Chapter 170
Within the Desinia Territory, branches of the Thorn Merchant Guild in various cities suddenly posted a medical notice.
The above lists the types of wounds, conditions that can be surgically sutured, and patients can voluntarily register to participate at registration points in various cities.
Furthermore, the document details pre-operative precautions, the signing of surgical consent forms, and requirements for patient subsidies, among other things.
More importantly, if a patient is unable to move due to a wound, they can fill out a detailed form at the registration point and wait for a doctor to come to their home to perform surgical treatment.
The knights in the city will immediately send the message to Visas.
The information about the Suturing Surgery was described in great detail and comprehensively, filling three full pages.
Not only that.
The Thorn Merchant Guild members also posted the medical notice at the city gates, on notice boards along the streets, and in the most widely circulated newspapers.
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Soon, news of the Suturing Surgery spread throughout the entire Desinia Territory.
Due to the limited number of doctors currently available, aside from the cities of Visas and Komoy Fort, there are other places closest to these two cities.
In other areas, access to treatment is somewhat more difficult.
As stated in the medical notification, if the patient is unable to move, they can wait within the city for a doctor to come and perform the surgery to suture the wound.
But if it's a city far from Visas and Komoy Fort, and the patient's injuries can't be delayed, how can they possibly wait for a doctor to arrive?
I'm afraid the wound will worsen before it even gets better.
Therefore, even though the medical notice was posted in some cities that were far apart, most people did not take it seriously.
--If you have a wound, it's better to buy medicine from the Thorn Merchant Guild to apply, or brew a potion to drink.
Moreover, how can the wound be stitched up?!
A wound isn't made of cloth; wouldn't trying to sew it up with a needle be excruciating?!
They didn't understand what Catgut Suture was, what absorbable sutures were; they'd never heard of them, never even heard of them...
Most people are afraid to try things that are unknown.
They will wait for the first person to start, and then tell them how the "experience" went before considering whether they want to try it themselves.
Of course, these people refer to patients who need wound Suturing Surgery.
Ordinary people are just watching the show.
Although the news that Suturing Surgery could be performed on the relevant patients had spread throughout the entire Desinia Territory, it was accompanied by countless doubts, misunderstandings, and even insults.
Some people believe that stitching up a wound is a life-threatening act, and if someone dies during treatment, who should be held responsible?!
It must be said that the people within the Desinia Territory have begun to change their initial mindset.
In the past, even if a doctor killed someone while treating them with a hammer, fire tongs, or leeches, probably no one would say anything.
They would feel that this was their fate.
However, medical conditions within the Desinia Territory have been improving, and all physicians now receive further training at the Medical Academy in Visas or Komoy Fort.
What used to be a single Medical Academy now has branches in other cities.
These doctors improved their medical skills.
While it's not to say that all doctors are exceptionally skilled, they at least understand that most of the treatments they've used before are incorrect and should be prohibited.
In the Medical Academy, they learn more about how to diagnose and treat patients, administer medication correctly, and bandage wounds, etc.
The people within the Desinia Territory are also gradually beginning to learn about proper medical knowledge.
Everything has two sides, good and bad.
Just like in this case, even though the news of the Suturing Surgery has not yet been confirmed, some people will believe it, while others will doubt whether this treatment method is effective.
Although some later mentioned that this treatment method was first proposed by the lord, the voices of distrust decreased considerably, but many people still discussed its feasibility.
As this discussion spread, very few people actually volunteered to participate in the surgical suturing.
Most of these people came from Visas and Komoy Fort, while almost no one from cities further away went to the registration point to register.
John was an ordinary hunter living in the Batlai City.
He relied on hunting in the mountains to earn money to supplement his family's income. The hides and meat of the prey could be sold, and whole prey could fetch even higher prices.
John wouldn't even keep the game meat at home to eat, because that would mean less money from selling it, which could be used to buy more food to feed his family for a long time.
Although his two sons and daughters longed to eat fresh meat, John steeled himself and refused their request for the sake of survival.
In the end, he still felt sorry for the children, so he used the money from selling the game to buy just a little bit of meat and oil.
John is the pillar of the family.
But this time, he encountered danger on the mountain.
Even the most experienced hunters cannot guarantee that no unexpected situations will occur on every hunt.
John's luck has probably run out.
The trap he set had flaws.
But he didn't detect it before he left.
After the trap caught a wild boar, John went forward to kill it before binding it and taking it away. But just as he got close, the boar broke free of the ropes in the trap and charged at John.
John panicked and tumbled down the hillside, his thigh pierced by a sharp branch during the fall...
