When everyone heard Zhang Zhigang's words, they couldn't help but open their eyes slightly.
"The intestines are inside the stomach. If we want to remove the carbuncle, wouldn't we have to disembowel it?"
Liu Jian asked quickly.
"It's not that scary. It's just a matter of making an incision in the abdomen, removing the appendix, and then sewing the wound shut."
Zhang Zhigang smiled and said: "This is a new research field of our Daming Medical College, the field of surgery, where the effect of treating diseases is achieved through surgery."
"There was no way to treat diseases like intestinal carbuncle in the past, but it can be cured very successfully through surgery. Not long ago, we used surgery to discuss intestinal carbuncle and successfully cured an acute intestinal carbuncle.
patient."
"The truth is actually very simple. The intestines suffering from intestinal carbuncle are like the rotten skin and meat on our body. If it is not removed, it will continue to rot and become more and more serious.
, and affects other good skin and flesh.”
"Removing the carrion can wrap up the good meat and prevent it from deteriorating further."
"The intestines suffering from intestinal carbuncle are different from ordinary intestines. They are actually dispensable for our human body. Removing them will not affect our bodies."
"But this is also using a knife on the body. If the flesh is cut, can it be sewn back?"
Li Dongyang also said anxiously. When he thought of using a knife on Emperor Hongzhi, he couldn't even think about it.
"Of course you can. The human body's skin and muscles have a certain ability to heal themselves. We can sew the wound with surgical threads and perform reasonable maintenance, and it will heal naturally."
"We conducted a lot of experiments on this during the Western Expedition. Many soldiers were even injured here on the chest, but they have recovered through our surgeries."
"This intestinal abscess is a minor surgery. We have conducted a lot of related research and have successfully performed several cases."
Zhang Zhigang nodded solemnly and said.
There is really no limit to this medical skill. In the past, it was just about feeling the pulse. Now with the rise of new medicine, the field of surgery is also developing rapidly, and various new treatment methods have emerged.
"Are there no other treatments?"
Xie Qian thought for a while and asked.
"Other methods are to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, and this noble man's body has been delayed for too long. If treated now, there is still hope that he can gradually recover. If this continues, chronic intestinal carbuncle may occur at any time.
It will turn into acute intestinal carbuncle."
"Even if it doesn't turn into acute intestinal carbuncle, judging from the current situation, it won't last long."
"Only by performing surgery to remove the rotten intestinal carbuncle and restore your own digestive system. Only when digestion gradually improves can you slowly increase your appetite and digest the nutrients in food that are useful to the body. In this way, the body
Only then can we gradually get better and regain our youth slowly."
Zhang Zhigang shook his head slightly. His research on this aspect has reached this era. It is the highest level on the entire planet and his research has been quite thorough.
"Operation?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked very ugly.
"There are only three or four years left?"
Zhang Zhigang's words kept echoing in Emperor Hongzhi's mind. If he didn't deal with this intestinal carbuncle, he would only be able to live for three or four years.
"Master, master!"
Xiao Jing shouted several times in succession. Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi was still stunned, he gave him a gentle push.
"Oh~"
Emperor Hongzhi came back to his senses, thought for a moment and asked, "Professor Zhang, are there any risks if surgery is performed?"
"How high is the success rate of this operation?"
"There are risks. At present, the field of surgery is a new field. Although we have conducted a lot of experiments and research, and also carried out some treatments, there are still risks in surgery."
"If risks arise during the operation, it is very likely to be life-threatening."
"In terms of success rate, it is currently only about half. Our number of experiments is not enough. If we can conduct experiments with a large number of theories, we still hope to increase it to more than 80%."
Zhang Zhigang also nodded and told everyone patiently and in detail the risks and possible situations during the operation.
"Half success rate?"
"This is too low."
When Zhang Mao heard this, he couldn't help but said.
"There is no way. The field of surgery is a new research field for us, and we are not very experienced in it. We are currently exploring."
