Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 17 Emergency

Everyone in Qingchuntang, including the patients, was startled by this sudden turn of events.

Su Tong stood up, and just about to walk over to have a look, he saw a very rich middle-aged man outside the door, dressed in silk and satin, although his clothes were clichéd, but he was really full of jewels, trotting all the way in.

The man was sweating profusely and out of breath. When he entered the door, he asked, "How's it going? How's Brother Zhou?"

Immediately, some patients around him recognized this person, and greeted him, "So it's Li Guan, what happened?"

But Li Yuanwai didn't have the mood to answer, and ran to the patient, seeing his appearance, his face became even more ugly, he beat his chest and gasped: "Oh, how good this is! It's all someone's fault, hey! Doctor, Doctor Sun, come over and have a look, and save him by all means!"

The patient's body was swollen, especially the bulging abdomen, which looked very scary. Sun Changqing looked up and saw it, and was also surprised, and hurriedly dropped the patient at hand and walked over.

Going forward, he reached out and tapped the patient's abdomen. Sun Changqing's face changed slightly, and he said sharply, "What's going on? The patient ate a lot of food?"

The emaciated man who brought the patient earlier cried sadly and sighed: "Our brother escaped from Xuzhou and suffered from starvation for more than half a month. Yesterday Li Guanren asked our brother to give Lei a kitchen. The high official is kind and willing to live. After finishing my work, I specially invited us to have dinner at Yingchun Building, my brother...my brother..."

He couldn't help crying, although he didn't finish his words, Sun Changqing guessed that this person must have been hungry for a long time, and he didn't know how to restrain himself, he ate and drank too much all at once, which led to the current situation.

He didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly asked the boy to grab the emetic medicine, and made the patient lie on his side by himself, gently massaging his back, trying to make him spit out all the food in his stomach.

Su Tong saw at a glance that Sun Changqing's technique was pretty good, but the patient couldn't vomit anything at all, his condition didn't improve, and his abdomen didn't shrink.

Everyone in the room held their breath, and Dr. Sun was sweating on his forehead. Gritting his teeth, he took a spoon and stuffed it from the patient's mouth, irritating his throat. The patient finally retched for a long time, but he still didn't spit out anything.

The tall and thin man who brought the patient before, bit his lip desperately, watched his brother roll his eyes, fell into a coma, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and cried bitterly.

The female shopkeeper, who was sleeping on the counter in a daze at first, didn't even have a trace of sleepiness at this time, and secretly complained - it seems that this patient cannot be saved today!
Although it is inevitable to see the death of a patient when opening a pharmacy or clinic, this kind of scene will never make people feel at ease, not to mention that if the patient dies at home, it will not be good for Qingchuntang's reputation.

Seeing the patient's groans getting smaller and smaller, Sun Changqing just stimulated the patient's throat in vain, hoping that the patient could spit out the contents of his stomach, but his face became more and more desperate, and he seemed to be doing his best and obeying the destiny. Meaning, Su Tong sighed, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Doctor Sun, let this slave try it, if it doesn't work, I'm afraid...the only option is surgery."

In this case, intubation should be performed immediately to relieve the pressure on the stomach. If it can be recovered, it is naturally the best. If not, I am afraid that there is only a simple operation to clean the stomach.

However, the conditions are poor and the preparations are insufficient. Even the simplest incision is accompanied by great risks. If you can not do it, it is better not to do it lightly.

Sun Changqing was startled, did he use the knife?This is not a joke. Since Hua Tuo, surgery has been in decline, even if he is a famous doctor in the country, he dare not speak lightly of the word surgery.

The Sun family has practiced medicine for generations, and Sun Changqing's grandfather only performed three surgeries in his life as a last resort, and two of them ended in failure. Where does this fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl come from?
The patient was in critical condition, Su Tong didn't wait for him to respond, he took the medicine box he made a few days ago from the counter and opened it, and took out a long and thin tube from it.

Nowadays, there is no need to think about silicone tubes, gastric tubes made of polymer materials, etc. Fortunately, Su Tong accompanied Lin Mu to South Africa to perform missions before, and learned from an old witch doctor to use specially treated and hardened pig large intestines as rubber tubes At that time, all kinds of materials were in short supply, and the things used for infusion were generally beyond the imagination of doctors in big cities.

Su Tong himself is a hands-on guy. Although he thinks these gadgets are useless, he is still very interested. The old witch doctor is also very lonely. It is rare to meet someone who is willing to listen to his inappropriate and scary little knowledge. The beautiful girl who is so beautiful, she chatters whenever she is free, and brings Su Tong with her to work. In half a year, Miss Su has learned many tricks that she will never use in the big city.

At that time, Lin Mu laughed at her for a long time. After all, how good were their conditions at that time?There is nothing in this world that Lin Mu can't get out of, so what's the use of being so 'poor'?
But she didn't expect that all of a sudden, in such a backward era, those high technologies can't be counted on. The various methods she learned out of sheer boredom can occasionally play a big role.

"Carry him to the guest room in the back yard."

Su Tong moved very quickly, poured a basin of warm water, and prepared a bottle of disinfectant. There was no paraffin at this time, but the disinfectant she prepared with wormwood and a bunch of scattered medicinal materials was barely usable.

Sun Changqing frowned, hesitated for a while, seeing that the patient had fainted, and if he continued to delay, there was indeed a dead end, his methods were useless, he sighed, nodded slowly: "...Go."

At this time, he could only trust Su Tong, but the reason why he let go so quickly was because he understood Su Tong's temperament better, and understood that Miss Su would not make fun of people's lives at will!

The two men who brought the sick man had long lost their minds. Now after hearing what Sun Changqing said, they hurriedly lifted the sick man to the guest room and put him on the simple bed.

Not long after, Su Tong entered the door carrying a large copper tray, on which were several pieces of boiled gauze and a pair of tongs, not just from somewhere.

Walking to the bed, adjusted the patient's posture, then picked up the long tube and gestured, then poured a bottle of edible disinfectant into it for a try.

At this time, the patient's condition was getting worse and worse. The family members of the patient were almost desperate. They looked at Sun Changqing with snot and tears, and cried, "Doctor, is there anything we can do? Our brothers came to Junzhou after a narrow escape, and we managed to get by." Good day, my brother will not die!"

Sun Changqing didn't speak, but suddenly his face changed, he took a step forward suddenly, his pupils constricted, the two family members of the patients were startled, and when they turned their heads, they saw a pretty young lady holding a long strip with pliers. Guan'er, sticking it into his brother's nose, was so startled that he was sweating profusely, and even his voice trembled: "You...you...what are you going to do!"

With a howl, the entire Qingchun Hall was startled.

Su Tong frowned, turned his head and glared at the man angrily: "What are you shouting for? My hands trembled. It's your brother who suffered!"

(End of this chapter)