Manbao washed her hands carefully, and then took off the cloth wrapped around her head. Because it was a little tight, there was a shallow mark on her forehead, and her hair was pulled down.
Dr. Liu had just taken off the cloth. When she saw it, she said, "Mr. Zhou, let me comb your hair."
Man Bao likes it best when others comb her hair. It is not only comfortable but also looks good, so she nodded repeatedly.
Mrs. Han finally came to her senses and immediately led them to the guest room to rest and freshen up.
Doctor Liu obviously hadn't recovered from the operation yet. She slowly combed Man Bao's hair and asked, "Dr. Zhou, how did you come up with the idea of abdominal surgery to remove the son?"
She had a very strange feeling that Zhou Man had done this kind of surgery many times and it didn't feel like the first time at all.
For example, the skillful gesture of pulling the child out, the careful suturing layer by layer, if you have never done it before, who would know what to do?
She had seen a lot of things in the imperial hospital, especially when it was inconvenient for the imperial doctors to treat the masters of the harem, and they needed to check and report on their behalf.
And girls have a very special kind of attentiveness. Dr. Xiao may have been too frightened to pay attention, but she watched it from beginning to end.
Man Bao said: "You will know if you sew more."
She turned her head and looked at the half of her combed hair, and said: "Actually, it is better to give birth naturally, because the tools are limited, postpartum care is difficult, and caesarean section is very harmful to the mother's body. Unless it is a last resort, caesarean section is not recommended in the future.
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Dr. Liu nodded, "But Dr. Zhou has pioneered this treatment. If women have difficulty giving birth in the future, they will have an extra way to survive."
Man Bao looked at her face through the bronze mirror and asked, "Do you want to learn?"
Dr. Liu was stunned, and after a while she said in surprise: "Can I learn?"
Man Bao nodded and said: "There are many prejudices in the world. Look at the Han family who dotes on the Fifth Lady of Han. The Li family is considered liberal, but Dr. Tan and the others can only wait outside the screen, let alone other families."
She sighed: "The capital is pretty good, but other places are more ignorant. I have seen a mother-in-law who would rather let her daughter-in-law die in childbirth than ask a doctor to take a look. So it is more convenient for a female doctor to give birth."
Dr. Liu did not agree to her immediately, but thought for a long time and then said: "But in this case, wouldn't I become a Wen Po in the end? How many people in this world need to open their abdomen to remove a child? And I don't have one either.
I am confident that I can be like Dr. Zhou."
Man Bao smiled and said: "You can not only learn how to perform laparotomy, but also how to give birth naturally, and you can also learn other medical skills. You are not just delivering babies, you can also treat other diseases."
She said: "Look at the patients who come in and out of Jishitang every day. Among the ten patients, five are underage children, four are men, and only one is an adult woman. This is why I went to Jishitang to stabilize the patient."
There are only a few cases of female patients since then. In the past, the huge Jishi Hall might not see a single female patient a day."
Doctor Liu did not expect this.
Man Bao said calmly: "Is it because women's bodies are better than men's and they don't get sick? No, maybe it's because of poverty, maybe it's because of the difference between men and women. Women can endure pain and illness better than men, and they have to endure it on their own.
It’s over.”
"But if there are female doctors among the doctors sitting in the medicine shop, then they will be less tolerant. Those who can afford to see the disease will always come to see them." Man Bao raised his eyes, looked into Dr. Liu's eyes through the bronze mirror and said:
"Your family has been practicing medicine for generations. If you are willing, you can definitely learn other medical skills. When the time comes, you can practice medicine."
Dr. Liu didn't speak for a long time. She combed Man Bao's hair, put the pearl flowers on it, and then said with a complicated face: "Little doctor Zhou, I'm seventeen, and my family will tell me in two years."
Kiss me, and then take me out of the palace to get married. After I get married, I can’t sit in court to see a doctor anymore, right?”
Man Bao asked: "Why not?"
The family fortune of the imperial doctor was not as much as Man Bao thought. At least it was not easy to maintain a life in the capital and support a family. She had understood that the dowry that the Liu family could give to Doctor Liu's daughter would not be much.
If none of the grandsons of Imperial Physician Liu can enter the Imperial Hospital, eventually their whole family will have to leave the capital and go back to their hometowns, buy some land, become ordinary rich people, maybe open a pharmacy, or maybe just find a local pharmacy to continue their business.
Sit in court and be a doctor.
This also depends on the ability of the descendants.
Imperial Doctor Liu is one of the imperial physicians that Man Bao is most familiar with. Therefore, she and Shopkeeper Zheng Da have known each other. Among the several imperial physicians, he has the weakest family background. He was originally admitted to the imperial hospital from a local place and has no foundation. His son
Neither I nor my grandson are particularly outstanding at the moment.
On the contrary, it was Dr. Liu, and Man Bao admired her very much.
Doctor Liu had a fight with the gods, and then whispered: "My grandfather would not pass down the medical books at home to me. Some of the more important diseases, even my father has not learned about them. Only my uncle can learn about them."
Manbao:……
Man Bao said: "It's okay, I can teach you. Have you read the "Huangdi Neijing"?"
Dr. Liu nodded, "I've seen this before, but there are a lot of things I don't understand."
"You can sort it out later, and I will answer it for you one by one," Man Bao said with some pity, "It's a pity that it is inconvenient for you in the palace, otherwise you would be auscultating by my side like Xiao Shao, and the speed would definitely be faster."
After all, she has been working in Taiyuan Hospital for so many years. Although she has read few medical books, she must have seen a lot of diseases and prescriptions. It is a pity that she has not studied systematically and does not know why, so she is not good at diagnosing pulses and prescribing prescriptions.
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But Man Bao feels that as long as she is taught this, she will grow faster than Xiao Shao.
Manbao felt a little regretful.
Man Bao turned his little head and thought her hairstyle looked pretty good, so he stood up and asked her to sit down, "You should freshen up too."
Dr. Liu agreed and asked while combing her hair: "Mr. Zhou, do I want to stay with you tonight?"
Man Bao blinked, his eyes met hers, and he asked with a smile: "Do you want to stay?"
Dr. Liu paused for a moment and then softly said "hmm".
Man Bao smiled and said, "Then you can stay."
This was just a matter of Man Bao's words. As long as she told Dr. Liu and the Li family that she wanted to keep Dr. Liu as a assistant, someone would naturally ask for leave on behalf of Dr. Liu and the Taiyuan Hospital.
Dr. Xiao came out from Dr. Lao Tan's place. When Mrs. Han Wu woke up, Dr. Lao Tan and Dr. Liu saw that there was no big problem and she was still alive and well, so they left with them.
She has to go back to the palace.
Man Bao wrote a letter and gave it to Xiao Shao, asking him to go to Changqing Lane after returning to Ji Shi Tang, "Tell my family that I have to stay here tonight and go home tomorrow."
Xiao Shao responded.
Manbao washed his hands and entered the delivery room, glanced at Mrs. Han Wu who had woken up, and then stretched out her sinful little hand to press her abdomen...