Chapter 333 - Chapter 333: Chapter 329: Treating Back Sore_1 (1/2)

Chapter 333: Chapter 329: Treating Back Sore_1

Having organized the medicinal herbs and surgical tools, Yingbao donned a mask that her mother had made specifically for her, carefully cleaned her hands, and started making an incision on the patient’s sore.

Her senior apprentice brother also wore a mask, thoroughly cleaning his hands and assisting from the side.

The patient’s wife gave him a bath, cleanly washed his hair with scented soap, and dried it.

The patient then lay face down on a small bamboo bed. His hair was wrapped in a cloth to prevent it from getting in the way of the procedure.

Yingbao, with an expressionless face, poured some strong liquor onto his back, indicating to his wife and brother to hold his arms and legs down, and then she started cutting open the sore with a knife.

The patient was shivering in pain, biting hard on a cloth gag.

This was Yingbao’s first time looking inside a sore, which resembled a bee’s nest. Numerous maggots were squirming in it, making her feel sick.

Resisting the urge to vomit, she used a pair of tweezers to extract the maggots one by one, placing them in a dish.

The dish was filled with water mixed with a toxic substance, more than enough to kill the maggots.

Upon seeing the young Divine Doctor extracting dozens of maggots, the patient’s brother couldn’t help but vomit.

Zhang Min scorned, “Even I haven’t vomited, yet you, his brother, are retching?”

The man did not say a word, just continued to dry heave.

The patient, who was in and out of consciousness due to the excruciating pain, was jarred awake again.

Once Yingbao had extracted all the maggots, only then did she use a knife and scissors to remove the rotten tissue.

This sore that resembled a bee’s nest also needed to be cut off and cleaned properly to prevent secondary infection.

As removing the sore was extremely painful, Yingbao feared the patient might not be able to endure the pain and die on the spot. She handed him a small bottle of Divine Medicine, and emotionlessly said to his wife, “This costs five taels of silver, make a note of it.”

The woman didn’t care about the cost. She will do anything to make the Divine Doctor heal her husband, even if it costs her a hundred taels.

Zhang Min had goosebumps throughout as he watched Yingbao methodically removing the patient’s sores.

After two hours, Yingbao finally managed to open the sore on the patient’s back and remove the rotten flesh inside.

The wound left after the sore was removed was frightening—it was so deep one could see the bones of his spine.

Yingbao carefully applied the Divine Medicine to the wound, then put on another layer of medicine, and finally wrapped it up with a clean bandage.

After settling the patient, Yingbao let out a sigh of relief. She instructed the woman to look after her husband carefully while she tidied up and left.

But she could not rest yet as she had to boil and disinfect the knife and other tools.

No one could assist with this task, so Chunniang only helped her daughter boil a large pot of water for cleaning and found a new set of clothes for Yingbao to change into. The clothes and mask that were taken off were also boiled clean in water.

After a series of bustling activities, Yingbao put away the tools that had been boiled for an hour, quickly ate something, and then went to sleep.

When she woke up the next day, she quickly went to check on the patient.

Fortunately, the patient’s fever had subsided, and he was already able to eat some food.

Only then did Yingbao relax. She cleaned up, changed the patient’s medicine, and presented the herbal medicine she had prepared for the woman to make into a decoction for the patient.

Three days passed in a flash. The patient’s back injury healed well, and the wound that was once as big as a fist was gradually closing. New tissue had grown, indicating that the sore had completely healed.

Both the patient’s wife and brother were overjoyed. They immediately wanted to kowtow to Yingbao in thanks.

Yingbao helped them up and said, “The total cost is fifty-five taels of silver. Once you’ve paid, you can go back and rest.”

“Yes, I will go fetch the silver right away.”

The three of them had come on a donkey cart. The patient’s brother immediately set off to fetch the money from their village. They were fortunate to come from a well-off family. For others, they could not afford such treatment.

Zhou Wuchang watched as his junior apprentice successfully cured a patient with a severe ulcer and contemplated her achievement.