Dark-Haired British Doctor Chapter 260

Episode 260 Blood Pressure [1]

Blood pressure.

It is the core of vital signs.

Think about it.

Have you ever seen a medical drama where they ask urgently, "Hey! What is the patient's temperature right now?"

Whether it's an operating room, an emergency room, or anywhere else, if there's music playing on string instruments, that is, a whining sound, there's a high probability that they'll ask what your blood pressure is.

Even if they are the same vital signs, there are different levels within them.

“What are you thinking about?”

We locked the congressman in a room surrounded by glass windows… … .

No, he was sitting in the room next door, resting while leaving it there.

Life has been really great since the center opened… … .

If nothing special comes up today, the afternoon is free.

We are missing out on study time and are actually our slaves… … .

No, the assistants are extracting insulin from cow pancreases, but Liston, Blundell, and I are free.

Of course, Blundell is a fruitful man, so he has to rush to see the mother he is seeing if she is in danger, but today is a nice day.

“No, I just feel like… there might be room for improvement in our medical care system.”

"improvement?"

Anyway, I was so engrossed in thinking about my blood pressure that I just mumbled something to Liston.

Then he started looking at me and saying, “Improvement?”

Even just a year, or even a few months ago, it would have been obvious that something arrogant would come out.

What improvement is there in the medical care of our British Empire!

Even the merciful Lord would be struck down by such nonsense… … .

“There is a lot to improve.”

“That always worries me too.”

Is it because of the Lord?

Or is it because of me…?

I'm not sure, but these two 19th century doctors were completely reformed.

There are so many things to improve!

This is definitely a good thing.

Some say that metacognition is the top priority.

People who know what they lack tend to grow faster and better than those who don't.

“I see, as expected from the two older brothers… … They are dependable.”

It's not an empty promise.

That's true.

I wasn't expecting a proper idea to pop out of my head at this point.

But I did it because there was a high chance that you would support what I said.

“Yeah, I’m thinking about how to collect blood for now.”

Among them, Blundell said this:

It would definitely be awesome if it turned out like that.

It's about finding people whenever they need it and turning them into living blood bags to give them blood…

This is… … the shit… … .

The more I think about it, the more inefficient and inhumane it seems.

It seems like they're keeping quiet, but when a high-level accident occurred, someone died at another hospital after giving a blood transfusion.

Because of that, Blundell has been getting more requests lately, and as a result, he's been making more money…

Already Blundell dreams of progress that goes far beyond those guys.

I looked at Blundell with admiring eyes, and Blundell, encouraged by my gaze, continued what he had been about to say.

“So I tried putting some lead in the blood.”

"yes?"

“That’s a good idea.”

"yes?"

But… … lead?

What… lead?

And what the hell does Liston know and what are he doing?

I turned my head as fast as I could, looking back and forth between Liston and Blundell.

Liston must have read the question in it without difficulty, because he immediately grabbed my shoulder and opened his mouth.

“Ah… … I don’t know about the reviews. And I’m young. Haha. I heard they don’t drink wine in Joseon?”

“Yes… … . But that’s true. What does it matter?”

Blood storage, lead, and wine.

Looking at them listed, it sounds like the title of some post-modern movie.

They have nothing to do with each other! That's what I'm saying!

Isn't this beautiful?

“Come on. See, we in Britain have quite a connection.”

Whether I was going crazy or not, Liston just laughed and started sketching pictures on paper with a fountain pen.

Maybe it's because he's good with his hands, but he was able to draw a picture that was worth seeing.

“The French wine is good, but… … isn’t it too expensive? Compared to that, Spanish wine is cheap. That’s why they import a lot from there… … Isn’t wine a delicate food? It spoils easily.”

“Ah… … . Right.”

Don't you have a refrigerator now?

That's why there are many vinegars named after wine.

How do I know this?

Joseph, my balls friend comes from a family of winemakers.

“There is a secret to solving it.”

“Ah… … . I heard there is a method like that.”

"who?"

“Father Joseph.”

“Ah, right. Well, if you deliver to London or somewhere like that, you don’t need to do that… … You said you go to Ireland or somewhere like that sometimes, right? Then you would have definitely done this.”

“What are you going to do?”

I've heard the gist of it.

But it was an industry secret, and Nana Joseph said that since she was going to be a doctor, she didn't need to know anything useless, so I didn't listen to it properly.

Actually, what… … .

Why do people drink wine in England?

I need to drink whiskey.

At first, I wasn't really interested because I don't really enjoy drinking, but now I'm trying my best to listen because I'm curious about what Liston is trying to say.

'Surely you wouldn't say things like, 'The color of wine is similar to blood, so they're the same…' … The Bible says that Jesus told you to drink his blood, so it's all the same once it enters your stomach…'

Correct it.

I'm more worried than curious.

I'm so scared of what you're going to say!

It's even more so because there was a moment when I believed that I would become a 21st century talent even though I was born in the 19th century.

“If you put lead in wine, it loses its sourness and becomes sweeter. It doesn’t go bad.”

