A Hospital in Another World?

Chapter 61

How do you examine a ruptured organ? It's a question that, explored in detail, could fill an entire book. X-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, abdominal puncturesif applicable, exploratory laparotomy...

In clinical practice, there are countless methods and tools available to aid doctors in diagnosis. However, here in this otherworldly realm, facing this elderly healer, Garrett could only respond, "Physical examination!"

"How do you examine?" the healer inquired.

"Pay attention. For abdominal examination, basic palpation is crucial. Different positions correspond to different internal organs... Upper left abdomen..."

Garrett elaborated at length. The white-haired elder leaned in, listening intently, almost eager to jot down notes. Garrett deliberately slowed his pace, ensuring clarity in demonstration while explaining, "When palpating the liver, your right hand's three fingers should be together, palm flat, index and middle fingers parallel to the rib margin on the right side of the navel... Breathe... Hmm, no obvious signs of pain... Let's continue to check the spleen..."

The elder nodded, his gaze focused, lips moving slightly, as if reciting a lecture. Garrett continued the examination in one go, "Preliminary judgment: no apparent ruptured organs; spine shape normal, no significant curvature or deformity; no obvious head trauma, no hematoma, left arm... right arm..."

Excellent, excellent! Aside from temporarily being unable to inspect and wait for the impending organ damage, the only issue to address was the open fracture in the left leg!

Garrett was greatly excited. Shifting slightly on the ground, he felt around the skin at both ends of the fracture, then stood up, saying, "Alright, only the left leg needs treatment now"

He glanced at the elder. Seeing the elderly man with flowing white hair, vitality in his eyes, arms sturdy enough to knock out a bear, something clicked in Garrett's mind, and he cast a detection spell casually, "Oh"

Garrett exclaimed. It was so bright! Especially the stick in the old man's hand, shining in his meditation vision like a 500-watt high-pressure sodium lamp!

Instinctively, Garrett raised his hand to shield his eyes. As he did so, he suddenly froze, reaching towards the wooden staff and trembling as he covered it with his palm: He could see it! Through the magical radiance emitted by the wooden staff, the bones in his palm and fingers were vividly visible, section by section!

Finally, he found it! A variant of the detection magic, an X-ray techniquehe had finally found it!

Garrett stared in astonishment at his palm.

In a previous life, if he had seen this visual effect, he would have dashed away as fast as possiblenobody wanted to play with X-rays for no reason.

But now, seeing the magical radiance penetrating his palm, he felt as if he'd found the most precious treasure!

In this world with a hodgepodge of elements, for a surgeon, X-rays were priceless!

The white-haired elder looked at Garrett with a smile.

He took a step back, and Garrett stepped forward; he turned the wooden staff, and Garrett followed suitstill mindful not to step on the injured person lying beneath them.

Until the detection magic's effect expired, the magical radiance vanished, and Garrett jolted, snapping back to reality, "I..."

"You're the young lad who cured Knight Barron?" The elder waved the wooden staff, interrupting Garrett, "I heard your healing methods are rather unique?"

It's your healing methods that are unique, Garrett thought to himself. Yet, on the surface, he had to put on a smile, "Sir, I'd like to seek your advice on treating this fracture..."

Garrett lowered his head, pointing to the pale-faced injured person on the ground, "Would it be challenging to align the bones? And after healing, will they be able to walk?"

The elder was moved. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "It's indeed challenging. Experienced healers manage well, but newcomers often heal the wound but misalign the bones. Do you have a solution?"

"I have a way!"

Garrett's eyes gleamed.

They returned to the village with the injured person.

Coincidentally, the injured person was from the Tar Village, so Garrett accompanied the patient while touring the village, making good use of their time.

As they reached the village entrance, children and elderly who hadn't gone to the fields and laborers who rushed back upon hearing the news crowded around, all greeting the elder enthusiastically:

"Elder!"

"Elder, you've come!"

"Elder, thanks to you, Lorin is saved!"

The mage's servants accompanying Garrett looked at him frequently. Garrett pretended not to notice, feeling at ease, staying in the background. Instead, it was the white-haired elder who reached out and pulled him forward:

"You're mistaken this time. It's this lad who saved the person. You should thank him!"

Several hands, stained with dirt, immediately reached out to Garrett, wanting to express their gratitude. Garrett swiftly dodged behind the elder, thinking, I still have a surgery to perform later! Keep those dirty hands away!

He held onto the elder's back firmly, "Let's hurry and save the person! Find a clean, spacious house, carry the patient inside! Boil water! Strong spirits! Soap! Knife! Hook!"

The cleanest and largest house in the village naturally belonged to the village chief. After arranging everything, Garrett, having learned his lesson, chased all the onlookers away to prevent anyone from making a fuss nearby. After washing his hands and taking the knife and hook, he casually cast a spell.

"What's this..." The elder's eyes lit up, "Magic trick?"

"Yeah, used as a cleansing spell."

Garrett's eyes sparkled.

This skill was genuinely usefullasting an hour, every second, it could clean a cubic foot of objects. Perfect for washing flasks, test tubes, or sterilizing surgical instrumentsit was an unparalleled tool!

Just not sure about its sterilization effects... Might do a bacterial culture test another day...

Observing the sharp knife for a moment, Garrett made a cut. Before the white-haired elder could express astonishment, Garrett's knife moved swiftly, exposing the blood vessels.

With a swift movement, semi-transparent forceps with a faint shimmer appeared in the air, swiftly clamping the slightly shriveled blood vessels.

"Mage Hand?" The elder was astonished for the second time, "Using Mage Hand like this? What are you doing?"

"Clamping the blood vessels... Alright, the tourniquet on the leg wound can be loosened now..."

Garrett replied matter-of-factly. He set down the knife, cleaned the area with a damp cloth as best as he could, then smiled at the elder, "Next, I'll need your help."

"What do you want me to do?" The elder generously patted his chest. Garrett nodded in gratitude, "Place your wooden staff behind the leg. Find two people to hold both sides of the injured leg. When I say 'pull,' pull to each side. When I say 'stop,' please follow my instructions to realign the bone!"

"You... won't dislocate it?" 

"Absolutely not!" Garrett was confident, "Yes, I have a spell that allows me to see how the bone

 is inside the flesh!"

"One, two, three, pull!"

Creaking and groaning, the muscles were forcibly stretched, emitting extremely unpleasant sounds. Garrett wasted no time in activating the detection magic. In his meditative sight, radiant white light pierced through the muscles, revealing the bent, ruptured, and broken bones. Garrett fixed his gaze on the fracture:

"Keep pulling, keep pulling, alright, stop!"

He rushed forward, gripping each end of the fracture, striving to push it back into its rightful position.

Oh, it's so heavy!

I'm not an orthopedic surgeon!

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