"Half the success rate is already very good. You must know that in the past, there was no way to treat intestinal carbuncle. If you suffer from intestinal carbuncle, you can only wait to die."
Zhang Zhigang said very directly.
Although there are noble people in front of me, this kind of thing still needs to be explained clearly. As for whether to perform surgery or not, it is naturally up to the noble people themselves to decide.
"Thank you Professor Zhang. Thank you very much Professor Zhang. I will give you a big reward!"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, thought about it and thanked him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Jing, who was next to him, also took out a wad of banknotes and put them into Zhang Zhigang's hands.
"I didn't do anything to help. It's no reward."
Zhang Zhigang looked at the stack of banknotes, thought about it and refused.
"No, you helped me a lot."
"I will look for you again later."
Emperor Hongzhi stood up and walked outside.
He was in a very bad mood, especially knowing that Zhang Zhigang had concluded that he could only live for three or four years at most, which would be the same for anyone else.
He is also a human being, and he also desires to live longer. What's more, he is still an emperor, and there are many, many things that need him to do.
Jiangshan Sheji needs him to run it. The prince Zhu Houzhao is still young and needs time to grow. There are still many things within the Ming Dynasty that have not yet been arranged.
"Huh~"
When he came outside, Emperor Hongzhi exhaled heavily and looked at the flowers blooming in front of him. However, Emperor Hongzhi was not happy at all.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to this person's one-sided words. Your Majesty will definitely be able to last forever."
Zhang Mao, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others also hurriedly followed out. Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and naturally knew how Emperor Hongzhi was feeling at this time, and comforted him.
"Eternal green?"
"Who can last forever?"
"Long live the emperor. If he is shouted long live, can he really be long live?"
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and shook his head and said: "The emperor is also a human being, and he will eventually grow old. But I am only thirty-three now, and I really can't reconcile myself to it."
"Your Majesty, this is just his one-sided statement. The doctors in the palace all said that your Majesty is not seriously ill and just needs constant nursing care."
Xie Qian also comforted him.
"Recuperation?"
"It seems that all the imperial doctors in the palace are quacks. I wish I could kill them all."
Speaking of the imperial doctors in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi showed an extremely rare murderous look.
All the doctors in the palace were quacks. No one could diagnose that he had intestinal carbuncle, and they could only prescribe some tonic and nourishing prescriptions, making him become an old man in his thirties.
Same.
Look at the guards around you. Many of them are in their thirties. They are all strong and have rosy complexions. They are not like the old man who is about to die.
Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone fell silent. On important matters related to the emperor's life, it is unknown how many people have died since ancient times.
"Your Majesty, how about we go to other medical clinics in the capital and listen to other doctors' opinions."
Zhang Mao thought about it and suggested.
"Yeah, that's fine!"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and nodded. He looked at several more houses to see what other doctors had to say.
Soon, Emperor Hongzhi and his party began to visit other famous medical clinics in the capital.
Beijing Huichun Hall.
"My noble man, you must be suffering from intestinal carbuncle."
Xia Yong of Huichun Hall, who has always been a famous doctor in the capital, gave a diagnosis to Emperor Hongzhi and said in the affirmative.
"Is there any way to treat this intestinal carbuncle?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up slightly. It seemed that the doctors outside were more reliable than the doctors in the palace. After seeing several doctors, they all diagnosed him as suffering from intestinal carbuncle.
"There is no way to cure intestinal carbuncle. In the past, you could only wait for death, but now Daming Medical College Affiliated Hospital can remove intestinal carbuncle surgically. Several cases have been cured so far. You can go there and have a look.
.”
Xia Yong thought for a while and said.
Traditional treatment methods cannot cure intestinal carbuncle at all. Only surgical removal of intestinal carbuncle is the most effective way to cure it.
"Thank you doctor, I will reward you greatly!"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and after leaving the Huichun Hall, he directly ordered to return to the palace.
Back in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi looked very ugly.
