Inside the tent, Gelo was still lying on the ground, blood continuously seeping from his wound. Pandora, standing nearby with nothing to do, kept lightly biting the tip of the silver fork held in her mouth.
Richard glanced over, took a bottle of alcohol from his robes, walked to Gelo's side, crouched down, and began treating his wound.
When the high-proof alcohol was poured over it, even unconscious, Gelo furrowed his brow in extreme pain.
Richard paid no heed, handling him like a dead object with cold, meticulous movements. After finally tending to the wound, Richard looked at Pandora and held out his hand, palm up.
"Huh?" Pandora asked in confusion.
"Give me what's in your mouth," Richard said.
"Huh!" Pandora frowned and refused.
Richard sounded a little helpless. "I need it. Just let me use it for now. I'll give it back when I'm done."
After hearing that, Pandora was still reluctant, but she ultimately opened her mouth, took out the silver fork tip, and placed it in Richard's hand.
After taking it, Richard disinfected the silver fork tip and the two blood vessels taken from the horse's corpse with alcohol. He then fixed the fork tip to the end of the thinner blood vessel, turning it into needle and thread. He pierced Gelo's abdominal wound and began stitching it up.
That was right—suturing. Surgical suturing.
To be honest, surgical suturing did not involve much advanced technology. All it required was a suitable needle and suitable thread.
Needles were generally made from bone or metal. Animal bones, fish bones, silver, copper, and aluminum could all work. As for thread, many materials had been used throughout history, including plant materials such as linen, hemp, and cotton, as well as animal materials such as tendons, catgut, and arteries.
Generally speaking, plant