[Titanic] Harbor

The school Mr. Dalton chose for Erica was located in a small town near London.When she first heard the name, Erica thought she was lucky enough to study at the world-renowned Cambridge University.

But the truth is harsh.Erica's exact place of study is actually a university next to Cambridge, which is not well-known, and there is still a constant distance between it and Cambridge.

The students here have always been shrouded in the aura of Cambridge people. They can't hold their chests up when they walk outside, and they look a little pitiful.

This is also understandable. After all, in this era of medicine, only those who can endure loneliness will study.Too many incurable diseases make people retain a sense of awe of God. The poor are more willing to go to church than to pay expensive medical expenses and let doctors treat them. In the final analysis, people lack enough confidence in doctors.

This is why, when Erica proposed to study medicine, Mr. Dalton accepted her request so easily.

It was all because he didn't know the difference between medicine and nursing.

The former requires dissection to understand the structure of the human body, while the latter pays more attention to how to take good care of patients.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the university.Mr. Dalton didn't force Erica to come home every day.He generously bought Erica a small house near the university and hired two servants.

This university is not big, and there are two historic buildings inside. The mottled traces make this school look full of age.Of these two houses, only one is used for teaching, and the other is a library.

There is a large open space in front of the building, and there is a lawn on the open space. In this season, the green grass can bring people a good mood, and some people sit on the lawn to read and bask in the sun.

Erica carried her schoolbag and walked into the teaching building.Her father had cleared most of the checkpoints for her study, so the only thing she needed to do was report.

Erica walked all the way from the outside, and only saw a few girls.Even in this relatively relaxed environment, there are still a small number of girls who choose to study.Therefore, she also has reasons to believe that there will be even fewer women in medicine.

"You are Miss Erica Dalton, aren't you?" Before Erica found the teaching office, someone stopped her.This school is really small, and the teachers basically know their students.

Erica turned her head and saw an old man with white hair. His appearance fit all Erica's definitions of a scholar, with white hair and wise eyes.It's just that Erica met a boss named Tom before, which made her keep a little bit of herself for those old men who looked benevolent.

She nodded, "I'm here to report."

"Ah... let's talk about this," the old man took Erica into an office. The offices here are not locked, which can also reflect the basic trust between people.

Erica thought so at first, but she soon discovered that it was all her own overthinking. The interior furnishings in the room looked dilapidated, and even thieves would not patronize it.

"The conditions are relatively difficult, but the students who go out here are all outstanding." Seeing Erica's expression, the old man patiently explained to her: "Are you sure you want to study medicine? To be honest, this is not suitable for you." Ms. study."

"I know exactly what kind of challenges medicine will face, but I have always yearned for medicine. I am sure that what I yearn for is to be a doctor who saves lives, not a nurse."

The old man opened his mouth, seeing the female student's resolute appearance, he didn't say anything more.He walked to his desk and pulled out a drawer from what looked like a precarious desk. "I am the principal of the school. First of all, thank you for your father's generous donation. The funds he donated are placed in the medical facility. The update is up, the conditions here are quite difficult..."

"Knowledge is the most precious wealth, and I completely understand your thoughts." Erica nodded and began to fill in her identity information on the document handed over by the principal.

"Erica, I think I can call you that. I'm curious how a lady like you suddenly thinks of studying medicine. As far as I know, you went to a very good private school, and you are also a high school student. graduated from there."

Erica had thought about this question a long time ago.After the crucial event, Ruth is a good way to block the gun. "I experienced the Titanic incident more than a month ago."

"It's such a pity..."

"When I was on the ship, I once met a noble lady who graduated from college. I saw a lot of qualities from her that I didn't have." Erica finished talking about Ruth's question, and combined herself to win sympathy Value: "And I have also encountered some unpleasant things recently. I may have a blank period of several years in the future, so I want to do something meaningful."

These things are well known, and Erica said it now, that is, to make an official statement.

While listening to Erica's explanation, the principal had already given her a book list, "As a freshman in our college, you missed my opening speech. So I want to tell you a few key things. "

"Doctor is a very noble profession. Engaging in this profession is destined to overcome a series of difficulties. The development of medicine lies in continuous exploration, and more important than this is compassion."

In an era when penicillin had not yet been discovered, what exactly doctors needed to learn in class was always a mystery to laymen.

Erica was fortunate enough to witness this answer on her first day of class.

In fact, it was similar to what she thought. Her first class was an anatomy class.

The teaching here is relatively humanized, combining theory and practice.After you take a theoretical class, the next class will correspond to the content of this course.

As a doctor, if you want to find out the cause of the disease and treat it effectively, you should first understand the structure of the normal human body. Anatomy is the subject of understanding the structure of the normal human body. The sketch that Erica learned before is also the same.

Although so many years have passed, she can only vaguely remember a little knowledge about human body sketches, but those also encourage painters to complete a painting according to the structure and bones of the human body.

