Everything that happened in Xinglinchun was seen by the doctors and apprentices of Xuancaotang. Everyone looked at each other with different expressions, but they could no longer despise Lin Dan as unanimously as before. You know, in order to cure the patient with intestinal abscess, they witnessed Zheng Zhe and Wu Xuancao repeatedly formulating surgical plans, and then repeatedly overturning them. The treatment process required opening the abdominal cavity, which was already extremely difficult, and postoperative care required extremely high levels of energy. If any one of the links goes wrong, the patient may die, and the success rate is only 4 to 5 percent.
To put it bluntly, it was precisely because the patient was already terminally ill and beyond cure that Zheng Zhe and Wu Xuancao thought of performing surgery. They are trying their luck and trying their best. This consensus was understood by the patient's family, Zheng Zhe and Wu Xuancao, the doctors and apprentices of Xuancao Hall, and even the patients themselves. When you get this disease, what else can you rely on besides luck?
But now, this dying man was easily brought back to life by Lin Dan. The medicines he used were cheap, and only five taels of silver were spent. He was sent to the hospital in the morning and could go home in the afternoon. He recovered so quickly that everyone was stunned.
With the help of his family, the patient bowed to Lin Dan repeatedly, his expression full of gratitude. When paying the medical fee, his elder brother was stunned for a moment, then quickly ran to the door of Xuancao Hall and shouted at the top of his voice: "Give me back my fifty taels of silver deposit! When you said you wanted to perform the operation, in addition to the deposit, you wanted to charge me another two hundred taels of silver, and asked me to sign a contract, saying that you couldn't guarantee to save my brother, and let us take responsibility for our own life and death. But look, my brother was saved by Doctor Xiaolin! It only cost five taels of silver and four hours."
He spat fiercely, his tone was full of disdain: "Bah, what kind of miracle doctor? I think he is more like a quack! He took so much money from me, but he couldn't guarantee my brother's life. At the last minute, he said he couldn't cure him. My brother's illness was wasted! If it weren't for Doctor Xiaolin's extraordinary medical skills and his medicine that cured the disease, my brother would have died today! From now on, no one in my family will come to Xuancao Hall for treatment. Anyone who comes is a fool!"
The apprentices and doctors of Xuancaotang have always attached great importance to protecting the reputation of the store. If anyone says something bad about Xuancaotang, they will immediately attack them. But today, they blushed and dared not refute a word.
After hearing what the man said, passers-by were all surprised and said, "Oh my god, it costs two hundred and fifty taels of silver to treat a disease. Is this robbery?"
"Didn't you hear clearly? How much money is spent is a small matter. The important thing is that they can't guarantee to cure the patient at all, and they also want you to sign a life and death agreement to exempt them from responsibility! If this is really the case, then I dare not treat you. Run away as soon as possible. This is taking money to kill people!"
"Signing the life and death agreement is because you are afraid that you can't cure the patient and the patient's family will cause trouble, right? It shows that Doctor Wu's medical skills are not that good. The disease that Doctor Xiaolin can cure in a few strokes, she has to open the patient's stomach and make a life and death contract, as if it is very difficult to cure."
"From this we can see that although the two doctors are of similar age, there is still a big gap in their skills."
Passersby shook their heads and dispersed, and from then on they had this impression in their minds: although Wu Xuancao was a skilled doctor, she was ultimately not as good as Doctor Kobayashi of Xinglinchun. Doctor Kobayashi was able to drive Doctor Zheng away, so his medical skills are probably far superior to the other two.
As a result, Xinglinchun's business became more and more prosperous, and many doctors came here to practice medicine and learn medical skills from Lin Dan. There is no need for her to deliberately teach any secret techniques. Just following her and watching how she gives acupuncture and uses medicine can enable everyone to benefit a lot. Her method of treating patients is very unique, emphasizing speed, safety and efficiency, which is far beyond the reach of contemporary doctors.
By evening, the story of her curing a patient with intestinal abscess had spread among passers-by, and her reputation was tending to surpass that of Wu Xuancao.
After Xue Boyong left the military camp, he did not return to the Xue Mansion, but came directly to Xinglinchun. As soon as he entered the backyard, he asked, "I heard that you cured a terminal illness today?"
"Intestinal abscess is not a terminal illness. My ancestors were good at treating acute illnesses. In his life, he met 22 cases of intestinal abscesses and was able to cure them all. I have learned from my ancestors' experience, so my skills are naturally better than those of ordinary doctors, and I have also taken advantage of the family heritage." Lin Dan was scrubbing the sheets, his hands red from the cold.
Everyone who came and went in the clinic was a patient. One vomited blood, another had incontinence, making the bed sheets dirty and had to be washed and changed every day.
Xue Boyong rolled up his sleeves, took the bed sheet naturally, and said softly: "I'll wash it. You've been tired all day. Go and take a rest."
Lin Dan shook his head: "I only need to sit in the clinic to practice medicine, but you have to fight in the military camp. Who is more tired?"
Xue Boyong smiled softly: "We are both tired, why don't we just hire a few maids to take care of you."
