“Good heavens!”
Before Yun Wei could speak, the little eunuch was already wailing.
“Medical Officer Shen, please do not be foolish.”
The little eunuch’s eyes were filled with fear.
He even looked at Shen Yu with a hint of scrutiny.
‘This Medical Officer Shen is so young; why is she seeking her own end?’
“Even the Imperial Physicians from the Imperial Academy of Medicine have no way to treat the Marquis’s illness. You should stay out of this mess.”
The little eunuch’s voice carried a hint of despair.
He really did not know how to persuade Shen Yu, nor could he understand what she meant.
In his eyes, how was this any different from seeking death?
“Sir, please do not say too much. The Marquis Mansion is already at its wit’s end. It is a good thing for the Marquis Mansion that Medical Officer Shen is willing to try. With me protecting her, Medical Officer Shen will be fine even if she cannot cure him.”
Yun Wei stood up and instinctively shielded Shen Yu.
After all, even the Imperial Physicians were powerless against her father’s Intestinal Abscess, eventually giving the polite conclusion that they were “waiting for the end.”
At such a time, unconventional methods might actually have miraculous effects.
With her father’s life hanging by a thread, the family elders had even invited monks from the temple, leaving no stone unturned.
Otherwise, she would not have been ordered to Huimin Hall to find Court Physician Zhou, who was seeing patients in the West Wing today, to ask for some folk remedy from Liuzhou to treat abdominal pain.
“The situation is urgent. I am willing to believe you, but please come with me to the Marquis Mansion first to check on the condition.”
Yun Wei still trusted Shen Yu quite a bit, but she had no idea that Shen Yu was currently calculating how to cut her father open.
If she knew, she would probably be the one recoiling in terror.
“Fine.”
Shen Yu nodded, thinking that she would have to see the patient’s specific condition before deciding on a treatment.
Furthermore, Shen Yu did not have enough experience with surgery.
In her previous life, she was a pediatrician, primarily responsible for internal medicine.
Although she had been seconded to surgery and the emergency department for a while, she had mostly served as the attending physician for postoperative recovery.
While she had participated in several surgeries, she had only watched…
However, after her Transmigration, she had been forced to perform surgery on people to save them.
She had handled a few cases of Acute Appendicitis at the Border, though those who were saved were basically all young and strong men.
The treatment method was simple and crude: restrain the patient’s limbs, have them bite a towel to prevent them from biting their tongue during the struggle, and then operate in a well-ventilated tent sprayed with disinfectant, alcohol, lime covering the floor, and several charcoal basins burning.
Shen Yu did have a modern-style Scalpel with replaceable blades.
Qingfeng Village could produce a small amount of steel, and scalpels made from steel were sharp and could reduce the probability of heavy bleeding.
However, they were still hindered by limited materials and were too rudimentary, falling far short of modern instruments.
And the lack of anesthesia was the biggest problem!
Even those patients who successfully survived the surgery would lose consciousness from the pain several times on the operating table.
It was not that Shen Yu had not tried to research anesthesia.
After all, even in this ancient setting, there was such a thing as Mafeisan.
It was just that the production method and the dosage had to be figured out bit by bit.
Shen Yu and Su Lianyue had researched it for a long time without any progress or breakthroughs.
It reached the point where Shen Yu began to wonder if the medicinal properties of the herbs in this world were so potent and strong that there was no natural ingredient with an anesthetic effect.
Could it be that this thing really could only be synthesized through chemical engineering?
Moreover, a surgery was not just suffering for the patient; Shen Yu also had to endure both psychological and physiological torture.
If she was not ruthless, it would only increase the patient’s pain.
Therefore, Shen Yu could only grit her teeth and use the knife amidst the patient’s agonizing wails.
Physiologically, because she sought a sterile environment and was herself a source of contamination, she had to wrap herself up tightly.
She had to perform precise operations while being bundled like a rice dumpling.
After a single surgery, both the patient and Shen Yu would lose at least half of their lives.
“What is Miss Shen thinking about?”
On the carriage to the Marquis Mansion, Shen Yu looked out the window distractedly, her expression somber.
“It is nothing. Please stop at the inn where I am staying for a moment; I need to pick up a few things.”
“Very well.”
Yun Wei nodded.
In her view, Shen Yu was likely going to retrieve some miraculous medicine that she had never seen before.
Perhaps with Shen Yu taking action this time, there might actually be hope for her father’s illness!
At the inn, before they even entered the door, they saw the waiter walking toward them, holding a tightly wrapped package.
“Miss Shen! You are back. An officer from the Courier Station came by just now and said your family from your hometown sent you some things. They left it at the counter for us to hand over to you. Please, take it.”
“Something from my hometown?”