“Sister, it seems someone needs help.”
Yin Qiu instinctively looked toward the spot where the crowd was gathering.
Hearing the cries for help, several doctors carrying medicine boxes immediately surrounded the area.
However, as quite some time passed and the girl dressed like a little maid continued her tearful cries, the doctors remained motionless.
They looked at each other, one by one, with absolutely no intention of stepping forward to provide treatment.
Shortly after, a few slightly older doctors gathered around as well.
After checking the pulse, they also shook their heads and retreated to the side.
“I beg of you, my young lady comes from a wealthy family. As long as you can save her, we can give you any amount of money. I beg you, doctors have the hearts of parents, please have mercy and save her.”
Shen Yu was curious, and once she saw the patient’s condition clearly, she also gasped.
It was no wonder these doctors were avoiding this like a hot potato.
“So that’s how it is…”
The patient was a 10-year-old girl, dressed in very opulent clothing.
Although Shen Yu did not understand fabrics, she could tell at a glance that the clothes the little girl was wearing were not simple.
It was precisely because this little girl’s identity was unfathomable that the surrounding doctors were afraid to take any reckless action.
After all, this was the Capital City, where a randomly thrown brick could hit one or two nobles, wealthy merchants, or officials.
Moreover, the little girl was collapsed in the maid’s arms, her pretty face pale and her lips blue.
She was clearly trying her best to take deep breaths, yet it seemed like she couldn’t inhale a single breath.
She looked like someone trying to breathe underwater.
This was clearly the symptoms of asthma that Shen Yu had been studying recently.
Currently, the Capital City was in the midst of late autumn, nearing winter, which was the peak season for allergens like mugwort, humulus, and ragweed to flourish in the north.
It was also the high-incidence season for symptoms like asthma, allergies, and rhinitis.
The little girl before her eyes was 100% suffering from asthma, which was what the Imperial Physicians of the Imperial Academy of Medicine called Airway Obstruction Disease.
Even if they knew what it was, the surrounding doctors could not provide any method of treatment.
Setting aside the extreme risks of treatment, by the time various medicinal decoctions were brewed and delivered, the little girl would have long since suffocated to death because she could not breathe.
Seeing the little girl’s face grow paler and her eyes begin to roll back, Shen Yu gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, and pushed through the crowd.
‘Meeting me is your good fortune; you have the same disease as the current Princess. Otherwise, in this massive Capital City, there truly would be no one who could save you.’
“Make way, everyone make way! Saving a life is the priority!”
Shen Yu couldn’t care less about the finger-pointing from those refined and highly respected doctors toward a young girl like herself.
She grabbed her medicine box and knelt directly beside the little girl.
The little maid, who was originally so anxious that her face was covered in tears, saw Shen Yu appear before her without hesitation through her tear-blurred vision.
She was so moved that she burst into tears on the spot.
Setting aside whether Shen Yu could cure her young lady, the mere fact that she dared to stand up in this desperate situation made Shen Yu far superior to those well-dressed doctors in the maid’s heart.
Although the little maid didn’t understand great philosophies, she still understood the principle that true feelings are seen in times of crisis.
Furthermore, the techniques Shen Yu used to save the girl were not at all as clumsy as the maid had imagined.
Despite appearing to be a young girl in her early 20s, her professional movements and decisive techniques during the rescue were even more professional than those white-bearded Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Academy of Medicine!
Her massage techniques were professional, and her acupuncture was precise.
Supplemented with a few tiny pills that the little maid had never seen before, her young lady’s originally pale face instantly regained some color.
The girl, who had previously been unable to catch her breath like a drowning person, had actually calmed down significantly.
Although there was still a frightening sound in her throat, it was definitely much better compared to before!
“Thank… thank you for saving my young lady’s life. I will never forget this great kindness…”
“It’s not over yet! Leave her to me. You go and tell the people around us to clear out; the patient needs an environment with air circulation.”
“Yin Qiu, take out that little gadget I made.”
Shen Yu took a deep breath and took a slender ceramic jar from Yin Qiu, which looked like a strangely shaped pipe.
In fact, that was exactly what it was.
At the bottom of this ceramic pipe was a medicinal liquid specially formulated by Shen Yu with jute as the main ingredient.
After being heated at the bottom, the steam produced would pass through layers of specially designed areas and eventually flow toward the small opening at the top.
At the top, Shen Yu had also made an airbag out of a pig’s bladder.
A gentle squeeze could accelerate the mist into the patient’s airway, which was very effective for relieving asthma.
Though crude, this was the best Nebulizer Shen Yu could make with all her effort.
It was originally intended for use on the Grand Princess, and she hadn’t even conducted experiments with it yet.
‘Little girl, consider yourself lucky. You get to use something even the Princess hasn’t used yet. It’s just that I’m not sure if it will work… Forget it, I’ll treat a dead horse as if it’s alive! Saving a life is what matters…’
Shen Yu whispered to herself in a low voice.
She looked at the ceramic jar in her hand, listening to the medicinal liquid inside making a bubbling sound as it was heated by an oil lamp.
The time spent waiting for the medicine to boil seemed to become incredibly long…