Kawei's words are half true and half false.
Half of it is true, he does hope that these medical devices can help more people, and making money is indeed not his purpose. The half-truth is that he does need some patents to make a profit. After all, laboratory research and his own surgical instruments require money.
Otherwise, relying solely on his income from the Municipal General Hospital, there would be no problem in hiring researchers, but it would be difficult to carry out large-scale research projects.
Of course, in the medical industry, the subjective wishes of developers cannot change the general business trend.
In the 19th century, the law was still very imperfect, and the protection of patents was extremely limited. Once the market is opened, patent infringers, counterfeiters, black marketers, slanderers, and those looking for public opinion wars will all appear.
Rather than holding on to the patent and becoming the loser, it is better to make a wave of dividends and then stop.
Laszlo, who has been working hard in the business world for so many years, will definitely not accept this trick. He can gauge Kawei's thoughts after a little communication. In fact, a large part of dragging Chino along to build the pharmaceutical factory was to repay Kawei's favor for saving him.
In comparison, Felix is much younger.
Although he has his own ideas, he went to New York before and learned a lot. In a sense, at the age of only 19, he has already taken over the business of several family companies, which can be regarded as young and promising.
But if he wants to be like his father, who can hide his little thoughts and understand people's hearts at the same time, he still needs to practice for several more years. 【1】
Kawei is very clear about his idea, which is nothing more than to try to open up the road of surgical instruments through his innovative surgery and matching instrument design. It would be better if Kawei could give up some of his profits or even his patents.
However, this path is a gamble, betting that Kawei's surgery can be popularized.
So on the way to the School of Surgery, Kawei kindly reminded him: "It takes time to popularize surgery, because it is also a craft and cannot be learned so quickly. The quick one will take a year or two, and the slow one may have to wait. Ten years or more.”
Felix realized that he was still too impatient: "It seems that this equipment factory really can't continue to operate."
"I can't help you with this," Kawei said. "But it's too early to give up now. The development of industrial technology has just begun. The rapid transportation of railways has already shown us this."
"Industrial technology, transportation..." Felix still didn't understand what Kawei meant.
"The railway takes up too much space, and horses are still the absolute main force on the battlefield." Kawei explained, "But they are not fast enough, they need to be fed regularly, and they also get tired, which greatly affects the efficiency on the battlefield. If there is a similar small If they are replaced by train-powered vehicles, the mobility can be greatly increased."
Felix looked out the window.
Horse-drawn carriages do have various disadvantages. In the city, they also have to add environmental problems caused by various types of excrement, as well as unnecessary congestion that occurs when it is not controlled.
Kawi lives very close to the Laszlo family's manor, and the surrounding area is considered a high-end community, but the roads are still dirty and muddy. It's autumn and winter, which is pretty decent now, but when summer comes, the whole city will be filled with a stinky smell.
In fact, since the birth of the steam engine, many people have wanted to replace animal power, and steam-powered vehicles have already appeared.
It's just that the machine is too big, has insufficient power, and is far less useful than a tamed carriage, so it has been shelved until now. There have been many modifications and innovations during this period, but before the advent of the true internal combustion engine, the automobile was still far from being born.
Felix was only thinking about how to run the factory, but Carvey's idea was to rely on a large amount of investment to gamble, which was contrary to his thoughts: "I don't think this is what I should care about now. My father had little interest in this kind of innovation. Even if I did do it, I wouldn't get any funding without his approval."
"I'm just making a suggestion." Kawei smiled, knowing that it is still too difficult to buy a car now. "If this doesn't work, there is an alternative."
"Alternative?"
Kawei patted the endoscope box he just received and said, "The alternative is the light source. This has always been a problem that has troubled me."
"Can't oil lamps meet current medical needs?"
"It's too big." Kawei said, "I need to examine the patients and see what's going on inside the body without harming them or with minimal harm. This requires the use of a small and flexible light source, and oil lamps are simply not sufficient. .”
Felix took out his notebook, wrote the words [steam car] and [light source] on the blank page, and then asked: "Does Dr. Carvey have any ideas?"
"Actually, Mr. Forrest mentioned it to me yesterday." Kawei took out the core of the second industrial revolution. "He thinks electricity can be used to make light."
Electricity was very wonderful, and Felix often heard people mention it. It seemed that the focus of people's attention had already shifted from the steam engine to this invisible and intangible thing. Forrest has indeed been studying it recently, and is very interested in the luminescence and heat generation of electricity.
"Can electricity make light?"
"Mr. Forrest said you can use platinum wire to shine, but it's not that simple to apply, and Perkin is too expensive, so you have to find alternatives." Carvey said, "I'm just providing some ideas for reference only. "
This reference actually has his own selfish motives.
Before the advent of X-rays and CT, endoscopy was the most direct method of inspection, but endoscopy required a light source. Without a small electric light, Kawei could only examine a few pipes in the human body, and it was difficult to penetrate deep into the torso.
Carvey didn't know much about electric lights, and there was a step up from what Forester said about arc lamps to modern electric lights.
In his suggestion just now, he had already warned that if Felix and Forrest were really willing to develop in this direction, Kawei would be willing to make it more clear.
Compared to cars, all electric lights require is a heat-resistant material - tungsten filament. Although the first electric light bulb was made by Edison, the tungsten filament that is still used today was discovered by the Austrians in 1902, so it is not too much for him to do this.
However, no one knows how far such inventions can develop in the conservative and even somewhat decadent Austrian Empire.
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The College of Surgery is not far from Kawei's residence, and it's a quick half-hour drive away.
There were still two hours left before the consultation. Kawei found something to eat and planned to go to the library to read some books to pass the time. Unexpectedly, they encountered the embassy's carriage at the entrance of the college, and Edem and his party arrived.