After hearing this, Lin Dan immediately wiped his hands, went back to the house and took out a small notebook, pointing to it line by line for him to see: "Our clinic only started to make money this month. In the first few months, we had to buy medicinal materials and pay rent, which was really not a small amount. This month, we finally made some money, but I used it all to hire apprentices and doctors. With more patients, more medicinal materials are consumed, so the expenses in this regard are inevitable, and the liquidity is very high. We must ensure that there is always 500 taels of silver in our purse for turnover... Brother, calculate, where can we have the extra money to hire a maid?"
She kept saying "we", as if she had regarded this place as her and her elder brother's shared home. There was less alienation and more intimacy in her words, which made Xue Boyong happy. He looked at Lin Dan, his eyes full of tenderness, and sighed, "In that case, I will come back early to help you with your work."
Lin Dan didn't bother to be polite with him. He pointed at the basin and said, "Let's wring out the sheets together. Then you go chop wood and I'll cook. Don't worry, brother. Xinglinchun's business will only get better and better. When I have money, I will hire a few more servants and will never let you work again. Brother, you have worked so hard these days."
At the Xue Mansion, the eldest brother never had to work, but when he came to her place, he had to wash clothes, chop wood, and cook, making himself look messy. Big brother condescended to this point all for her, how could she not appreciate it? She originally wanted to refuse, but she had to admit that if a family did not have a man to support it, she really could not handle it alone.
Xue Boyong could have easily paid for Lin Dan to hire a few maids, but he didn't do that. He liked to come back every day to help her with the work, so that he could slowly integrate into her life and become an indispensable part of this family. He and Lin Dan each held one end of the sheet, slowly wrung it dry, and then hung it on the clothesline. They worked together to pour out the basin of dirty water. One of them chopped wood while the other went into the kitchen to cook. The division of labor was very clear.
Several guards hid outside the door and peeked in, but did not dare to go in. When they noticed the general winked at them, they ran away quickly. After leaving Xinglinchun, they sighed and said, "Why did the general do this? He didn't want to be a good son of a wealthy family, but came to work as a farmhand for Miss Lin. It seems like he's addicted to it."
"You don't know this, do you? Working for your beloved for a long time, you will naturally become a family. The general is playing a trick on her. Miss Lin initially asked the general to go back to Xue Mansion and not to worry about her. Now that the general doesn't come for a day, she has to go to the military camp to look for him. Isn't she inseparable from the general?"
"I see. I hope the general will achieve success soon."
The group of people were talking and laughing, obviously looking forward to this couple.
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Lin Dan's life became better, but Wu Xuancao's life became difficult. Without Zheng Zhe in charge, it would be difficult for her to support Xuancaotang on her own. If the patients were common people, she could refer them to other doctors on the grounds that she was busy studying medicine. However, if she met someone of noble status, she had to receive them personally, otherwise she would be shameless.
A casual word from these people could destroy Xuancao Hall and ruin Wu Xuancao's reputation. She couldn't hide, nor did she dare to hide.
What you fear will come true. On this day, the wife of Marquis Wu'an, who had a close relationship with her, came to see a doctor and said that her right upper limb was cold, numb, sore, weak, and often accompanied by symptoms such as headaches, convulsions, and fainting. She used to be a plump woman, but now she is so thin that she is just a bag of bones. If it weren't for the two maids supporting her on both sides, she would have fallen down at any time.
The wife of Marquis Wu'an fainted on the street two months ago. It was Wu Xuancao who treated her in time and brought her back to consciousness. Naturally, she trusted him very much. Walking into the inner hall and smelling the strong smell of medicine, she felt relieved and asked softly, "Xuancao, my disease is not difficult to cure, right?"
"Let me take your pulse first." Wu Xuancao had already learned how to take a pulse, so she was calm at this moment. However, the next moment, when she placed her fingertips on the wrist of the wife of Marquis Wu'an, her expression changed.
"Hemerocallis, what's wrong with you? Is my illness very serious?" The wife of Marquis Wu'an had red eyes and a look of despair on her face. In fact, she had seen many imperial physicians and taken many medicines, but her condition did not improve, so she came to Xuancao Hall to seek medical treatment in person. If even Wu Xuancao can't cure her illness, she really doesn't know who to turn to.
Wu Xuancao shook her head and dared not speak. She tried harder to feel the pulse, but found nothing. The wife of Marquis Wu'an was sitting in front of her alive, but she couldn't feel her pulse. What disease was this? Before she traveled through time, she was just a general surgeon. It was absolutely impossible for her to say that she knew all diseases and could cure them all.
What is the reason for no pulse? Many options suddenly appeared in her mind. It could be a problem with the aorta, or it could be blood deficiency and qi deficiency, or it could be a heart disease. There are many types of problems with arteries, including sclerosis, dissection, embolism, etc., and there are even more types of heart disease, which are too numerous to mention in one breath.
The simplest and most effective treatment for these diseases is undoubtedly surgery, either to remove clots, repair dissections, dilate blood vessels; or to bypass, replace, or even transplant the heart. These therapies simply cannot be realized in this backward era, and even if they can be realized, Wu Xuancao does not have the technology.
She can’t cure the illness of the wife of Marquis Wu’an!
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