As soon as Wen Tiandong left, Liu Dalang's wife sat beside the bed and cried.
Liu Dalang looked dull for a moment and then said: "Stop crying. I'm not dead yet. You just cry. When I die, will you still be able to cry?"
Liu Dalang's wife was choked, but thinking that Liu Dalang was about to die, she decided not to be acquainted with him, and sat silently wiping her tears.
Liu Dalang was quiet for a while and then turned to ask her, "How much money do we have left in the house now?"
Liu Da's wife said: "There is not much money left, only three hangings more."
Liu Dalang said: "Keep it for your children to find a wife for later."
Mrs. Liu: "What about your coffin?"
Liu Dalang looked at Liu Erlang and said to him: "I want dad's coffin. I think he can live for a long time. I will give him the tree I planted on the mountain. When my elder brother gets a wife in the future, let him pay for it."
His father made a coffin."
Liu Erlang: "...I don't have any objections, but dad..."
His old man may not agree.
However, Liu Erlang still agreed. He was going to die anyway, so he had to accept it first. If his father didn't agree, there was nothing he could do.
Mrs. Liu became even more sad, her eyes red and swollen from crying.
Liu Erlang could only comfort her, "Sister-in-law, you are lucky. During this time, the medical department will treat you at no cost to you."
The Liu family's family is relatively well off, classified as a middle-income family, so they can save on medical expenses, but they have to pay for the medicine themselves.
But since Liu Dalang's wound suffered a convulsion and the Liu family decided to give up treatment, Wen Tiandong persuaded them to continue receiving treatment. Not only was the consultation fee waived, but the medication fee was also waived.
This time I took Master Wen's car from Qingzhou City to Beihai County, saving even the fare, food and accommodation.
Yes, in order for the Liu family not to give up and try their new medicine, Zhou Man agreed to Wen Tiandong's suggestion of including room and board.
Liu Erlang's words did not comfort Liu Da's wife. Although the treatment did not cost money during this period, the disease was not cured either.
For them, as long as the illness is not cured, it is useless. Thinking of the consequences of losing her husband, Mrs. Liu couldn't help crying again.
They were all prepared to accept the worst outcome, but they didn't expect that although Liu Dalang didn't get better, he didn't get worse either. He showed no signs of dying for three days in a row.
Not to mention Liu Erlang and Liu Da's wife, even Liu Dalang's eyes widened and he gained some confidence, "I, can I get better?"
At this time, Wen Tiandong, who had to go to the laboratory sixteen times a day, shouted excitedly, turned around and ran to find Zhou Man, "Sir, sir, sir, the results are out, the results are out!"
Zhou Man immediately got up and went with him to the laboratory to see.
It was found that among the three portions of the medicinal solution, penicillium grew in the parts that were not contaminated by the medicinal solution, but not in the areas where the medicinal solution was present.
Wen Tiandong asked excitedly: "Is this useful?"
Zhou Man nodded, "Yes, it's useful."
Wen Tiandong immediately said: "I will give him medicine right away."
Zhou Man stopped him and said, "First put a little bit on a needle to test the situation. If there is no bad reaction, give it to him."
Wen Tiandong responded.
It wasn't until he brought the medicine to the ward that he remembered to ask, "Sir, is this for drinking?"
"No, it's injected," Zhou Man said, "Try a little under the skin first. If there are no adverse reactions, inject it into the muscle."
This required additional preparations, but there were few other things in the medical department, and there were a lot of various needles and instruments, so Wen Tiandong quickly found something.
He first used a hollow needle to take a little bit of the medicinal solution, and then followed Zhou Man's suggestion and pricked his wrist.
Wen Tiandong took out the needle and saw a bump growing on his wrist, so he looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man held his stomach and looked at it, then looked at the needle and felt that the medicine had gone in.
It is not difficult for doctors to get the medicinal liquid into the body through the skin, and it is not difficult even for some specific people.
For example, people who like to apply poison on arrowheads, swords, and dart heads.
There are still very few poisons that can seal the throat when blood is seen. Most of the poisons are applied on weapons to injure people and then enter the skin. The consequences are paralysis, palpitation, dizziness, vomiting and other effects that make people lose their combat effectiveness.
Since this method of applying poison became available, doctors have learned that the treatment effect may be better and more intuitive if the drug enters through the skin in addition to the mouth.
Because the same poison, if drunk from the mouth, is likely to be killed by the contents of the intestines and stomach, but it will slow down the onset of the poison;
On the other hand, entering through the skin can enter the bloodstream faster. If there are less than two paths, the poison will be released faster.
This truth is not only known to Zhou Man, but also to Xiao Yuanzheng and other imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital.
Before she went to the Western Regions, they had discussed ways for poisons to take effect quickly. At that time, they mentioned that since drugs enter the muscles and take effect faster, can they be used as medicine to treat diseases through the skin?
However, their conditions were limited, so they just thought about it and actually put it into action. In terms of intramuscular injection, this is probably the first case.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Zhou Man looked at the small bag and nodded slightly to Wen Tiandong.
Wen Tiandong asked Liu Dalang, "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Are you feeling flustered? Do you feel like vomiting or anything like that?"
Liu Dalang shook his head.
Wen Tiandong also cautiously felt for his pulse, and then gave up his position to Zhou Man.
Zhou Man also touched it, and after looking at his face, he felt there was nothing wrong, so he nodded, "Give him some medicine."
Wen Tiandong happily agreed, and then asked: "How much?"
Seeing that he wanted to get the pig bladder, Zhou Man was frightened, "Are you going to inject him with this and let him die?"
Wen Tiandong said: "This is already the smallest one. If you want to make it smaller, you have to sew it separately."
Zhou Man pointed to the needle and said, "Just use this one and give him five needles first."
This needle can only take a small amount of medicinal liquid into the body. Zhou Man was cautious and decided to insert five needles first.
Wen Tiandong responded.
Liu Dalang thought it was just like the previous acupuncture, so he didn't pay much attention to it. However, as soon as the needle was inserted, it was as painful as the previous one and he almost trembled.
Wen Tiandong looked at his hands and then looked at his butt, "There's a lot of meat on your butt, so why don't you spank it?"
Otherwise, it wouldn't look good if five needles were stuck in his hand, which would make him feel embarrassed.
Liu Dalang cried, and he cried out of pain.
But he heard that this medicine was specially made for him, so he resisted and did not object. There was also hope in his heart that maybe it would really work this time.
It hurts so much, it must be effective, right?
Zhou Man stood aside and watched him get the acupuncture, and Mrs. Liu beside her looked hesitant to speak, but seeing that she was not shy at all, she could only remain silent.
Wen Tiandong didn't think anything was wrong, and even asked Zhou Man for his opinion after the injection.
After finishing the five injections like this, Zhou Man looked at the five needle openings carefully, frowned and said, "We have to find a way to improve the injections."