Chapter 412 The Corpse Teacher
"Female doctor, will it be possible to have a baby?"
Looking at Wang Pozi's anxious appearance, Li San Niang felt a little sad. She thought that at this time, women were considered to have the greatest value in terms of childbirth, both by the outside world and by themselves. It was really a mess.
"Once you've recovered, you'll be able to give birth."
Let's get our health in order first.
Also, Grandma, don't put too much pressure on Chrysanthemum. This conditioning is a long process; it won't be effective in a day or two, or even a month or two.
Don't be anxious. When a person is in a good mood, they'll recover faster.
After giving her some careful instructions and telling her what the young lady should pay attention to in her daily life, Li San Niang handed the prescription to Wang Po Zi.
Li San Niang wrote down Wang Juhua's condition in the medical record book, thinking that she could compare it with the records when they came for a follow-up visit next time, so as to see if there was any improvement.
"Dr. Li, are you busy?"
Li San Niang quickly stood up and bowed to Manager Gao. "Manager, record a patient's medical history."
Is there something you need?"
Manager Gao nodded. "I asked the Alliance, together with Medical Supervisor Sun, to inquire with the Corpse Bureau about the matter you asked me to handle before."
They agreed, refusing payment, but stipulating that a three-day religious ceremony be performed afterward, and that the deceased be properly buried.
Li San Niang never expected that her request would actually be successful.
"This, this, is an unidentified corpse?"
Manager Gao nodded, "He was a beggar from the outer three cities. He had no relatives and didn't survive the winter. He was taken away by the people from the morgue who were patrolling the streets."
Manager Gao approached and whispered, "After all, this is a matter of great disrespect. Chief Physician Sun only managed to get it done after he contacted the Director of the Imperial Medical Bureau."
My grandfather said, "It seems your master, that is, Dr. Liang, played a role in this, which is why the official gave you the slip of paper."
When Li San Niang heard Manager Gao mention her master, she nodded inwardly, "I knew it. No matter how open-minded and tolerant people are these days, they would probably find it hard to accept the idea of learning anatomy from corpses."
In other words, most doctors specializing in surgery have been to war and are not afraid of such things.
"Thank you for informing me, Steward. I understand now and will be careful to avoid giving others the opportunity to attack and destroy our alliance and the Imperial Medical Bureau."
Manager Gao smiled; it was easy to talk to smart people.
Manager Gao stroked his beard, nodding as he said, "Good, it's good that you know what's important."
Soldiers will come to pick you up again tomorrow; you can stay home for a while.
The next day, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang were ready early and were waiting at home.
Sure enough, at 7:45 AM, a carriage stopped outside the Li Family Medical Hall.
The same two soldiers who came last time (who appeared in Chapter 318 when they first went to the camp outside the capital to give a lecture) dismounted and greeted him. After that, Brother Li got into the same carriage that Manager Gao was in, while Sister Li and Qiu Xiang rode in the carriage driven by Nineteen and left the city.
The corpse storage site was actually not far from the Beijing Suburban Camp, located in the northwest corner of the camp, near the edge of the outer three cities.
It was a row of mud houses, where a deaf old man and his adopted grandson were guarding the place.
In fact, this place where corpses were laid out was under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhao Prefecture, but the officials there did not usually come here.
When they arrived at the morgue, a problem arose: there was no coffin, only a tattered mat. What to do?
"It's alright, just put it in my carriage."
I noticed the old man's body had already been covered with lime and was well-preserved; we could just carry it up.
The three of us are not afraid.
Li San Niang had worked as a cadaver in modern times, and Qiu Xiang and Shi Jiu had seen all sorts of bloody and gruesome corpses before, so none of them were afraid.
It's estimated that the only people who were afraid were Manager Gao and Brother Li.
The soldiers who came to pick him up were all veterans of the battlefield. They had probably seen corpses with missing limbs and heads, so why would they be afraid of a beggar who had frozen to death in winter?
Originally, the soldier intended to tie the body to the horse and carry it himself, but seeing Li Sanniang's words and the fact that she was genuinely not afraid or unafraid of bad luck, he actually tied up the body, which was wrapped in a tattered straw mat, and put it on the carriage where Li Sanniang was.
Qiu Xiang and Shi Jiu looked at the straw mats tied to the cart, exchanged a glance, and their eyes seemed to say, "It's only because of Third Sister that we're not afraid of this."
Upon arriving at the camp gate, they underwent another inspection. Although they had been there before, the soldiers at the gate carefully checked the household registration certificates before allowing the two carriages to pass through.
Fortunately, the soldiers had been notified in advance that Li San Niang and her group were going to bring in a corpse. Otherwise, anyone would have been startled to suddenly see a corpse wrapped in a tattered straw mat.
This time, nothing went wrong, and Dr. Sun and his team were already waiting at the entrance of the medical tent.
"Mrs. Li, are you well?"
"Dr. Sun, all is well."
Seeing the bundled straw mat on the carriage, Dr. Sun asked, "Is this the corpse?"
"It's that corpse. It's been treated with lime, so it shouldn't be very soft anymore. We'll need some tools. Do we have any here?"
Li San Niang was also afraid that the corpse might be sick. Although it had been treated with lime, she still placed the teaching site in the wild. She cut down a few trees nearby and quickly made a bunk bed, on which the corpse was placed.
Like Li San Niang, the surgeons, dressed in full protective gear with their faces and hair completely covered, gathered around. They whispered among themselves to those they knew.
"I really didn't expect that the second lecture would be about watching an autopsy!"
"Isn't that the work of a coroner? What does it have to do with us doctors who save lives?"
"This Li San Niang is quite formidable, unlike most women. We've seen plenty of corpses on the battlefield, so we're not afraid."
She, a woman living a peaceful life, was not afraid at all!
I saw it before; the straw mat covering the body was placed on the carriage that Li San Niang had made!
"Let's get closer, or we won't be able to see clearly. Hurry up, hurry up, don't let someone else get there first!"
It is unknown whether the beggar who froze to death wanted his body to be studied and used after death, but it is likely that he did not.
But sometimes, there are things that simply have to be done this way.
Li San Niang and Sun Yijian were the leaders, with Li Erxiong, Manager Gao, Shijiu, Qiuxiang, and the two soldiers who came to pick them up standing behind them.
Li Sanniang and Doctor Sun each held three incense sticks and bowed three times to the corpse that had just been placed on the high platform. Only then did Li Sanniang speak, saying, "Today, I thank the anonymous person for contributing this corpse to us surgeons to learn the secrets of the human body. I, Li Sanniang, am deeply grateful."
Sun, the medical supervisor, followed closely behind. “I am Sun Mingwei,” followed by Li Erxiong and others. Li Sanniang continued, “I offer incense and prayers here with a heart full of learning and progress, and with sincere gratitude.”
Afterwards, a three-day memorial service must be held, and the body of the unidentified person must be laid to rest. An annual memorial service must be held as a token of gratitude.
After speaking, she bowed again, placed incense sticks in the incense burner on the ground, and then Li San Niang turned to the onlookers and bowed to the ulcer doctors.
"Gentlemen, today I will use this corpse to better explain the various techniques I passed on to the Alliance. The first one is CPR. Please gather around and watch..."
Li San Niang pointed to the corpse's chest, and a hands-on lesson began.
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