Chapter 105 Medical School

The sharp blade scratched the tender chest, and blood rolled down instantly.

"Stop the bleeding." Song Yuzhu deepened the cut calmly.

The two assistants quickly followed their training and pressed cotton on both sides of the wound to prevent the blood from continuing to flow out and causing the child to lose too much blood.

Doctor Zhang standing next to him was stunned. Is this a thoracotomy? They actually cut open a living person's chest! He was so engrossed in watching that he forgot for a moment that it was his son lying on the top.

Suddenly, an assistant next to him couldn't hold it anymore and almost vomited while covering his mouth.

These two people were called up temporarily and started working after only one day of training. Unexpectedly, one of them would react so strongly.

Song Yuzhu frowned, but the knife in his hand did not move at all.

"Can you hold on?" The lack of an assistant has a huge impact on the operation, because someone will be needed later to help open the incision and cut the deformity on the aorta.

The man nodded instinctively, but his body was shaking unconsciously. This was already his limit. Every time he looked down and saw the blood flowing, he felt nauseous and unbearable. He could only force himself not to vomit.

"You go out first."

"Yes..." The man felt relieved and staggered out of the operating room.

It was not realistic to call another person in, so the only option was to let the other assistant work harder and barely finish the operation.

Doctor Zhang whispered, "Your Majesty, can I help you?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

"This is my son, how could I be afraid?"

It just so happened that Doctor Zhang was also wearing sterile clothing and his hands had been disinfected with alcohol.

"Okay, come over and take over his job. Help me keep the wound open. Don't move. The blood vessels are delicate and the knife is sharp. If you move, you might get hurt."

"I understand!" Doctor Zhang followed Song Yuzhu's instructions and held the incision motionlessly.

Soon Song Yuzhu found the lesion. Just as he expected, the aortic valve was deformed. However, the deformity was not serious and intervention could be performed through surgery to separate the adhesions and deformed vascular valves.

If Song Yuzhu's deformity is particularly severe, there will be no way to help her, because she will have to undergo a valve replacement, and valve replacement requires extracorporeal circulation, which is impossible to accomplish with the medical facilities of this era.

Time passed little by little. The people in the operating room were busy, and the people outside were waiting anxiously.

Madam Zhang paced back and forth in the side hall, the handkerchief in her hand was almost crumpled to pieces.

"It's been so long and you're still not well?"

He Zhinian said, "My lady, please be patient. No news means good news. Your Majesty was a famous doctor before he ascended the throne. I heard that his family is the descendant of the famous doctor Song."

"That's good. That's good."

Soon the operation reached its final stage, and after the wound was sutured, the operation was declared over.

Doctor Zhang was impressed by Song Yuzhu's amazing courage and superb skills. This kind of surgery was really unheard of and unseen, and it was quite shocking to the whole of Daqi.

The remaining assistant was named Liu Yang. He mustered up the courage to ask, "Your Majesty, is this enough?"

"The effect of acupuncture has not worn off yet. The child will wake up in about half an hour. Prepare a prescription for Wulingzhi to relieve pain for him. Remember to halve the dosage."

"Yes, sir."

Doctor Zhang smiled with relief, and his whole body was soaked with sweat from head to toe, as if he had been caught in the rain. It was very tiring to stay in one position for a long time, and now both of his arms were weak.

Song Yuzhu wiped his hands and thought: "Did you see how I performed the surgery just now?"

Liu Yang nodded. Although he was also quite scared, he still watched every step Song Yuzhu took carefully. Because he saw it clearly, he admired the emperor's courage and bravery even more.

"Go back and write a detailed surgical report for me."

"yes!"

"We will have to carefully observe the child's recovery in the future, especially tonight. The child is prone to fever, which is the body's instinctive mechanism. Use medication in time and take good care of him. If he faints or has other reactions, tell me in time."

Doctor Zhang asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, can I write a report as well?"

Song Yuzhu said: "Sure, just send it here when you're done writing it."

After explaining everything, Song Yuzhu washed her hands, took off her coat and mask, walked to the door and saw Madam Zhang waiting.

"How is the child?" Mrs. Zhang hurriedly grabbed her husband.

Doctor Zhang first cried for joy, and then Mrs. Zhang was so scared that she sat down on the ground, thinking that her son was gone.

Then he laughed again: "It's OK! It's cured!"

"You scared me to death!"

The stone that had been pressing on them for so many years was finally removed. The couple couldn't help but burst into tears, and then they began to kowtow to Song Yuzhu to express their gratitude.

Song Yuzhu: "Get up. The child might be in unbearable pain when he wakes up. Don't let him move around, or he might open the wound."

"Hey!" The two of them quickly ran into the house and saw their son lying on the bed with steady breathing. Except for his pale face, he was no different from usual.

Mrs. Zhang held her son's hand, with mixed feelings in her heart. Who could have thought that coming to Shangjing would lead to such an adventure? No one would believe such a thing if she told it to others. It was even stranger than the story in the picture book.

The attendant He Zhinian stepped forward to plead guilty.

"Your Majesty, I have just received a report from a subordinate that he almost delayed your surgery. I have ordered him to be detained and await your Majesty's decision."

"Let him go. He has never experienced anything like this before. It's normal for him to be timid."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" He Zhinian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, the operation was successful, otherwise he would be in big trouble today.

Song Yuzhu walked to the inner hall, and Li Dehai brought the prepared tea and snacks. Song Yuzhu drank three cups of tea in one breath.

"Your Majesty, are you tired?" Li Dehai handed over a handkerchief.

