Nineteenth Century Medical Guide

Chapter 333 329. A Very New Method of Free Clinic
Saffite, who was so desolate that he was about to sink quickly, and Li Ben, who had been degraded for a long time and finally wanted to struggle to get ashore, met each other in this tavern by chance.With the help of the thin alcohol of bad wine, the two began to talk about their miserable life and those unrealistic ideals.

In less than 5 minutes of communication, one of them has become the future leader of the news industry in his mouth: "As long as I get the best news, the whole world will respect me. The editor and boss have to do what I say, understand Don’t you understand the gold content of an ace reporter who earns [-] francs a year?”

And the other is a business genius with a fraudulent core: "What are you, I just say a few words, and the money will automatically come to my pocket."

"Huh? Is there such a good thing?"

".Yeah, is there such a good thing?"

"You're not talking nonsense, are you?"

"I, I think you are similar." Li Ben still wanted to talk more about the woman in his heart, "Do you have a beloved woman? Is there a woman who is willing to give everything for her?"

Saffite laughed foolishly: "So that's the case, then you must not be married and have children."

"how do you know?"

"What love, love or not, doesn't it still need money to support it in the end? You have to be a business wizard first, and you are qualified to choose to believe in me when you have money. Make money first and then pay attention to these things. There is no such thing as a woman, you say so."

"Why do I feel that love is the motivation to make money!"

"You do not understand"

The two of you come and go, spitting all over the place, the main theme is that "there is everything in the dream".

After drinking for three rounds, they vomited out the dregs left in their stomachs from the day before, and gradually came to the senses, it seemed that they were not in the gentle town, but in the real world of eating fruit.Here, Saffite may have been removed from the press, losing his already bleak future, and Li Ben is also the target of others, and he cannot protect himself.

But as tough as Li Ben, he still persuaded: "The reality is indeed cruel. My leg is broken and I have no money. But the reality can also be beautiful. As long as I have love, I can persevere!"

Safit smiled wryly twice, feeling sorry for his innocence, but the alcohol had already made him unable to explain his innocence, so he could only repeat: "You have never been married, you don't understand."

"Brother! When you can't hold on, please think about your love!!!" Li Ben's mood was the opposite of his, as if he had fallen in love and couldn't help himself, he raised the wine glass in his hand and shouted loudly, "Let's toast to love!"

Safit drooped his eyelids, completely unresponsive, but there were shouts all around him: "Cheers!!!"

Although he didn't believe in this kind of love nonsense, he had to admit that after listening to the speech of the German lame little dwarf, his heart did come back a bit.At least he didn't have the thought of going all out and messing around just now, which can be regarded as pulling him back to a normal state.

If you lose your job, you can look for it again. If you can’t stay in the press, you can’t do anything else. Your wife and children are still waiting to be raised. Life must go on.
On the other side, Li Ben saw Safit's decadent appearance, and realized the other side of love in his heart.Before going back to the small hotel he booked, he made another trip to the "little yellow building" where love was sprouting, hoping to have a good talk with the woman he was destined to have about the future.

"Laura?" The lady looked at the crippled man in front of her with a strange look in her eyes, "Are you asking Laura Patty?"

"Yeah, I just came here two days ago." Li Ben looked around, it seemed that it was not the opening time, and there was no one in the hotel, "Is she still sleeping? Why don't I wait below never mind."

Holding the wine glass in her hand, the wife glanced at the time, and burst out laughing: "It can be said that she is sleeping, or about to go to sleep."

"Ready. Ready!??" After frantically making a few question marks in his mind, Li Ben understood her meaning instantly, "Is she picking up customers?"

"Isn't this nonsense." The wife finally understood that this guy is a fool, "How can a jerk make money to support himself if he doesn't pick up customers? The police have just finished their raids, and now is the easiest time to make money, otherwise he wouldn't do this It’s time to start working.”

Li Ben only felt an unknown fire rising from his stomach, and ran upstairs with a cane.

