Episode 41. If you don’t want your leg amputated, teach me how to do it. (2)
The reason I came all the way here to the fireman was because I felt like I had tetanus.
“If I had tetanus, I would die in a week. No, can you possibly live if you eat the green moldy Mayuju or Naerak you mentioned?”
“Even if you eat bluish mold or horse oil, it won’t cure tetanus.”
“what! Didn’t you say at the time that it was somewhat effective against tetanus?”
“It has a very slight effect, but it does not cure tetanus.”
“Then why did you say that?”
“I said it back then, but I said that because if you clean the wound and eat food with green mold, the chance of getting tetanus is reduced. But if you already get tetanus, you almost die.”
“Then you can’t cure tetanus either?”
“If I told you I couldn’t cure tetanus, would that patient be making that face?”
At the painter’s words, Professor Jo looked at the patient who was sitting on the bed once more.
Certainly his face was not that of a dying man.
“Could you possibly cure tetanus?”
“yes. can be fixed. Well, it depends on how far it has progressed, but if it’s early days.”
“Can you really fix it? really?”
“Isn’t the reason Lieutenant Cho came all this way to find me because he thought I could cure tetanus?”
“That is true. Actually, I heard what you said to Prince Hwang, but it is true that I am not trustworthy. In a way, I think that Congressman Song, who saw his brother’s foot amputated, can do a better amputation. But on the other hand, when I think of soldiers in hospital beds, I think you might be better at amputations.”
In his heart, Lieutenant Cho seemed to be weighing the fire with Rep. Song.
Hearing Lieutenant Jo’s words, the painter put on a puzzled expression for a moment, but then recalled what Congressman Bong had said earlier and laughed inwardly.
‘Looking at it now, it seems that Lieutenant Jo is assuming that his feet will be cut off. Is it natural to think so?’
The painter looked at Professor Cho’s feet. It was already swollen, so I knew it wasn’t normal.
“It looks like Lieutenant has also contracted tetanus.”
“That’s right. By the way, have you ever done a lot of ankle amputations?”
“Have you had many surgeries like that at my age? I have the confidence to do better than Congressman Song.”
“Huh- There’s Congressman Bong outside, so if we do it together, it’s better than Congressman Song alone, right?”
“I guess so.”
Seeing Lieutenant Jo’s gloomy expression, the painter tried to tell him not to worry about cutting his ankle.
“…..”
“We need to see whether it can be fixed or not. If the condition is bad, you may not be able to fix it, so take off your shoes to check.”
If the condition was bad, the ankle could really have to be amputated, just like Lieutenant Jo was concerned.
After hearing the fireman’s words, Lieutenant Jo took off his shoes and exposed his feet.
* * *
Seeing Lieutenant Jo’s feet, the fireman’s eyes frowned.
Inspector Jo’s left foot had already lost its flesh color and the skin was black.
‘This is a sign of necrosis, but at this level, starting with trismus due to contraction of the masticatory muscles, stiff neck, dysphagia, and abdominal muscle contraction must have already occurred… How could they look so normal?’
The painter looked at Professor Jo’s face again.
‘I don’t understand. Looking at the progression of the disease, it wouldn’t be strange if he collapsed in pain, but it was only to the extent of breaking out in a cold sweat. I’ll have to examine it a bit more, but I don’t understand it with common sense.’
“I’ll do some examination.”
“Do it.”
The painter tried to press the swollen affected area with his fingers.
It went in like a slightly hard sponge.
“Are you not sick?”
“sick.”
“If you are sick, tell me that you are sick. Otherwise, we will not be able to treat them properly.”
“I get it. It hurts more there.”
“Hmm, the skin has healed, but the inside seems to be full of pus. I need to crack the skin.”
“You said it was full of pus? Even after applying the plaster, no more pus came out?”
“It was filled with pus. It is so swollen.”
“Keugh.”
When the painter pressed the affected area once more, Lieutenant Cho gnashed his teeth slightly.
