1840Indian rebirth

Mayo?

Hearing this surname, Ma Shao couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

If he hears this surname in other places, he will naturally not think much about it, but if he hears it in the hospital, it will inevitably make people think of the famous Mayo Clinic in later generations.

The Mayo Clinic, or to use a more stylish name, "Mayo Medical Center", will be the top hospital in the world in the future, and it may not be the only one.

Although Ma Shao knew little about medicine, he had heard of the name of the Mayo Clinic, so after listening to the doctor's self-introduction, he couldn't help but think about it.

Could it be...that this person is the founder of the Mayo Clinic? Or a relative of the founder?

Of course, he didn't take it to heart.

It's entirely possible that this is another coincidence, just like Browning, the same surname and the same profession, but not the same person.

More importantly, Ma Shao does not have much respect for historical celebrities.

A person's destiny certainly depends on one's own struggle, but what is more important is the historical process.

As a physics teacher, Ma Shao understands this particularly well.

Geniuses such as Newton must stand on the shoulders of predecessors such as Galileo and Kepler, and must compete with contemporaries such as Leibniz.

No one can escape history, and if there is, it can only be a time traveler like him.

Heaven does not give birth to anyone, and eternity is like a long night. This kind of statement is purely a corrupt Confucian view.

This is true for a genius like Newton, not to mention Browning and Mayo.

Therefore, it doesn’t matter whether the Mayo doctor in front of you is the same Mayo doctor.

Yes or no, under the influence of Ma Shao, he may become the real Mayo.

"So you are a pharmacist?" Ma Shao asked.

"Uh... Strictly speaking, I study chemistry. I studied with Mr. Dalton, although I am more and more interested in medicine now." Dr. Mayo said.

"John Dalton?" The horse whistler was a little surprised.

"Yes." Mayo was actually a little surprised.

In his opinion, the horse whistle should probably ask the question "Who is Dalton?"

Of course Mashao knew about Dalton, the proposer of atomic theory, a famous chemist, and a physicist. After all, both physics and chemistry involve a lot of atomic theory.

Dalton was also color-blind. He left a last wish during his lifetime, hoping that his eyes would be given to others for study after his death to verify his conjecture that the watery fluid in his eyes might be blue.

Of course he was wrong, the root cause of color blindness is not this.

However, people still do a lot to commemorate Dalton. For example, there is a song called "Blue-faced Dalton steals the horse"...

Dalton started working as a teacher at the age of twelve and had many students throughout his life. Even so, Ma Shao couldn't help but be surprised to learn that Mayo had been Dalton's student.

"Since you are Dalton's student, I think you should know his atomic theory very well." Ma Shao said.

Mayo was even more surprised: "You also know about atomic theory?"

After hearing this, Zhi Zhi suddenly felt dissatisfied: "Mayo, I told you that our chief is the greatest scientist in the world. How could he not know atomic theory? Even I know atomic theory."

"Uh, I just..." Mayo hesitated.

Of course, the Indians around him had boasted to him about the Apache chief more than once, but he didn't take it seriously.

He admitted that the Indians here were indeed very different. While other Indians were paying high prices to buy wine, the Indians here were paying high prices to hire doctors and craftsmen.

Not only that, some Indians here are also extremely civilized, especially his colleagues and superiors in this hospital. Their knowledge is as good as that of many white people, and they almost invented ether anesthesia.

It is not an outrageous thing to have an extraordinary chief behind these unusually civilized Indians.

But words like "the greatest scientist in the world" are just bragging no matter how you hear them, and they are too outrageous and shameless.

Not only did this not make Mayo believe it, but it also made Mayo suspect that the Apache chief was a vain guy, so that people loved to praise him.

"It's okay, Branch." Ma Shao smiled, "I understand the impression most white people have on us, and it is our mission to use facts to break this impression."

He looked at Mayo again: "Let's talk about atomic theory."

Mayo was a little confused. When Ma Shao said this in a strangely skillful tone, he felt like he was about to take an exam.

"Okay...but what should we talk about?"

"Let's talk about the law of doubling." Ma Shao thought for a moment and said.

Atomic theory has existed since ancient times, and many philosophers from ancient civilizations had similar views, that is, they believed that everything is composed of some irreducible basic particles. Democritus of ancient Greece was one of the representatives.

But simple atomism is called philosophy at best, and fantasy at worst. A child with strong curiosity can also have similar thinking.

It wasn't until John Dalton that the ancient atomic theory began to be reborn and acquired scientific characteristics. Of course, Dalton's theory was still crude and had many fallacies in the eyes of later generations.

Atomic theory turned from philosophy to science, and the law of doubling was the key.

An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.

Ma Shao opened his mouth and pointed directly at the core of Dalton's atomic theory, making Mayo realize that this might really be a test.

Ma Shao really wanted to test Mayo. He wanted to see how much this doctor who had become a monk had learned from Dalton.

But in fact, this is also a test for him.

His understanding of elementary particles is at the level of an undergraduate physics major in the 21st century and is far ahead of its time.

Therefore, he needs to limit his thinking to Dalton's atomic theory, which is at most thirty or fifty years ahead of time, and cannot pop up concepts such as "quarks" and "electron clouds" from time to time.

This is not easy, because these things have been deeply rooted in his bones for a long time. They are the most basic common sense and habits, just like the erhuayin in the imperial capital dialect.

In fact, Ma Shao has already done this kind of thing, but so far, he has not come into contact with white people who have a deep understanding of physics, so no one can realize the problem.

This Dr. Mayo was different. He had been Dalton's student after all, so he had to be taken seriously.

The two talked about atomic theory.

Just as Dr. Mayo had vaguely predicted, the conversation quickly turned into a one-sided examination.

Ma Shao's understanding of physics and chemistry was much higher than he thought, at least far above him, and he could not stump Ma Shao at all.

Although Ma Shao sometimes pondered and thought, it seemed more like he was thinking about how to express himself in English.

The conversation first turned into an exam, and then gradually became more like a lecture.

"... Dalton's atomic theory was inherited from ancient Greece and believed that atoms are basic particles that cannot be divided into parts. However, this is just a hypothesis or belief. People have never seen even a few single substances, let alone atoms." Ma Shaoxuan

Said slowly.

"Yes." Mayo is obviously not a person with firm beliefs, "but other than that, we seem to have no choice."

"Have you ever thought about the nature of electricity?"