“Uh… … Really… … ?”

“That’s right. Lead actually has that kind of property, doesn’t it? It’s truly an amazing metal.”

“What kind of… what kind of nature?”

What Liston said was completely different from what I expected.

But does that mean I was completely hopeless? No.

lead…….

Why does wine turn sweet when you add lead to it?

I'm curious, but I don't want to try it.

saturnism…….

Because I knew how scary this was.

Even now, in the 21st century, about a million people die from lead poisoning each year.

This is also a big improvement, but until the 1960s, it is said that in the United States alone, more than 50,000 children died from lead poisoning.

“Take a good look.”

As I was thinking about that, Liston pointed somewhere.

The reason I said somewhere is because, for the time being, I don't know exactly where it is referring to.

What is this?

Why are you pointing to our clinic?

“Look at this brilliant white.”

“Oh, white is pretty. But this… … this… … really?”

“Yes, there’s lead in it. That’s why the color remains so pretty. Even if you spray water on it… … It’s waterproof, right? It doesn’t rust. Oh, since it’s wood, I guess it shouldn’t rot.”

“Uh… … Uh uh.”

My hands are shaking.

My tongue is also twisted… … .

It's really humid.

'No, then… … ?'

This examination room… … All this white is lead?

No, no.

Outside the house too… … there’s a lot of white.

That… …was actually all lead… …?

'Well… … Damn! In a place like London where it rains so much… … I was wondering how the paint would stay on so well… … .'

Suddenly my heart starts pounding.

Panic disorder… …is not it.

That's the fear of dying in an unreasonable situation.

In comparison, my situation is… … this is… … .

“Are you that surprised? I guess lead isn’t used much in Joseon?”

That's what he said when he saw me with my eyes wide open.

Blundell also looks like he's not in a big deal.

No, I was excited.

For a completely different reason.

“Yeah, so I’m going to try putting in some lead.”

“Good idea. Haha.”

That… must be stopped.

It's artificial lead poisoning.

Actually, looking at this painted environment, I think I might have already suffered from some level of lead poisoning… … .

But injecting lead-laced blood into human veins is a completely different story.

This is murder.

Of course, there are so many murders that happen for various reasons, so I wonder what's the point of talking about this now…

“Okay, wait a minute!”

I was thinking about taking my blood pressure and then I thought, what is this?

I'm curious about my blood pressure right now.

How high will it be… … .

"huh?"

"why?"

“Lead, that… … .”

"uh."

“It’s good metal. Very good.”

“If I put that in my blood, will it stop clotting?”

“I don’t know. You have to try to find out, right?”

Oh, I haven't tried that.

Well then, that's good.

It'll probably be hard.

If it doesn't harden, then you have to go and dry it.

I can't think of anything to joke about right now, but…

I am someone.

This is Kura Master Kim Tae-pyeong.

“I see. Let’s try it.”

“Yes. That’s right. We have to try something. No matter how I think about it, the current blood transfusion is imperfect.”

Let's think positively, positively.

Where did Blundell come up with such an idea?

of course…….

I think that from now on, if you only see white, you'll start to feel like a match.

To think that I was living in a world surrounded by lead… … .

Surely there is something else besides paint?

'I think there will be… … these kids.'

It's the 19th century.

They are the kind of guys who will do anything.

Even with arsenic right now… … you did things that were imaginable, or rather, unimaginable.

“Oh, come to think of it. What were you thinking about?”

It seems like a storm has passed.

No exaggeration… … If it’s a lead poisoning issue, it could be a hurricane or something else, not a storm, right?

So I was a bit out of my mind, and as expected, I was the only one who was out of it.

We 19th century people are extremely peaceful.

Liston was one of the standouts among them, and his facial expression really didn't change at all.

Even so, if you showed them someone dying from lead poisoning, they would probably tremble… … .

'I guess I'll have to ask them to send me a death row inmate later.'

I'm a rational person, so I can't let just anyone do that, so I decided to wait a bit.

Blood pressure above all else.

I completely forgot about this because of the lead, but it's important.

What, this isn't your first time here?

Now I'm so used to it that I'm getting used to it.

So I also quickly put on a calm face and spoke to Liston.

“You know the word pressure, right?”

“I know. What do you think of me?”

“That pressure is the force that pushes something down, right? Something like that.”

“Shouldn’t you be the one who needs to build strength by exercising?”

It's hard to pretend to be calm.

If you look at Liston, you might think he's just a physical character, but he actually has a pretty bad snout.

But since I could control my anger just by looking at his face, I tried to ignore him and continued talking.

“Isn’t there pressure on our blood vessels as well?”

“Ah… … What did I say? They call that blood pressure.”

"huh?"

“What, you didn’t know? That must have been over 100 years ago? You must have actually seen it around here.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yeah. But what do you do with that?”

"ah."

I looked at Liston with a surprised expression on my face.

Liston?

He just had that shameless face on as always.

Blundell did the same.

I'm the only one who's being shocked again, huh?