Song Yuzhu wiped the corner of his mouth. He was not really tired. In his previous life, he had worked non-stop for a lot of times. He had performed surgeries that lasted up to eight hours straight. After getting off the operating table, he was so hungry that he wished he could eat a cow.

However, this is the first time in my life that I have performed such a delicate operation, so it is inevitable that I feel a little exhausted.

"Master He."

"I'm here." He Zhinian walked forward with his body bowed.

"How many people are there in your medical school now?"

"Your Majesty, there are seventeen of us, including me. Most of us have gone back to our hometowns to celebrate the festival. Only these two live relatively close by, so I summoned them here."

"There are not enough people. Why didn't the imperial examination recruit any students this year?"

There are too few people in the Medical College, which is several times less than the Military Industry College and Civilian Construction College next door.

He Zhinian was full of complaints when talking about this: "It was hard to recruit those who were too old, and it was hard to recruit those who were too young. After a lot of effort, we finally recruited a few people, but they thought there was no future in this job, and they quit after working for a few days."

"Training medical talents is also one of the important developments of the country. Next year, your medical school will be allowed to recruit scientific researchers from all over the country."

"Yes, sir!"

In fact, Song Yuzhu had long had the idea of establishing a medical school, because he was a doctor by profession and had studied traditional Chinese medicine for more than ten years in this life, so he had a deep understanding of medicine.

The development of medicine has a great influence on the development of society. In ancient times, medical care was backward and people's average life expectancy was only over 40 years old. If there was a famine or war, the average age would be as low as 25 years old. This is also one of the reasons for the slow population growth. If the medical system can be developed and improved, the life expectancy of the people can be greatly increased.

Take pregnancy and childbirth for example. In ancient times, the mortality rate during childbirth was very high, reaching 30%. It is no exaggeration to say that for women, being pregnant and giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell.

In case of difficult labor, Chinese medicine can only provide conservative treatment, but Western medicine is different. It can perform episiotomy or caesarean section to save the lives of both adults and children to the greatest extent possible.

Secondly, typhoid fever, colds, pneumonia and appendicitis are also diseases with extremely high mortality rates in this era.

If these minor illnesses can be resolved, the average life expectancy of the people can be increased by at least five to ten years. Only in this way can the population of Daqi grow rapidly and the country develop rapidly.

*

Song Yuzhu decided to establish a new medical school in Shangjing, with the target of recruiting students from all over the country who had just been enlightened.

After the holiday, he instructed the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Science and Technology would jointly handle the matter.

The full name of the school is "Shangjing Medical College". The location of the school was chosen by Song Yuzhu himself. It is located in the Prince's Palace near the imperial city. This was the residence of the brother-in-law of Emperor Longwu of the previous dynasty. It has been vacant for a long time and is just right for building a school.

The entire campus covers an area of more than 300 acres. The teaching building was built with reinforced concrete in accordance with Song Yuzhu's requirements. It has six floors in total, with ten classrooms on each floor, and can accommodate 3,000 students at the same time.

The school is equipped with dormitories, canteens, public hot spring baths and public toilets, as well as Cuju fields and leisure areas to meet the daily needs of students.

Of course, it is not easy to be admitted to Shangjing Medical College. One needs to memorize the "Pharmacopoeia", "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases", "Complete Pulse Cases" and "Treatise on Difficult and Miscellaneous Diseases" compiled by Song Yuzhu himself.

The school adopts a three-year system, and the main courses taught include clinical Chinese medicine, theoretical medicine, and modern medicine.

The teachers temporarily planned to be Bai Ning and Fang Jing from the Imperial Medical Academy, Jing Huimin from the Medical College, Mr. Lin from Baozhitang, as well as Song Bai and Song Qiao.

Before the school was built, the young assistant named Liu Yang and Doctor Zhang both studied surgery with him. In the future, these two people will be responsible for teaching students modern medicine.

Originally, Song Yuzhu planned to go to school to teach modern medicine in person, but after thinking it over again and again, he gave up this plan. Due to his special status, it was inconvenient for him to leave the palace frequently. He could only teach the knowledge points to these two people, and then they would pass them on to other students.

*

At the end of September, Song Bai and Song Qiao escorted the coffin back to Shangjing from Jiangcheng County.

Although they did not have to sleep in the open air during the journey, both of them were very tired and lost four or five pounds. However, they were in good spirits.

After returning to his hometown in Jiangcheng, he met many relatives and old neighbors. Everyone knew that Song Yuzhu had become the emperor, and when they saw the two masters of the Song family, they all bowed respectfully.

Song Bai even went back to his former clinic to take a look. Now the clinic has been sold to Song Daming, the previous owner.

When Song Daming first saw Song Bai, he was so excited that he couldn't speak. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed. After a long while, he said, "Boss, you're back!"

Song Bai helped him up and said, "Go back to your hometown to move the grave. You will have to return to Beijing soon."

Song Daming's eyes turned red with emotion: "I never thought that the young master would become the emperor. How great!"

Since the establishment of Daqi, the people have felt the benefits of the new dynasty. Not only have they been exempted from taxes for three years, but now the Ding tax has also been abolished. The people's lives are getting better and better!

The master and servant chatted for half an hour. Song Bai had something else to do and was ready to leave.

Song Daming looked at his back with some reluctance, not knowing when they would meet again.

Song Daming's brothers and their family followed the second master to Beijing. It is said that Song Quan is now the manager of the mansion and lives a very good life.

Although he was not as well off as his younger brother when he stayed in Jiangcheng County, he was already wealthy enough compared to others.

It is a blessing they have earned in their previous life to meet such a boss. They only hope that the boss and the young boss will be blessed with good fortune and live a long life.

(End of this chapter)