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Damien O'Donovan | The Wind that Shakes the Barley (irelandunfree) wrote in thedoorway,
@ 2013-03-01 01:38:00

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!network post, amber volakis, damien o'donovan, john watson (bbc), primrose everdeen, regulus black

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I was wondering if one of you might be able to help me catch up on the medical advancements of the last ninety years? I graduated from Trinity College in 1918, and while I graduated with honors and was well respected in my time (I even got a job with a prestigious teaching hospital in England), it's been a long time and there's just a lot I don't know anymore.

I appreciate any help you might give me. I've tried reading some journals online, and they're just well beyond what I learned. But antibiotics are incredible. Absolutely stunning. What I would have done to have something that could stop infection so efficiently...

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If nothing else, at least medicine's advanced a lot since I studied it.

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	thelittleduck 2013-03-01 06:49 am UTC (link)
	Medicine is always changing and growing. Are you a Doctor? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 06:50 am UTC (link)
	Yes, but I'm from 1923, so I don't know how useful I am. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelittleduck 2013-03-01 06:54 am UTC (link)
	Everyone is useful. Why don't you sign up for classes here at the tower? They can help you learn some of the things you've missed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 06:55 am UTC (link)
	I've thought of that. I've also thought of speaking to doctors, and reading journals. But there's just...a lot. You're very young. Are you...a nurse? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelittleduck 2013-03-01 07:01 am UTC (link)
	I agree, there's a lot. You could speak with Martha Jones. She's one of the Doctors here and is very nice. I'm thirteen, yes. At home my mother was a healer, and I've been assisting her for a few years. I'd just begun my real training to be a Doctor before I arrived here. My name is Prim Everdeen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Well, good for you. Really, that's grand. Let me know if I can help, okay? Although you'd probably be best to ask the other doctors. At least for now - I wouldn't want to tell you something horribly old fashioned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelittleduck 2013-03-01 07:15 am UTC (link)
	I wouldn't mind. I think it would be interesting to hear how things were done in your time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

irelandunfree
2013-03-01 07:19 am UTC (link)

There were a lot of people we couldn't save, in my time. A lot of people who died of starvation, or of diseases like typhoid and dysentery that didn't have any place in the 20th century. And of course, these were the same people who couldn't afford a doctor. I did what I could, but what can one doctor do in the face of such poverty?

But I'd be glad to tell you what I know. Surely not everything I've learned is useless.

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	thelittleduck 2013-03-01 07:44 am UTC (link)
	I know that very well. The District that I grew up in was very poor too. We couldn't afford the expensive medicines and treatments in the Capitol, so we did what we could. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	And I hate that - when patients die not because you can't save them, but because you don't have the money to save them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thelittleduck 2013-03-02 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Yes, it is terrible. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:00 am UTC (link)
	Do you have access to supplies? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:05 am UTC (link)
	I don't know. I suppose I could come up with basic things, at least. Why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:06 am UTC (link)
	I'll buy them from you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Why would you do that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:08 am UTC (link)
	If you aren't interested that's all right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:09 am UTC (link)
	What do you need them for? You look wealthy enough. If you get hurt, go to a doctor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:10 am UTC (link)
	In case of emergency. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:11 am UTC (link)
	...there are doctors, in case of emergency. And what do they call them? Paramedics. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:11 am UTC (link)
	None of which would be able to apply the proper treatment, I'm sure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:14 am UTC (link)
	Right. While a kid like you would. You went to medical school, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:15 am UTC (link)
	More that I'm aware of what danger I'm putting myself in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:17 am UTC (link)
	I've been in a fair bit of danger in my life, I can't deny that. But make sure it's for a good cause? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:18 am UTC (link)
	It's for academics. When might we make the transaction? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Not sure that's a good cause. What is it exactly that you're doing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:22 am UTC (link)
	Magic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 07:23 am UTC (link)
	Yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	irelandunfree 2013-03-01 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	Right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	petty_king 2013-03-01 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	Let me know when you can make the transaction. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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doctor_watson
2013-03-01 07:13 am UTC (link)

You're welcome to come observe down at the clinic on the first floor at any time that I'm there at least. Some of the other staff are a bit more unconventional, with regards to this world at least, though they do have valuable knowledge regardless. I'm an MD from a world and time similar to this one, though, so I can get you familiarized with those sorts of things.

I'm John Watson, by the way. Pleasure to meet you.

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	Medical Staff Filter irelandunfree 2013-03-01 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Damien O'Donovan. And yes, a pleasure indeed. I'd appreciate that. I have a basic concept of anatomy, physiology and the like, but apparently I've missed a lot of development in the field. I think I'll pick it up fairly quickly, but I'm not sure it's something I'll be able to do on my own. I'll come by tomorrow? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Medical Staff Filter doctor_watson 2013-03-01 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	It doesn't hurt to observe for a bit in any new situation with medicine, I've learned. Of course, try telling that to a few of our prouder colleagues, but I've always believed patient well-being comes first. I can point you in the right direction with some of the more relevant medical journals too. And tomorrow should be fine-- I'll be working in the afternoon. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Medical Staff amber_waves 2013-03-01 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, nope, nope. I don't get paid enough for this. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Medical Staff irelandunfree 2013-03-01 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	If you don't want to help, don't. Nobody's forcing you. (Reply to this) (Parent)