Duke of Zhenguan

In just one day, the Cheng family's craftsmen made three steamers and began distilling alcohol.

Without measuring tools, Lin Chuan could only have the steamer steamed several times.

After thoroughly consuming the wine brought from the Qin family and the Cheng family, they distilled out dozens of kilograms of alcohol.

After distilling the liquor, Lin Chuan began teaching the craftsmen how to distill stone lacquer, which resulted in a strange smell constantly lingering in the front yard of the Cheng family's home.

After explaining the principle of steamed stone lacquer to the craftsmen and letting them experiment slowly, Lin Chuan stopped worrying about the stone lacquer.

Cheng Yaojin had already warned that this thing could only be used for military purposes at present, and that adding some sugar and ore would turn it into a powerful weapon. It was indeed not advisable to keep it for ourselves, but rather to give it to Li Shimin so that he could send people to study it at his own pace.

The tenth day of the third lunar month is an auspicious day, suitable for all activities.

Lin Chuan arrived at the Qin residence early to prepare for the surgery.

In addition to alcohol for disinfection, saline solution should also be prepared to clean the wound.

You should also prepare some clean fine gauze.

Physician Liu arrived at the Qin residence early in the morning. When he saw Lin Chuan bringing wine and saline solution to the room where surgery was to be performed, he looked at Lin Chuan with a strange gaze.

Seeing that Lin Chuan didn't bring any more things into the room, she asked him with a puzzled look:

"Master Lin, can this wine and salted water really prevent morbidity ailments? Are there no other medicines?"

"Doctor Liu, alcohol can indeed kill many germs that we can't see, and saline solution has a similar effect!" Lin Chuan said softly.

"This…"

Doctor Liu made no attempt to hide his doubt. He didn't know what germs were, so he naturally didn't believe Lin Chuan's words.

Seeing that Physician Liu did not believe him, Lin Chuan did not explain further, but instead asked with a smile:

"What does Physician Liu consider to be treating illness?"

What is the treatment of disease?

Lin Chuan's question was too general. Doctor Liu had been practicing medicine for decades and had never really thought about this question before.

After hesitating for a moment, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Lin Chuan:

"Please enlighten me, Assistant Minister Lin!"

"I dare not presume to offer my guidance, as I am not knowledgeable in medicine. However, the elder who taught me medicine believes that our bodies actually have a complete self-healing system."

When a part of the body is injured, this system will activate, allowing our body to slowly recover.

The process of getting sick is actually a process of self-healing. However, if the injury is too severe, the body's self-healing ability cannot recover, and our health will deteriorate.

"That's when you need external help, and that's how you get treatment!" Lin Chuan explained.

Physician Liu understood about 70-80% of what was being said. After pondering for a while, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Lin Chuan:

"Your humble servant has learned a great deal!"

"Going back to the previous topic, our skin is used to protect our bodies. Once the skin is broken, the muscles and blood vessels at the wound site will be exposed. There are many things around us, in the water, that we cannot see with our eyes."

These substances, once they come into contact with a wound, can damage our muscles and blood vessels, causing the wound to become inflamed, which is known as scabies.

"Alcohol and saline solution are used to clean these unseen things, and gauze is used to prevent the wound from coming into contact with air!" Lin Chuan continued.

Doctor Liu's eyes were wide open. He could understand every word Lin Chuan said, but when put together, he was completely confused.

But the last sentence was still understandable, and he said softly:

"Does Lin Yuanwailang mean that all external injuries can be treated in this way, thus preventing serious illness?"

"It's impossible to completely prevent it! But it will definitely be effective!" Lin Chuan nodded firmly.

Physician Liu nodded, and was about to speak when Qin Qiong strode in from outside, smiling as he asked:

"Ogawa, are you ready?"

"Ready!" Lin Chuan nodded.

Qin Qiong didn't ask any further questions and said to Lin Chuan:

"bring it on!"

Lin Chuan was speechless, then turned to ask Physician Liu:

"Is the sleeping potion ready?"

"Xiao Chuan, what kind of sleeping potion do you need? Just bring it on, I can handle it!" Qin Qiong waved his hand.

"Uncle Qin, this means cutting open the flesh and pulling the arrowhead out of the bone..." Lin Chuan said with a wry smile.

"It's alright, come on!" Qin Qiong waved his hand again, took off his shirt, and sat down on the folding chair with an air of nonchalance.

"..."

Lin Chuan was speechless. Looking at Qin Qiong's calm expression, he could only whisper to Qin Huaidao, who followed Qin Qiong in:

"Brother Qin, please help Uncle Qin up in a moment!"

"Father said it's alright, Brother Lin, go ahead and do it!" Qin Huaidao waved his hand with a smile.

They really are father and son!

Lin Chuan sighed and could only nod to Physician Liu, signaling to begin.

The one who took action was Physician Liu, and Lin Chuan was his assistant.

Physician Liu inserted several silver needles near the wound, supposedly to stop the bleeding.

Lin Chuan was also skeptical. He wiped the prepared sharp knife with alcohol several times and handed it to Doctor Liu. He then took a gauze soaked in salt water and prepared to clean the wound at any time.

"Duke Yi, I'm about to begin, please bear with me!"

Although Physician Liu was quite old, his hands were very steady. After Qin Qiong spoke, the small knife in his hand made a small cut at the position of the arrowhead.

Qin Qiong groaned, and the veins on his hands, which were gripping the armrests of the chair, suddenly bulged, but his upper body remained motionless.

"Snap!"

The sound of the handrail breaking rang out, but Lin Chuan seemed oblivious, continuing to dab the seeping blood with gauze. The silver needles beside him were indeed effective, as the amount of blood seeping out was indeed not much.

Seeing that the small knife in Physician Liu's hand had already cut open the flesh, Lin Chuan quickly handed over the prepared forceps.

Physician Liu took the forceps, clamped the arrowhead, and said to Qin Qiong in a deep voice:

"Duke Yi, I'm about to remove the arrowhead!"

"pull!"

Qin Qiong's voice trembled, but it was still full of energy!

Physician Liu gripped the pliers tightly and pulled hard, pulling out the iron arrowhead!

Seeing that the arrowhead had been pulled out, Lin Chuan and Qin Huaidao, who was standing to the side, both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Lin, are you sure you don't need wound medicine?"

Seeing that Lin Chuan started bandaging the wound immediately after cleaning it, Doctor Liu asked with a wry smile.

"Need not!"

Lin Chuan shook his head and bandaged the wound with gauze.

"Uncle Qin, how are you feeling?"

"not bad!"

Qin Qiong, covered in sweat, smiled and nodded.

Qin Qiong felt fine, and Lin Chuan and Physician Liu also relaxed.

Lin Chuan gave some instructions, such as not to touch the wound and not to let it get wet, and then asked Qin Huaidao to help Qin Qiong back to rest.

After packing their things, as the two washed their hands together in the basin, Physician Liu suddenly asked softly:

"Master Lin, if a woman's postpartum bleeding doesn't stop, is there anything we can do?"

Lin Chuan stopped washing his hands and shook his head:

"It's beyond saving!"

Let alone this Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, even in modern hospitals, postpartum hemorrhage is extremely dangerous, and the slightest carelessness can lead to a major accident.

For women living in this era, childbirth is a true ordeal, and if an accident occurs, it is impossible to save them without professional equipment and doctors.