The palace has always been unable to diagnose any problematic disease, but when it comes to the outside, people say that I have intestinal carbuncle, and they all recommend going to the Affiliated Hospital of Daming Medical College to remove the intestinal carbuncle through surgery.
Moreover, the doctors I saw outside all said that he should not take tonics for his health, but should eat more whole grains and eat more. Taking tonics would only make Emperor Hongzhi's health worse and worse.
"These quacks!"
Thinking of the imperial doctor in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but want to kill someone.
Even though he has a good temper, he still shows murderous intent when it comes to matters concerning his own life.
"All the doctors from Chuan Tai Hospital are here."
After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi also ordered.
Zhang Mao, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others were also still accompanying Emperor Hongzhi. At this time, their faces were quite ugly, and at the same time they were thinking about many things rapidly in their minds.
Emperor Hongzhi was suffering from intestinal carbuncle. Without surgical treatment, he could only live for three or four years. At that time, Prince Zhu Houzhao would ascend the throne and the dynasty would change again.
If this surgical treatment is performed, there is only half a success rate, which also means that things may change soon. Even if it is successful, Emperor Hongzhi will definitely not be able to manage state affairs during the treatment period, and he may be let go by then. The prince supervised the country and ordered several ministers present to assist him.
In short, for the Ming Empire, everything will be precarious in the future.
Too hospital.
The eunuch in charge of the Taiyuan Hospital was named Zhang Yu. He quickly received the order from Emperor Hongzhi and immediately summoned the judges of the Taiyuan Hospital Liu Wentai, Fang Shuhe, Youtongzheng Shiqin, Imperial Physician Xu Yu, and Gao Ting. He and others hurried towards Qianqing Palace.
"Eunuch Zhang, your Majesty is so anxious to summon us, has something happened?"
The court judge Liu Wentai and Zhang Yu had a very good relationship and had a good personal relationship. They asked anxiously as they walked away.
"I don't know either."
"Perhaps His Majesty has fallen into his old habit again."
Zhang Yu thought for a while and said.
"Then I have an idea."
Liu Wentai immediately nodded and said.
Liu Wentai's medical skills are actually very average, and can even be said to be very poor. He was able to become a court judge mainly because of his good relationship with Zhang Yu. In addition, he is more of a flatterer than a real scholar.
Of course, these imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are all iron rice bowls passed down from ancestors. If they are truly talented and learned, there will naturally be some. However, most of the imperial doctors who have been passed down to this day have actually very average medical skills. Most of the time they follow the script, and Because my own medical skills are not good, when I treat the nobles in the palace, I basically prescribe some prescriptions to replenish and nourish the body, and there is no other way at all.
Every time he went to see Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Wentai would first ask about the situation, organize his arguments in advance, and prepare prescriptions and other prescriptions to deal with it.
"It's probably nothing. If there was something big, it would have been reported a long time ago."
Zhang Yu also said with a smile.
The eunuchs in the palace were very well informed about each other. Not to mention that the emperor was ill, they knew exactly what color underwear the emperor was wearing today.
Soon, Zhang Yu took the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital to the study room of Emperor Hongzhi.
"I'm feeling a little uncomfortable, please let me have a look."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhang Yu, Liu Wentai, Gao Tinghe, Fang Shuhe and others, and said calmly.
"Yes~"
All the imperial doctors also replied in unison, and then began to step forward one by one to check Emperor Hongzhi's pulse.
Soon, after the pulse diagnosis was completed, these imperial doctors knew that Emperor Hongzhi was actually the same as before, and there was not much change. The next step was to discuss it together, diagnose something for Emperor Hongzhi, and then prescribe a diagnosis. This is the key to the recipe.
But at this time, Emperor Hongzhi said: "Everyone of you should go to a place to rest first, and I will take turns summoning you."
"Yes~"
Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Liu Wentai, Gao Tinghe, Fang Shuhe, Shi Qin, Xu Yu and others suddenly felt their hearts pounding. What happened to the emperor today? Why was he so uneasy about the routine that he had to act alone? Go ask.
