Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic-Chapter 106 - 102: Bone Touching Skill Finally Mastered, The First Talent_2

Chapter 106: Chapter 102: Bone Touching Skill Finally Mastered, The First Talent_2

This time, when he examined the little girl’s wrist bone, he felt the subtle changes in the bones, muscles, cartilage, ligaments, and subcutaneous tissues more carefully.

"She might need to have the splint removed for a better examination."

Li Jingsheng looked at Doctor Xu.

"The splint should be reusable after removal, which can save the patient’s family some treatment costs. Let me remove it!"

Doctor Xu appeared strict, but he truly had a compassionate heart.

In this regard, he and Li Jingsheng were quite alike.

When someone seeks help due to illness, one should not inquire about their status, wealth, age, appearance, adversities, or wisdom; treating everyone with equal care as if they were close family. This is the true compassionate heart of a healer.

After the splint was removed, Li Jingsheng continued to examine the patient’s bones.

The little girl had remarkable endurance; even when it hurt as Li Jingsheng moved her injury during the examination, she merely gritted her teeth without crying out in pain.

However, her brows would furrow from time to time.

"A detailed examination can improve the effect of bone setting. If the pain is too much to bear, you can have an anesthetic. You need an anesthetic for the setting anyway."

Li Jingsheng said to the little girl.

"It’s okay, I’m not afraid of pain."

The little girl’s voice trembled slightly, but her gaze was resolutely firm.

This was a sensible child.

She knew it wasn’t easy for her father to seek medical help, so she endured the pain, hoping to recover this time and not worry her father anymore.

Li Jingsheng tried to be careful during the examination, but it was impossible not to cause any pain.

Perhaps due to her being thin, plus the delicate skin of a child, Li Jingsheng could clearly feel the bones, muscles, and ligaments during the examination.

She had very little muscle on her wrist.

"You’re so thin; you should eat more! If possible, try to exercise a bit every day."

Li Jingsheng said to her.

"The child is actually quite sensible; it’s just that I haven’t taken good care of her these past few years." The man hesitated before speaking. "But rest assured, doctor, I will do my best to improve her diet so she can eat more nutritiously."

Even if the man didn’t say it, Li Jingsheng could see that the little girl was somewhat malnourished.

Her current condition could be described as emaciated.

"What about the child’s mother?"

It would have been better not to ask, as the little girl’s eyes immediately reddened.

"Her mother never returned after going out to work!"

The man’s face showed bitterness, and his eyes flashed with pain as he spoke.

"I’m sorry for bringing up a painful topic."

Li Jingsheng quickly apologized.

The man shook his head, indicating it was fine.

But the pain in his expression didn’t fade away.

Having his wife leave behind him and their daughter must have brought him great sorrow and distress.

Being both a father and a mother, one can imagine how tough life must be.

Ten minutes later, Li Jingsheng finished the bone examination.

The gain was more significant than the previous time.

He had a sense that he might have touched upon some of the essentials of the Bone Touching Skill, yet it was like looking through a veil—somewhat vague.

Doctor Xu took over.

With just a slight touch on the little girl’s wrist bone, he began the treatment.

"Xiaoli, watch closely, this is called traction, and this is called rotational maneuver!"

As Doctor Xu finished speaking, her wrist bone emitted successive bone-cracking sounds, and she finally couldn’t help but cry out in pain.

Fortunately, Doctor Xu’s technique was highly skilled, his operations precise and accurate.

In an instant, the bone setting was complete.

"Child, don’t move. I’ve set your bone already. If you move around and cause the fracture line to reopen, you’ll suffer again!"

The little girl immediately dared not move after hearing this.

But due to the brief intense pain earlier, her left hand still trembled slightly.

Li Jingsheng hurriedly stepped forward to assist, learning to apply the splint.

Doctor Xu patiently taught him each step and the precautions during the splint application.

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Time passed bit by bit, and unconsciously, six patients had their bones set and repositioned.

Except for one patient who only had a sprained left ankle, which was easier to reposition, the other five cases had extremely high difficulty for bone setting and repositioning. Either other hospitals failed to reposition properly by hand, or surgery was needed.

Doctor Xu managed all six cases successfully.

Li Jingsheng finally understood why Doctor Xu dared to refuse the dean’s nephew.

If the Second Hospital lost Dean Jin, they could replace him with someone else, but without Doctor Xu, the manual bone setting and repositioning clinic would be essentially rendered useless.

Having real expertise allowed one to bypass many workplace rules.

All six patients had their bones examined by Li Jingsheng.

The more he examined, the more he gained insights.

By the time he examined the sixth patient, he was even able to feel some minute details of the patient’s bones.

For instance, the abnormal increase in the bone temperature at the affected area.

The results confirmed the presence of aseptic inflammation.

This situation is quite common after bone and joint damage.

It’s an aseptic inflammation caused by bone injury.

Li Jingsheng didn’t expect his talent for Bone Touching to progress so much just after examining the sixth patient.

He thought it might be related to his proficiency in Ordinary Osteopathic Skill reaching the Master Level.

After all, this level is equivalent to that of an attending physician with low seniority in bone setting and repositioning.

Taking advantage of the sixth patient still getting a cast, and no new patients coming in, he took the opportunity to sneak a peek at the attribute panel.

The doctor level experience value had increased slightly; though the increase was not much, it was still an extra gain.

Then he continued to look down.

In the skill section, Bone Touching Skill Beginner 0.2/10.