The next day, Sean was invited to visit the Royal Society of Science.
Here he will be formally registered as a Fellow of the Royal Scientific Society.
In the era when the Sauron Dynasty, the fifth empire of Europa, was founded, the development of science had reached an era that attracted attention. Traveling around the world was no longer a new thing. People's eyes not only expanded to space, but also came into contact with the microscopic world.
In addition to traditional astronomy, physics, chemistry and mathematics, emerging disciplines such as biology, medicine, electromagnetism, optics and so on have been established one after another.
Campbell established the "Natural Secret Research Society" in an era when theocracy still controlled people's thoughts. At that time, the scholars who participated in his small circle secretly discussed the movement of celestial bodies, animal anatomy and blood circulation. It was once called a witchcraft group by the church, and many
Members were executed.
Before the establishment of the Sauron dynasty in 1765, people could already study science openly. Of course, there were still taboos, such as human anatomy and propositions such as the origin of the world, which would still cause uproar.
The association is located on First Street at the foot of the White House, not far from Louis Avenue where important institutions such as the Executive Yuan, the House of Lords and the Military Command are located.
Inside its gate, a beautiful fountain is built taking advantage of the terrain difference outside the city. The shape of this fountain is that of a scholar doing experiments, and water spurts out from the beaker in his hand.
Next to the fountain, there is a Xia-style bronze vessel with an inscription on it, which is part of the imperial edict when the emperor accepted the advice of scholars and founded the Royal Scientific Association at the end of his reign:
The mission and purpose of the Royal Scientific Society is to promote knowledge about natural things, to engage in all useful arts, manufacturing, mechanical operations and experimental inventions, to examine and record all ancient and modern systems, theories, causes, hypotheses and experiments related to nature and mathematics.
, thus forming a complete and rigorous philosophical system to solve all phenomena and causes caused by nature or technology.
From this edict, we can see that the founding emperor not only attached great importance to basic scientific theories, but also attached great importance to practical inventions and creations. For those in power, the latter is often more important because they can have tangible and direct results.
Benefit.
However, as His Highness the Second Prince said, this association is of a retreat nature. If nothing happens, it will hold a meeting every year, have a meal, and publish a journal. Of course, members also often hold small circle gatherings to discuss the latest results.
Being able to join this association is a kind of recognition and reward from the court to the members. After all, the generous annuity of 1,000 gold louis every year is equivalent to picking up for free.
The court pays half of the 1,000-year gold, and the other half comes from the royal family. There are about two hundred members, and the royal family has to pay 100,000 every year.
Because both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance believe that these most knowledgeable people will help make the crown more brilliant and dazzling, especially in times of financial difficulties, the royal family, as the largest landowner in the country, should share the burden for the country.
Sean was actually quite surprised that he could become a member of the Association for Science and Technology.
Because he underestimated the sensational effect it caused, and also underestimated the direct benefits brought by Kang's sterilization method, which was also a very strong financial support for the imperial court.
This is not only a major invention that can directly bring benefits, but also attracts more scholars to become interested in microorganisms, which is also of great significance in scientific theory.
No matter what scholars say about Sean's educational experience, he did achieve what others failed to do - the retort experiment itself was an excellent design, and it proved that others had been infinitely close to the truth.
Today's ceremony was presided over by the respected President of Holy City University Robert Palmer, and was attended by some members of the Holy City and representatives of the Executive Yuan, including His Royal Highness the Second Prince Philip, who is both the titular president and himself
Also represents the royal family, one of the investors.
Naturalist Babia Dubi is also a member, but he did not come today. It is said that he is ill and unable to attend.
As we all know, Professor Dolby is in a very awkward position in the entire wine incident. He is very high-profile and perfectly sets off Sean's genius contribution.
But there is no denying Professor Dolby's significant contributions in the past. He discovered several plants that were effective against dysentery, thus saving many people's lives.
Another example is President Palmer, who discovered several chemical elements and founded organic chemistry. However, one of his most praised contributions was the accidental synthesis of urea, which broke the barrier between inorganic and organic matter. As for his
I accidentally became a researcher of Xia Guo characters, it was just a hobby.
Sean was terrified to be in the same room with these people.
When it was his turn to speak, he humbly said that he was only standing on the shoulders of giants, so he could see further. Without previous research and chance, he would not have been able to come into contact with the truth.
Furthermore, Sean solemnly stated that he would study hard in the future and hoped that seniors would give you more advice.
Sean's low profile was very helpful to these people. He was not as complacent as they imagined. He was still a young man who knew how to respect his seniors.
At the same time, his decent speech reminded them of his adoptive father, a priest who was said to be from a run-down noble family. If they thought more darkly, he might be the illegitimate son of a priest - such dark and immoral things often happened.
In this world and era, the nobility and the church have a monopoly on education.
But if he was a farmer's son, it would be difficult for Sean to even recognize the words, let alone say something decent and impeccable on this important occasion.
After a passionate speech, the second prince pinned a gold badge on Sean's left chest. The face of the sage Campbell was engraved on the front of the badge, and the name and date of the recipient were engraved on the back:
"Congratulations, Member Sean Connery."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The guests gave either polite or warm applause.
Next, as usual, a buffet-style banquet was held. All the guests tasted the delicious food while listening to the musicians' performances. During the period, the guests divided into several small circles to discuss topics of interest to them.
Principal Palmer enthusiastically introduced each scholar to Sean, including their achievements.
These scholars are all the most knowledgeable people in the empire in their respective fields. However, Sean did not develop in the natural sciences in the future as Principal Palmer thought. He just benefited from the glory of his previous life.
