Chapter 2528 Persuasion
Mrs. Mei was Mr. Mei's only daughter, from Jiangnan. She was twenty-three years old this year and a very thin woman. Manbao first wrote down her basic information before asking, "Are you married?"
Madam Mei paused for a moment and then said, "Yes, we have been married for five years."
"Have you ever given birth to a child?"
Madam Mei's face seemed to turn even paler, and she shook her head, "No."
Manbao wrote it down, put down his pen and said, "Let's go to the inner room to check."
Inside was a bed used for acupuncture. The maid helped Madam Mei in, untied her cloak and spread it on the bed before letting her lie down.
Manbao touched her belly, pressing it in different positions, and asked, "Does it hurt?"
The first two times she just said it hurt a little, but the third time her face suddenly turned pale, she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, and she couldn't help but curl up her stomach.
Manbao frowned slightly when he saw this. He couldn't help but take her hand and quietly feel her pulse. After a while, he asked, "When did the pain start? Has this happened before?"
Madam Mei nodded slightly, and the maidservant beside her answered on her behalf: "The pain started five days ago. This has happened before."
The head maid glanced at Madam Mei's face and saw that she was still calm, so she told the truth: "It happened twice before. The first time, I didn't know the reason, but later I found out that I was pregnant. The second time, the doctor said that the child was born outside the palace and had to be aborted, so..."
Manbao understood that the blood stasis in the lower abdomen could only be relieved by promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Manbao deduced the prescription in his mind, but he wasn't quite sure. So he said, "Madam Mei, I don't have much experience with promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Why don't I ask Doctor Tao to come over and discuss the prescription with me?"
"No," Madam Mei said anxiously before the maid could speak, "Doctor Zhou, I, I want to save this child."
Man Bao: "...Madam Mei, this child cannot be saved. It was left outside the palace. It is still small now. After a while, it will grow bigger and bigger. It will burst under the pressure. Then it will be a disaster."
Madam Mei's eyes were red as she shook her head. "Doctor Zhou, if I want to abort him, I can find a doctor in Jiangnan to prescribe medicine. Why did I come all the way to the capital? I just want to save this child."
Manbao: "But this can't be saved. He didn't fall into the palace."
"Is there any way to get him into the palace?"
Manbao: ...She doesn’t have the ability for the time being. Well, maybe she can ask Teacher Mo?
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Wait a moment.
Manbao turned and went out. Mr. Mei was milling around outside. When he saw her come out, he immediately said, "Doctor Zhou, I heard everything you said. I just want to ask, can this child be saved?"
Although she had not asked Teacher Mo yet, based on her understanding of modern medicine, Manbao still shook her head.
Mr. Mei was dejected, but he quickly cheered up again. "Then please, Madam Zhou, save my daughter. Let's abort this pregnancy."
"Father..." The person inside obviously heard Mr. Mei's words through the curtain. Mrs. Mei obviously could not accept that her father compromised so easily.
Manbao nodded and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go consult with Doctor Tao. We'll discuss the treatment and the results later."
Not only Mr. Mei, but also Mrs. Mei behind the curtain felt a glimmer of hope. However, when she thought that Doctor Tao from Jishidiang and others had also seen it before, that glimmer of hope began to falter again.
Manbao lifted the curtain and went out, and ran into the manager of Baicaotang who was talking to the manager Zheng. Manbao was quite familiar with him, so he nodded as a greeting and turned to knock on Doctor Tao's door.
Doctor Tao responded, and Manbao looked inside and saw that he was busy writing a prescription for a patient. He looked back and saw that there was no one there, so he immediately stood aside and waited with a smile.
Doctor Tao handed the prescription to the patient and waited until he left before asking with a smile, "Doctor Zhou, are you here to ask about Madam Mei's illness?"
Manbao sat over and asked, "Have you shown it to her before?"
Doctor Tao nodded. Although he couldn't touch the young lady's body like Zhou Man did, he could guess from her pulse and some questions about her past that she had blood stasis in her lower abdomen, so he prescribed her some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine.
However, this prescription also has risks, so his suggestion at the time was to hire a midwife, or wait a while and ask a female student from the Imperial Medical Bureau to come over, and then see how effective the medicine is in removing blood stasis before giving the next dose.
As a result, the father and daughter of the Mei family were reluctant to give up the child and insisted on keeping the fetus. To be honest, Doctor Tao really didn't have this ability. He could even be sure that no one in the capital had this ability.
The fetus has implanted outside the uterus. How can it be moved inside the uterus?
Doctor Tao looked at Zhou Man with some anticipation and inquiry, "Doctor Zhou, do you have a solution?"
Manbao shook his head, "No."
Doctor Tao sighed, "The only thing we can do is to invigorate the blood circulation and dissipate the blood stasis. I asked her about the date, and I guess she's been pregnant for about a month. If she's any later, the fetus will fall out, which may cause heavy bleeding. It's not certain whether the mother can be saved by then."
Manbao nodded and frowned, "She's had this happen twice before. Why didn't she find a doctor to cure her before having children?"
Doctor Tao looked at her in surprise. "Fetal abortion, how can this disease be treated?"
Manbao: "...There is always a reason for the pregnancy to fall out. Find the reason and cure it, and the next time the baby will fall in the womb naturally."
Doctor Tao shook his head and said, "That's easier said than done. Not to mention that it's difficult to find the cause when she's healthy, let's just say she's had a miscarriage. There are fewer than ten doctors in the capital who can diagnose this condition, not to mention some prefectures where those with less experience might not even be able to diagnose it. She's already had two miscarriages before, so it's going to be difficult to cure this one."
Manbao frowned. She had dissected female anthropomorphic models and found that there were usually only two places where the fetus was misplaced. She didn't believe that there was no reason. Since there was a reason, there must be a way to find it out and cure it.
However, we still need to discuss a prescription for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Doctor Tao had felt Madam Mei's pulse last time and had a good idea of her condition. In addition, Zhou Man could examine her this time and he knew more details, so the prescription he prescribed was more appropriate.
The two of them worked out a prescription, and Doctor Tao said, "The most important thing is that the patient is willing to have an abortion. Taking this kind of medicine is inherently risky, and if she's unwilling, the risk will only be higher."
Manbao understood, and asked Keke to send an email to Teacher Mo while he went to find Mr. Mei and his daughter.
Manbao didn't give the prescription to Mr. Mei. Instead, he talked to the two of them first. "This baby can't be saved. Based on the date you gave, we calculated your pregnancy, which should be around thirty-five to forty days. This time limit is already the limit for fetal abortion. If you wait any longer, it might rupture on its own, which would cause heavy bleeding."
She said, "First, abort this baby, then go for treatment. Once you've recovered, you can have another baby. Madam Mei is still young, so why rush it?"
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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