Gajin Studying the Body

Gajin walked into the small library he'd inherited with he was named the new Lorekeeper of Garljing's Coat. It wasn't as great as it could have been. If anything he had a feeling that the place was a little barren. It wasn't a surprise his predecessors hadn't been what he'd call the most astute of intellectuals. In fact he was rather sure the position was mostly ceremonial over say practical. Well that didn't matter overly much he'd change that!

Though for now he was after something in particular an old book tucked away within the library's shelves. This was his realm though and the Drake found himself gliding through the stacks. His fingers trailing along the books as he searched for the title he needed. Then he found it, tucked away in the back, far up upon a top shelf. He plucked it from its niche pulling the book down and wiping away the dust with his free hand. Sparkling amber settled upon the book's title 'Anatomy of Humanity' by Claude Vey Pelleaux.

The book was over a hundred years old at this point and had been written by the greatest Pelleaux and leading noble of Osrona at the time. Still he'd never been a Dragon Slayer nor a foe of Theria. Only an intellectual, philosopher, and politican. Even if he'd not been those things the wisdom of the book was well worth keeping. It was out of date and many of the medical arts have progressed beyond what he knew back then. Yet, it still stood as the strongest collection of medical knowledge not just for the baseline Human but also for the beastkin.

Walking back into his study with the book tucked under his arm Gajin was disappointed that more of the Fireblooded didn't peruse the place for wisdom. He'd have to change that. Settling down at his desk the young Drake sat down the book and flipped it open. It was a book written in high Essharian for an educated audience. No there was no short hand here, no simplifications for the practices within. It was clear that the author had been an aristocrat and had viewed those without the proper education as simply beneath himself.

The book detailed the human body at its base level. Starting with the skeleton, which Gajin was well aware of. Going through the various bones and how they fulfill their varying roles. Each was by itself pointless but when gathered together and acted upon through the musculature system they could become something grand. Which lead onto those great bringers of change. The muscles, layered in complexity and interwoven so that they could function in tantum with one's ligaments in order to move the bones.

The book's details then shifted from the muscles and bones onto the internal organs. Starting with the heart which was the great origin of life. Without the brain one would simply be struck dumb, without the arms one would be cripple, without the stomach one would be emaciated but without the heart one would be dead. It was engrained that any surgery or operations in which the heart may be harmed must be taken only by the most skilled of surgeons. Still it radiated from the heart onto next the lungs with their great sails, onto the intestines and stomach kilns of the body, onto the lesser organs each one detailed in full. The brain itself being detailed as mostly mysterious beyond a basic categorization of its separate parts a hypothesis on what each part of the mind controlled.

Still throughout the book he'd read his time away. Learning with each passing chapter, revisiting and practicing the things detailed as he could throughout the coming months. It would be a time when skilled healers would be needed within Garljing's Coat and he would not be the one to let his people down. If they needed his sword arm they would have it. If they needed his hands for artificing they would have it. If they needed his mind for their health? They would have it!

Onto detailing the intricate ways in which a beastkin's extended and altered biology would affect an operation to heal them. It was noted that the ears and tails despite their seeming minor additions in fact held more nerves and mana nodules within them than one would presume. It was thus suggested by man to try and save the divine's blessing. An odd thing considering that many medical practitioners within Osrona and Achyon would simply cut them off.

"Well, for now that's enough."

With a sigh he'd close the book and set it to the side. He could review it again later for now he'd go take a nap. Yea, that sounded good.