The wife definitely didn't want him to interfere with her rare business, and followed him to stop him.However, the physical gap between women and men, as well as the idea of ​​not wanting to provoke the police, made her dare not do anything serious, so she could only entangle with Li Ben, who had lost a leg, and failed to take advantage of it.

While pushing and shoving, the two knocked open the door of a guest room on the second floor.

An old man was lying on the bed with his shirt open, while Laura was standing aside and was about to untie the rope around his waist: "Li Ben."

"Hey, what do you guys mean?! Do you want to play together?"

Li Ben shook off his wife's arm and quickly rushed into the room with twists and turns, trying to take Laura away.

"What are you doing? I'm picking up customers!!!"

"Why do you want to pick up a guest?"

"Where will the money come from if I don't take it?"

Seeing that he couldn't pull her away, Li Ben walked to the other side of the bed, took out a few francs from his pocket and threw them over, saying to the old man, "I'll give you the money, get out now!!!"

The old man has been in the "love" field for so many years, and has never seen such an inexplicable thing, so he has no choice but to take the money and leave.Before leaving, he did not forget to take a good look at Laura's appearance, and poured kerosene into Li Ben's heart: "You have to discuss the time with him when I come back next time."

Li Ben was on the verge of hitting him, and he swung his crutches and wanted to hit him with his lame leg: "I'm courting death!"

The wife gave way to the old man and carried it in front of him: "You're fucking crazy! What if you attract the police?"

With the end of a round of top-notch tussle among the three, Li Ben finally calmed down.He didn't vent all his anger on his girlfriend: "I know you have no money, it doesn't matter, I can support you."

"Don't, don't say that!"

The wife is also sober in the world, knowing that the relationship between the two is unclear, something will happen in the future, so she immediately said, "Let's not mention this, what do you mean by chasing my client just now? I really think"

"Anyway, he will be scared away by her body later."

"That's not the same!!!"

Although she has been trying to argue, but like Laura, it is difficult for her to resist the temptation of large denomination notes.Li Ben took out almost all his belongings to let the two women know that he was still able to support the women: "I will go to the main palace hospital tomorrow, and I will talk to the doctor there."

"What are you talking about?" Laura looked at the 500 francs in hand and asked with a smile.

"I found Dr. Carvey who works in Paris recently, and he will do the operation for you." Li Ben took out the example of Justina, "This is not the first time he has performed such an operation. I told you before Talked about, he can help you get back to normal."

"Can normality really be restored? Will it cost a lot of money?"

"No, it's completely free!"

In Europe in the 19th century, doctors did not have so-called outpatient clinics. Patients who sought medical treatment would come to the desk in the doctor's ward and tell their illnesses.

Because the treatment effect is quite limited, and sometimes it even achieves the opposite effect, so not many patients come to the hospital for consultation.After all, spending time on an uncertain thing is not as good as reducing the lack of work and making more money.

In such a general environment, there are fewer surgical patients.

The operation not only represents a 40% mortality rate, but also nearly a week of absence from work. If you are unlucky, you may not be able to generate profits for the boss for nearly a month.No matter how kind the boss is, he would never leave the position to a patient whose life or death is uncertain. Therefore, as long as the vast majority of ordinary people undergo surgery, they will be equivalent to unemployment.

Although I won't really starve to death, and I can still find a job after leaving the hospital, but the food in the hospital is not free, and whether the savings can last until then is another matter.

In response to such a doctor-patient environment, considering that the medical records provided by those hospitals are not typical, Carvey chose a very new model of voluntary outpatient clinic: "Led by the Main Palace Hospital, funded by the Royal Academy of Medicine and the Society of Surgery, Grande The hospital and Sabert Hospital assisted in carrying out free clinics."

"Free clinic?" It was President Huot who received Kavey at the office of the Surgery Branch of the Paris Medical Association.

"I know."

"Hospitalization and surgery fees are free."

"I know."

"Then how do you explain the free clinic? Don't you mean free medical treatment?"

"It should be regarded as another kind of free." Carvey took the coffee from the assistant, stirred the cup twice with a small spoon, and said, "Many patients often choose not to come to the hospital in order to keep their jobs. The main problem is of course It’s still money, after all, there is a recovery period for surgery.”

