Chapter 169 Female Doctor
Li San Niang carefully explained the structure of her medical record to Tang Mingyue. Tang Mingyue looked at it several times and listened to Li San Niang's explanation. She then bowed to Li San Niang and said, "Thank you for teaching me, San Niang. This record you wrote is more detailed than those written by the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and it is also more convenient and effective to read. I didn't know about your injury and treatment process, but after reading this, I understand about 70-80% of it."
"Oh? Doctor Tang has read the pulse records written by the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Academy?"
Tang Mingyue smiled and said, "My wife has a relative who used to work in the Imperial Medical Bureau. I once consulted him about the rules of pulse diagnosis. It's not as detailed as Third Sister's. Only people with a certain level of knowledge and ability can understand those kinds of pulse diagnosis records. Even a junior apprentice can roughly understand Third Sister's."
Li San Niang and Tang Mingyue were chatting animatedly, their voices quite loud, which aroused the curiosity of Doctor Li and Doctor Cui standing nearby.
Doctor Li remained somewhat reserved and did not want to speak to Li San Niang. Doctor Cui then stepped out from the consultation booth in the cubicle and said to Tang Mingyue, "To be honest, I have consulted with some doctors working at the Imperial Medical Bureau. I wonder what is so special about Li San Niang's medical record?"
Since Doctor Cui was an elder and a senior, Li San Niang stood up and bowed to him, saying, "It's just a clever method. Doctor Cui, if you don't mind, please take a look."
With Li San Niang's permission, Tang Mingyue handed over the medical record that Li San Niang had just written to Doctor Cui with both hands.
Dr. Cui took it and began to read it from beginning to end.
He was naturally aware of the rumors that Li San Niang had encountered villains on her way home from work, but he didn't believe those various rumors. He knew that the only one that was true was the one about encountering villains.
But this did not prevent him, as a male doctor, from feeling disgusted by Li San Niang, a young woman, competing with them for a share of the medical profession.
After the couple who originally came to see Doctor Li for help with having children were snatched away by Li San Niang, Doctor Cui had a feeling that "this woman was indeed here to cause trouble."
However, the fact that Hui Niang had just been brought to see a doctor by her mother made Dr. Cui's opinion of Li San Niang, the female doctor, change to some extent.
This is because Dr. Cui is also the father of a young girl. He has a daughter born late in life, similar to Li's father, who was nearly thirty years old when she was born. She is only eight years old now.
A couple of days ago, Cui Xiaoniang accompanied Cui Niangzi back to the countryside. They had a great time there, but somehow she broke out in a lot of rashes. Strangely enough, they all appeared on her back.
Doctor Cui prescribed medicine only after examining the rash on his daughter's back, accompanied by his wife.
Putting myself in her shoes, if it weren't for the fact that I am a doctor myself and there is an age gap between me and my biological mother, I wouldn't be able to look at the back of my daughter who is over seven years old.
Therefore, Dr. Cui understood that the woman had come to the clinic and immediately asked Dr. Li San Niang, the female doctor, to examine her. Moreover, judging from the fact that the woman left with a smile on her face and took some medicine from the medicine cabinet before leaving, it must have been Dr. Li San Niang who had answered her questions and treated her properly.
Therefore, Dr. Cui now feels that there's nothing wrong with having female doctors in the medical profession.
After all, people are divided into men and women, and people eat grains and other foods, so they will get sick. However, due to the ethical norms at that time, it was always inconvenient for women to see a doctor. Therefore, if there were female doctors, it would indeed solve many problems.
Dr. Cui carefully read the medical record twice and had to admit that Tang Mingyue was right. The medical record written by Li San Niang was indeed concise and clear, to the point that even a junior apprentice who had only studied medicine for a few years could understand it.
It really lowers the threshold for doctors, and any doctor who sees this medical record can understand the situation, continue to see the patient, and decide how to prescribe medicine based on the recovery progress at the follow-up visit. It's truly ingenious.
