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Chapter 347 Anatomy

Hamlet, sanatorium.

The thick masonry walls and the airtight weird structure of the sanatorium cut off the sunlight from outside, but they also cut off the summer heat.

Even in such hot weather, as long as you enter the nursing home, you can feel cold, yes, it's not cool, but uncomfortable cold.

The above is like this, but the basement floor is even more gloomy and cold. It is precisely this environment that is suitable for storing corpses temporarily, so it is used as an autopsy room.

It's easy for Lance to leave those pigman corpses here and don't care about anything, but for Paracelsus, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Anatomy is an ancient science, but its origin is not in the empire, but from outside the empire such as Kemet, Misri, and the Levant.

After all, dissecting a corpse under the influence of the church is a kind of blasphemy and must be judged. The entire empire only has a little room for development in Totnes, a relatively open place with a strong business atmosphere and frequent exchanges with other parts of the world.

There are anatomy courses in the medical school where Paracelsus studied, but it is quite bold and cutting-edge in Totnes, so it is difficult even for the school to find corpses for classes.

In order to promote her own research, she can only do some weird things. Fortunately, the outer city of Totnes is never short of corpses.

Therefore, in theory and practice, Paracelsus believed that he was far superior to most physicians in the empire.

But after contacting the lord, he was still affected a lot.

The weird element theory was overthrown and replaced by the biological system theory, which divides the functions of the human body according to the system.

Anatomically, the human body is composed of eight major systems, namely the motor system, digestive system, respiratory system, urinary system, reproductive system, endocrine system, nervous system and circulatory system. (Junior high school biology, unknown, I wrote my own textbook)

What's even more strange is that many of these new theories obtained from the lords can find tangible evidence from the research to complete the logical closed loop. On the contrary, there is something wrong with the elemental theory and weird theories of those schools.

Although she began to doubt early on when she was researching, even because of these things...

Paracelsus came back to his senses and focused on the corpse in front of him.

According to the habit of first easy and then difficult, the more commonly used dissection procedure is abdominal cavity → pelvic cavity → chest cavity → neck → cranial cavity.

Regional anatomy is a supplement to systematic anatomy. It is generally dissected for local areas, usually reproductive organs, spinal cord, lower back, buttocks and limbs.

There are also several surgical techniques, mainly one-shaped incision, T-shaped incision, Y-shaped incision, and inverted Y-shaped incision.

These methods are not good or bad, they are simply to deal with different situations of corpses, but these methods are designed for human beings, so they need to adjust themselves according to experience when facing aliens.

Although these pigmen have strange structures, it is not difficult for the experienced Paracelsus, so she directly chooses the one-word incision method.

The biggest advantage of this anatomical cutting method is that it is trouble-free and fast, and it can handle most autopsies.

The sharp scalpel is placed on the midline of the mandibular edge of the pig, and the skin and subcutaneous tissue are incised along the midline of the neck, chest and abdomen to the upper edge of the pubic symphysis.

Under the cut skin is the subcutaneous soft tissue, that is, fat and muscle.

Here Paracelsus found something interesting.

Obviously, it is impossible to experiment with humans from the very beginning. These anatomical studies also started with small animals such as frogs and mice. In fact, she also studied the physiological structure of pigs before studying humans.

The most intuitive difference between pigs and humans is that the fat of pigs is white, while the fat of humans is yellow.

After cutting it open, you can see that there is yellow fat under the skin of the monster with the pig's head on it. At the same time, you can see that the distribution of internal organs is also similar to that of humans, but it reveals that it is different.

This discovery made Paracelsus even more excited, and he couldn't help but get more involved.

The steps of dissection are very cumbersome, and it is impossible to only have a scalpel as a tool, and there are tweezers, pliers, saws, etc...

When peeling off the soft tissue and muscle layer of the chest wall, the peritoneum is lifted with forceps and a small incision is made, and the lifted peritoneum is carefully incised with a knife. During this operation, tools are required to support the abdominal wall to avoid cutting and damaging the abdominal organs. Then cut off the muscles connected to the lower edge of the chest wall along the lower ribs to expand the abdominal cavity.At this time, the abdominal cavity is opened.

Next, observe the positional relationship and surface conditions of the various organs in the abdominal cavity, check whether there is fluid and blood in the abdominal cavity, and check the structure of the internal organs of the abdominal cavity one by one.

