Doctor Xu’s proficiency in Bone Setting is already incredibly strong, how strong must his teacher be?
Li Jingsheng, upon eting him, should call him Grandmaster.
But now, although he has the reality of a disciple, he doesn’t have the title.
"Oh right, there’s another case that makes particularly anxious. It’s a little girl with bone cancer in both legs, only 11 years old, and she has already undergone amputation treatnt. After the amputation, the cancer cells have tastasized to her shoulder bones, and she’s currently undergoing chemotherapy. Do you think there’s a hope for a miracle?"
If there’s any way, Li Jingsheng desperately hopes to save that brave and strong little girl.
"It’s a slim chance of survival! There have been cases where a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy has cured the condition, but generally, it’s only in the early stages. The cancer cells have tastasized to the little girl’s shoulder; what worries is not just the bone tastasis, but the possibility of cancer cells invading the organs or other tissues."
Doctor Xu holds a pessimistic view about this little girl’s outco.
"For treating bone cancer, are there any effective dicines or treatnts in traditional Chinese dicine?"
"Traditional Chinese dicine never had the concept of cancer. I only specialize in Bone Setting techniques; I might know a thing or two about treating bone injuries, but I’m an outsider to bone diseases. You can focus on learning the manual realignnt techniques first, and then you’ll naturally have the chance to et true masters of traditional Chinese dicine."
It’s unclear from whom Doctor Xu learned his Bone-setting Skill.
He says it this way, surely he’s encountered more formidable masters in traditional Chinese dicine.
Manual Bone Setting itself is just a minor branch within traditional Chinese dicine.
It seems he can’t help that little girl either.
"Teacher, today I also encountered a bone injury patient who twisted her knee playing basketball. I can’t quite articulate it, but I have a gut feeling that her condition isn’t as simple as it seems. She didn’t let examine her and just left with a bottle of safflower oil. For cases like this, where does the risk generally co from?"
As the conversation continued, Li Jingsheng decided to ask more questions.
"It’s hard to say, but if serious, it can be fatal. If it’s relatively minor, it might heal on its own, but if the structure of the knee joint is injured and not treated correctly in a tily manner, disability is possible."
Doctor Xu said seriously.
"A knee sprain can be fatal? Don’t scare , okay!"
Li Jingsheng believes that even if a person’s limbs are severed, as long as bleeding is stopped and infection is prevented, they can still survive.
"Scare you? Even a small fracture of a foot’s toe has led to a patient’s death three days later. Let tell you, as a doctor, we must respect diseases, not dogmatically respect life."
Doctor Xu’s mindset is completely different from that of ordinary doctors.
No wonder many people at the Second Hospital secretly call him Xu Feng.
Respecting life is what’s written in dical textbooks, and teachers often repeat it.
But here with Doctor Xu, how does it translate into respecting diseases?
"Don’t look at with those eyes, there’s nothing wrong with my mind. As doctors, who do you think we’re fighting against? We’re fighting against diseases, do you understand? Respecting the opponent and maintaining a constant sense of awe will keep you grounded and prevent mishaps. Sotis, even a small disease or oversight can result in a patient’s death. There might not even be a chance to save them."
At this mont, Li Jingsheng surprisingly agreed with Doctor Xu’s theory.
Even though he knew it was heretical and against conventional wisdom, it still seed reasonable to him.
"How did that patient with the fractured toe die?"
Li Jingsheng’s curiosity was thoroughly piqued.
He must admit that, despite his few years of clinical experience, he’s unfamiliar with many diseases and risks.
He’s still very inexperienced.
"That patient was a retired foreigner, forrly a high-ranking official, very wealthy. He liked adventure, and during a mountaineering journey, he stubbed his left big toe on a stone, which resulted in swelling and pain. At the ti, he just rubbed it off and didn’t pay much attention to it. After returning ho, he asked his family doctor to check it, who said it wasn’t a big deal. The old man felt reassured.
But on the second day, it was still very painful, and the toe got quite swollen.
At that ti, I was gaining so fa, and he ca to see for an opinion. After feeling his bones, I discovered he had injured his toe bone and had a minor fracture. Moreover, his blood vessels were slightly damaged. I advised the old man to seek treatnt at a dical center.
Don’t be fooled, so foreigners aren’t short on money, but they’re stingy.
Of course, so of the dical fees over there are indeed very expensive.
The old man didn’t heed my advice and didn’t go for any further checks.
Then, around five o’clock on the third morning, he suddenly felt short of breath and discomfort all over his body. He imdiately called his family doctor over, and reportedly, his face was sowhat cyanotic by that ti.
He was rushed to a dical center, but he couldn’t make it to further examination and died of respiratory arrest directly.
Despite over an hour’s resuscitation efforts, we couldn’t save him."
The case Doctor Xu described left Li Jingsheng feeling incredulous.
It gave him a glimpse into so of Doctor Xu’s past. Listening to his words, it seems Doctor Xu may have spent so ti abroad and even gained so reputation.
That makes sense; with his skill level in manual Bone-setting Realignnt, he wouldn’t have to worry about making a living anywhere.
Making money overseas should be easier.
After all, there are many manual bone-setting clinics in the country, but none overseas. They are all traditional Chinese dicine clinics operated by our country’s doctors.
Abroad is so vast; forget about eating up in a state, even a city would be enough to have a comfortable life.
"How did that person end up dying? Did a thrombus form in the deep vein of the lower limb, then travel retrogradely to the lungs, leading to death?"
The answer Li Jingsheng could think of seed to be just that one.
If the patient suffers a lower limb injury and fails to handle it properly in ti, opting to be sedentary or lie flat to wait for the injury to heal, it becos very easy for a thrombus to form in the lower limb.
Once a deep vein thrombosis forms in the lower limb, it tends to travel upwards against the bloodstream.
Upon entering the heart, it’s quite easy to reach the pulmonary vein, resulting in a pulmonary embolism.
If the thrombus isn’t dissolved in ti, the person can die quickly.
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