Edem is just like Justina. Edem respects Western medicine very much and is very willing to express himself. After all, he is a character who has undergone two bladder stone surgeries, so he may have already accepted the setting of surgical theater at a common sense level.
So when Carvey mentioned to him that he would need to do a cystoscopy in front of many doctors, he accepted it very calmly.
"Ambassador Edward, you are here so early." Kawei stuffed the burrito in his mouth, wiped his hands, and said with a smile, "I thought you would finish your lunch first and then come here."
"Mr. Edham is very interested in the inspection you mentioned." Edward said, "He wanted to take a good look around this place in his free time as soon as he woke up."
"Interested?" Kawei didn't understand what he meant. "It's just a simple endoscopy, nothing special."
"There is no cystoendoscope in Paris." Edward stared at Kawei, his face not good-looking. "Mr. Edem has never used a cystoendoscope in his two operations. I have had stones before, and I have never seen any surgeon use it." Get over this thing.”
"Haha, maybe the one you have there is not very easy to use."
Edward didn't have much to say about another innovation of Carvey's, and what he wanted to do remained the same: "I hope you can successfully resolve Mr. Edem's illness and go to Paris as soon as possible."
"Um, Paris..."
For a long time before the Austro-Prussian War, Edward had been urging Carvey to go to Paris to teach the technique of cesarean section. Paris's surgical technology has always been at the forefront of the world. Being able to perform teaching tour surgeries there will definitely increase the popularity of surgeons.
But by coincidence, he is responsible for the reform of military medicine, so this matter has been delayed until now.
"The war is not over yet." Kawei retreated in order to advance, using himself as a bargaining chip. "The fighting in the north is too fierce. After it ends here, I should have to go to the front line."
"Are you kidding me?"
Carvey's Paris surgery tour is Edward's important political capital. If he can promote the development of obstetrics, he can get more support. I had already thought about it, but who would have thought it would take less than half a year. To say it's not in a hurry would be a lie.
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"There's nothing we can do about it, Prussia has almost reached Austria." Kawei was filled with indignation, "As an imperial military doctor, if I go to Paris at this time to enjoy the comfortable life brought about by surgery, I would be very sorry for the soldiers who died on the front line. "
Speaking of which, it was nothing more than a slap in Edward's face.
After all, there is a prerequisite for the traveling operation, which is to say more good things about Austria in Nezan's ears and intervene in the Austro-Prussian War as soon as possible.
The plot originally envisioned by Franz was that his country would gain the advantage, and after Nezan intervened, Prussia would make concessions, and the two countries could carve up the land together. Although there has been some reversal in the war situation, Naosan's intervention cannot change. At least he can play a mediating role to end the war.
Edward turned around and glanced at Edem and Justina, who were attracted by the School of Surgery. He whispered to Kawei: "It's not like I haven't said it before, but the final decision maker is His Majesty the Emperor, not me."
"So you have to work harder." Kawei sighed, "Whether it is from the country or from my personal perspective, the war comes first."
"Personally?" Edward didn't understand. "War is so dangerous, what good does it do to you personally? Are you still coveting those trivial military exploits?"
"Of course not." Kawei explained, "The war brought a large number of corpses and wounded soldiers. The corpses can be used for dissection, and the wounded soldiers can also greatly enhance the level of trauma treatment."
"Oh I got it......"
Edward didn't realize anything at first, but with the subtle changes in Kawei's face, he slowly noticed something strange: "You mean the level of trauma treatment?"
"right!"
Edward tried to search for the general concept of this word in his mind, but suddenly found that he could not picture it at all. For him, trauma treatment still remains at the basic process of bandage + amputation.
Are there other treatments for trauma?
Edward had only joined the army and still knew little about medicine. He quickly found Mosier who was accompanying him not far behind him: "Doctor Mosier, come here."
"yes."
"Doctor Mosier also served as a military doctor, right?"
Mosier nodded: "I participated seven years ago, what happened?"
Edward glanced at the dull Kawei and asked quickly: "If there is a soldier who is shot, how will Dr. Mosier usually deal with it?"
"Why do you ask so suddenly?"
"Just asking."
Mosier looked at Kawei and didn't know what kind of medicine they were selling in the gourd. He just replied: "If it is an ordinary wound, wash it first, then stop the bleeding, and finally put a bandage on it. If it is a more serious gunshot wound to the limb, generally Would choose amputation.”
Edward nodded after hearing this and looked at Kavi again, hoping that he could say something special. Unexpectedly, Kawei was walking beside the two of them, with no intention of answering.
"Dr. Carvey!"
"Um, what's wrong?"
Ever since Fernand's surgery, Edward had become increasingly intolerable of Kavi's character. This guy always gets pissed off when asked about surgery.
But reason can often defeat his sensibility at the first opportunity. The other party has an absolute advantage in surgical technology, so he must lower his status to facilitate this trip to Paris.
"Dr. Carvey... you know that I am very concerned about the development of surgery. Due to the friendly relations between France and Austria, I feel that there is still too little medical exchange." Edward softened his tone. , now more like a student, "Dr. Mosier and I are very concerned about the trauma treatment you just mentioned."
Mosier was confused after hearing this:? ? ?
"Trauma treatment is a complicated classification." Kawei didn't want to say anything more here, but just kept trying to catch Edward's appetite. "If you really want to say something, you may have to talk for several days. This is obviously not the right place."
"So, it's better to ask Dr. Kawei to go to Paris as soon as possible..."
"So, I would like to ask Mr. Edward to put more effort into solving the current war problem between Prussia and Austria." Kawei took over his words and almost put his request in front of him, "Speak directly. Point, the war directly affected my mood, I couldn't leave Austria during the war."
