Dark-Haired British Doctor Chapter 475

Episode 475: Progress in the Heart [4]

'convict?'

The first thing that came to mind was, of course, the prisoner.

There are death row inmates, not just those who did nothing.

Is there a law that says the death penalty must be by hanging?

Wouldn't there be a way to execute someone by simply tying off their coronary artery?

'This… it hurts so bad.'

As anyone who knows knows, the pain caused by a heart attack is excruciating.

The reason why it is less known about pain compared to diseases such as urinary stones is that urinary stones have a lot of people to talk about, whereas myocardial infarction has no survivors.

Even if they survived, there aren't many people who would post about it on the Internet.

This is because the age groups in which the disease primarily occurs are different.

But as a doctor, I can tell you that this hurts more.

'But… is that okay?'

Bad guys deserve to get hurt.

I don't think anyone can deny this.

but…….

Can you open the heart and grab the coronary artery?

This isn't just a problem for him, it could be for me.

I'm not saying it could be a legal issue or anything like that.

Because I've been an outlaw for a long time, at least in London.

'I wonder if my mental state is okay?'

Even if he's a bad guy, doesn't he have a human form?

Just as there is a saying, “How could someone do such a thing wearing human skin?”, what is inside is the devil itself… … .

The problem is that whatever it is, it looks human.

Can I open his heart with my own hands and kill him?

'I don't think it will work.'

Yeah, this seems a bit too far.

In the first place, there are even talks in the London Metropolitan Police about moving from a noisy execution to a more gentle one, right?

If you think about it, it's only natural.

It's the 19th century now.

In Joseon, they may still be continuing a lifestyle similar to the Middle Ages, but not here.

It was a time when steamships floated on the sea and steam locomotives ran on land.

But isn't it strange that the death penalty is still carried out by hanging, like in the Middle Ages?

"We're different from those French barbarians over there. We're going to start by making poison. I hope you'll be of great help, Sir Thief Young."

-Well, that's fine. I'll do my best.

Even our research institute is preparing to bid there.

It's not cannibalism, so there's no need for us to compete with each other, right?

Yeah, I think it's better to fold this.

“Instead of the police station… let’s go to the research lab.”

“Yes, Nari.”

So I turned the carriage around and headed to the lab.

What about the students? Why am I walking around alone?

What can I do with these kids who keep talking nonsense about what's good and what's bad?

The biggest tragedy is that in the end you have to do something with those kids… … .

To do that, you need to provide evidence.

'How have these evidence-loving kids been so successful at treating people with no evidence at all until now?'

It was in the 1990s that evidence-based medicine became fully established as mainstream.

Of course, there had been a consistent atmosphere like that before, but I think it was around that time that the basis for it was finally established based on expert opinion.

I think that more than anything else, it was the influence of globalization that began in earnest in the 1990s.

Someone's 30 years of experience, 40 years of experience, would have seemed amazing before.

But after globalization, didn't millions of doctors from all over the world come together?

What meaning would personal experience have had in that situation?

'Isn't this racist?'

Experts of this era… … .

I'm the top expert, so why don't you believe me?

I don't think it's too much to worry about.

Discrimination against Asians still exists in the 21st century.

Even in the US, where it's relatively less so, NPC treatment is rampant, so what about Europe?

They really blatantly give you a seat in the corner of a restaurant and give you cold food.

So then the 19th century… …?

"hey."

“Yes, Nari.”

“Do you want to ignore me because I’m a yellow monkey?”

“Huh? Oh my… Please spare me, Nari. I’ve never… never even thought of something like that!”

I suddenly became curious and asked the groom, and the response was quite enthusiastic.

It's almost like a pine tree is shaking.

If you didn't do anything wrong, there's no reason to do this, right?

"hmm."

“Oh my! This is real!”

That's right.

Although I have never personally acted in a Korean drama, I have seen quite a few historical dramas.

They say that even the guilty party feels wronged when they see that.

Very confidently.

But anyone can see that this guy is guilty… … right?

“What… one?”

As I was thinking about it, a carriage coming from the opposite direction slowly stopped.

When I looked to see who it was, it was the director.

If we go this way, the only place for people like us to go is the research lab… … .

No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like only the director was in the carriage, but the carriage was rattling, as if it was carrying something heavy.

‘You don’t have to ask… … .’

I thought I knew.

Our director… … .

I feel like I'm touching money these days.

This is 100% cocaine business.

If you ask me if I'm seeing all of it, I am.

It's a force for export.

I've been so messed up that at least the cocaine produced in our lab is officially banned from distribution within London.

“Ah… maybe because of racial discrimination.”

“Racial discrimination…? Ah. Haha, how could that not be the case?”

So I answered the question.

Then the director laughed heartily and began to explain.

"Humans are creatures who cannot stand to discriminate against anyone. Look at France, the homeland of my ancestors."

