Krafft's Notes on Anomalies

With a sense of familiarity, Kraft continued to scroll down. Next are some content suitable for classification into the fantasy and fantasy areas.

White liquid is considered in the book to be a viscous and cold liquid that exists in the patient's brain and spinal cord. It has calming and stable qualities and is the basis for the birth of thinking. Therefore, once the white fluid is violated, people will show obvious mental changes.

It can range from drowsiness and lethargy to talking nonsense and being unable to control one's activities. When the white fluid is exhausted, it enters the final stage, and the person will become comatose and unable to maintain even a minimum level of consciousness.

Considering that white liquor is a cold liquid, it follows that high heat damages white liquor and continually consumes it. To regain the patient's consciousness, various methods must be used to lower the temperature and promote the production of white fluid.

At the same time, because it was found that the white liquid of some patients with high fever and confusion would turn yellow and turbid, the author believed that high fever caused the white liquid to turn into yellow liquid, thus reducing the amount of white liquid.

As for why it changed to yellow liquid, it is because yellow liquid is a warm and dry liquid. It is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It is the representative of neutral energy in the human body.

This liquid is considered to be related to digestion ability. Food is dissociated and absorbed in the warm yellow liquid, providing people with the energy necessary to survive.

In addition, the attentive author observed a phenomenon. Some patients showed symptoms of rough and yellow skin and yellowish whites of the eyes. According to traditional theory, this was caused by excessive yellow fluid in the body. However, such patients will have symptoms of malnutrition and edema, as well as anorexia, abdominal distension, and diarrhea after eating greasy food. This is completely in conflict with the theory.

It seems somewhat right, but not entirely right. Kraft started scratching his head. He had put the pen and paper beside him for a while, but he still hadn't memorized a single word.

Remember it, it feels like a waste of paper; don’t remember it, it’s a bit uncomfortable.

I have to say that although this ancient theory is full of flaws, it is actually quite easy to remember because of its simple correlation method. As long as no one uses this thing to treat him, he can enjoy it.

Finally, looking at black liquid, it is also something that Kraft cannot find a corresponding existence at all. It is a heavy liquid that acts as a suppressor in the body, as opposed to various active properties.

When there is too much black liquid, people will show depression and depression. People who are born with a large proportion of black liquid are generally calm and restrained, and appear a little indifferent. Such people often do not live long.

After gradually losing their properties, all liquids transform into black liquid, just like everything will eventually die. If the black liquid reaches a certain limit, the balance will be completely destroyed, the human body will irreversibly slide towards death, and all physiological activities will be terminated.

This is also considered to be the mechanism of death, that is, everything moves quickly or slowly into the inert and unchanging side, until the part of the black liquid breaks through the critical point and brings an end to everything.

Based on the different properties of these liquids, of course, a more classic link has been reached - the author corresponds the four liquids with the four basic elements based on the concept that human beings are the core of the world.

Active red fluid corresponds to fire, that is, change and intense heat.

White liquid corresponds to water, constantly running but following a fixed path.

Yellow liquid is consistent with airflow and wind, and both are neutral and balanced mild components.

The black liquid corresponds to the thick earth, where everything that moves will fall asleep and return to stillness from motion.

In this way, a system is built, and the remaining content is about the derivation and demonstration between diseases and changes in the four liquids.

"Forget it, let's read the next one." Kraft closed the book and put it aside. He seemed to have found the theoretical basis for bloodletting. Perhaps the balance of body fluids has been disrupted, so we adjust the balance by opening holes in different places and releasing some? Mixed with some ideas about letting go of stale blood and expelling harmful factors, it has become the most popular treatment method at present.

With a headache, Kraft pulled out the next book.

This is a book called "The Structure of the Human Body". Judging from the name, it may be similar to "Systematic Anatomy", but the church does not allow touching corpses, and the mainstream of society never approves the act of cutting open the body to observe the structure. All such acts shall be sent to the stake.

So, the author of this book is either speculative, or he is a thorn in the side of the Inquisition, and the gangsters who rob the road are timid compared to him.

