Chapter 2442 "Sheep" and "Wolf" (3)

In ancient times, people regarded the process of snake shedding as a process of recovery and renewal, symbolizing the dual attributes of medicine, namely life and death, disease and health. People would extract parts with medicinal value from snake corpses, and they also knew that

Snake venom is fatal when it enters the blood, so snakes also represent the contradictory properties of medicine and poison that are difficult to define.

Since the Renaissance, dissection of corpses has been an issue that challenges legal and ethical red lines. In 1752, British legislation stipulated that all murderers should be dissected. This was considered an unpleasant and shameful punishment for death. In fact, as early as the Middle Ages

People felt that dissecting a corpse was an insult, but there were no rules at that time. The "Anatomy Theater" that became popular in Padua was considered more entertaining than teaching. Although corpses were still dissected there, people who wanted to study medicine often

Will go to England.

The gallows at Tyburn execution ground can execute 8 people at a time. Since Henry VIII, the Barber-Surgeons Association has been allocated 4, and later increased to 6, but it is still not enough, so the body robbery and corpse trafficking have become increasingly common.

Rampant. Corpse thieves often walk around cemeteries and funeral processions, aiming for targets and waiting for opportunities. They drag out the body on the second night of burial and then backfill it with soil.

After a whale dies, it will be decomposed by other creatures in the ocean, ensuring that nothing is wasted. Henry and Joannes had come into contact with these body-stealers when they were studying. As long as the body is not green or rotten, it is sold for 2 guineas 1

Crown, measured from feet to head, the first foot is 6 shillings, and every inch above is 9 pence. The more bizarre or unusual the corpse, the higher the price. Due to the excessive number of corpses, the living began to abuse them, and some people used skulls to make

Soap boxes and even dolls made from baby bones.

There are few young people who are not curious about these things. Many London surgeons have formed a club. First, they share information to prevent body snatchers from asking for exorbitant prices. The other is to exchange those "supernatural" stories, such as how many times a person died.

The queen suddenly sat up on the dissection table, kicked her legs, opened her eyes, etc. Of course, the doctors did not think that this was the work of the undead, but studied what caused these phenomena.

Joannes was still under control at first, but later he made a new discovery. Adult humans usually have two arteries in their arms, the radial artery and the ulnar artery, both branched off from the brachial artery, but infants have only one.

The root artery will disappear in most people after eight weeks of life and will be replaced by the radial artery and the ulnar artery, but some people will not disappear, so three arteries will be formed in his arm.

Joannes studied this phenomenon, and then somehow started studying blood, and then he came into contact with some "strange people."

Henry was sent home before Joannis completed his studies, but Belgium did not have the same medical environment as England, and the religious influence here was very strong. Fortunately, Joannes also returned to normal, and he seemed to be a very good person most of the time.

His uncle, Mrs. Langhenhofen, even let him stay with his nieces.

"I'm sorry..." Georgiana said sympathetically.

"You don't need to pay too much attention." Langhenhoven said calmly, "There is a hereditary disease in my family. My father has it, and there is also my little daughter. Joannes and I chose to solve this problem.

I studied medicine, but later I stopped pursuing medicine in order to inherit my family’s business. It seemed like it was destined.”

Just then, a policeman walked in.

"She refused to leave," the policeman said.

"What do you mean by refusing to leave?" Langhenhofen asked.

"She kept hugging the woman and screamed as soon as we got close to her."

Langhenhofen was stunned.

"Don't worry, she can stay here." Georgiana said calmly, "You can ask her questions when she calms down tomorrow."

"How about calling the Englishman?" the policeman said to Langhenhofen.

Langhenhofen cursed in Dutch.

Georgiana picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, pretending that she didn't understand what they were talking about.

"I'll leave two people here, and they will guard the door." Langhenhofen said, "We can't find out anything tonight. We'll come back tomorrow."

"Okay." Georgiana stood up, "I will let you know if she gets better tomorrow."

Then Georgiana personally sent Langhenhofen and the other police officers away.

"Send someone to keep an eye on that woman," Georgiana said to Mrs. Rushfoukov.

"Yes, ma'am," she agreed.

Then Georgiana went back to her room.

While climbing the stairs, she thought of Bentham, who classified scientific principles as utilitarian principles, and religious principles as ascetic principles. If the utilitarian principle can be implemented from beginning to end, it will be beneficial to mankind.

Yes, asceticism has never been and will never be carried out by any living being.

Everyone is dominated by desire and utilitarianism. Scientists should study human utilitarian nature and find its laws, instead of rejecting it and denying it like religious theologians do.

When something brings more happiness than pain to a person, he or she will tend to do it; otherwise, he or she will tend to avoid it. By observing a person's happiness and pain, we can accurately predict his behavior.

Able to regulate his behavior precisely through rewards and punishments.

For this reason, Bentham distinguished fourteen kinds of happiness, such as "pleasure of the senses", "pleasure of wealth" and "pleasure of skill". He also distinguished between "suffering of lack", "suffering of the senses" and "suffering of thorns".

Twelve kinds of pain, and based on this, seven standards of pain and happiness were made.

Tasting the forbidden fruit is joyful, but the consequences are long-lasting and painful. In this case, why do it?

That day on the canal, she should have chosen to resist to the death, but unfortunately she was not smart enough and far-sighted. She did not expect that the person who was like a brother a moment ago would become something else.

At that time she lost her magic and was just like an ordinary Muggle woman. But she also knew very well that she wanted to try a different one because she had only dated one person.

Vermeer did not take away Griet's virginity, although that was easy for him, as you can tell by looking at Griet's eyes in the painting. But if Vermeer had done that, it would have been difficult for Griet to marry, and

Even if she gets married, her husband will always be concerned about this matter in his heart. This was the case in that era.

In other words, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is stepping on that "red line". Once you cross it, there will be no turning back. This kind of temptation and invitation does not come from Mona Lisa's smile, but from a deeper level.

, as if touching the soul, if the eyes are really the windows to the soul.

There is a shining pearl at the junction of light and dark in the painting. It is like a warning, because it belongs to his wife. However, Vermeer's wife has given birth many times, and even if her figure is not out of shape, she is still the same as the innocent one, such as

The 16-year-old girl with fresh fruit is different.

There was always a girl in her memory who attended the ball wearing a pearl hairpin and a black cloak. Like Cinderella, she did not need to leave before the magic disappeared at 12 o'clock, nor did her parents set up a door control. She had to go back before that time.

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So why is she rushing back?

So Georgiana stopped climbing the stairs, then turned around and walked down the stairs, startling Mrs. Rushfoukov who was following her.

"Madam, where are you going?" she asked anxiously.

"Go for a ride!" Georgiana said without looking back, and then ran towards the stables.

Mrs. Rushfoukov did not dare to ask the guards to stop her, so Georgiana became even more proud.

However, the happiness of doing so is short-lived. She may encounter danger in the forest. What's more, the last time she escaped from surveillance, Bonaparte actually suspected that his assassination had something to do with her.

Therefore, she changed her mind midway and just wandered around the castle at night, just like those Hogwarts students who did not abide by school rules. Unfortunately, this castle was a bit smaller and not as full of secrets as Hogwarts...

…

"There is a garden outside, how about going there?"

She heard Mrs. Rashefoukov say behind her.

She stopped and looked out the window, and found that there was indeed a garden not far away, but this garden was not a French geometric garden. Perhaps to add "interest", it was designed into a maze.

The tall hedges have been built to look like a wall, but it's a pity that they won't move, after all, they were built by Muggles.
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