After leaving the dean's office, Kawei did not rush back to the ward, but went to the laboratory first. The cadaver infection experiment is just the beginning, and the oxytocin experiment is going on in full swing.
Savarin has become an indispensable tool in the laboratory. Of course, for him, experiments have also become an indispensable part of his work.
There is no overt and covert fighting between the directors and professors of the obstetric ward, nor is there any natural exploitation of Serbian doctors by Austrian "gentlemen". There are just those lively field mice.
A little dirty, but still cute.
"gave birth?"
Kawei excitedly opened the door. The laboratory had long been decorated as a paradise for voles, and Savarin was sitting in the middle, holding two newborn mice in his hands: "I'm in front of the door. I heard their cries.”
Savarin was like a doting father: "Yeah, right after I gave birth, I didn't expect that my first delivery at the Municipal General Hospital would be dedicated to voles. Think about those voles who have just contributed their lives to the cause of science. I really......"
"How many are there?" Kawei interrupted him in time.
"...Well, since the night before yesterday, it's already the fourth litter, and there are 30 surviving ones." Savarin showed the newly cleaned "mother and baby cage" to Kawei, "Look at it quickly Such a heartwarming scene.”
"Well, okay." Kawei's face was full of smiles, but he was smiling because he could finally do further experiments. "Here, divide them into three groups randomly and put them in three cages."
Savarin smelled a hint of uneasiness: "Group? Whose group? Them?"
"Of course, the sample size is almost there, I need to do further experiments."
Kaweike did not have Savarin's strange feelings for the voles: "The control group randomly placed 8 suckling mice and 1 female rat that had just given birth, and observed that groups 1, 2, and 3 all placed 7 suckling mice and 1 Unpregnant female rats.”
Savarin didn't know the point of this: "What's the point of grouping them like this?"
"I have to try the efficacy of my medicine." Kawei took out two test tubes from his newly purchased medicine box, "Female rats that have not been pregnant...use 'Casey', 'Rachel' and 'Mary', we named them specially last time."
To be precise, it was Kavi who chose the name first, but he symbolically asked Savarin if he agreed before naming it. Savarin originally thought this was an act of kindness from the owner to his pet, but he didn't expect it to be convenient and easy to remember.
"They were named by you."
"Yeah, so I remembered it right away."
"How could you do this..."
Savarin was deeply impressed by them. These were three very special female rats. They were not very big when they were caught and are not fully mature even now. During the random grouping, they happened to be assigned to the control group, but the other young mice were not so lucky.
"Kavi, you should know what will happen if you put them together with these children."
"Of course I know."【1】
Kawei handed over the syringe and medicine: "Kathy in group 1 does not need to be injected and is put directly into the cage. Rachel in group 2 is injected with 0.5ml intraperitoneally, and Mary in group 3 is injected with 1ml intraperitoneally. If there are Jessica, Catherine, Linda or something like that would be great, the dosage could be distributed more finely.”
Savarin couldn't believe that Carvey would treat the newborn field mice like this: "They need a mother."
"No, they don't need it." Kawei said coldly about the next plan, "You are responsible for recording the conditions of the three cages, mainly how the three female rats treated the suckling rats, and of course the three female rats themselves. living situation.”
"I...I can't do it!"
"There is nothing that can't be done. They are just field mice." Kawei smiled and made a comparison. "It is much better to dedicate oneself to science than to be trampled to pieces by boxers."
"This is different, they are just born!"
"You never did experiments in school? Never dissected animals?"
When Kawei saw that he was too weak, he had no choice but to be tough: "Put away your compassionate things. They are contributing to the poor mothers in your first obstetric ward. If you feel guilty about killing a few mice, then die Who are those pregnant women in the first ward? Someone always needs to do this kind of thing. If you don't do it, get out of here and I will do it myself."
After saying that, he opened the door and left.
Savarin was very good at taking care of these experimental materials and built many nests for them during the past ten days, which was a great help to Kawei. But this kind of personality can also become a weakness when doing experiments. Being so compassionate towards experimental materials will further affect the objectivity of the experiment.