Fortunately, he was quickly discovered by a passing hunter, who immediately took him down the mountain to a doctor in the city for treatment—stopping the bleeding, disinfecting, applying medicine, and bandaging.
John's leg injury was so severe that he couldn't move it. Any movement would cause the wound to reopen, followed by a continuous flow of blood.
After finally stopping the bleeding, I had to reapply the medication and bandage it...
John's family was not wealthy, and the cost of seeing a doctor and getting medicine was not cheap, so with no source of income for the time being, John could only lie in his bed.
His family thought that after seeing a doctor, John's leg would gradually improve.
However, the situation is not like that.
John's condition worsened; instead of healing, the wound on his leg began to turn red and ulcerate... Only half a day had passed since John was carried back from the mountains to see a doctor, had his wound bandaged, and returned home, yet the wound had become even more serious.
The doctors were helpless.
According to previous treatment methods, such a wound would have resulted in John's entire leg being severed.
But how could his family possibly agree to cut off John's legs? Without legs, John could no longer be a hunter, and how would his family survive?!
Finally, at his wit's end, the doctor casually remarked, "Why don't you all sign up for the Suturing Surgery? Maybe you can save him."
The city of Batlai once belonged to Gaina.
After the Gaina Kingdom was destroyed, the Batlai City naturally became part of the territory of Desinia.
Therefore, given the original expansion of the territory, Batlai City was quite far from Visas.
When the Thorn Merchant Guild posted the message, the people of Batlai City didn't take it seriously.
However, the doctors are now helpless, and medication is ineffective. John's family has no choice but to go to the registration point and explain John's situation.
The person recording the incident immediately notified the knightly patrols within the Batlai City.
Before long, a knight spurred his horse and set off.
John's family continued to feed John medicine and apply ointments while waiting for hope to come their way. To their surprise, an official from Batlai City sent two doctors to treat John without charging any fees.
The doctor who came later said, "We'll stabilize the patient's condition until the doctor comes to perform Suturing Surgery. If the patient's condition improves during this time, you can choose whether or not to have the wound stitched up."
John's family was overjoyed.
Most importantly, the doctors arrived in Batlai City much earlier than they had expected.
It is said that the knights of Batlai City arrived at the nearest pigeon post station, and then the pigeons at the post station carried the message, while knights in the next city continued to deliver the message.
Before this, Cyrus had already considered the issue of distance.
Fortunately, when the medical team was established, Cyrus required the main researchers in the team, such as Chipman, Yadai, and Yinke, to be proficient in suturing techniques, and then the assistants and recorders would learn and master them.
Therefore, before the medical notice was posted, Chipman, Yadai, and others led teams to various cities.
Only two people remained in Visas and Komoy Fort to treat the patients.
In less than a day, Yadai arrived in Batlai City with his men.
By this time, John had woken up twice from his coma. Although the wound on his leg had not worsened, it still showed no signs of healing.
After examining the patient, Yadai said that Suturing Surgery was necessary.
After speaking with John's family and obtaining their consent, he began to order people to prepare a suitable house, the necessary manpower, medicine, and so on.
He also carried surgical tools and medicine with him, but he had almost used them all up along the way.
However, anesthetics and disinfectants can be purchased from the Thorn Merchant Guild, which is relatively easy. What you need to prepare are a suitable operating table, lighting, and a clean room...
After everything was prepared, John was carried onto the operating table.
Yadai first administered local anesthesia, then removed the ulcerated skin and flesh, cleaned the wound, and then performed Suturing Surgery...
John's leg wound was deep, but fortunately it didn't hit a major artery; otherwise, he might have died before a doctor arrived.
The surgery took neither a short nor a long time.
When Yadai came out, it was still not dark, and they had arrived in Batlai City in the afternoon.
"The Suturing Surgery was successful. His stitches will be removed in ten days. I will be staying at the Batlai during this time. If there are any problems, he can come to the mansion to find me."
"Thank you so much, Doctor! We are so grateful!" John's family members were moved to tears and almost knelt down before Yadai, but Yadai stopped them in time.
John's story quickly spread throughout the entire Batlai City.
The people of the city were watching to see if John's wound would heal after being stitched up—and as it turned out, the treatment really worked!
John's leg wound healed quickly, surprisingly quickly, and he personally brought gifts to the mansion to Yadai.
That day, many people saw his legs moving freely.
Instantly, the discussions and doubts about the Suturing Surgery subsided.
Someone couldn't help but say, "I knew our lord had never made a wrong decision! Since he proposed stitching up the wound, it means it's definitely feasible!"