified to make this decision: "It's really troublesome. I have to go to the director... .”
...
Kawei left the police station in a big way and walked along the street for five minutes before he saw a drug store.
In this era when skin care products contain arsenic and opium is used as a cold medicine, it is not easy to strictly and prudently control the "safe" dosage range. As a patient, faced with a box of blood-stained knives, scissors and saws, bottles of colorful potions are definitely "safer".
Therefore, even though there was no scientific basis, and they even followed various alchemical methods from the Middle Ages, these apothecaries that could develop their own medicines still became an indispensable part of European medical care in the 19th century.
Kawei needs to find something useful in these pharmacies.
