Chapter 633: Garrett: My Special Technique for Submitting Papers

The Lord of Thunder held back, held back again. It was close, but he managed not to slap Garrett’s head with the stack of papers using the Mage Hand spell:

"Chapter One, Review and Origins of Cesarean Section?"

"Chapter Two, A Successful Case of Cesarean Section?"

"Chapter Three, Clinical Value of Cesarean Section in Complete Placenta Previa?"

"Chapter Four, Necessity and Methods of Cesarean Section in Umbilical Cord Prolapse?"

Looking further down, chapters five, six, seven, eight... each section’s title looked similar.

"Or do you want to publish these separately? It’s not impossible, but how many articles do you intend to publish in ’Arcane’?"

"Well..."

Calm down, calm down, Garrett is just a level 6 little mage. Can’t hit him, hitting him would kill him...

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Ouch!"

Garrett held his forehead in pain. "Teacher, you hit too fast, I couldn’t even dodge!"

In front of them, the older disciples looked at the Lord of Thunder with admiration and awe:

Everyone can cast Magic Missile, but controlling it so precisely, hitting the same spot five times in a row, causing only pain without injury, only redness without bruising, no skin breaking, no bleeding...

Moreover, the Magic Missiles were entwined with electric light! Numbing, controlling, and perhaps a bit of pain relief—all this in a low-level spell, calling upon energy across different disciplines!

Truly a legendary mage!

The Lord of Thunder let out a breath of anger, finally feeling more comfortable. He calmed down, looked at the papers again, emmm...

Even if he wanted to slap his disciple again, he had to admit, Garrett’s papers were very meaningful. In fact, they were quite innovative, pioneering, and instructive.

Except for the review chapter, which was a bit watery, any other chapter could stand alone and occupy a place in ’Arcane’ with absolute justification.

But thinking about lining up these papers, publishing one each month in ’Arcane’...

The Lord of Thunder just had to imagine, and he felt the editor of ’Arcane’ would have lung pain, liver pain, stomach pain, all over his body.

"You... shorten it a bit, pick out the most representative one, and publish it in ’Arcane’! The rest, you can publish wherever, ’Magic’ or ’Ordinary Mage’, wherever you like!"

So, ’Arcane’ can’t have any fluff, ’Magic’ can have a bit, and other journals even more so...

Teacher, you can’t be biased just because you’re an editor for ’Arcane’...

Garrett muttered silently. He looked directly at the Lord of Thunder, firmly and decisively:

"Yes, teacher!"

Garrett went back to frantically revise his drafts. Well, not exactly frantic, at least the content was ready, just needed to cut and paste. As for not having a computer and only paper and pen—

"MOSS—copy this section onto new paper for me!"

"Yes, boss. Boss, since I’ve helped you so much, can you consider giving me 1% more of the energy share from the elemental pool?"

"Huh, what do you need that for? You don’t need it for cultivation!"

"Boss, just say yes or no! If not, I won’t work!"

"Fine, don’t work!" Garrett snorted, waving his hand. From the corner, a dark gold skeleton clicked and clacked as it walked over, bending over the desk:

"Can you help with the copying?—Hey, at least pull up a chair!"

Annoying, training this dark gold skeleton was always an issue... When will it be as useful as Lynn’s golden skeleton!

Anyway, Garrett managed to cobble together two large drafts before the next weekly meeting.

One was in the clinical medicine direction, summarizing over ten cesarean sections, categorizing them into a report:

There were patient conditions, surgical methods, and postoperative recovery. It followed the same idea as the previous paper on cardiac intervention published in ’Arcane’;

The other was in public health. Based on data from all pregnant women at the Oak Grove Clinic, it compared the maternal mortality rates and birth rates in Nevis City over the past 20 years:

One had a maternal mortality rate of zero, the other as high as 2.4%. The stark contrast in data proved the necessity of cesarean sections.

Of course, the history of surgery, the determination of various indications, the differences in surgical methods...

These could be published one by one. The indications for cesarean section alone had a bunch of absolute indications, each of which could be a separate article—

Cephalopelvic disproportion could be one!

Placental abruption could be another!

Placenta previa could be another!

Fetal distress could be another!

Anyway, that’s how everyone does it. Medical development always starts with one indication, gradually expanding, then modifying the surgery for each different indication.

Writing this way also avoids having too little data, lacking specificity and persuasiveness.

Further subdividing, the measurement methods for cephalopelvic disproportion could be several articles;

The clinical manifestations and diagnostic methods of fetal distress could each be a separate article;

In diagnostic methods, ultrasound could be one, fetal heart monitoring another, fetal movement monitoring another...

After writing all the absolute indications, there are a bunch of relative indications;

After relative indications, there are social factors;

Then, comparing cesarean sections and vaginal deliveries in various aspects, from maternal recovery to infant development...

It could even be given to Priest Joanna to write!

Or to Madam Dorothia Exler!

Or to other healers at the Oak Grove Clinic, and the priests assisting him!

Even, if necromancers were developed to assist in surgery, it could be given to them to write...

Of course, whether mothers would agree to be operated on by necromancers is another matter, maybe they could be ordered to disguise themselves?

Anyway, the output would be rich and continuous. He could take credit, while others could be first authors, everyone writing a few articles, sharing the benefits, all happy~~~

After writing everything, compiling it together, it could be a separate book! Yay!

"So, which one do you want to publish in ’Arcane’, and which in ’Magic’?"

The Lord of Thunder waved his hand, suspending all the papers in the air, scanning them ten lines at a glance.

With the powerful mental strength of a legendary mage, just a glance was enough to imprint all the content in his mind. However—

Deciding which direction to submit the two papers to was a headache.

"Hehe, teacher, you choose first~~~"

"Stop being cheeky! Speak up!"

In terms of research depth, the surgery paper was definitely more eye-catching. Over ten surgeries, cesarean sections, delivering babies, mother and child safe, anywhere, this would drop jaws.

However, the public health paper might still be published in ’Arcane’—given its significant impact on the entire magical world—but in ’Magic’, which leaned more towards applied fields, it might easily be rejected for being off-topic.

If it got rejected, Garrett would lose a top-tier journal publication... Though he was his teacher, he couldn’t command him to suffer such a loss...

"Then, teacher, should I flip a coin? Actually, I also received a request from ’Magic’, so I should give them one..."

"Stop fooling around! Both are excellent, ensuring publication is important! Your teacher’s relationship with ’Arcane’ is just as a fixed reviewer, I don’t care where you submit!"

"Teacher, you’re so wise!!!"