Chapter 463 Ancient Surgery
Doctor Bai was checking the tools needed for the operation.
Gu Xixi uncorked a medicine bottle and brought it to Yina's lips, "This is anesthetic."
"You will fall asleep after drinking it."
Yina believed Gu Xixi and drank it directly.
After a while, there was no more noise. Doctor Bai turned his head casually to take a look, but was stunned.
"It's gone already?!"
He looked at Gu Xixi and was as excited as if he had found a treasure.
"Boss Gu's medicine works much faster than the Ma Fei San I made myself. I wonder how this prescription works..."
Gu Xixi couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Doctor Bai, we can talk about the prescription later. If you are ready, start as soon as possible."
"If we're too slow, not only will the child be in danger, but the adult might also wake up in the middle of the process."
Doctor Bai woke up as if from a dream and quickly calmed himself down, "Yes, yes."
"I'll go wash my hands. You take off her clothes and use the bottle of liquor and gauze I left on the table to scrub her skin. Be sure to wipe from the inside out, not from the outside in."
Gu Xixi responded and turned around to do her job.
She thought that this ancient doctor, Doctor Bai, actually understood surgical disinfection and his techniques were relatively standard.
No wonder his treatment of external injuries greatly reduced the mortality rate in the army.
The operation began. Without a surgical towel, Gu Xixi covered Ina's body with the clean cotton gauze brought by Doctor Bai.
Doctor Bai stood in front of the long table and took a deep breath.
When he picked up the knife, he seemed like a different person, focused, calm and confident.
The uterus should be in this position, there is no mistake.
Blood vessels should also be avoided when cutting.
Doctor Bai followed his train of thought and cut decisively.
Gu Xixi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was not much bleeding.
One of them was performing a cesarean section for the first time, and the other was watching a cesarean section for the first time.
Gu Xixi does not have Doctor Bai’s countless practical experience.
She could only give timely advice based on her limited knowledge of biology.
"After all the fat and muscles are stretched out, the uterus can be seen in the exposed uterine cavity."
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Doctor Bai performed each operation one by one with steady and quick techniques.
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour...
The people waiting outside suddenly heard a baby crying.
The crying was weak at first, but gradually became louder.
"It's born! It's born!"
Aunt Lin said, "It sounds pretty powerful."
The birth of a new life is supposed to be a happy event, but none of the military families present could smile.
Zaohua was the youngest and had just become a mother. When she thought that the child might lose his mother right after birth, she could not help but lower her head and wipe away her tears.
Ina's wet nurse collapsed on the ground as soon as she came out.
She stared at the closed door, muttering something with a sad face, probably praying.
Half an hour later.
Doctor Bai put down the needle and watched Gu Xixi sprinkle a layer of medicine powder on the sutured wound, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It works. She's lucky. I only have a few pieces of catgut left, and I'm going to use them on her."
"Whether she can recover as normal depends on her luck."
"The first three days are the most dangerous. I will stay in the village and watch how to give her medicine at any time."
The operation was completed and the newborn baby was healthy.
Gu Xixi responded and turned to open the door.
"Mother and child are safe."
"Someone come and help me get two basins of warm water so I can wash the child."
"Put the master back on the bed."
God knows how much weight the words "mother and child are safe" carry at this moment.
It was as if a stone had broken the ice.
The stunned crowd suddenly became busy.
Yina's nurse stood up tremblingly, and looked at Gu Xixi with tears in her eyes. "She, is alive?"
Gu Xixi nodded, "She's alive, but she hasn't woken up yet after the anesthesia. You can go in and see her and the child."
Everyone returned to the house again.
Doctor Bai had already opened the window, dispersing most of the bloody smell in the room.
Ina was lying on the long table, her body covered with gauze, and she was snoring softly in her sleep.
Zaohua happily grabbed Aunt Lin and said, "She's alive! She's really still alive!"
When everyone saw the little baby on the bed, they couldn't help but frown.
The baby's body was still wet, covered with amniotic fluid, blood and dirt.
Gu Xixi smiled awkwardly, "He's so soft all over, I don't really know how to hold him, let alone give him a bath."
Fortunately, it was midsummer, and Gu Xixi wrapped the child with a pillowcase to prevent him from catching a cold.
There were many experts in giving a baby a bath at the scene, and they started to prepare it immediately.
Gu Xixi stayed here waiting for Yina to wake up.
After all, it was she who prescribed the medicine, and oral Chinese medicine anesthesia was far less accurate than modern respiratory anesthesia.
It didn't matter that we prepared to deal with the wicked in the past.
Now that it is being used on Yina, Gu Xixi is a little worried about any sequelae.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Xixi smiled and said to Doctor Bai, "This is the first time I've seen an operation so closely today."
Doctor Bai sighed, "This is also the first time I've performed surgery on a woman in labor."
Gu Xixi said, "You finished it so quickly, it doesn't seem like it's your first time at all."
Doctor Bai smiled and said, "Maybe it's because it's not the first time I've opened someone's stomach, and you're giving good instructions, so it should work for everyone."
"As for speed, as a military doctor, I can't be slow. I'm used to it."
After all, the battlefield waits for no one, and wounded soldiers are sent down one after another. Military doctors must not only be accurate, but also fast.
This will save more lives.
After the baby was cleaned, he continued to cry.
Aunt Lin said she was hungry, but there were no women who were breastfeeding in the village recently.
I could only get a bowl of goat's milk, boil it, let it cool down, and feed it to the baby.
The little guy wasn't picky and fell asleep after eating.
Soon after, Ina also woke up.
"I'm not dead?"
Everyone nodded with tears in their eyes.
Gu Xixi knew that Yina was most worried about the child, so she said, "The child is healthy and has fallen asleep after drinking goat's milk."
Yina's eyes were red, "Thank you."
At this time, the wet nurse came over with the child in her arms to show Ina.
Yi-na asked, "Is it a boy?"
The wet nurse cried and laughed, and nodded continuously.
Gu Xixi had already seen the baby's gender when she delivered the baby, which was an answer that Daye Dynasty would welcome.
Wait until Ina has seen the child.
Gu Xixi finally reminded her of the precautions to take after the operation and observed Yina's quick reaction.
After confirming that the anesthetic had not damaged my brain, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your body needs to be recuperated. Take a good rest. Mr. Bai will stay in an empty house in the village for the next two days. If you need anything, feel free to go to the village and call for help."
"Mr. Bai will also come to check on your condition regularly, give you medicine, or change the dressing on your wound."
Yina was very weak and could not express much. She could only gaze at Gu Xixi with gratitude and said, "I will repay your great kindness."
Then he looked at Aunt Lin and the others, "Thank you everyone."
Ina safely passed the three-day critical period.
During this period, Gu Xixi and Lu Jing were running around outside the village during the day.
This is the first time that sorghum has been sown at the border and vegetables will also be grown in an intercropping pattern.
There are many small problems in the actual operation, which need to be corrected by Gu Xixi in a timely manner.
On the afternoon of the third day, Doctor Bai went to the courtyard to say goodbye to Gu Xixi.
Gu Xixi was a little surprised. "It's not even three days yet. Is there something urgent, Mr. Bai?"
Doctor Bai hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "It is indeed urgent. The general sent me to the capital overnight."
When she heard about the capital, Gu Xixi felt inexplicably uneasy.
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