Kawei doesn't want to use this kind of person, it's very troublesome.
But he had to use it.
First of all, this person was appointed by Marcus, and with the dean’s approval, if he were to resign, he would be replaced by a second Savarin, who might be even more difficult to deal with.
Secondly, in the corpse infection experiment, Savarin performed well. With his rigorous attitude towards science, he told Marcus the experimental process and results in detail, but what he got in return was Marcus's cynicism.
There are two paths before Savarin. One is to cooperate with Kawei, continue the experiment, and completely leave the obstetrics department. The second way is to sell Kavi and earn back his worth in front of Marcus.
Thirdly, which is what Kawei values most, he needs an "objective" experimental result.
This kind of objectivity cannot be truly "objective" just by saying "objective" with red lips and white teeth. The dean has made it clear that in such a medical world that is infiltrated by status, fame and fortune, if you want to overthrow the old order, you must take every step. All done impeccably.
So the experiment is not allowed to be questioned.
Kavi already knew the results of the experiment.
Because as early as the 1970s and 1980s, many scholars discovered that oxytocin can activate the maternal behavior of female unpregnant animals. The animals begin to build nests, lick unfamiliar cubs, and even send them back to the nest to take care of them. .
This is the manifestation of the oxytocin hormone changing neural activity, causing the brain to undergo a pattern shift, which determines the formation of "maternity".
The results of the experiment were meaningless to him. What Kawei wanted was an "objective" process and records consistent with it.
Savarin came from a "hostile" maternity ward, had no contact with Kavi before the experiment, and was not even Austrian. If the experimental report written by him is consistent with the correct report, then the experimental data is convincing enough.
Of course, it is not ruled out that he will eventually defect.
If the experimental report is inconsistent with the correct results, it can only mean that Kawei has stepped into a mud hole and needs to find someone else.
...
What is now in front of Kawei is not only the experiment, but also the real top priority, Nora's cesarean section.
If the experiment goes wrong, you can try it again. As long as you pay some money, you can get the materials and oxytocin. It's just a matter of time. But if Nora's cesarean section goes wrong, Kawi will lose a chance to truly prove himself, and the surgery will be tarnished by Ignatz's consecutive failures.
Originally, he did not connect what Alina asked him to do with Ignatz's state, but now it seems that there is indeed a problem.
It's just that the development direction of this problem is completely different from what Kawei had imagined before.
After Alina's previous outburst, Ignatz did obediently go home and gave up the position of Kavi's assistant to Hills, but the result was that the success rate of surgical operations dropped significantly.
Kavi, who also devoted everything to the surgery, did not think it was Ignaz himself who was causing trouble.
After ruling out this possibility, the only thing that makes sense is to rely on the spiritual aspect.
Kawei is well aware that long-term surgical operations require extremely high concentration. In order to maintain this concentration, doctors often need to actively discard personal negative emotions.
There are basically two methods.
One is like Kawei, starting from the source of negative emotions, simplifying life, and minimizing the daily trivial matters that annoy the mood. For him, "going home" means eating and sleeping. It is an important rest time after a busy day and is indispensable.
This monastic-like method is very effective. There are many surgical experts who do this, but after all, there are only a few who do it as thoroughly as Kawei.
And for young people, this kind of life is too plain and difficult to persist.
Therefore, more doctors will choose the second option, which is to rely on venting and stimulation to forget negative emotions. While reaping happiness, they also prepare for work, killing two birds with one stone. For them, there are too many trivial things at "home", which are the source of negative emotions. "Going home" means affecting their work.
Ignatz falls into the latter category.
At that time, having a very independent wife who was as good as him in life and wealth was a nuisance.
Regardless of Kawei's marital status, Nora was about to become a patient on the operating table and underwent his own examination. Disinfection and oxytocin experiments were also in progress. He would not allow this operation to fail.
Therefore, the first thing Kawi thought of was to restore Ignatz to his original level, even if he really wanted to break up with Alina.
But as luck would have it, Ignatz was nowhere to be found throughout noon. It was only after Kawei came to the theater in the afternoon that he saw him. But at this time, Ignatz was not as miserable as the dean said, and his mental outlook was the same as usual.
