Chapter 137: Suturing Technique
Chapter 137: Suturing Technique
"I'm not afraid of pain..."
As soon as Tang Jun finished speaking, he let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.
"Ouch!"
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much…”
It can be seen that some things cannot be said too early.
There is no way to control the physical pain. Even though Tang Jun tried his best to endure it, he couldn't help but move!
Zhou Lingling had no choice but to let her second brother hold him down.
Zhou Chi squatted down and took over from Zhou Yun to change the alcohol-soaked gauze for his sister.
Chen also came to help.
Xiao Yan took a look and asked Fei Yu, who had just returned, to tell Lu Jing and the others behind him, "Let them go first, and we will follow."
Lu Jing and his men were carrying food, so they were moving slowly.
It takes twenty days by carriage from here to the northern border, and they can't delay on the road, but they have to celebrate the New Year on the road.
Fei Yu was delighted when he heard this: "It's Uncle Lu's caravan! I'll go right away."
The others had already packed their luggage, but were delayed because they met the Tang family.
Zhou Lingling cleaned the most serious wound on the man's shoulder, and Doctor Lao Bai had just finished his acupuncture.
He just sighed and said, "My life is saved for now, but..."
"Just what?" Tang Biao asked anxiously.
Doctor Lao Bai looked at him and said, "This child's brain is injured. The human brain is the most complex. So even though I can save his life, he may not wake up. Even if he wakes up, he will be able to be the same as before. I can't guarantee it."
Tang Biao stood there in a daze.
The old lady asked, "Doctor, are you saying that my grandson might not wake up... or become a fool?"
Doctor Lao Bai nodded.
Zhou Lingling also understood that what Doctor Bai was talking about was probably a vegetative state.
To her surprise, after hearing the news, the family did not take any extreme actions, such as blaming Dr. Bai for his poor medical skills.
Everyone, including the old lady and the Tang Biao brothers, expressed their gratitude to Dr. Bai.
Especially the old woman said: "Doctor, thanks to you, otherwise my grandson would not be saved."
"No matter whether he's good or bad, as long as he's alive, it's good. He has so many uncles and brothers, they will definitely be able to support him throughout his life!"
Zhou Lingling felt a liking for this family again.
"Old man, when you're done, come and take a look at this. If you delay any longer, I'll bleed out!"
Doctor Lao Bai raised his eyebrows and said, "You little bitch! You're hurrying me up! I'm hurrying me up!"
As he spoke, Doctor Bai asked his young apprentice to come over with the medicine box.
Zhou Lingling knew he was just being stubborn. "Look at his wound, it's so deep. It'll take a long time to heal naturally, and it'll easily fester. I once read about a method for suturing external wounds in a book..."
She wanted to help the family.
So he told Dr. Bai the little he had learned in his previous life without reservation, and the latter's eyes became brighter the more he listened.
"Excellent! Excellent!"
"Girl! When I was a child studying medicine, I also saw this so-called suturing technique in my master's notes. Unfortunately, my major was not traumatology, and the notes were accidentally lost. I haven't studied it in all these years."
"What did you just say was catgut? Can silver needles be used instead of suture needles?"
Doctor Lao Bai's question made Zhou Lingling silent.
She has space for catgut, but not in this era.
"I'll tell you later about the catgut thread. We can use cotton thread instead. Silver needles don't work, so let's use embroidery needles!"
"Uncle Han, is the hot water ready?" Zhou Lingling turned around and asked,
Han You replied: "It's already healed."
Zhou Lingling said to Meixiang, who was helping, "Sister Meixiang, go get some embroidery needles, a pair of scissors, and a ball of undyed cotton thread. Boil them in boiling water and bring them back to us."
Meixiang quickly agreed and got up to prepare.
Zhou Lingling continued to say to Doctor Lao Bai, "Don't look at me. I'm only good at theory. You've been giving needles for so many years, your hands must be steadier than mine. I'll show you how to sew when the time comes."
"If that doesn't work, let your apprentice take over!"
The expectant light in Dr. Lao Bai's eyes disappeared in an instant, and he muttered something.
Zhou Lingling couldn't hear clearly, but she was either being scolded or scolded.
quickly,
Meixiang brought over a basin of hot water and a plate with boiled scissors, a needle and white cotton thread.
Zhou Lingling washed her hands, picked up a pair of scissors, bent the embroidery needle into an arc, and then threaded the needle.
Then he said to Doctor Lao Bai and Pei Yuan, "Watch me, I'll demonstrate with a piece of cloth, just like this..."
Doctor Lao Bai looked serious and listened attentively with Pei Yuan, and then prepared to start giving acupuncture.
Zhou Lingling warned: "It will be a little painful, someone come and hold him down."
This time, both Tang Jun himself and her second brother were well prepared.
As Doctor Lao Bai started to use the needle, Tang Jun clenched his teeth, his cheeks flushed, and the veins on his forehead were bulging.
Zhou Lingling then went to clean the wounds of other members of the Tang family according to the severity of their injuries, while Doctor Lao Bai and Pei Yuan took turns suturing them.
The old lady kept thanking her, and Zhou Lingling also learned that this large family was surnamed Tang and came from Yingyuan County, the southernmost county in the Southern Region.
A widowed mother and four sons, three of whom are married and one is not, so there are three daughters-in-law, plus a daughter and son-in-law, and the daughter's parents-in-law.
They also fled north, their destination being Jiangnan.
"Jiangnan isn't a good place to go these days."
Feiyu had just returned from the provincial capital and learned some of the current news.
Everyone pricked up their ears and listened, especially the Tang family.
Fei Yu: "The grain harvest in Jiangnan has also been poor this year. Although there is a large amount of grain in stock, the prefectures in Jiangnan will not open their granaries to provide disaster relief without the imperial court's order."
"Many cities have closed their gates, not allowing outsiders to enter or leave..."
When the Tang family heard this, they panicked!
Tang Biao stopped crying while holding his son. "If the city gates are closed, what will we do?"
Tang Bin gritted his teeth, enduring the doctor's needlework on his flesh, and couldn't help but say:
"We have come this far, either keep going or..." die.
It is impossible to turn back.
The usually silent son-in-law Sun Yan also said: "Mom, we definitely can't go back."
The mother he called was his mother-in-law, Zhao.
In this big family, the one who makes the decision is his mother-in-law.
Widow Zhao thought silently.
Zhou Lingling and the others didn't say anything. They saved people, but they didn't participate in any of their decisions.
Feiyu told them what he knew, and he had done his best.
He cleaned the wounds of several men and sons-in-law of the Tang family. The big wounds were sutured, and the small ones were bandaged directly with medicine applied by Pei Yuan.
Zhou Lingling's gaze turned to these female relatives again.
"You... follow me to the carriage, I'll help you check the wounds!"
From the outside, these women did not have many obvious wounds and very little blood on their bodies.
But Zhou Lingling noticed that they were just sitting there and it was difficult for them to move even a little, so she judged that they must have other injuries than mine.
After hearing Zhou Lingling's words, several daughters-in-law turned their eyes to the old lady.
The eldest daughter-in-law said, "Mother, let me help you take a look."
The second daughter-in-law said politely: "Yes, mother, you must have been injured just now. Please help my mother take a look!"
The third daughter-in-law, who was wiping the sweat off her husband's wound while it was being stitched, said, "Mom, please look, we still have a long way to go, don't let anything happen to you!"
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