[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies":3,"chapter-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Notes on Kraft Anomalous Studies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2283495,4467,"Chapter 17","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>With a sense of familiarity, Kraft flipped further. What followed were contents suited for the fantasy and supernatural sections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White fluid, the book claimed, was a thick, cold liquid residing in the patient’s brain and spinal cord, possessing calming and stabilizing properties—the foundation of thought. Thus, when white fluid was damaged, the person would exhibit obvious changes in mental state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mild cases showed drowsiness and lethargy; severe cases resulted in incoherent speech and loss of motor control. When white fluid was entirely depleted, the patient entered the final stage: unconsciousness, unable to maintain even minimal awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given that white fluid was cold, the conclusion drawn was that high fever damaged it and continuously consumed it. To restore the patient’s consciousness, various cooling methods were needed to promote the generation of white fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the author noticed that some febrile, delirious patients had yellowish, turbid white fluid, leading him to believe fever was transforming white fluid into yellow fluid, thereby reducing its quantity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did it transform into yellow fluid? Because yellow fluid was a warm, dry liquid, produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder, representing the body’s neutral energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fluid was believed to relate to digestion: food was broken down and absorbed in the warmth of yellow fluid, providing the energy necessary for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the careful author observed a phenomenon: some patients displayed rough, yellowish skin and yellowed sclera—traditionally attributed to excess yellow fluid. Yet these patients also suffered from malnutrition, edema, anorexia, abdominal distension, and diarrhea after consuming fatty foods—directly contradicting the theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed partly right, but not entirely. Kraft began scratching his head. Paper and pen had sat beside him for a while, yet he hadn’t written a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Write it down? It felt like a waste of paper. Don’t write it? It just felt unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Budebushuo ， Zhezhonggulaolilunsuiranmanshiloudong ， Danyinqipusudeguanlianfangshi ， Qishihaitingrongyijide 。 Zhiyaomeirennazhewanyilaizhita ， Tajiunengdanglezikan 。\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he turned to black fluid—a substance for which Kraft found no corresponding reality. It was a heavy fluid, acting as an inhibitor within the body, opposing all active properties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When black fluid was excessive, the person exhibited depression and low spirits. Those naturally endowed with a high proportion of black fluid tended to be quiet, restrained, and appeared somewhat cold; such individuals often had short lifespans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All fluids, as they gradually lost their properties, transformed into black fluid—just as all things ultimately succumb to death. When black fluid reached a certain threshold, balance was utterly destroyed, and the body irreversibly slid into stillness, all physiological activity ceasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also considered the mechanism of death: everything, slowly or swiftly, entered inertia and stasis until black fluid breached its critical limit, bringing all to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on these fluids’ differing properties, it naturally led to a more classic phase—the author, adhering to the idea that humans were the center of the world, correlated the four fluids with the four fundamental elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The active red fluid corresponded to fire—change and high heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White fluid corresponded to water—constantly flowing yet following fixed paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yellow fluid aligned with air and wind, both being moderate, neutral components.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black fluid corresponded to heavy earth—where all motion would rest, transitioning from movement to stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a system was established; the remaining content detailed the derivation and argumentation of diseases in relation to the four fluids’ transformations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it, let’s see the next book.” Kraft closed the book and set it aside. He seemed to have found the theoretical source of bloodletting therapy: perhaps the body’s fluid balance was disrupted, so we made incisions in various places to release some fluid and restore equilibrium? Mixed with the notion of expelling stale blood and harmful elements, this became the most popular treatment method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a headache brewing, Kraft pulled out the next book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a volume titled “Human Anatomy.” The title suggested it might resemble “Systematic Anatomy,” except the Church forbade handling corpses, and mainstream society utterly rejected dissecting bodies to observe structure—such acts were automatically sentenced to the pyre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the author of this book was either a fantasist or a thorn in the Inquisition’s side; even bandits seemed timid by comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as always, in Hegang, the Church was lucky if they could clean the bird droppings off Saint Simon Square. For years, not a single torch had been lit there—not even for an execution. As long as the author didn’t dissect on the street, no one would care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opening didn’t jump straight into the subject but symbolically declared that this book was the author’s empirical conclusion, drawn from studying and comparing numerous prior texts and his own medical practice, intended to save the lives bestowed by the divine—not an act of disrespect toward the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for which texts he referenced or which medical experiences led to these insights, the author stated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too much time has passed. I’ve forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, flipping to the first illustration revealed that disclaimers were always for fools. Though less detailed than modern anatomical drawings, this full-body image—half skeleton, half musculature—still comprehensively depicted the human locomotor system, even carefully separating the abdominal muscles layer by layer, as if peeled open. The internal and external intercostal muscles between the ribs were clearly traced with their directional fibers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skimming through the book, Kraft determined this was Volume One, primarily discussing how bones and muscles formed the locomotor system, with corresponding illustrations and analysis of the relationship between movements and muscle contractions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The illustrator must have labored intensely—likely observed dissections firsthand, perhaps even drawn sketches while performing them himself, deliberately marking muscle attachment points with special notes to prevent misplacement during copying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this, Kraft’s unknown edition of the copied manuscript, the author’s original intent remained accurately preserved. Movements and their corresponding muscle groups were matched one-to-one; even beginners could discern the root of motor disorders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third book, naturally, was Volume Two of “Human Anatomy,” detailing the form and distribution of internal organs and blood vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The author subtly implied he had confirmed, through credible means, partial validity of the four-fluid theory. As for how, he again omitted the details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, he did confirm the presence of clear white fluid within the brain and spinal cord, and verified that yellow fluid originated in the liver, was stored in the gallbladder, and had pathways leading to the intestines. Black fluid, however, remained undiscovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this foundation, the pioneer believed traditional theory held merit—at least within certain limits, it had been substantiated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, after analyzing blood vessels, he proposed a novel idea: red fluid could be divided into two types, flowing in different vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had thick, resilient walls; the other had thin walls and a larger lumen—in modern terms, arteries and veins. But here, his reasoning took a wrong turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since vessels from individual abdominal organs all converged into the liver, he concluded the liver must be the governing organ of the venous system, while arteries were governed by the heart—leading to the view that two organs jointly controlled red fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final chapter returned to black fluid. Given that the above elements indeed existed and could be correlated with the four-fluid theory, the author believed his work might have been incomplete, failing to close this final loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps the four-fluid theory had circulated too long, and through repeated copying, had diverged from its original form, with deviations amplified over time until later generations could no longer comprehend it. Contradictions like excessive yellow fluid causing anorexia were not isolated cases—suggesting his speculation held merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black fluid might be a special entity: “black” used merely as a name, not referring to actual color. Or perhaps it simply embodied stillness and inhibition—not a tangible substance at all, but something he had yet to grasp, requiring deeper research to uncover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two volumes of “Human Anatomy” ended abruptly. At the conclusion, a mark appeared distinct from the Hegang Medical Academy’s seal. Copyists, out of respect for the original author, always left such identifying symbols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attentive learners could easily recognize it as a fifth cervical vertebra, grinning oddly—a conical opening resembling a grinning mouth—with a messy, possibly forged signature: Edward.\u003C\u002Fp>",1353,"2026-06-20T02:15:55.761Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","aa328d0cbf065357abc3d10b11d0c649c39b47e4c3571553c57b98a682156b51","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-18","notes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-chapter-16",406,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnotes-on-kraft-anomalous-studies-cover.jpg"]