After a while, when the wound was torn open with a knife, red blood and pus came out.
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
of of of of course of the pain Detective Lieutenant Jo clenched his teeth and shivered, even his hands trembled.
“Tsk, the tetanus has already progressed to a considerable extent. I don’t know if it’s too late and I can treat it.”
“Are you late? Should I cut the bar higher than the ankle?”
“I don’t know yet. Well, I’ll try my best for now. If you want to come, I will come as soon as possible.”
“…..”
“Look.”
“Yes, Senator.”
“Go and get distilled wine, hemp leaf juice, weak and cotton…”
The painter brought the tools needed for the operation. After a while, when Obo brought the tools, the painter began to disinfect the affected area by squeezing it out and pouring distilled alcohol on it.
“Queuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”
As the pain intensified, sweat began to drip from Lieutenant Cho’s face.
“Usually at this level, the muscles around the mouth contract, making it impossible to speak or eat. Have you ever had such a symptom?”
“There was And in fact, I still have those symptoms.”
“But how are you talking so well?”
“I can speak because I am using my bet to forcibly release my contracted muscles.”
In an instant, the fireman’s eyes widened.
Gagigong was not learning even if he begged his brother.
“A bet? Oh, did the Instructor learn Naga Qigong, too?”
“Yes. keuok! Go easy…”
“This is not something you can do lightly.”
The fireman squeezed out pus and blood for a while, then took out a saliva and stuck it all over the leg.
After receiving the acupuncture needle, Lieutenant Cho felt the pain lessen slightly. It still hurts, but it was tolerable to a certain extent.
“Does it hurt less now?”
“Oh, you can be patient. Did you reduce the pain with acupuncture?”
“yes.”
“I don’t know much about medicine, but I don’t think I’ve heard of acupuncture reducing pain.”
“It’s because you don’t know medical science. Acupuncture can reduce the pain to some extent.”
“I see.”
Lieutenant Jo tilted his head for a moment, but he had no choice but to believe it anyway.
The fireman was internally satisfied with the effect of the saliva.
‘Since the nerves in the legs are far from the central nervous system, there is no risk of general paralysis even with acupuncture. Anyway, the pain must be considerable, but Lieutenant Joe’s patience is amazing. Anyway, I need anesthesia now… Shall we negotiate before that?’
The painter smiled so that Inspector Jo could not be seen.
The evil smile startled Bo. The painter opened his mouth with a cough in embarrassment when his eyes met Bo at the moment.
“Hey, Professor.”
“Why is that?”
“Can you teach me qigong?”
“I am Qigong! As a member of the council, why are you trying to learn Naga Qigong, which a military officer like me can learn?”
“As I live, there are many times when even a doctor is in danger.”
“That’s right. It’s unfortunate, but it’s not something that can be taught to outsiders carelessly.”
“Oh yeah. Too bad. Looking at the wound, I can’t treat the lieutenant’s tetanus, as an outsider.”
The painter suddenly stopped treating. Inspector Jo made an absurd expression when he saw such a fireman.
“What are you doing?”
“The tetanus bacillus has already spread so much that there is no point in further treatment.”
The fireman spoke and began to remove the needle stuck in Professor Cho’s leg.
Unless Lieutenant Jo was an idiot, he couldn’t fail to notice the reason for the sudden change in the fireman’s attitude.
“Are you saying this because I can’t teach you qigong?”
“Whatever you think. Ahh, if this is the first member of Chohyun, would you fix it? Until just a moment ago, it seemed that it could be fixed without amputation, but now I don’t know if amputation can save it.”
As the fireman continued to draw the needle, the pain, which had subsided for a moment, began to rise again fiercely.
“Wait a minute. What did you just say?”
“What?”
“You can cure tetanus without amputating a leg?”
“You may or may not be able to fix it. My memory is fuzzy.”
“Don’t be kidding. Can tetanus be cured without having to amputate a leg?”