But the emperor's words were imperial edicts, and they had no choice but to follow Emperor Hongzhi's words and be led by the young eunuch to a nearby room to wait for orders.
The first person to be questioned by Emperor Hongzhi was naturally the court judge Liu Wentai.
"Your Majesty, you must have been weak since you were a child, and you went out for a walk today, so you are feeling unwell. You just need to take some prescriptions for recuperation and pay attention to rest."
Although Liu Wentai was very nervous, he still reported his judgment to Emperor Hongzhi without changing his expression.
"Have you been weak since childhood?"
"Isn't it caused by other aspects?"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, thought for a while and asked again.
"Your Majesty is in good health and has no disease. He is just a little unwell because he is busy with state affairs. Your Majesty does not need to worry too much."
Liu Wentai still said very firmly.
In fact, he didn't see any illness at all, but he was very smart and used the words he had said countless times before to deal with Emperor Hongzhi, and he even memorized the prescriptions.
"Well, you go down first."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, and soon summoned the court judge Fang Shuhe.
The court judge Fang Shuhe's words were similar to those of Liu Wentai. Naturally, he was able to become the court judge because of his good relationship with Zhang Yu. As for his medical skills, he was only about the same as Liu Wentai.
Next, Gao Ting and Shuo Ci were the same as the previous two, saying it was nothing serious and prescribed the same prescription.
But when it came to the imperial physician Xu Yu, the situation was different.
"Your Majesty, judging from the pulse, the judgment may not be very accurate. Please forgive me for bumping into the holy face. I wonder if you can let me check it carefully again."
Xu Yu said nervously. In the past, he had suspected that Emperor Hongzhi's illness was not that simple. It was just that he had no say in the Imperial Hospital, and the emperor's affairs could not be talked about randomly. Without a definite judgment, he must not speak.
But today, looking at the faces of Emperor Hongzhi and everyone else and their unusual behavior, he felt that Emperor Hongzhi himself might know something.
Therefore, he was also very confused whether he should use the same rhetoric as before to deal with Emperor Hongzhi.
"sure."
Emperor Hongzhi's face looked slightly better. From the perspective of treating diseases, these imperial doctors in the palace were really better than those outside. At the very least, the imperial doctors in the palace only took the pulse. Other than that,
There is nothing else. I will ask the daily eunuch next to the emperor.
It was Xu Yu who was examining Emperor Hongzhi carefully and asking him where he felt uncomfortable.
Emperor Hongzhi was more cooperative and did whatever he wanted, and Xu Yu soon completed the diagnosis.
He thought for a moment and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, you may have intestinal carbuncle."
"Intestinal carbuncle?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he opened his eyes slightly and said, "Why couldn't it be diagnosed before?"
"This is just my personal judgment. In the past, when I made a diagnosis for His Majesty, all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital discussed it together. I am a soft-spoken person and I dare not talk nonsense."
Xu Yu said helplessly.
"A man speaks softly?"
"Don't dare to talk nonsense. Do you know that your diagnosis is related to the country of Ming Dynasty?"
After hearing Xu Yu's words, Emperor Hongzhi became angry and couldn't help asking loudly.
Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Xu Yu fell to his knees on the ground. At the same time, he was secretly glad in his heart. It seemed that Emperor Hongzhi really knew something.
"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me~"
"I'm also very helpless. It's the hospital's decision and they have the final say. They also have the final say on diagnosing and prescribing His Majesty. How dare we say anything nonsense."
Knowing that a catastrophe was about to happen, he was very decisive in throwing the blame away, killing fellow Taoists rather than killing poor Taoists.
"Hmph~"
"Go down."
Emperor Hongzhi's face was extremely ugly, which confirmed his own opinion.
Not only are these doctors at the Imperial Hospital quacks, but more importantly, these people have colluded together and treated their own lives as a joke. Even if any doctor outside can diagnose intestinal carbuncle, they have never had any diagnosis.