Baltimore, an important city in the northeastern United States, had a climate and geography not too different from New York's. However, because of its terrible public safety situation, it had once been called "the most dangerous city in the world." Things were much better now.
Present-day Baltimore was an important air transportation hub in the northeastern Federation and the region's largest Logistics Hub after New York. Both urban development and public safety had improved greatly, and the city was now peaceful and bustling.
Baltimore's most famous university was not actually Johns Hopkins, but Morgan State University—the first Black university, which had made outstanding contributions to immigrant integration and the fight against discrimination.
Johns Hopkins University was also the world's first research university, the first to merge academic research institutions with teaching institutions. It had continued that model to this day, achieving numerous academic accomplishments and earning a worldwide reputation.
The research institute of Johns Hopkins University's medical school, Johns Hopkins Hospital, had been rated the best hospital in the United States for twenty consecutive years. With exceptionally comprehensive diagnostic and treatment methods and superb medical technology, it was the jewel of the entire Federation's medical community. Countless doctors came here every year to exchange ideas and study, and Schiller was one of them.
In truth, he had not come for several years. Compared to academic exchange and study, the annual symposium was more like a class reunion. There were hardly any academic research presentations; everyone simply chatted and went through the motions.
He had chosen to attend this year mainly because his sanatorium had been renovated. He needed to come promote it and perhaps recruit a few good doctors.
Of course, the big names attending the exchange would generally never work at a small private sanatorium like his. But they