What makes Paracelsus interesting is that this set of internal organs is similar to that of humans, but the proportions are somewhat wrong. Do pigs have more proportions of humans or pigs?
But she felt that this was more like a fusion of the two. She probably heard from the lord that the origin of these pigmen was a cruel and evil experiment of the Ascension Sect.

Pigs were chosen because their structure is close to that of humans.

Paracelsus didn't dislike it at all, and directly reached out to check the structure, size, and position of those internal organs.

It has to be said that the preservation is quite good, and there is no damage.

After the abdominal cavity is completely opened, the research on the chest cavity is ready.

The usual method is to peel off the soft tissues such as skin, fat, and muscle from the sides of the ribs along the midline of the incision just now to expose the chest cavity.

Here you can see that after the stripping, the soft tissue layer is turned outward on both sides to completely expose the rib surface, and then the chest cavity is prepared, that is, the ribs are opened.

This is a technical job. It is necessary to use a scalpel to cut off the costal cartilage and intercostal muscles one by one, and then cut off the sternoclavicular joint and the first rib.

Sometimes the knife can't solve it, so you need to use other tools, knives, axes, pliers, and saws. Anyway, try to break the first rib.

After the ribs are completely cut off, lift the costal arch close to the sternum and the posterior wall of the costal cartilage to separate the sternal part from the mediastinal connective tissue.At this time, removing the sternum is considered to expose the chest cavity.

Examine the thymus, lungs and chest wall, mediastinum, pericardium and heart, and pay attention to the position and adjacency of each internal organ.

It was found that the soft tissue of the chest had puncture wounds, the heart was ruptured, and the lungs were punctured and collapsed. However, the sternum and ribs were not fractured, but there were scratches and small clots of blood around them.

Killed with one sword, and even avoided the ribs, it can be seen that this sword must have been done by someone who knows the structure of pigmen very well.

But this sword destroyed a lot of places, and she still wanted a complete pigman study if she had a chance.

After the thoracic and abdominal cavities are opened, the neck is dissected. However, from here on, the structure belonging to humans has undergone considerable changes, and there are more structures in pigs.

But the general method is also general. Simply speaking, it is to separate the skin and muscles layer by layer, and check the skin soft tissue, superficial and deep neck muscles and neck blood vessels.

Use scissors to cut the diaphragm from the aortic hiatus, separate the abdominal aorta to the left and right common iliac artery branches and cut them, and separate the abdominal and pelvic organ tissues and their connections with the abdominal and pelvic walls from the posterior abdominal wall, so that Then the whole set of internal organs including the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis can be taken out jointly.

At this point, even if the torso of an ordinary corpse has been dissected, it is usually at this time that the head will be dissected.

This is not only a technical job, but also a physical job.

She has removed a lot of human heads, but today this pig's head made her feel a little bit at a loss.

It doesn't matter so much, just be a butcher today.

Directly use a knife to pierce the scalp from behind one side of the ear. The blade of the knife lifts the scalp upwards to separate the scalp and skull, and peels off the scalp to expose the pig's skull.

It’s the turn of the skull, which can be said to be the most troublesome. Use a saw, chisel and hammer to lift the skull cover to observe the structure and take out the brain.

Seeing that the structure really doesn't look like a human, it's basically a pig, but the proportion is a bit bigger, and it should still incorporate some human characteristics.

This has not been completed yet, and the whole set of internal organs that weighed tens of kilograms just now needs to be sampled for research.

These careful extractions of the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder collect secretions for more in-depth study.

Observe and record the content, nature, color, and food residues in the stomach, the contents of the large and small intestines, and comprehensively analyze food sources and dietary structure.

The pelvic cavity below observes the bladder, kidneys, these studies the urinary system...

Dissection is a very energy-intensive task that requires full concentration. Similarly, holding a scalpel for a long time, and performing craniotomy and sawing bones are all labor-intensive tasks.

But the faster the autopsy, the more information she can get, so she can't rest and has to work overtime to get what she wants before the corpse rots.

Paracelsus is a serious college student with a professional background, not to mention "rich" practical experience, but he only managed to dispose of one corpse after working for a long time.

Fortunately, the preliminary autopsy was finally completed, and the corpse was all divided, revealing the secrets of the body without a doubt.

