Gekai Kiara wa Shibou Furagu wo Yurusanai - Vol. 2 Ch. 9
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What a seductress.
The executioners should really just have, like, that black sack mask thing to conceal their identities.
The executioners should really just have, like, that black sack mask thing to conceal their identities.
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I believe that's how executioners were treated in the middle ages in Europe, too - almost magical in a sense, because they dealt with the 'taboo' of human death, but were social pariahs and shunned in a sort of terrified respect.
Couldn't marry outside their station, everyone treated them like an infectious disease, but they had great pay, job security in the generational sense, and were forced to live outside of town and struggled to purchase goods on account of even their money considered dirty by way of physical proximity.
Just interesting to see a Japanese comic about magical healing go so far to get the details historically grounded. Between that and the medical jargon, the author really seems to have done their research.
Couldn't marry outside their station, everyone treated them like an infectious disease, but they had great pay, job security in the generational sense, and were forced to live outside of town and struggled to purchase goods on account of even their money considered dirty by way of physical proximity.
Just interesting to see a Japanese comic about magical healing go so far to get the details historically grounded. Between that and the medical jargon, the author really seems to have done their research.
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Yes, this is very good. The reincarnated magical pharmacist story is a bit frustrating because of anachronisms that are not consistent, and this occurs in some other "doctor Isekai" stories.
I wonder what people did with ether before it had a medical application. It's explosive and dangerously flammable. I suppose it might be an effective spot remover for launderers.
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That depends on where in Europe. The degree of bigotry and its handling varied greatly. It was one of several disreputable jobs, and the treatment of such individuals was dependant on the time and region. Additionally, this attitude towards what is essentially a necessary duty (taking violent criminals out of society permanently) has never been limited to Europe — there were/are examples of this behaviour all over the world.
Additionally, the historical detail about executioners also functioning as medical professionals is accurate! There were three basic reasons for this:
1. Executioners were also in charge of both torture during questioning and restoring their charges to their original condition, until their sentences were carried out. Both these things require medical knowledge.
2. Executions alone were not enough to live on, so all executioners had to have other jobs on the side. Some engaged in labour (such as being a knacker), but there were a number who sold their skill in some area or other which they had already developed.
3. At the time, most doctors put theory before practice, so for empirical medicine you had to go to other medical practitioners. Most of these did not have any kind of certification, so you had to go by repute and luck, basically. Surgeons, midwives, apothecaries, herbalists, and infirmarers were in limited supply, so executioners sometimes filled the rôle.
In 1756, a law was actually passed in the Holy Roman Empire preventing executioners from practicing medicine — business continued, but only under the counter.
The author Oliver Pötzsch goes into detail about the situation of executioners in Bavaria on his website, using his own ancestor as an example.
It's worth noting that the patients' honour and reputation remained intact.
And yes, I agree that it's wonderful to see an author actually do their research when it comes to a topic like medicine in an isekai.
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