Deng Yuhan and Chen Shigong met late for a while, and they became old friends at first sight. In the past few days, they had a heated discussion about the location of the carbuncle, but in the absence of actual evidence, no one could convince anyone.

As a result, the audacious Deng Yuhan took advantage of yesterday's mutiny to treat the injured sergeants and civilians in the West Fourth Archway. The body of a sergeant who died of his injuries and had no family to collect was quietly transported to the Tai Hospital, and the body was dissected with Chen Shigong and several students.

In the process of dissecting the corpse, a student who Deng Yuhan had just recruited did not know much about anatomy and regarded it as a witchcraft.

He struggled all night, and finally decided to denounce Jinyiwei and get himself out of this big case.

As a result, it happened that the commander Liu Yingxi, who was on duty today, was about to do something to attract Chongzhen's attention, so he rushed into the hospital regardless of it.

After listening to Deng Yuhan and Chen Shigong's explanations, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh a little, he grabbed the tea cup on the table and wanted to drink it, but he remembered that it seemed to be taken by Deng Yuhan.

He immediately put the teacup back in silence, in this era of no rubber gloves and no soap, he didn't know how the two men had sterilized after the autopsy was completed. Therefore, he didn't plan to drink the tea cup that Deng Yuhan had touched.

"So do you two have a conclusion now? Who's right? Zhu Youzhen couldn't help asking.

The question raised by the emperor surprised the two of them, but Deng Yuhan still reacted quickly and replied, "Mr. Chen's judgment is more accurate. Your Majesty, this matter is all done by me alone, and I hope Your Majesty will not punish others for this. ”

Chen Shigong also trembled and knelt down in front of Chongzhen and said: "The minister is also guilty, but I also ask Your Majesty to forgive these apprentices of the minister, and the participation in the dissection was all ordered by the minister to observe from the sidelines, not their original intention." ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly got up and stepped forward, picked up Chen Shigong, who had snow-white hair, and then said with a little reproach: "When I asked you to exchange Eastern and Western medicine, I didn't say that you couldn't learn this anatomy.

It's just that the autopsy of the corpse is still very few people in my Ming Dynasty who can accept it. I was also a little negligent in arranging a place for you to study medicine, which is why this situation is happening today.

First of all, I thought that for the purpose of curing diseases and saving people, it was not witchcraft to understand the secrets of the human body by dissecting corpses. ”

The emperor's affirmation finally reassured Deng Yuhan and Chen Shigong. Although Chongzhen had just come out of the bread to shield them and forced Liu Yingzheng to commit perjury, they were still worried about whether Chongzhen would reject anatomy because of this matter.

Deng Yuhan was worried that Chongzhen regarded anatomy as an evil art, and thus Catholicism as a cult, so he really became a Jesuit sinner.

Chen Shigong was not worried about himself, but worried that his group of apprentices were different from the assistants and apprentices that Deng Yuhan had just recruited, and several of his apprentices had followed him for many years, like father and son.

“… However, in order to prevent the people of the capital, the court has a lot of discussions. Until the Ming Dynasty has accepted the practice of learning medicine through the dissection of corpses, you should not preach it openly.

As a court yamen, this hospital is also in the central government office, and if it causes criticism, I will not be able to speak for you. Therefore, dissection experiments must not be conducted here in the future. I thought..."

Zhu Youzhen paused for a long time, thinking about where the place was more remote and suitable. Deng Yuhan couldn't help but interject and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the vicinity of the elephant house in Xuanwu Gate is relatively secluded, and there are not many people living near Zuo, which is very suitable for establishing a medical school." ”

"Xiangfang, close to the Xuanwu Gate and Guangning Gate that transport corpses out of the city, it is a place that will not arouse suspicion." Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but think.

He nodded at Deng Yuhan and said, "Then borrow a few vacant rooms from the elephant house for the time being, and then find a place nearby to build a medical school and hospital in the next year."

However, I hope that in the future, for students who have not done a good job of dedicating themselves to medicine and saving the world's sickness, they should not be forced to learn this anatomy, so as not to cause trouble again. ”

Deng Yuhan and Chen Shigong immediately nodded to Chongzhen, and they were a little scared after today's incident.

In particular, Deng Yuhan, the autopsy of corpses is also regarded as a devil's act in Europe, and if the matter gets big and is learned by the Holy See, he will also be expelled from the church.

Zhu Youzhen paused for a moment before carefully considering and said: "There is another thing, when you are dissecting, it is best to draw a human anatomy map, first let beginners simply understand the organs of the human body through drawings, and then let them participate in the autopsy, which can also eliminate some people with improper minds."

