Chapter 494: What is it like to swallow a mouthful of liquid nitrogen?
Five minutes ago, the Lord of Thunder's disciple, Archmage Baierbo, the disciple of the man who studied Yangyan Explosion, classmate Mike Wooster, just drank a glass of liquid nitrogen.
After Grete came up with the skill of "compressing air to liquefy it by refrigeration", a group of people under Archmage Baierbo started a project to study ultra-low temperature related spells. After a year or two, the results of the spells were not ignored for the time being.
There are many interesting by-products.
For example, when Grete came to see the teacher last time, he ate the liquid nitrogen ice cream they contributed. Well, I have to say that it has a delicate and soft texture, a rich milky flavor, and melts slower than ordinary ice cream, so it can be held in your hands.
Eat longer.
While eating, white smoke can be emitted from the nostrils, which is very interesting.
And classmate Mike Wooster, five minutes ago, was talking eloquently, spreading knowledge about liquid nitrogen to the new juniors and juniors:
"Don't look at how cold this thing is. It's very, very cold. In fact, if you drop it on your hands, you won't get frostbite at all! You won't get frostbite even if you don't use the mage armor! Come on, look at it."
He stretched out his palm flat and asked everyone to verify that the protection was not turned on, and a drop of it was actually dropped. In the awed eyes of the junior brothers and sisters, the drop of liquid nitrogen was suspended in the center of the palm, surrounded by white mist, like a dream.
After a while, the liquid nitrogen evaporated completely, and the palm of my hand became smooth and rosy. Sure enough, I was completely unscathed.
"Wow"
The young mages who came into contact with liquid nitrogen for the first time stretched their necks and exclaimed sincerely. Under the admiring eyes of the junior brothers and sisters, classmate Mike proudly held up his chest and became more and more excited:
"Do you know why? When the liquid nitrogen drips down, the bottom part of it also evaporates, forming an air cushion to isolate my hands from the cryogenic liquid. Not only does it not matter if I drop a drop, but it will not hurt if I take a small sip.
questionable!"
"Wow!"
"Is that true?"
"so smart!"
"Of course it's not that great anymore." Next to Mike, another older magician floated past and said smoothly:
"Taking a small sip will only make white gas come out of your mouth and nose, making you look like a smoking pig's head. It's so stupid, and it's not powerful at all."
"Who said that! I'll drink it right now and show it to you!"
Unconvinced, classmate Mike poured a glass of liquid nitrogen in front of everyone. Fortunately, it was just a sip from the smallest measuring cup. He swallowed it and licked the roof of his mouth with his tongue...
Two seconds later, he fell down and knew nothing.
Archmage Baierbo: "..."
Lord of Thunder: "..."
Gretel: "..."
Ignorant people are so fearless! Even if this cup of liquid nitrogen evaporates, how much heat will be absorbed from the human body? Do you know how many times the volume of liquid nitrogen will increase when it evaporates into gas?
After unit volume of liquid nitrogen is vaporized, the volume can expand 694 times!
1 ml becomes 0.7 liters!
Brother, how many milliliters did you drink? 10ml? 20ml? 30ml?
It won't exceed 100ml, right? Then I don't think there's any need to save it, I guess the person has already exploded...
"Have you hired a medical magician?" the Lord of Thunder asked with a stern face. Byerbo's face was ugly:
"Please, but it will take time to get here...Teacher, do you think you can" take out the liquid nitrogen from the air?
The Lord of Thunder looked subtle, and for a moment he didn't know where to start complaining. Is this how you study magic? Ah?
Although it is normal for a lawyer to commit suicide, drinking liquid nitrogen to death is too, emmm, I don’t know how to evaluate it. I took my research budget, used my laboratory, and took a sip of liquid nitrogen.
Drunk yourself?
Do you dare to be more outrageous?
They walked quickly as they talked, and soon arrived at the scene of the accident. Archmage Baierbo's laboratory is just downstairs from the Lord of Thunder's study, on the 375th floor of the Tower of Babel, Laboratory No. 8. Go all the way down the stairs.
Just a few minutes away.
As soon as the Lord of Thunder arrived, the disciples and grandsons of Archmage Baierbo, as well as other magicians who came to watch the excitement after hearing the news, dispersed like Moses parting in the sea. Grete followed behind him in a pretentious manner. When he saw the patient, he immediately gasped.
Mouth air conditioner:
Oh, what a big belly!
The entire abdomen is bulging upward! The degree of bulge is no different from that of a full-term pregnant woman!
Just because the stomach is extremely distended, I'm afraid it won't be able to reach this shape... Is the stomach perforated?
We need to expel exhaust quickly and have surgery!
"Teacher, shelter hut!"
He tugged at the back of the Thunder Lord from behind. Archmage Baierbo turned around and glanced at this junior fellow apprentice through the teacher with a complicated expression:
Although this young disciple of the teacher is said to be a good healer and has made many achievements, he is only level 5!
For a level 5 healer, how much can he heal with such a serious injury?
The Lord of Thunder did not question this. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding crowd, tables, chairs, experimental equipment, and everything that could be moved were pushed away in all directions, leaving an open space. He turned back and asked Gretel:
"You want the one with sterilization and temperature control?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Grete nodded quickly.
The Lord of Thunder snorted and waved his hand, and a small, square house rose up in the center of the laboratory. He told you not to work hard, to learn slowly, and not to focus on the plasticity department.