But again, in a place like Wendeng Port, it would be great if the church people could clean up the bird droppings in St. Simon's Square. For so many years, not to mention burning at the stake, not a single torch has been lit in the square. As long as the author is not dissecting in the street, no one will probably care.

The opening chapter does not go straight to the point, but symbolically expresses that this book is based on the author’s own experience in medical practice after studying and comparing a large number of previous works, and uses it to save what the gods have given. There is no disrespect to the body of the deceased.

As for what works he referred to and what medical experience gave him this understanding, the author said:

It's been so long that I've forgotten it.

Sure enough, as soon as you turn to the first picture, you will know that any disclaimer is always a lie. Although it is not as detailed as the anatomical diagrams formed after great development, this full-body diagram, which is half bones and half attached muscles, still basically completely explains the human body's movement system, and even thoughtfully separates the abdominal muscles from the outside to the inside of the abdomen. , painted like it is opened in layers. The internal intercostal muscles and external intercostal muscles distributed between the ribs have clear textures.

After flipping through the book rather haphazardly, Kraft discovered that this should be the first volume. It mainly talks about how bones and muscles constitute the human body's movement system. It describes each part with corresponding pictures and analyzes the movements and movements made by people. relationship between muscle contractions.

The person who drew the original illustrations must have worked hard and should have watched the dissection at the scene. It may even be the author himself who was sketching while dissecting. There were special emphasis marks and additional notes on the attachment points of the muscles to prevent them from being transcribed. The process was misunderstood by the transcriber.

In this copied manuscript of unknown edition in Kraft's hands, the author's original intention is still accurately expressed. Actions and corresponding muscle group movements are mapped one-to-one, so even beginners can understand the crux of movement disorders.

The third book, of course, is the second volume of "Human Structure", which tells the morphological distribution of internal organs and blood vessels.

The author implicitly hints that he has structurally confirmed part of the correctness of the Four Liquids theory in a quite credible way. As for the method, it was once again omitted.

In short, he recognized the existence of clear white fluid in the brain and spinal cord, and also confirmed that yellow fluid originated from the liver, was stored in the gallbladder, and had a path to the intestines. It's just that the black liquid has not been discovered by him for the time being.

With this foundation, the pioneer believed that the traditional theory was reasonable, and at least confirmed its reliability to a certain extent.

In addition, after analyzing blood vessels, he innovatively proposed a new idea, that is, red liquid can actually be divided into two types, two types flowing in different blood vessels.

One has a tougher and thicker wall, while the other has a weaker wall and a larger lumen, which translates to arteries and veins. But here his thoughts went off the rails again.

Because the blood vessels of the separate abdominal organs all converge into the liver, he believed that the liver may be the governing organ of the venous system, and the arteries belong to the heart, leading to the view that the two organs jointly control red fluid.

The final chapter of the book returns to Black Liquid. Since the above-mentioned things do exist and can be compared with the four-liquid theory, the author thinks that there may be some shortcomings in his own work, so he did not add this last link.

It may also be that the theory of the Four Liquids has been circulating for too long, and has long been different from the original in repeated transcriptions, and the deviations have been continuously amplified, making it difficult for future generations to understand. In the theory of four liquids, there is more than one contradiction such as excessive yellow liquid causing anorexia in patients, which shows that his guess is not unreasonable.

Black liquid may be a special existence among them. "Black" is used only for naming, but does not actually refer to the color. In other words, it is simply the embodiment of the concept of stillness and inhibition. It is not a specific substance, but he has not yet realized what it is and needs more in-depth research to find out the answer.

The two volumes of "Human Structure" come to an abrupt end, and a mark different from that of Wendeng Gang Medical College is left at the end. When the makers of manuscripts copied and copied various works, they would definitely leave such marks indicating the author's identity out of respect for the author.

It is not difficult for a careful learner to see that it is a fifth cervical vertebra showing a strange smile. In the conical hole that looks like a grinning mouth, there is a scrawled signature of the author, which is unknown whether it is true or not: Edward.