"Put the coarse cloth on the donkey cart."
Li Ang spread the coarse cloth on the donkey cart, stacked it in several layers, and sprinkled gypsum powder between the layers to make a bandage roll.
Then, he asked the middle-aged woman to keep the knee joint at a slight flexion of about 15°. He put the bandage roll into the basin, soaked it in water, and wrapped it around the middle-aged woman's calf.
After the wrapping was completed, he ran into the backyard again, picked up a few pieces of wood, and wrapped a coarse cloth around the surface of the bandage roll to set it.
Ten minutes passed,
The plaster in the bandage roll gradually dried and soon turned into a semi-solidified plaster board, which fixed the middle-aged woman's injured leg.
"That'll do."
Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief, took a half step back, and wiped his wet palms directly on his clothes, regardless of whether there was any plaster powder stuck to it.
Fortunately, the patient only had a displaced stable fracture that could be reduced manually. If it was an open fracture, Baoan Tang would not have the conditions for debridement, let alone a fracture bracket.
Song Shaoyuan looked at the solidified plaster on the injured leg, frowned and asked, "Is this... using plaster to set the shape?"
"A plaster bandage, to be precise."
Li Ang said: "Plaster of Paris solidifies when exposed to water and can be used to fix the injured leg to prevent further fractures caused by loose movement and help with healing.
However, if the limb is directly wrapped with a plaster, it will cause swelling of the leg and affect the blood supply.
If you use a plaster bandage, it can perfectly fit the contour of the leg, and there is still a certain amount of redundant space, so it will not affect the blood supply.
Fortunately, there is a ceramics shop on this street, otherwise the raw plaster for making tofu would have to be burned again before it can be used. "
He was explaining not only to Song Shaoyuan, but also to the patients and onlookers.
After a few days of hard work, the neighbors have completely trusted Baoantan’s orthopedic injury recovery technology. They can accept even the strangest plaster bandages and stand there in admiration.
Li Ang cupped his hands and asked the neighbors to disperse and not to block the passers-by. He also asked Song Shaoyuan and the guys from Lanshenglou to help them carefully carry the planks of the donkey cart, together with the patients on them, into the backyard of the security hall.
After finishing this, Li Ang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to Song Shaoyuan with some embarrassment: "Sorry, Brother Song, the price of gypsum powder is..."
“A gentleman loves others with virtue.”
Song Shaoyuan waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's important to save people. A little money is nothing. Don't settle it with me."
"Um."
Li Ang also knew Song Shaoyuan's character, so he said no more and finally looked at the middle-aged man aside.
After all the work, he had not yet asked the names and origins of the patient's family members.
Li Ang asked casually. The man's name was Gan Er, his wife was Gan, and their son Gan Xiaoer was a tenant farmer in the countryside. There was an eldest son in the family, but unfortunately he died in infancy.
In this era, the poor people were so casually named, and it was hard for Li Ang to say anything.
Gan Er's family heard that there was a doctor in Zhuzhou City who specialized in treating bone injuries and could cure terminal illnesses. They borrowed the donkey cart from the leader's family and drove from the countryside to Zhuzhou City. They had to return the donkey cart in the evening. To the neighbors.
"Doctor...this is the consultation fee..."
Gan Er stammered and took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket. They were all flat coins or second coins. "There aren't enough here, so I'll go find someone to borrow them..."
Li Ang glanced at Gan Er's thick calloused palms and the old copper coins with gaps in the corners, and his tone became softer, "No need... you can keep these money for yourself." .
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so just do a good deed. "
Li Ang has a deep knowledge and understanding of the hardships of life among tenant farmers.
Even if it is only 20 yuan for consultation fee, it is not easy for them to come up with it.
"This, how can this be done?"
Gan Er's slightly dark face flushed, and he rubbed the corners of his clothes uneasily, "If you don't pay the doctor for medical treatment, you will not be protected by the Bodhisattva in the future."
Chai Cuiqiao pursed her lips and said, "Keep it as long as my young master tells you to.
The idea that doctors will be cursed by Bodhisattva if they don’t pay them is clearly nonsense made by quack doctors to intimidate patients. "
"Then...boy."
Gan Er called his son over, took two steps back, and gestured to kowtow to Li Ang again. Li Ang quickly persuaded the family, and after thinking about it, he went to the backyard to get two skewers of bacon and a small bag of rice, and put them on the donkey cart.
"You can take these home. Plaster of Paris will semi-solidify in a quarter of an hour when exposed to water, but it will take a whole day to completely solidify.
Don't move the wooden strips I tied up when I get home. Wait until the plaster is completely dry before removing the wooden strips.
In addition, the patient must lie down on the bed, cannot move easily, and cannot let the plaster get wet. He must wait at least three months before he can move around. After half a year, I can do some physical work again.
By the way, you can take the rest of the plaster powder and linen home as well.
Come back to me in a month. If I'm not here, take off the plaster and re-wrap it yourself. Remember to wait a month, and don't wrap it too tightly.
Also, you can eat more fish, shrimp, eggs, and meat during the fracture period..."
Li Ang carefully explained all the medical instructions that he felt needed attention, and felt that the other party might have forgotten them, so he went to find a pen and paper, wrote it on the paper, and asked Gan Er to take it back.
Gan Er's family thanked Li Ang profusely, and then left with the donkey cart.
"The rising sun shows the kindness of doctors."
Song Shaoyuan looked at Gan Er's family leaving and said to Li Ang with a smile: "You have the style of your royal family."
"Now that I've seen it, if I can lend a hand, I'll be happy to help."
Li Ang sighed. There are so many families like Gan Er's family in the world. Even in a different world with highly developed productivity, there are not a few families who become poor due to illness or return to poverty due to illness.
I have confirmed that I have a recommendation letter from the Academy, and I am no longer a helpless little doctor facing a hundred and fifty years, but more people are still living in poverty.
Seeing that Li Ang was in a low mood, Song Shaoyuan said no more and asked with a smile: "I just returned to Zhenzhou and heard about your reputation.
He drinks military horses, treats fractures, and I heard he even helped people pull out a ten-foot-long worm from their legs? "
"It's not even a foot long. The rumors among the neighbors are getting more and more exaggerated."