Huot understood what he meant, and he probably wanted to take the unnatural route of giving money for treatment.

In normal times, the chairman would never agree to this request. It is too bad for those doctors who have studied hard for so many years.But now that Kavi speaks, he needs to carefully consider the pros and cons.

"Aren't there any suitable patients in those hospitals?"

"The diagnosis is vague, and I dare not go under the knife." Carvey said very directly, "Before the operation, I think it is necessary to first teach them how to distinguish tumors from inflammatory hyperplasia, and secondly let them know that some patients are not at all. You need to trouble me."

Crazy, really crazy!
The corners of Holt's mouth twitched, but he quickly concealed his disgust with a decent smile: "Except for those in the main palace hospital, there are not many surgeons who can keep up with the footsteps of geniuses."

Carvey originally wanted to say that the same is true for the Main Palace Hospital, but he knew in his heart that there is not much benefit in showing his strength too much, so he acquiesced in his statement: "As long as the patient is accepted by me, we will pay him a reward. 20 francs or 30 francs, it doesn't matter. It's definitely more attractive than before."

"Money is not an issue," Holt explained. "The main thing is that it will leave a bad impression on patients, and it will make other doctors feel that they have broken the rules."

The words are very cryptic, and the meaning is nothing more than that you have done all the good things and earned enough public praise and reputation. What should these hospitals in Paris do after returning to Vienna?Do we still maintain this deformed medical system?

The answer is obviously no.

Hult can't judge the feasibility of this model and its impact on the future, so he can't make a judgment.

Carvey can't control his choice, so it's normal to have this kind of worry: "I'm just offering a suggestion, and it's up to Professor Hult to judge whether it's applicable. But I really don't have any patients in my hands now, at least for the next one." The two days are very free. Time flies, and I will go back in about 20 more days."

"I understand that it's not easy for you to come here, and I didn't deny your suggestion. It just takes time to discuss. It's not my decision alone."

"Okay, then I'll wait for the decision of the Medical Association." Carvey took two sips of coffee, got up and straightened his coat, "If you have any news, please let me know as soon as possible."

"I'll send them a letter later, and I should be able to get their replies tomorrow afternoon."

Holt's explanation was just right. It not only increased the future surgical demonstration project, but also seemed to give Carvey a little reassurance.But in fact, the final direction of this matter has nothing to do with Kawei, and the initiative is still in their hands.

But on Kavey's side, the impact of disagreement is not great.

Even if he really disagreed, he would still carry out this kind of free clinic in the main palace hospital, in order to find "high-quality" cases that could be used to demonstrate the operation.As for the cost of compensation, Carvey is willing to discuss half and half with Professor Cedieu.

Cedieu really doesn't like this practice, it's almost unheard of to subsidize money to treat patients.However, it is also a fact that there are insufficient surgical patients or that the quality is not high. Taking gastrointestinal tumors, which he most wants to try, as an example, there were very few patients who came to the clinic so many years ago.

A corpse is a corpse after all, and without a case, there is no opportunity to really practice.

So after having dinner with Kawi, Cedieu agreed to his request.

His thinking is more direct and simple than that of Holt. The key is not money at all, but whether he can learn surgery.

He also has entanglements similar to Ignatz's. It is impossible for a surgeon in this position to give up the position of chief surgeon and become an assistant himself.No one wants to be left behind, but the impulse and obsession to learn surgery, especially abdominal surgery, forced him to agree to this request.

As long as you think about it, the little dignity of the chief surgeon will appear insignificant before learning how to operate.

At [-] a.m. the next day, tables and chairs were placed in the center of the garden lawn at the entrance of the main palace hospital, and signs with the names of "Kavi" and "Sedillo" appeared in front of the public.

"As long as you meet the criteria of two surgeons, you can get admitted to the hospital and complete the operation, you can get a one-time payment ranging from 20 to 100 francs. If there are serious complications or death in the operation, the family can also get a lump sum of 200 francs." compensation."

After informing the admission rules, Carvey soon welcomed the first patient.

(End of this chapter)