118 Student 2 (1/2)

Alcohol.

Alcohol was precious in Joseon.

Think of this.

They do not have enough rice to eat and they would make a drink with it?

Therefore, there have been many prohibitions on alcohol in the history of Joseon.

However, there was one exception. It was used for rituals.

As Joseon was a Confucian country, it could not prohibit alcohol for ancestral rites.

Therefore, many n.o.ble families make alcohol more than what they need and kept it in the warehouse.

Some of it was sold in the market and rich people like Ganghyuk could buy and enjoy it.

As it was made for the ancestral rites, it had to be least of good quality.

Dongpa used the alcohol and created a kind of museum there.

”Heo. You asked me to use the alcohol for this?”

”Yes, sir. I read that alcohol was used for the preservation of dead bodies in an old book. I'm sorry for using up since it is very expensive.”

”No, no, you did it very well. Thank you.”

Ganghyuk looked around the works that Dongpa made.

The bowls with large openings were full of alcohol and there were organs in them.

Since he did not have good knowledge on organs due to the absence of anatomic knowledge, the cla.s.sification was not good and we could not say that a bowl kept a kind of organ in it.

'As he performed this treatment on the old bodies only… It is good. The bodies are kept well because he removed organs.'

The bodies at the early stage were stored there for more than 5 days.

If he had left them untreated, they would probably become a home of insects.

However, this warehouse looked okay considering the days of storage and it was all because of Dongpa's treatment.

Ganghyuk smiled and wore gloves.

He was very pleased to see his follower doing the job properly without his detailed instruction.

Although Ganghyuk enjoyed the situation, the sight made others frightened.

Ganghyuk walked among the corpses while smiling.

”Eu.”

Heo Jun turned his head away because of the dreadful sight.

It was because Ganghyuk took out an organ from the celadon.

Because it was left in the alcohol without blood for a long time, it significantly shrunk in size.

It was hard to guess the original figure.

However, Ganghyuk knew what it was and he placed it on the table in the middle of the room.

”This is a stomach. Dongpa, come here.”

”Yes, sir.”

”As a matter of fact, a stomach is from here to here. Since Dongpa was not familiar with anatomy, he cut a part of intestine and spleen together.”

”Sorry, sir.”

”No, it gives me a better opportunity to explain the organs.”

It seemed that they had been in good terms with each other for more than 10 years.

n.o.body could imagine that they were enemies a few days ago.

Ganghyuk was mainly despised and ignored while Dongpa made a fuss.

”Well, come here and touch it with your gloves on.”

”Touch it?”

Dolseok asked him with a fearful face, although he had a strong stomach compared to others.

Naturally, Ganghyuk did not consider Dolseok's thoughts.

He took Dolseok's hand and forced him to touch it.

”Ooops.”

”Why are you so surprised? You have to cut the chest and abdomen by yourself and take the organs out.”

”Hugh.”

”Anyway, did you feel the difference between the stomach and intestine?”

”Eo.”

Dolseok tried to feel the difference although he was embarra.s.sed.

Then he tried to answer.

”Ah, the stomach is very thick, while the intestine is thin.”

”Yes, you are talented.”

”Hehe. Thank you sir.”

”You just touched your head with the hand that touched it.”

”Uek.”

Ganghyuk started his lecture as he left him vomiting.

He started from the stomach and then went to the colon, r.e.c.t.u.m, spleen, liver, and kidney.

The organs that Dongpa took out without order became arranged clearly.

The people were out of shock at this stage.

Makbong who had vomited a lot could stand beside Dolseok with a fragile face.

They were not in good terms before but now they held hands together and depended on each other.

Thus Ganghyuk decided to go further.

'Okay. Now we will practice.'

They had 8 bodies with perfect condition.

Adding the ones with all the limbs but without organs, they had more than 10 bodies in the warehouse.

The people who should do autopsy were eight including Ganghyuk. So they had more bodies than students.

Perhaps no medical school in Korea can give such a good opportunity to its students.

'Is it the will of the Heavens?'

Ganghyuk looked up at the sky and opened his mouth.

”Okay. Get closer to the body.”

”Eo… yes…”

They moved according to his instructions.

Even Dolseok did not complain and followed his instructions.

Ganghyuk showed the authority of a professor.

'The best thing is to teach them with the same curriculum.'

But it will take forever.

If they knew where the muscle started and where it should go and how they would move, it would be better.

But it will take time and the body will rot soon.

'It will take only 5 to 6 days for it to become rotten.'

The good thing was that the weather became cooler.

If it was a summer day, they would rot quicker and then they had to burn the whole warehouse.

'Okay, leave the other things later. I will teach through operation. Yeoju is drawing everything so I will have another chance to teach other things.'

Thus Ganghyuk decided to teach them using Spartan style according to his convenience.

'Anyways, what they will do is appendix surgery and treat fractures. They will not do brain surgery or heart surgery. Maybe they can treat traumas… There are too many things to teach anyway.'

Ganghyuk looked up after summarizing the things he would teach.