Chapter 664: Apologizing
As soon as Manbao came out of the tent, he looked around and rushed straight towards Baishan.
Bai Shan was also standing aside waiting for her. When he saw her coming, he reached out and pulled her aside.
Wei Ting, stunned, saw her and immediately followed her...
The two of them walked away from the tent. Wei Ting followed them blankly. When they stopped, he asked her with red eyes, "How is Ji Hao?"
Manbao said: "The bleeding has stopped, but it's not certain whether he can survive."
She looked at Bai Shan, looked him up and down, and asked, "There's so much blood on you, are you really okay?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "I'm not injured, it's all Ji Hao's blood."
Wei Ting then interjected, "Didn't Imperial Physician Fan just say that the bleeding had stopped? Why is there still no guarantee he'll survive?"
"He's lost too much blood," Manbao explained. "And no one knows if his wounds will get worse. He has too many deep wounds. If any one gets inflamed, he might have a fever. Even if we replenish his blood, it will be difficult to save him."
Wei Ting was only sixteen or seventeen years old after all. Ji Hao was his good friend and they grew up together. Tears welled up in his eyes when he heard the words.
Manbao searched his body but couldn't find a handkerchief, so he said, "Wipe your tears with your sleeve. Doctor Ji is very capable, and I think the imperial physician is also very capable. As long as he can survive the first three days, his chances of survival will be very good."
Wei Ting wiped his tears with his sleeve, then he remembered to say thank you, "Thank you very much."
After thanking her, he realized something was wrong. He looked her up and down, stunned, "You, why are you a woman?"
Manbao looked at him with disdain. Since he was worried about his friend, she didn't say anything disdainful. She held Bai Shan and then relaxed. Her hands and feet felt weak, so she simply sat down on the grass. She asked curiously, "How did he get hurt like that?"
He added, "That imperial physician is amazing, worthy of his title. I've seen Doctor Ji sew up arms and legs for patients with external injuries, but I've never seen him sew up a stomach, and he could even sew up the organs inside."
Bai Shan opened his mouth wide, and Wei Ting stuttered, "W-what, sew organs? What organs?"
"It's the spleen, intestines, and liver inside the human body."
Wei Ting asked with shaking hands, "How can I survive like this?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Theoretically, it's possible, but I've never sewn a real person, so I'm not sure."
Anyway, when she was sewing the anthropomorphic models, three or four out of ten times would survive. Later, she could only survive eight out of ten times. It seems that she needs to intensify her training recently, and it would be best if she could survive ten out of ten times.
I always thought that she could only suture external injuries. After all, Teacher Mo said that the conditions here are not good. Even if the patient can survive after the laparotomy, postoperative aseptic treatment is also a big challenge.
So she has been committed to simulating acupuncture and Chinese patent medicine to stop bleeding, including not only internal bleeding but also external bleeding.
But after seeing Doctor Fan's suturing skills today, Manbao realized that this was actually possible at this time.
She thought it was nothing to mend someone's belly, but Wei Ting cried so hard, thinking that Ji Hao was really finished.
Bai Shan, who at least knew a little about medical science, managed to calm himself down and asked, "Will you need to open your abdomen again in the future?"
Manbao shook his head. "Probably not. Opening the abdomen is very dangerous. Generally speaking, unless the abdomen is already open, it will not be opened."
So Manbao felt that this was also Ji Hao's luck. Although he was unfortunate, Manbao had seen his injuries and knew that the bleeding in his liver and spleen was not caused by scratches from branches, but by a collision. It was just that the branches scratched his stomach.
If there was no cut, when Imperial Physician Fan and others came, they could only use medicine and acupuncture to stop the bleeding. It would be impossible to open the abdomen and suture to stop the bleeding.
But judging by the wounds she had seen, it would be difficult to stop all the bleeding with medication and acupuncture, even more difficult than it was now.
So perhaps Ji Hao should be grateful for the scratch from the branch.
People at that time were very taboo about laparotomy. Even when a woman was giving birth, the laparotomy would only be performed at the last step, after the mother died of complications during childbirth. Few people dared to perform the laparotomy while the mother was still alive.
But Dr. Ji secretly told her that he believed that many women with difficult labor could survive if they performed a laparotomy early, took the baby out and sewed up, and took proper care after the operation.
Unfortunately, there are very few women studying medicine in the world, and there are differences between men and women. Even if he can perform a laparotomy and dares to do so, no one dares to let him enter the delivery room and perform surgery.
Wei Ting cried for a long time before wiping away tears and answering Manbao's question, "It was Ying Wenhai. He whipped Ji Hao's horse hard, causing him to fall off."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion from the other side of the tent. The three of them immediately stood up and looked over. It turned out that a man dragged a young man to the front of the tent and made him kneel down to apologize.
Wei Ting's face was filled with anger. He asked, "What does the Ying family mean by this? Ji Hao's life or death is still uncertain. Are they kneeling here now to add fuel to the fire?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Ji rushed out of the tent, raising her hand to hit the kneeling boy, but was caught by the old maid who followed closely. She hugged Madam Ji tightly and pushed her back into the tent. Then she said loudly to the middle-aged man standing there, "Master Ying, my old lady said that now that our young master's life and death are uncertain, she doesn't have much energy to deal with these matters. Everything will be discussed after our young master wakes up. As for Young Master Ying, we will deal with him as we should. With the prince above and the magistrate of Tang County below, the Ji family believes in the laws of the country and there is nothing to say."
Master Ying's face was covered in bruises, but he still managed to force a smile and talk to the old nanny. However, she didn't even wait for him to speak. She turned around and ordered the servants of the Ji family, "Bring up a soft couch. The carriage is bumpy. Call a few strong men to carry the young master back."
"Yes." The servants of the Ji family left one after another.
Manbao and Baishan saw that the smile that Ying Daren had forced out suddenly disappeared, and then he stood there with a sullen face without moving.
It was the first time for the two of them to see such a confrontation, and they were stunned for a moment.
Master Ying took a deep breath and kicked his kneeling son. After kicking him out, he cursed angrily, "Look at what you've done. If anything happens to the young master of the Ji family, I will send you to the Ji family..."
When County Magistrate Tang arrived, he saw Ying Wenhai being kicked away. As luck would have it, he fell right at his feet.
Seeing the blood coming out of his mouth, he couldn't help but frown slightly, then he squatted down and reached out to support him, then pulled him up and handed him to the yamen runner behind him. Then he looked at Ying Wei, "Master Ying, please let me take care of Master Ying for the time being."
Ying Wei didn't expect Tang He to come. When he heard his words, his pupils shrank and he quickly said, "Master Tang, this is Ying's family matter. Please don't bother with it."
(End of this chapter)
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