Chapter 871 Gold wounds can be treated with sutures and alcohol.
Old Zhou couldn't understand the doctor's actions, and he was even more puzzled by the piece of fresh pork with skin on the high table.
The physicians present, whether from Chang'an or from elsewhere, began to ponder what was happening before them.
"This...this must be an attempt to demonstrate that sewing technique in public, right?"
After Tang Mingxing said this, the doctor standing with them spoke to the person closest to Gao Ji.
Although Tang Mingxing couldn't hear what the standing doctor said that made the doctor sitting next to the high table look so surprised, he could understand the actions.
The doctor, who had been sitting, stood up, picked up a knife that the waiter had placed on the high table, and slashed directly at the piece of fresh pork with skin on.
And this same requirement from the standing physician was also being applied to Zhou Aweng at this very moment.
Old Man Zhou, quite surprised, asked the doctor who only had two eyes showing, "Does this doctor mean I should hold this knife?" Old Man Zhou stood up, looked at the doctor, and pointed to the knife next to the skin-on pork on the high table. "Make a cut in this meat?"
Even though the doctor nodded, Old Man Zhou asked again, and the doctor replied, "Yes, that's exactly what I mean."
Only then did Old Man Zhou dare to pick up the knife and make a horizontal cut on the rather large piece of fresh pork with skin on.
At this moment, the piece of fresh pork with skin on, which was in the hands of Physician Sun on the high platform, was cut a few times by a military general who was supporting him from the audience.
As for why it was more than one cut?
That's because Dr. Sun was about to demonstrate more than one suturing technique. The fresh pork with skin, cut at varying depths, required multiple suturing techniques to better close the wound.
Before the doctors could demonstrate their techniques after the wound was healed, the doctor on the platform spoke loudly again, and a waiter came out with a tray once more.
The crowd, already astonished by what they were seeing, had their curiosity piqued even more when they saw the servants carrying trays out of the back hall one after another.
"Next, I would like to introduce to you something unique, especially crucial for patients with traumatic injuries; it can be considered a life-saving medicine."
What the waiter placed on the tray was naturally the secret recipe made by Li San Niang—high concentration of alcohol!
Earlier, Li San Niang wrote down the method of refining this item and gave it to Mr. Bu Ke. Later, Mr. Bu Ke used this item to establish a relationship with the Ministry of War, and this item also connected the Imperial Medical Bureau with the Ministry of War.
Over the years, thanks to the efforts of many skilled craftsmen, although this high-concentration alcohol cannot yet be widely distributed for civilian use, it can still be used on a small scale in the military and supplied to the Imperial Medical Bureau of Chang'an.
Today, Dr. Sun and Dr. Wang also went all out, using real high-concentration alcohol for their demonstration.
Although this is just for demonstration purposes, using it in this way can indeed be considered somewhat wasteful.
However, Dr. Sun still believes that this is the best time to promote high-concentration alcohol to doctors.
Since it's a promotion, the real product must be used. If water is used to demonstrate high-concentration alcohol, even if it's said to be a demonstration to avoid waste, without the smell of high-concentration alcohol, how will the doctors believe it?
Then the promotion will be ineffective.
Looking at the small porcelain bottles with stoppers on the waiter's tray below the stage, Li San Niang sighed inwardly, "The fact that this thing can be produced on a large scale now is all thanks to Bi Qionglan, who is currently still in the south."
"Without her planting techniques, where would we find enough grain to brew this kind of wine?"
When Li San Niang thought of Bi Qiong Lan, she thought of high-yield corn. She hoped that with the prosperity of maritime trade, she could find corn from overseas as soon as possible. She believed that with Bi Qiong Lan's careful cultivation, high-yield corn could be obtained after more than ten years of cultivation.
At that time, the corn can be used both as food to fill the stomach and as a raw material for brewing wine, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
The doctor on the platform continued to explain high-concentration alcohol, a substance touted as a life-saving drug.
"...It was thanks to this medicine that wounded soldiers on the battlefield were able to survive high fevers, overcome infections, and stay alive."
Next, Physician Sun and the other physicians will demonstrate the suturing techniques of the Department of Ulcer Medicine at the Imperial Medical Academy.
Because her family was the top of the five major pharmaceutical companies, Zhong Liwenlian knew that this was definitely a business opportunity when she heard the doctor on the platform introduce the high concentration of alcohol.
A doctor was demonstrating suturing in front of these major pharmaceutical merchants. The smell of high-concentration alcohol and the exquisitely crafted instruments seemed to magically appear in the doctor's hands. Before Zhongli Wenlian could even understand what was happening, the knife wound on the fresh pork with skin was stitched up little by little.
Zhongli Wenlian listened to the Wang family medicine merchant beside her exclaim, "Amazing, this is truly amazing!"
They used only thread, and the wound was stitched up just like sewing clothes!
Old Man Zhou was equally astonished by the technique. Right before his eyes, the doctor stitched up the incision that Old Man Zhou had made, bit by bit, with incredible speed.
The stitched-up pork belly with skin was handed by the doctor to a waiter who was already waiting. The waiter carried the tray and walked around the room, showing it to those who were further away from the aisle and couldn't see the doctor demonstrating the stitching technique.
Meanwhile, the fresh pork with skin, prepared by Physician Sun on the high platform using at least four different suturing techniques, was placed on a tray by the messenger and taken down. First, it was shown to the officials of the Ministry of War and the military officers, and then it was shown to the five major pharmaceutical merchants on the side.
This back-and-forth demonstration took at least 45 minutes. Seeing that the time was almost up, Dr. Sun gestured to the doctor who was speaking on his behalf.
After the doctor understood, he went to find the attendant below the stage, and then the sound of the gong rang out again in the inner hall.
Everyone already understood the meaning of the gong, and after hearing its sound, they gradually quieted down.
Although some people were still whispering about the doctor's demonstration of suturing, everyone in the audience looked at the high platform in the center.
Then the doctor spoke up again, saying loudly, "Although this high concentration of alcohol is a life-saving substance, it can only be used on the skin and must never be drunk."
If you were to drink it, it would burn your esophagus and be fatal!
Remember this, everyone! Remember it well!
Important things must be repeated three times, and the doctor really did repeat these words three times before continuing, "Ladies and gentlemen, next, the doctors from the Department of Surgery of the Imperial Medical Bureau will once again demonstrate suturing techniques for you!"
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