…
Look, to build an operating room now, I, the legendary legend, have to do it myself!
Two invisible servants appeared and helped Mike put the floating dish on the table and sent him directly to the operating room. Gretel followed the teacher and walked in. While observing the patient, he asked Brother Baierbo urgently:
"What level of magician is he?"
"Level seven."
"Level 7...Senior Brother, lend me some magic equipment to use, anything, it needs to be level 12 or above! Hurry!"
"What?"
"Let me see what's going on inside his body!"???
Archmage Baierbo was still confused, but the Lord of Thunder had already taken off his monocle and handed it over casually. The archmage exclaimed: "Teacher!"
This pair of monocles is a legendary level of magic equipment! He wanted to borrow it but couldn't touch it, so the junior brother said he needed it and just handed it over?
do not!
Teacher, please show me that monocle for a while, and I will give him a level 13 space bracelet instead! A level 15 magic wand will also work! It’s easy to discuss!
However, the monocle was already in Grete's hand. Without hesitation, Grete flew out several powerful magician hands, picked up Brother Mike and stood up straight. Another magician hand carried the monocle and flew to
Behind the patient, [Detection Magic] is turned on
Tsk, just as he thought, it was very serious free gas in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous emphysema in the neck. Gretel turned his head:
"It's best to do an operation immediately, open the abdominal cavity, release the gas, and then explore and treat it. I estimate that the stomach is most likely perforated. Now that the abdomen is opened, there is still time to heal it with treatment. You don't need to remove too much of the stomach. Brother, you can make the decision.
What?"
"cut!"
The Lord of Thunder answered without any doubt.
emmmm...okay.
In this world, magicians have much stronger control over their disciples than university tutors and academic affairs offices did in the past.
The Lord of Thunder said that even if the operation did not go well or even a medical accident occurred, the patient's family would not dare to do anything.
In a magician's laboratory, how many disciples are not killed or injured every year? Let alone doing experiments, even if you are an apprentice mage of the necromancy system, what if your mentor uses you for experiments?
Grete returned the monocle respectfully, then hung up the shadowless lamp, set up a spell barrier, changed into surgical clothes, and washed his hands. He waved away the barrier, and when he walked to the operating table, he was already looking straight ahead, and his full attention was on the patient.
On body:
scrub!
Prepare the skin!
disinfect!
Spread the towel!
"Didn't you say that you need to cut open the abdominal cavity to deflate it... Why are you still going through all this?"
Archmage Baierbo asked in a low voice. Gretel turned a deaf ear and did not even explain a word:
When the abdominal cavity is enlarged to this extent, the liquid nitrogen should have volatilized, and it has already evaporated into gas. The frostbite of the digestive tract will not be aggravated, and the stomach should have been perforated long ago. The laparotomy was performed five minutes earlier and five minutes later.
, the problem is not big.
However, the aseptic operation must be done well, otherwise, when you treat it later, you will have to spend treatment skills to sterilize...
Fortunately, all these preparatory tasks can be done by the hands of a mage. Thank God, you don't have to wash your hands again after spreading the towel.
Gretel finished the preliminary work, checked the surgical equipment, threw down a tranquilizer spell to anesthetize the patient, then threw away the electrocardiogram spell, connected the newly acquired invasive blood pressure monitor, and directly opened the abdomen:
Tsk, the mage's physique is indeed not as good as that of a warrior. A level 7 mage uses an ordinary scalpel to empower [demonized weapons]. When he cuts, it's like a hot knife going into butter, without any hindrance...
Grete took his time and made a midline incision, opening the abdomen layer by layer. Just as he was about to proceed to the next step, someone rushed in:
"I'm coming, I'm coming! I'm here to treat you! Hey, has it already started?"
"Mr. Novak." Grete greeted without looking back. The person who was pulled here was his acquaintance, Galen Novak, the 13th-level archmage from the conjuration school next door and the medical branch. Last time Aurora was poisoned by chlorine gas.
, he was also the one who rescued
Seeing that Gretel was already working, Archmage Novak stopped behind and did not go up to rush to work. He first saluted the Lord of Thunder, then nodded to Archmage Baierbo, and stuck out his head.
Wait and see the patient’s condition:
"Wow! My belly is so big! Grete, what are you doing?"
In the time it took to say these words, Gretel had already made a small incision in the patient's peritoneum and inserted a hollow vine. In an instant, high-speed airflow spurted out, and even made a sharp whistling sound.
"Are you deflating the gas? Why not just cut open the stomach and let all the gas come out at once?"
"If you release it all at once, something might happen... So much nitrogen will form pneumoperitoneum, and part of it will dissolve into the blood under high pressure..."
Gretel stood slightly back, observing the fluctuations of the electrocardiogram and invasive blood meter, and explained to Archmage Novak:
"If it is released all at once, the intra-abdominal air pressure drops too low, and part of the nitrogen dissolved in the blood will re-precipitate and form bubbles in the blood vessels. If this happens, it will be life-threatening in serious cases..."
Alas, although gastric perforation is troublesome, it will not kill anyone; air embolism can kill someone in a matter of minutes. It is the lesser of two evils, and you can only deflate slowly...
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Drinking liquid nitrogen is such a stupid thing, someone has really done it, more than one...
If it weren't for the power of modern medicine, I would have died a long time ago
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