"Teacher Ignatz." Kawei bowed slightly, acting like an assistant.
"Is the experiment finished?"
Ignatz's tone was a bit reproachful, after all, he couldn't see Kavi these days. He was either tinkering with field mouse cages in the laboratory or processing rabbit brains in another room, and no one knew what he was doing.
But at the same time, Ignatz also thanked Carvey for letting go of his assistant's position. Hills' retention at least eased the precarious relationship between the surgery and his marriage.
"It's over. Savarin will continue to do it." Kawei said, "But whether you can go to the operating table still depends on the teacher's arrangements."
"It doesn't matter. Hills has applied for the right to perform two surgeries with me. You will be responsible for being his assistant when the time comes." Ignatz handed the tool box to Kawei, "According to your approach, is it necessary? Clean it first?"
"Teacher, didn't you clean up during the previous surgeries?"
"No."
"oh."
Kawei didn't show any expression of disappointment or helplessness, he just took out the bleaching powder he had prepared and mixed it with disinfectant.
Suddenly the preparation room was filled with a pungent smell. 【2】
"Is this the new thing you got before?" Ignatz covered his nose and frowned, "It smells too bad..."
"It's just bleaching powder, but it can effectively prevent wound ulceration after surgery." Kawei cleaned Ignatz's surgical tools and said with a smile, "Didn't the teacher object to cleaning before? Although he didn't stop me, he still You always say something to refute, how can you be so quiet today?"
Ignatz sighed: "Count Morasso's wound has almost healed."
Kawei smiled: "With the count's good health, this is expected. After the second dressing change, I said he will definitely recover."
“Since alcohol works so well, why switch to bleaching powder?”
"It's too expensive to distill high-concentration alcohol, so a whole bottle costs a full 10 crowns." Kavi pointed to the two glass bottles he brought and said, "So using it to clean utensils would seem wasteful. , it’s better to use bleaching powder. But if used on the body, bleach can cause irritation or even burns to the skin, so you still have to use alcohol.”
Ignatz didn't bother to ask where he learned this method. Anyway, there was always only one answer: it was passed down from his father.
There is no solid theoretical basis or rigorous experimental support. If it were described in words, Ignatz would never believe it. So Kawei didn't do that. He gave vivid postoperative recovery cases one after another.
In the past ten days, due to the abandonment of Kawei's disinfection, the wounds of the patients who had successfully operated on Ignatz had ulcerated to varying degrees.
The fact itself is part of the experiment. Ignatz is willing to let Kavi continue to do it. Who knows that Alphonse's bad ass has already grown...
After these sluggish days, it's rare that there are empty seats in the surgical theater. The surgical operation opened in front of everyone was so straightforward, and Ignatz's condition immediately experienced a backlash.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Theater of Surgery."
Even with such setbacks, he still kept smiling and made today's introduction: "Also welcome is today's protagonist, the recognized number one sharp knife player on Hoints Street, Vienna's wild boar terminator, Fernand gentlemen."
At this time, two staff members in the theater pushed a trolley and sent a strong man wearing coarse clothes to the operating table.
"Mr. Fernan, say hello to everyone~"
"Hi, everyone." The strong man smiled naively, "Remember to come to Hoints Street to buy pork. The meat here is very cheap, and we can process it for free."
"Okay, don't talk." The nurse stepped forward and placed the anesthesia mask on his face, "Start the anesthesia."
"Mr. Fernando is deeply troubled by bladder stones and can't sleep due to pain at night." Ignatz continued to introduce the surgery to the audience. "Today, my assistant Kavi and I will help him completely relieve his pain. At the same time, Fernando will Mr. Nan himself requested to further improve the appearance of a certain part."
Kawei looked at the patient doubtfully: "Improve the appearance?"
"Doctor, Fernand has fallen asleep."
Ignatz nodded, turned around and lifted the blanket covering Fernan: "What we will do today is cystolithotripsy+baopi circumcision" [3]
Kavi:? ? ?
