The Canals of History
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The Canals of History
- Quest giver
- Daguerreo Archivist
- Location
- Living Memory (X:6.8, Y:31.8)
- Quest line
Unlost World Sidequests
┗ Living Memory Sidequests- Level
- 90
- Required quest
In Serenity and Sorrow- Required items
- 1 The Medical Applications of Electrical Energy
1 A History of Alexandrian Medicine
1 Aetheric Imbalance and Its Symptoms - Experience
372,960-418,320- Gil
742- Patch
- 7.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
Unreturned books are a nightmare for any lending library.
— In-game description
Steps
- Collect the medical history texts.
- Deliver the medical history texts to the Daguerreo archivist.
Journal
- Unreturned books are a nightmare for any lending library.
- The Daguerreo archivist informs you that several documents from the facility's collection have not been returned─on account of their borrowers having ceased to exist. You agree to help gather the outstanding medical history texts, and set off for the southern side of Canal Town to begin your search.
- Please note that the difficulty of this quest has been synced to your current level.
- You successfully relocate the abandoned books, perusing a few paragraphs as you go. Clearly, a great deal of knowledge is contained in these three tomes alone. No doubt the archivist will be delighted to take receipt of the missing monographs.
- With the texts back in her safekeeping, the Daguerreo archivist expounds upon the importance of documenting medical history. Mistaking you for a recent Endless arrival, she quizzes you about the latest technological advancements before returning to her work, pledging to carry out her duties until the moment she too fades away.
Dialogue
Welcome to the Daguerreo Medical Collection. Forgive me for being so forthright, but I don't suppose I could ask you a small favor?
The facility's medical history texts were formerly available on loan, but several borrowers have disappeared and are no longer able to return their books... I was hoping you'd be able to help collect the outstanding monographs.
Eventually, I too will be erased, and I can't imagine the collection will receive any more visitors. Nevertheless...
A vast wealth of knowledge is contained within these walls, and I have every faith that it will prove useful to someone, someday. Hence my determination to ensure that no document is left behind.
I shall search the northern side of town. I'd ask that you check the southern terrace. If you find any books that relate to medical history, I'd be grateful if you could bring them back to me.
The technique of stimulating the body with electrical energy to alleviate pain and other conditions has recently garnered a great deal of attention in medical circles. In more practical terms, the abundance of electrical energy means the technique is also attractive from an economic standpoint.
However, concerns about the dangers of corporeal aetheric imbalance remain, not least among aetherological researchers, many of whom disapprove of the technique. A thorough study into the potential side effects of electrical treatments is clearly warranted.
The appearance of electrope has triggered a profound transformation in Alexandrian medicine. Indeed, it would be no exaggeration to suggest that we are on the cusp of a new epoch.
Though it would be premature to dismiss the continued importance of time-honored arts such as herbology and healing magicks, we must be aware that any advances made via the application of electrope are bound to foster new techniques.
When an aetheric imbalance occurs within the body, a number of issues present themselves. An overabundance of lightning energy can adversely affect sight and the other senses, eventually leading to paralysis.
Due to the environmental changes that occurred four hundred years ago, Queen Sphene herself reportedly suffered from an imbalance toward lightning energy, ultimately succumbing to her affliction. Perhaps because of this, efforts to establish a viable treatment have historically been approached with a degree of haste.
Ah, excellent timing. I've just returned from my search.
Were you able to recover any documents?
Wonderful. These were the last outstanding monographs. I can't begin to thank you enough.
The Daguerreo Medical Collection has always been dedicated to archiving and exhibiting the medical history of the entire continent.
As well as tomes and treatises, the facility is home to a whole host of artifacts, including old curios and medical automata.
Alas, I'm now the only remaining archivist, and the doors of the collection have been closed to prevent the ingress of fiends.
You strike me as a more recent arrival. I would love to hear what you know of modern medical techniques.
What will you say?
Electrope is widely used.
Certain conditions remain incurable, even with modern Alexandrian medicine.
A treatment now exists to restore the body's aetheric imbalance.
Ah, so your generation applied electrope to the field of medicine. I can see why—it is a highly adaptive technique.
I see... It saddens me to hear that.
Ah, what a relief to hear that such a grave affliction can now be cured!
The history of medicine is never-ending: an ailment is discovered, a treatment is devised; new techniques lead to new diagnoses, and new diagnoses require new treatments. Much like the cycle of rain to river, sea to cloud.
Technological progress flows ever onwards...
As medicine advances, the afflictions of the present are consigned to the past.
My duty is to catalog these trials and tribulations that the knowledge may spur the next breakthrough. Nothing could fill me with more pride.
Which is why I plan to maintain the collection until the very moment I disappear.
Please accept my heartfelt thanks for everything you've done for the Daguerreo Medical Collection.