The Lucky Farmgirl-Chapter 2037 - 2012: Not Cold

When Shi Xiu heard that he would be following Imperial Doctor Zhou, his eyes lit up with excitement. Everyone in the Imperial Hospital knew that Imperial Doctor Zhou was among the best, comparable to Doctor Xiao and Imperial Doctor Liu.

Manbao, accompanied by Liu Sanniang and Shi Xiu, ventured outside and sat down at the table bearing her name. She opened her medical kit, took out the wrist rest, and said to the two, "Bring the patient forward."

And so it began.

Since this was a free clinic aimed at training students, Manbao focused on developing them, but she didn’t entirely hand over the patients to them.

When the patient came forward, Manbao examined them first, teaching the two as she went, "You have learned looking, listening, questioning, and feeling the pulse, but that might not always be recalled during the actual diagnosis."

This was not only said to the two but also to the several students observing and studying behind them. After feeling the pulse, she asked them, "Come, you two ask the questions."

Liu Sanniang, already experienced in hosting consultations, began questioning first when she saw Shi Xiu was nervous. The patient, encountering a doctor teaching on the spot for the first time, dared not rush them and answered hesitantly.

After Liu Sanniang asked one question, she passed it to Shi Xiu, who nervously asked another, and then she took over again. After three or four questions, they ran out of questions.

Manbao nodded, added one more question, and then had the two feel the pulse, encouraging them to write the medical records and prescriptions.

While they were writing the medical records and prescriptions, Manbao also completed hers, giving the patient some instructions, and handed over the prescription, indicating the Imperial Hospital behind her, and said, "Go inside to get the medicine."

The students behind her immediately led the patient inside, took his prescription to give it a glance, and excitedly escorted him inside, handing the prescription to the classmates helping inside to dispense the medicine.

After the students from the Imperial Hospital had filled the prescription, the doctors dispatched from the various pharmacies calculated the cost, and the patient could settle the bill and leave.

As mentioned, the cost of medicinal materials was indeed cheaper. This patient, having evidently treated this illness before, found that this time the prescription cost eleven coins less than before, so he happily purchased six doses and left.

While treating patients, Manbao reminded Shi Xiu, "Be meticulous when diagnosing and writing medical records. Ideally, just by looking at the medical record, you should be able to recall the patient in your mind."

She added, "Keep your medical records and prescriptions well. After we finish seeing patients in the evening, I will collect them for review."

This was how she taught Zheng Gu and the others because when there were too many patients, she couldn’t review and guide them on the spot.

Shi Xiu understood and took notes seriously, and the students observing behind them also took notes earnestly.

Zhou Liru stood behind her aunt with a small notebook in hand, taking notes on the looking, listening, and questioning, with numbers in the notebook indicating the sequence of patients.

Her aunt had said that no matter how good one’s memory was, it wasn’t as detailed as taking notes with a pen on the spot.

Because the officials had initially known which table belonged to which Imperial Doctor, when organizing the queues, they tried to arrange all female patients in Zhou Man’s line.

When they saw some people complaining about the long line, they advised, "This is Imperial Doctor Zhou’s table, the only female Imperial Doctor in the Imperial Hospital."

There were those who didn’t mind the wait and continued to queue, naturally there were also those who switched to other lines, with Doctor Xiao and Imperial Doctor Liu’s lines being the most popular.

Both felt rather complex feelings at the time, both a bit gratified and a bit tired.

There were also many people who specifically came for Zhou Man.

When she was at Jishi Hall, many people could still find her, but since she entered the Imperial Hospital, ordinary citizens found it difficult to see her for treatment.

Even people from other places, after hearing the news, specially traveled to the capital, so there were many female patients in front of Manbao. Usually, after seeing one male patient, she would encounter three female patients, and only then would she see another male patient. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Shi Xiu was initially a bit excited, but later on felt slightly awkward.

Manbao noticed and took the opportunity to whisper to him while changing patients, "Women’s illnesses are also very important. Women make up half of the world, and many doctors spend a lifetime learning only the basics. Even I am just roughly acquainted with one or two things. Learn well."

Shi Xiu, with a solemn demeanor, agreed respectfully.

Some illnesses were really difficult for him to inquire about, as the patients, particularly when faced with him, also felt more uncomfortable.

But this was human nature, and Manbao did not force it.

Before lunchtime, two men brought up a wooden plank. Manbao saw it and was momentarily stunned, then stood up to take a look.

The man, somewhat restrained, said, "Zhou... Imperial Doctor Zhou, please examine my wife..."

Manbao crouched down to have a look and saw that there was no blood color on her face, so she reached out to touch her face, feeling only coldness.

Even Liu Sanniang was startled, "Is she still alive?"

The man, fearing they wouldn’t examine her, quickly nodded, "She’s alive, she’s alive. My child’s mother, wake up."

The woman showed no response.

The man, somewhat anxious, even started sweating in the cold weather and wanted to reach out to push her, but Manbao already reached in and felt her hand, then took her pulse...

Seeing her frown and close her eyes, the man dared not push her again and watched nervously.

As she crouched down, Manbao detected a faint smell of blood. After taking the pulse, she understood what was going on.

This serious condition...

Manbao frowned and asked the man, "How long has it been since she gave birth?"

"It’s been three months, she’s kept bleeding, and has taken many medications, even ginseng."

Though it was ginseng whiskers, it nearly exhausted the family’s resources.

Manbao pondered, realizing that it wouldn’t be cured with just a dose or two of a prescription.

"Where do you live?" Considering that she could visit during her time off.

The man, somewhat embarrassed, hesitated before quietly saying, "We...we are not from the capital. We came from Fengzhou."

Manbao was surprised and then asked, "Where are you staying, and how long do you plan to stay in the capital?"

The man replied, "Once you give us the prescription and we get the medicine, we plan to return."

"In her condition, just taking medication won’t do," Manbao glanced at his clothes and then at the person and quilt on the wooden board, sighing, "Even with the most precious medicines, it would take at least three months with three different prescriptions to possibly get better. If you use ordinary medicines, it would need to be accompanied by acupuncture."

The man, after a pause, gritted his teeth, "Then you prescribe the medicine and administer acupuncture, and we will bring her back tomorrow."

His companion disagreed, "Brother, that’s not feasible. We brought enough rations for just ten days. Staying at an inn is too expensive."

"We can stay at the City God Temple."

Manbao: "...The City God Temple in the capital doesn’t accommodate people."

She glanced at the person on the ground, afraid they might really take her to stay at the City God Temple. In the weather of early spring, it could be deadly cold.

She suspiciously asked, "You didn’t camp outdoors all the way from Fengzhou to here, did you?"

"No," the man replied, "We stayed at post stations."

"Yes, we stayed in firewood rooms, with a brazier burning it was nice and warm. All the quilts were covering my sister-in-law, it’s not cold at all."

Manbao: ...

Liu Sanniang: ...If you say it’s not cold, it’s not cold, huh? Do you even know that a postpartum woman with lingering lochia can’t be exposed to cold?

Even Shi Xiu was furious with these men.