“Well… that’s true.”

"After all that nonsense, aren't you living comfortably with the nobles now? Freedom, equality, fraternity? It's not even funny."

“Isn’t this something I should be angry about?”

"huh?"

The director tilted his head for a moment after hearing what I said.

No, not for a moment, but for quite some time.

“No, blocking the road, what… why.”

“He is a poet.”

“Huh? Ah.”

It was obvious that the road width was the same as that of downtown London, but with two carriages parked side by side, the road was naturally blocked.

The research being done at the lab is a bit strange, so it's located in the East End, but it's also because there are people riding around in carriages anyway.

But no one said anything.

It's because of me.

What if I'm cursed?

“There’s someone who discriminates against you?”

“Yes, I think so.”

“Is there a reason why you think that way?”

The director wasn't the type of person to issue a direct curse, so he looked around and noticed that everyone was hesitating with an uncharacteristically British look of fear on their faces before continuing.

I gave him a brief explanation of what had happened earlier.

Then the director groaned, "Hmm."

"So… a coronary artery? You think if that gets blocked, people will die?"

“It’s not my opinion, it’s what I’m saying.”

“Don’t you think it’s racist not to listen to that?”

"When someone with authority speaks, everyone listens. Do I have no authority?"

“Because… Even after saying something like that, you can still go out and about normally, right?”

"yes?"

"Does that make sense? Isn't that blood vessel already a useless one? There's a similar example, the Tooth of Wisdom."

"hmm."

Now that I hear it, it seems to make sense.

Well, it's not for nothing that Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution at this time.

It's also a time when the concept of vestigial organs is starting to become popular.

In many fields, it is said that we live in an era where people say, 'Aren't humans not created by God, but evolved from monkeys?'

'But… … the vestigial organs claimed during this period are rarely recognized even in the 21st century.'

Coronary arteries are also vestigial organs at this stage.

If you don't know the function, it can't be helped since it was a time when all of these were vestigial organs.

In fact, if you add up all the vestigial organs they talk about, there are almost 90 of them.

Well… … It's not unreasonable, considering that we live in an era where people believe that Lamarck's theory of use and disuse, as John Snow said, is real.

They say that the giraffe's long neck is a trait that was passed down to the offspring that grew longer and longer in order to survive, right?

It can be seen as a completely different concept from epigenetics, which became popular in the 21st century.

“Hmm. Then maybe I’m overthinking it?”

"Of course. Well, I wouldn't know if they didn't know you well… but at least not within the hospital. And the groom! How could this guy, who knows exactly how you kill people, do that?"

“Is that so?”

“Is that so? What kind of person is that? Look around you.”

I followed the director and looked around.

Then I noticed people looking at me, all cowering.

Can they really discriminate against me?

It can be done, but I think it will be different from the discrimination that is usually thought of.

Isn't it an object of fear?

“Yes, that’s true. I feel relieved.”

“Yeah, yeah. Oh my, really. I’m hearing all sorts of nonsense.”

When I was convinced, the director tapped me on the shoulder and headed to the port with a load of cocaine.

If you think about it, it's kind of strange to feel reassured by what a drug dealer says…

Wasn't that gentleman considered a true intellectual in 19th century London?

As he was persecuted in France, he can be considered a true intellectual.

You might ask, how can that be a standard?

France is originally like that.

They killed all the great people with their own hands, including Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Lavoisier, Georges Danton, Nicolas Luckner, and Maximilien de Robespierre.

In other words, it can be said that most people who are persecuted in France are good people.

“Let’s go again.”

“Yes, yes. Oh my… Please save me.”

“Yeah, you didn’t do it, did you?”

“I won’t!”

“Yeah. Hmm.”

Yeah, let's not kill people.

I'm so scared right now, so what would happen if I opened my heart here and killed someone painfully?

I don't want to become a regular on the history of medicine written by a writer who later became a doctor.

-Today, Kim Tae-pyeong conducts human experiments again!

-ah.

-Oh.

It's not right to hear such things from people who are nothing.

“I guess I’ll have to kill a dog.”

So I decided to turn to dogs.

Oh, it's not that I hate dogs or anything.

I'm also a dog lover.

I think there are people who are worse than dogs.

But isn't it better to kill a dog than to kill a person?

“Eek.”

I saw the coachman's shoulders hunched at my words, and thinking about it, I guess it was because the timing of the comment about killing the dog was a bit odd.

“What I mean is, kill dogs instead of people.”

“Eek.”

So I tried to explain, but it wasn't easy.

The old man just kept trembling more and more.

Prejudice is this scary.

Anyway, I was able to easily get a few dogs from the lab.

It was thanks to the virtue of always being prepared in case something like this happened.

“Let’s go back to the students. Go and do the… experiment.”

“Eek.”