The group chatted for a while using Li San Niang's medical record. During this time, Dr. Li didn't move and remained seated at his consultation table, not coming out to see how Li San Niang's novel medical record was written or how concise and convenient it was.
Li San Niang naturally wouldn't go out of her way to please someone who already had a prejudice against her.
For lunch, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang ate at a mutton soup and pancake shop on the same street as the medical clinic.
Although Li San Niang knew that people with martial arts skills should be able to eat a lot, since they consume a lot of energy, she really didn't expect Qiu Xiang to be such a big eater.
Li San Niang already felt quite full after eating one bowl. If it weren't for the shame of wasting food, and the fact that she had paid for it, she probably would have left quite a bit uneaten.
Qiu Xiang ate three large bowls of this soup before finally putting down her chopsticks.
"Do you usually eat this much? Should we go back to the clinic and get two hawthorn pills?"
Qiu Xiang's usually expressionless face showed a hint of embarrassment at this moment. "I don't usually eat like this every day because of my missions. Third Sister, there's no need. I don't feel too full."
But Li San Niang thought it wouldn't work, so she went back to the clinic and asked the young apprentice on the medicine cabinet for two hawthorn pills, which she handed to Qiu Xiang. Qiu Xiang had no choice but to take them and chew them.
In the latter half of the day, no one came to see Li San Niang. Tang Mingyue saw the most patients, and Doctor Li and Doctor Cui also had a few patients. Only Li San Niang was leisurely reading the pharmacopoeia.
Li San Niang thought the afternoon would pass by like this, and planned to buy some of the new candies for Lu Zhu'er when she passed by the pastry shop later.
Unexpectedly, just before her shift ended, with only half an hour left, the young couple who were seeing patients on Li San Niang's first day of work arrived.
Yes, Shunzi and Yingniang have arrived.
The two women entered with relaxed smiles. After taking their numbers and sitting down in front of Li San Niang, Ying Niang asked with concern, "I heard on the street that Doctor Li had encountered some bad people. A few days ago, Shunzi and I came to the clinic to ask, and they said that Doctor Li was still recuperating at home. Today, he went to Hui Niang's house to deliver vegetables, and then we heard that Doctor Li had returned to work. So, as soon as we heard the news, we came here. Is Doctor Li much better now?"
Li San Niang was surprised that Ying Niang still cared about her. She smiled at Ying Niang and said, "It's alright, I'm much better now. Come, stretch out your hand, let me see."
Yingniang's pulse has improved slightly, but she still needs to continue recuperating.
Shunzi didn't speak, but she consciously and proactively extended her hand. Her pulse was still not very strong, but it was better than before.
"The weather has gotten cooler lately, has Shunzi noticed any improvement in the coldness in her hands and feet?"
"this……"
"Just tell me what Dr. Li is asking you," Yingniang urged from the side, unable to stand Shunzi's hesitant manner of speaking.
"Oh, Dr. Li, my hands are fine, but my feet are still ice cold. They don't warm up until midnight when I fall asleep."
Li San Niang nodded, took out the two people's medical records, recorded their pulse readings, and then carefully wrote out a prescription.
After copying a prescription for the two of them, Li San Niang said, "Ying Niang should continue taking the same prescription as last time for seven days. I've modified Shun Zi's prescription, focusing more on strengthening the spleen. This is the new prescription."
Looking at the two of them, Li Sanniang lowered her head and whispered, "We still can't sleep together. When it's time, I will tell you. You must not destroy your own chastity."
"Okay, I'll listen to Dr. Li."
Shunzi didn't reply, but nodded with a blush.
"Dr. Li, who is this little girl?"
Li San Niang glanced back at Qiu Xiang, who was still sitting behind her, before saying to Ying Niang, "This is my eldest disciple. I want to train her to be a female physician like me, which is why she comes along to see patients. Don't worry, I will never let anyone know about your conditions."
"A female doctor? That's wonderful. Women need female doctors."
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