1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 166 [Extracting teeth with ether]

At the beginning, the number of Apache troops stationed in Clark Town was only 20 people, but now it is a standard "hundred".

More than a hundred well-disciplined Apache soldiers are like the town's alarm clock, signaling the arrival of a new day with their training voices every morning.

This is an army that can give people a strong sense of security.

However, the army is not very involved in the daily affairs of Clark Town. Only when there are issues involving racial conflicts in the town, the army may participate.

In addition, their main job is to study and train, and the black police will also follow them, like students.

When he came to the town, Ma Shao first went to the barracks, town hall, clothing factory...

Then it's on to public schools and hospitals.

As planned at the beginning, the cheap public schools attracted many poor people, and then became the main propaganda front of the Spiritual Sect, assimilating the residents of the town from children.

There are now hundreds of students in the public primary school, and several of the teachers are shamans taught by the Spiritual Mandate.

The shaman teacher will teach the students knowledge, play with them, and of course teach them language, belief and identity.

The shamans of the Lingyu Sect are all students of Mashao, or students of students. Mashao has always guided them to become excellent teachers even in later generations.

In his view, the greatest achievement of a teacher is to educate his students into excellent teachers.

Although most shamans cannot satisfy the horse whistle, they are much stronger than other educators of the same period.

The children get unprecedented respect and understanding from the shaman, even family affection.

Public hospitals have a similar effect. Compared with ordinary people, cured patients are undoubtedly more likely to convert their beliefs.

However, Ma Shao came to the public hospital in Clark Town this time to see something else.

In a hospital with two floors.

"Twig, I heard that you have already mastered ether anesthesia, I wonder if I have a chance to see it today?" Ma Shao said with a smile.

"Today there is a patient who needs wisdom teeth removed, and we are preparing for it." Branch said, surrounded by two other doctors, an Indian and a young Caucasian.

As they spoke, the three of them fiddled with the tools in front of them. Apart from various pliers, the most conspicuous of them was undoubtedly a glass bottle.

The glass bottle is roughly round, with two valves and a mouthpiece.

"This is an ether nebulizer." Branch pointed to the glass bottle and explained, "We put ether into it, let the patient hold the mouthpiece, inhale the ether gas, and then the patient will enter a coma without any pain..."

After a while, the operation began.

Everyone has undergone disinfection measures, which are relatively strict, and a large amount of alcohol is used, and the key tools needed in the operation have been steamed at high temperature.

At the same time, the doctors are all wearing white coats, masks, and hoods. Naturally, these designs are instructions from the horse whistle.

Not only doctors, but horse whistle as bystanders also need to wear masks, hoods, and coats.

Then the three branches and three people completed a tooth extraction operation under anesthesia in front of the horse whistle.

As described by the branch, and as predicted by Ma Shao, the patient who inhaled the ether gas gradually fell into a coma, lying motionless on the operating bed, and allowed the doctor to extract his wisdom teeth.

Of course, compared with later generations, this operation still looks rough.

Light anesthesia took more than 20 minutes.

Not to mention the subsequent tooth extraction, it looked more like a mason's job, hammers, pliers, and chisels all went into battle, clanging.

And these are completely relying on manpower, without any electric tools, the doctor is blushing and sweating profusely.

But anyway, it's a huge improvement.

If the current operation is like a stonemason, then the operation before ether anesthesia is undoubtedly the work of a butcher. The common tool is a saw.

After the operation, Ma Shao talked with the doctors, and he looked at the young white doctor: "What's your name, where are you from?"

"William Mayo, Warchief," said the doctor.

Mayo said: "I used to work in the UK, came to New York the year before last, worked as a pharmacist at Bellevue Hospital, and then came here."

"Mayo?"

Hearing this surname, Ma Shao couldn't help but feel moved.

"It's probably not a very common surname," Mayo said.

"Indeed, I seem to be hearing it for the second time." Ma Whistle said casually.

If he heard this surname nearby, he probably wouldn't think too much about it.

But hearing it in the hospital, it is inevitable to remind people of the famous Mayo Clinic in later generations.

The Mayo Clinic, or to use a more compelling name, "Mayo Medical Center", is the top hospital in the world in the future, and it may not be one of them.

At least in terms of earning power, this hospital is indeed the leader in the world.

Horse Whistle knew little about medicine, but he did hear about the Mayo Clinic.

Especially in the last years of his previous life, when he was lying on the hospital bed, he paid more attention to various information about medicine than ever before.

He has also fantasized about major breakthroughs in medicine more than once, and of course he knows many legendary medical institutions.

So after listening to the doctor's self-introduction, he couldn't help thinking about it.

Could it be... this person is the founder of the Mayo Clinic?

Or a relative of the founder?
Of course, he didn't take it to heart.

This may well be another coincidence, just like the gunsmith Browning, with the same surname and occupation, but not the same person.

More importantly, Horse Whistle does not have too much respect for historical celebrities.

He took to heart the teachings of a wise man.

A person's destiny, of course, depends on self-struggle, but also consider the course of history...

As a physics teacher, Ma Shao understands this very well.

Geniuses like Newton must also stand on the shoulders of Galileo, Kepler and other predecessors, develop classical mechanics with the help of existing research results, and at the same time compete with Leibniz, Hooke and other peers.

No one can surpass history, if there is, it can only be a time traveler like him.

The sky does not give birth to anyone, and the ages are like a long night. This kind of statement is purely rotten Confucianism.

This is true for a genius like Newton, let alone Browning and Mayo.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the Mayo doctor in front of me is that Mayo.

Yes or no, in this timeline, he could be the real Mayo.

Just like Browning, although it is not genuine, there is no doubt that this counterfeit has made Browning's surname famous in advance.

"So you are a pharmacist?" asked Ma Sen.

"Strictly speaking, I was in chemistry, or physics—I studied with Mr. Dalton. But I'm getting more and more interested in medicine, especially in Clark," Dr. Mayo said.

"John Dalton?" Horse Whistle was a little surprised.

"Yes." Mayo was also a little surprised.

In his opinion, the horse post should probably ask the question "Who is Dalton?"

(End of this chapter)