As for the corpses used for autopsy, I will arrange for the Jinyi Guard to bring you the corpses of death row prisoners, so you don't have to risk stealing the corpses anymore. ”

Deng Yuhan and Chen Shigong naturally had no opinion on this, and Chen Shigong's mood was obviously much more relaxed. Compared with Deng Yuhan, who is almost a Frankenstein, stealing corpses for autopsy puts more mental pressure on Chen Shigong, who is deeply educated in Confucian ethics and morality.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youzhen said seriously: "In addition, I hope to make a few agreements with you, I hope you can do it."

1. Before the autopsy, it is necessary to introduce the name of the corpse and the cause of death to the person participating in the autopsy, and the person participating in the autopsy should express their gratitude for contributing their body to medical research;

2. After the autopsy is completed, try to restore the body to its original state and suture the wound to ensure that he can leave with peace of mind, and also as a sign of respect for the deceased;

3. After the autopsy, all participants must take a bath, and all the clothes on their bodies must be changed, and the changed clothes must be steamed and disinfected. In particular, the place where the body is parked, the place where the body is washed, must be kept away from the drinking water well, because there are many invisible bacteria on the human body..."

"No, no, Your Majesty can see it." Deng Yuhan said with some excitement, and even interrupted Chongzhen's words in a hurry.

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Deng Yuhan with some doubts, Deng Yuhan gestured with his hands and said: "There is a student named Wu in the Tai Hospital, after hearing the interesting story of the telescope, he asked the minister for advice on how to make the telescope, and wanted to use this to find out what bacteria."

The minister did not know much about telescopes, so he introduced him to Father John Tong. As a result, this student can really magnify objects with grinding lenses, although he can't see bacteria or anything, but he can already magnify objects many times, and Chen believes that as long as he is given some time, he will definitely find a way to observe bacteria. ”

"Microscope?" A name suddenly appeared in Zhu Youzhen's mind. The microscope is an indispensable artifact for modern medicine. Importantly, it is also very useful in the analysis of steel, ore grade, and soil composition.

If the telescope is the eye of human beings to observe the macroscopic world, then the microscope is the key for human beings to open the door to the microscopic world.

At Zhu Youzhen's request, Deng Yuhan immediately asked the student to bring the utensils he had invented.

When Zhu Youzhen saw the student who came in, he was slightly stunned, it turned out to be the medical fanatic he met in the pharmacy.

Immediately, he turned his gaze to the instrument that Wu Youxing was holding carefully in his arms, and the appearance of this instrument was very different from the appearance of the microscope in his memory.

On a wooden support, four wooden brackets are erected. After putting down the utensils in front of Zhu Youzhen, Wu Youxing carefully took out a wooden box from his arms, and when he opened the wooden box, he could see that there were eight small squares inside, and a small piece of muslin was laid in each small square, and there were about 4 small squares with 4 lenses.

Zhu Youzhen watched with interest, Wu Youxing picked out two convex lenses and placed them on the first two wooden supports, picked up a candle and lit it and fixed it on the last wooden support, and then took the objects to be observed and put them on the third wooden support.

After adjusting for nearly a quarter of an hour, Wu Youxing asked Chongzhen to observe. After taking a brief look and confirming that it did have a magnifying effect, Zhu Youzhen began to observe the microscope itself.

Zhu Youzhen observed the lens for a long time before saying, "Isn't this made of glass?" ”

Wu Youxing suddenly nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." I've seen it with Father John Tong, and the glass-polished lenses, although they claim to be colorless, always have some variegation and bubbles.

These are some water essences collected by the minister when he traveled north and passed through Haizhou, Huai'an Prefecture, and originally planned to give them to relatives and friends when he returned to his hometown. However, after looking at the lenses polished by Father John Tang, he thought that maybe he could polish them with water spirit, so he tried them. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked through the lens again and estimated that the magnification was about 30-50.

The monomeric microscope prepared by Leeuwenhoek can reach nearly 300 times the existence, but now this microscope expert should not be famous, otherwise Jinnige, Tang Ruowang and others would not only present the telescope and the "telescope diagram".

After Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while, he praised Wu Youxing: "It is indeed a very good thing, I think that if you can continue to make a microscope with a larger magnification, you will definitely be able to use it to observe the existence of bacteria." ”

"Microscope? Showing tiny things, yes, that's a nice name. It's much better than the telescope that Xiaomin thought, thank you for the name. Wu Youxing thanked Chongzhen a little happily.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said nothing, and asked others to send paper, pen and ink, and he drew the general shape of the microscope of later generations according to his memory.

"I think that your microscope is too inconvenient to use, and it should be slightly modified..."In order to be able to make a suitable microscope, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but introduce to Wu Youxing, and the principle of microscope production in later generations has been raised.