“I’ll have to do something to find out, but it doesn’t seem like the worst, and it would have been easier if I had come a little earlier… Even now, it seems like I don’t have to amputate unless it’s malignant… What do you mean?”
“What’s the worst?”
“It amputates a leg.”
“Wouldn’t the worst be that I die?”
“If you’re dying, you won’t negotiate like this.”
“If I offer to teach you qigong, can you cure tetanus without amputating your leg?”
“It seems like it could be… and maybe not… But a little while ago, I heard that Naegak Gigong doesn’t teach outsiders?”
When the fireman stopped drawing the saliva, Lieutenant Cho swallowed the dry saliva.
“Ha, there are always exceptions.”
“By the way, if you teach me Qigong, don’t you get scolded by the person who taught you Qigong?”
“I’ll be nagging you a little, but I won’t think it’s more important than my son’s life.”
“Are you an electrician by any chance?”
“It’s a secret appliance.”
“If it’s a home appliance secret, it’s not like you shouldn’t teach me, a really outsider.”
“There are exceptions.”
“I’m asking you one more time out of nostalgia. I’m not trying to teach you only the shell of qigong or omitting the core secrets, right?”
“How do you look at me and say that? Even if you die, if you don’t teach me, I won’t teach you. I won’t teach you clumsily.”
“Then you’re not trying to kill me after teaching me, are you?”
“Are you looking for an excuse because you don’t like me after treating me?”
“no. I just think we should make it clear now.”
“I, Zoin, have never lived a filthy life. Even though I didn’t want my leg cut off, I offered to teach him qigong, but I don’t pick up what he said.”
“All right. Then I will believe the words of the guru. Oh, come to think of it, the tetanus has progressed a lot, but I can treat it sufficiently.”
The fireman laughed for a while and then started to stick the spit again.
After inserting all the saliva, he opened the stopper of the vial containing the hemp leaf juice, mixed it with the distilled spirit, took out a penicillin capsule, and gave it to Lieutenant Cho to drink together.
“Never chew it, just swallow it in one bite.”
“What is this?”
“Don’t ask, eat. Anesthetist. I need to check my legs after this. Just looking at it hurts a lot.”
“Drugs and anesthetics? Did you make this by any chance?”
“yes.”
“Have you read the medical book that says you came from beyond the West Station?”
“yes.”
“So, if you eat this…”
“It’s a drink that puts you to sleep while I scrape off the Lieutenant’s rotten flesh and blood.”
“alcohol! If you can still fall asleep while scraping off the flesh and blood, it must be a very strong drink.”
“yes. It’s relatively solo.”
“I got it.”
After putting the capsule in his mouth, Lieutenant Jo drank the anesthetic at once.
“It’s a big deal. It’s a great intoxication.”
“You will be asleep soon.”
“Hehe, there is such a solo in the world. It’s great…”
Tuk.
Lieutenant Cho passed out after three minutes. While he was unconscious, the fireman cut further into the flesh with a knife and scraped off the blood mixed with pus.
‘Hmm~ I don’t think this can be solved just by feeding penicillin…’
The surest way was to inject penicillin into the blood vessels.
Of course, I hadn’t tested this penicillin to kill Lieutenant Cho’s staphylococcus yet, but I didn’t have time to try it and wait for the results to come out.
For that reason, the painter was thinking of administering penicillin to the blood vessels and experimenting on the other hand.
While the painter scraped off all the blood and flesh mixed with pus, he continued to think about how to inject penicillin into the veins.
‘How can it be so unfortunate that there is no syringe? I also make fine needles… Later on, I’ll have to find a blacksmith who can somehow make syringes.’
No matter how much he thought about it, the painter couldn’t help but decide to use an ignorant method.
“Look.”
“Yes, Senator.”
“See these blood vessels here?”
“yes.”
“Put your weight on it so it doesn’t bleed and press very hard.”
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