He kept a subtle smile, behaved appropriately and politely, and even though he did not understand what others were saying, he did not show any impatience at all. It is said that this is a standard feature when communicating with nobles and upper-class society. This makes those who want to see him like this
Country boy jokes surprise people.
On the other side, medical expert Professor Victor Bernal was arguing with someone. His neck turned red with excitement, and his voice was too loud, which attracted the attention of Xiao Si and others.
He was a physiologist and a brilliant surgeon. He invented anesthesia and used it in surgery. He also performed the first surgical operation to remove the appendix in human history.
In the process of practicing medicine, he first used carbolic acid as an antiseptic, and then he realized that cleaning might be an effective antiseptic method, until Sean's Conger sterilization method appeared.
"Come on, Victor, I admit that your anesthetic is somewhat effective, but that's all. The use of chloroform (chloroform) for anesthesia is a great discovery, but the substance itself is highly toxic and very unstable. Don't you
I don’t remember you ever almost killing your own patient!”
"But I have also saved many people. For example, last month a little guy had a rotten leg from his calf to his thigh. If he hadn't had his leg amputated, he would have died." Bernal argued, "And God testifies, I have never harmed anyone.
As a normal person, all my surgeries, including experiments, comply with legal and civilized norms, and at least three people will be present at the scene."
"But I heard that your operation was extremely dangerous. The little guy almost lost all the blood in his body. His family came to you because no doctor was willing to take over. Can you only save patients who are about to see God?
?" someone said sarcastically.
"Haha, Bernal only saves people who are destined to die!" Several people laughed.
Bernal blushed. Seeing that he was really frustrated, Sean suddenly said:
"Why not give the patient a blood transfusion?"
"Blood transfusion, where does the blood come from?" Bernal replied indifferently.
"Of course human blood should be transfused, such as voluntary donors." Sean said.
At this time, there were many people around, including the second prince.
The second prince said with reproach and surprise:
"Sean, you know what you're talking about?"
Everyone looked like they had seen something terrible. In the Campbell era 800 years ago, some people also studied human blood circulation and conducted experiments, and "killed" many people. Of course, they were all "heresies."
Moreover, quite a few people in history believed that old people would be rejuvenated if they exchanged the blood of young and healthy people. Indeed, some famous people did this. They all wanted to stay young and wealthy forever, but in the end they both died, including
Your Majesty the Pope - of course this will not be recorded in public documents.
This involves challenging the ethical and moral bottom line of human civilization. In the past, large-scale dissection of animals, let alone humans, would have been considered an act of wizards.
"Young people, don't be blind to the sky just because you have made a major discovery. The minimum bottom line of civilization is what our civilized world needs to stick to." Someone sarcastically said on the spot, "If we could go back eight hundred years, you would be burned to death in public.
of."
Sean realized he was getting ahead of himself:
"Professor Bernal, I don't know that you have never experimented with blood transfusions on animals, such as dogs giving blood to dogs."
"There are records in the literature that some people have done this before, but the success rate is negligible. I haven't even thought about it."
Bernal replied categorically. Obviously he had thought about this before, so his words can be understood as because he saw his predecessors doing it, so he wanted to do it, but he was timid.
"As I said before, make bold assumptions and verify carefully." Sean looked around, "Let's use dogs for experiments. Your Highness, does this not harm ethics and morality?"
"That's not true, but it shouldn't be too much." The second prince replied cautiously, "You know, there were gangs who killed black dogs in large numbers to sacrifice to their so-called gods to confuse people's hearts."
"Then we should think about why the failure rate of blood transfusion between dogs and dogs is so high? On the other hand, why is it successful? Don't you deny it? Then, what is the reason for failure? What is the reason for success? The reason for failure
Is it the same as the reason for success? What are the inherent laws in this? Isn’t science just about finding out the laws?"
Sean's string of questions made everyone have to think, yes, after all, there is a successful precedent.
"What's your judgment?" Bernal looked excited.
"Blood type!" Sean said.
"Blood type? You mean that different people have different blood types, including animals. If the blood types are different, accidents will occur?" Bernal's reaction was very quick.
"No, no, I'm just providing an idea, which requires you to prove this or deny it through experiments. Find out how to classify the blood types of different people, um, different dogs. I'm not sure, maybe it's just my guess.
…”
"I understand! Thank you, thank you, Mr. Connelly!"
Bernal screamed "miserably", turned around and ran away, leaving the scene in a flash.
The onlookers looked at each other in confusion. Although most of them found it unbelievable, when they thought about it carefully, they felt that this was extremely possible.
There are also scholars and doctors who are engaged in related research, and secretly decide to go back and do related research themselves, maybe they will make important discoveries before Bernard.
Facing the gazes and surprises of the second prince, Palmer and others, Sean said:
"I saw too much bloodshed and death on the battlefield. Most people would not die on the spot unless they were hit in the head or heart. They were lying in a pool of blood, and the military doctors and we were helpless and could only watch helplessly.
They groaned, struggled, and slowly drained their blood to death.
At that time, I could not wait to transfuse my own blood into their bodies so that they could survive and then charge against the enemy with me to defend the empire. At that time, I was thinking, if people interact with each other,
If the blood transfusion can be successful, how many people will survive?"
This explanation is very reasonable, compassionate, and extremely humane.
Sean tried hard to squeeze out some tears, but unfortunately he was not good at this, but he succeeded in making the second prince deeply moved:
"Salute to the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the Empire!"