Bonaparte did not distrust doctors because he was conservative or backward. In fact, after seeing the University of Rouen's "treatments," Georgiana had come to doubt their methods as well.
Medical treatments in the Middle Ages included, but were not limited to, inducing vomiting and bloodletting. Their way of calming the mentally ill was anesthesia. By comparison, even Laennec, the doctor who worked at the women's shelter, was not as "mystical" as they were. Though only in his twenties, he knew how to use a stethoscope. Before anyone was admitted to the shelter, he listened to their heart and lungs, at least ensuring that no one had tuberculosis or anything of the sort.
The building, which had been converted from a church school into a prison and later into a shelter, had poor ventilation and housed many people. If tuberculosis broke out inside, the consequences would be unimaginable. Though young and only an intern, Laennec understood this well. Her establishment was not a proper hospital, yet it was very busy. Whenever Georgiana and Madame Ségur were absent, he was the one in charge.
His mentor was Corvisart. When Corvisart was not serving as Napoleon's private physician, he worked at the largest charity hospital in Paris. Napoleon had supported Georgiana in this regard. Even if Corvisart himself could not come, he had introduced his outstanding pupil to help her.
Germany's top talent still ranked among the best in the world. Laennec had invented the stethoscope because of a paper written in 1760 by the German Leopold Auenbrugger, titled "A New Method of Auscultation." Corvisart had later unearthed it, and it became Laennec's subject of study.
Moving from theory to practical application required a process of clinical experimentation. That applied not only to new medicines, but to new tools as well. Her dream