At this time, Paracelsus was finally able to take off the surgical gloves, and she could see that her arms were full of marks from being strangled to fix the gloves.

But dissection is not slaughter, but the observation and analysis of structures during autopsy and dissection.

So the real work is just beginning.

"This structure..." Paracelsus picked up the board and laid paper on it, and then began to draw pictures according to the dissected situation.

Unexpectedly, she is still a generalist, and she can see a concise and clear anatomical diagram under the brushstroke.

Then continue to improve and write some fragmented notes, which will be combined to write a report later.

Lance approved a lot of experimental materials for her, and she could say what she wanted to support her research. One of the requirements was to standardize the experiment, which included the need to write a report.

For Paracelsus, this was something that needed to be recorded, and it was just written for him to read.

This time the autopsy did find a lot of interesting things. It is different from humans and pigs, but a combination of the two. At the same time, there are many lesions and deformities on the body. If you want to study it clearly, you have to continue...

But at this moment there was a sound behind him, Paracelsus didn't care, and he was the only one who came over at this moment.

Lance attaches great importance to the research here, and usually comes over after finishing his work, either to review the experimental report he wrote, or to participate in his own research.

At first she was both surprised and disgusted.

Surprised that an aristocrat is also messing with these things, and the disgust is naturally because he thinks he is troublesome and hinders his own research.

But when he did join, the impression quickly changed.

You can learn everything as soon as you learn it, and you can even do better than yourself in many cases, and you can often inspire yourself. There is no doubt that this is a trustworthy teammate.

With his help, we should be able to get this done all night tonight...

"Still busy~"

The gentle voice came, but it made Paracelsus realize something and turned to look.

She thought that only Lance would come over at this time, but it was Grindale who appeared here.

Paracelsus did not speak, and no one could see what kind of expression was under the mask.

"The lord just came back from his mission. He was probably tired, so he rested early, but he said he guessed that you would work overtime to study, so he specifically told me to come over to remind you not to patronize work, but also to pay attention to rest.

He also said that the sewers are full of pigs, and if you want to catch them, it is not a very rare material, but if you are exhausted, he will be very distressed. "

The last sentence is obviously not in Lance's tone, so it can only be added by Grindel for the occasion.

"I see." Paracelsus' answer was a little blunt, and she didn't know what it felt like. Anyway, it seemed that she didn't mean to be obedient.

"Recently, you haven't tried the newly opened bathing place. Just relax, and Boudica is here. Maybe you can learn about the situation of the beast cave with her. It must be helpful for your research."

Grindel was a smart person, and she obviously saw that Paracelsus would never give up research just because of her own words.

But she knew how to complete the task assigned by the lord.

Sure enough, Paracelsus was a little moved. He hadn't investigated the living environment of the pigmen on the spot, so it would indeed have an impact on the research.

She didn't speak, but the outward steps showed that she had made a choice.

"Huh~" Paracelsus walked out of the dissection room and then took off the beak mask and let out a long breath, but at the same time, the nasal cavity still had a strong stench.

No matter what you say, the rotting is still going on, and these pigmen have a strong smell, which directly makes the whole dissection room have a strong stench that is hard to get rid of.

She has been in it for such a long time, and she has been in contact with it, so it is already marinated.

Even though Paracelsus has adapted, staying here for a long time still makes her mind a little dizzy.

It seems that this beak mask also has a limit.

"I also made a lot of anti-disease masks there. When the time comes, you can take a few back home, and hang a few sachets in the dissection room, which will also have an effect on fresh air..."

The two walked side by side, seeming to have noticed her strangeness, and then Grindel spoke.

She was also so gentle towards Paracelsus, who was once hostile to her, as if she had a good temper with everyone, and her gentle character made people feel like a spring breeze.

When Paracelsus heard this, he couldn't help but look sideways, and all he saw was a natural expression.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

Even Paracelsus, who had no intention of socializing, couldn't help walking with his head down.

　In order to write this chapter, I specially studied the anatomy process, and found that it is quite interesting, and it is not just a casual dissection of the corpse.

　　The more you write, the more you simply write it in detail to let everyone have a better understanding, and it may be useful for you to travel in the future.

　　Finally, ask for a monthly pass, which is almost enough for [-]. Some brothers can vote for it. I am here to thank everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)