The reason is simple, and the class environment is not so eerie.

On the first floor of an ancient building, there is natural light, bright sunshine in the afternoon, and a young and humorous teacher.If it weren't for the pitiful number of classrooms here, Erica would even think that she was in a cooking class.

——The dissected material is rabbit.

After the experiment, these 'corpses' will be sent to the school cafeteria to improve the meals for the students.

It was a little late for Erica to arrive.She walked into the classroom quietly through the back door, and then sat in the last row.

The classrooms are not big. In addition to good lighting, the floor height is relatively high, which is conducive to echo.When the teacher is lecturing, he will not be very strenuous.

But the classroom is not big, which means that the students will fill the professor's seat.She walked to the only vacant seat.

There is only one person in this classroom and it is a bye.

"I'm a new student, Erica Dalton. I hope I haven't disturbed you." Erica took advantage of the gap between the teacher's words and greeted the people around her.

Since she missed the theory class, this class was just a soy sauce and onlookers for her.

Two students in a group, holding a scalpel, carefully dissected the rabbit, which really gave people an inexplicable contrast.

——This counts as a hundred ways to kill a rabbit?

Erica's deskmate nodded inconspicuously.His hair is very long, covering most of his face.The clothes are also very worn out, so dirty that the original color cannot be seen. "Charles Hawke."

The new classmates were unwilling to talk to her.Erica didn't say anything more.Turned to observe the technique of the same table.

Nuanced.Erica just watched Charles cut it open... Wait, this doesn't seem to be a rabbit?

When she first saw the gray, Erica thought it was just a small rabbit, but when she looked closer, she realized it should be a big mouse.

Regardless of the type of animal, Charles's technique is as delicate as an art performance.The scalpel cut open the epidermis of the mouse precisely, then divided the muscles and opened the abdominal cavity.

Erica stood on the side, unconsciously holding her breath.From the perspective of size, the difficulty of dissecting a mouse should be much more difficult than that of a rabbit.

Charles pinpointed a nerve and separated it.

The amount of blood loss during the whole process was extremely small, and there was no situation on other tables that directly led to the death of dissected animals.

Of course, after a complete dissection, the animals still had to die.

For extra meals, this mouse should not be counted.

Erica stroked her chin.Except for the principal, no one here knows her family background.She is just an ordinary girl born in a middle-class family, and she just has some unusual interests in medicine.

The original body is now ten years old, and it is not too late to study for another three years, and it won't be long before World War I will break out.

War is the easiest thing to blur the concept of class.By that time, the students here should have reached the age where they can go to the battlefield to do field medical treatment.

If the operation is good, some of her classmates are likely to stand out from the crowd.I got to know these people during my school days and established a good relationship with them. The friendship during the student days was always the purest. These people will be the contacts that Erica can control in the future.Do not underestimate the power of the alumni association.

"After class, tidy up your dissecting table. Erica and Charles stay here." The anatomy teacher got a notice from the principal early in the morning. Regarding this rich lady, the teachers discussed among themselves, I think it is better to offer it.

"The rest of the class has already formed a team. I think if you don't have any objections, I will arrange you two in a group, and it will always be like this in class from now on." The teacher is a young man, wearing a long trench coat, with hair He has brown hair, but what attracts the most attention is his bun face.

"I think Charles' technique is very good and I'd love to learn from him."

Charles was silent for a while, "I have no objection."

"That's really appropriate. Ms. Erica, I think you need to have a better understanding of the campus environment." The teacher's words are a bit straightforward, and the campus environment is probably so relaxed. If I wanted to talk to Charles alone, Erica wisely stopped.

She nodded understandingly. "I happened to be a little curious about the library here, so I left first. Goodbye, teacher."

Two people in the classroom watched Erica leave.

After a while, the teacher spoke. "Charles, the appearance of Miss Dalton is a great opportunity for you."

Charles didn't speak.

"Erica Dalton's family is very rich, and her fiancé just divorced, you should seize this opportunity..."

"I hope that everything I get is based on my own strength."

Charles has been unable to pay off the tuition fees here. Although the school looks dilapidated, the tuition fees are not cheap in terms of location and teaching level.Plus the cost of materials for those anatomy classes...Charles' family background made it impossible for him to dissect rabbits like his classmates, so he always dissected the mice he caught in the corner.

"I didn't ask you to do that kind of thing." The teacher said with a bit of hatred: "Even if people get divorced, they won't find a partner in our school. But as long as you become friends, your life will be easier a lot of."

"I'll just dissect the mouse." Charles said dryly, and then walked out of the classroom with his ragged schoolbag on his back.

"What about your tuition for next semester? You still have a long way to go. With such a talent like you, do you really want to give up!"

The teacher's family background is not very good, otherwise, as a teacher, he would not pay such attention to his students. It would be a pity to waste a student with excellent talent here!