Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

In the delivery room of the East Palace, a crowd has already turned their backs.

The Crown Princess Fang Shi sat limply on the bed, with a thick midwife at the front and back, firmly fixed her like planting a tree, and couldn't stop saying: "The doctor Chen said that it is easier to give birth while in labor, Empress, if you work harder, the child will come out soon!"

Fang felt as if there was a sharp blade in her stomach, which cut her heart and intestines, causing unbearable pain.It was clearly the cold weather in December, but I was forced to sweat profusely by the pain. I felt like I was sitting on a steamer, and the scorching pain surged up from my lower abdomen, rushing to the On her forehead, she was forced to close her eyes tightly, and her eyelashes were covered with tears.

The mother-in-law's buzzing whisper was like a curse that urged her to swell and ache in her brain. When she looked up in a trance, she could only see a few fuzzy figures moving behind a layer of white veil. There should be several imperial physicians waiting anxiously outside.

Her birth was too hard, and even the imperial doctors were not at peace, and they all stayed outside, preparing for any emergencies.

But at this moment, there seemed to be some conflict outside, and Fang heard a boy's voice full of spirit in a trance: "Minggong is here to practice, what do you quack doctors do?"

Another heavy and old voice refuted it back: "The theory of ghosts and gods cannot be completely believed. There are so many masters in the Imperial Medical Office. They must ensure the safety of the mother and child!"

Fang resisted the cramping pain in his stomach, and asked the woman, "Outside...why is there such a commotion outside?"

The old woman looked out for a moment, overjoyed: "Your Majesty, it's Mr. Ming Chongyan who is here!"

Fang murmured the strange name: "Ming Chongyan... who is it? I have never heard of this name in the Imperial Medical Office."

She felt a little uneasy, the doctor who took care of her fetal gas had always been Dr. Chen Jiwen from the imperial medical department, this old doctor was always careful and careful, which made her very relieved.

Now that an unknown person came, it naturally made her a little worried.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, this Duke Ming has always been able to cast spells, and it's no problem to summon ghosts and ask gods!" The old lady comforted in a low voice, "Now he is a celebrity in front of Tianhou, presumably Tianhou sent him here Take care of the delivery of the empress, and the empress can just rest assured to give birth!"

As soon as Fang heard the word "Queen of Heaven", she felt a surge of breath in her chest. Although she was in the palace, she also knew that it was a foregone conclusion that the queen of heaven and the crown prince would fight tit for tat. If a warlock pretending to be a ghost is sent here today, what kindness can she have?

"Quickly, give me an oral order, do everything according to Dr. Chen's orders, hurry up!"

Weak and exhausted, she forcefully uttered a stern sentence, which even the women dared not disobey, so they had to ask the servant girl to go out to pass on the message, asking Ming Chongyan to suspend casting spells, and to listen to the doctor's opinion of the imperial medical office.

Fang's heart felt a little relieved when he heard the solemn silence outside, his exhausted body could not hold on long ago, his head tilted, and he rolled in the arms of the mother-in-law.

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When Wu Yi hurried to the East Palace with the little eunuch, what he saw was such a strange situation.

On the left are Zheng Jun, Chen Jiwen, Liu Ying, Shen Hanshan and other masters of internal medicine and Hu Zhilin, the head of surgery. , followed by several boys dressed in Taoism.

The two groups of people sat opposite each other, their eyes met, as if there were lightning and flints crackling and flashing in the air.

There was a faint smell of blood floating in the air, mixed with the bitter smell of medicine and burnt incense ash, and settled together outside the solemn delivery room.

Coupled with such a clear atmosphere between Chu, He and Han, it seems like a silent battle without the smell of gunpowder.

As soon as Wu Yi stepped into the door, before he had time to hide quietly behind Shen Hanshan, he saw a woman open the curtain and walk out quickly, her face was as pale as paper, and her voice was trembling like a sieve: "No, it's not good, the princess fainted Already!"

Chen Jiwen frowned: "Go and pinch her, put a slice of ginseng under the tongue, and pour some ginseng soup into it."

The old lady hurried away in response.

Wu Yi was in a bad mood, the mother was already exhausted, how could she still have the strength to deliver the baby smoothly.

Just when I was about to tell Shen Hanshan this idea, I heard the young man who was seated opposite said coldly: "What good advice do I have for being a doctor, I didn't expect that it was just the same way as those midwives."

Chen Jiwen replied to him unhurriedly: "It's better than pretending to be a ghost and playing tricks."

He was able to choke Chen Jiwen, who had always been mild-tempered, with anger. This man was quite capable.

"Who is this person?" Wu Yi couldn't help asking Shen Hanshan in a low voice.

"This person's name is Ming Chongyan, and he is a warlock whom I appreciate today." Shen Hanshan briefly introduced the person opposite him to his apprentice in a low voice, not as dismissive as other doctors.

When Ming Chongyan's famous name came out, Wu Yi couldn't help being startled.

In all kinds of gaudy TV dramas of later generations, this sorcerer who can summon ghosts and gods will inevitably be portrayed as a fairy character. He can not only cure difficult and miscellaneous diseases, but also summon ghosts.

When I saw him now, apart from his strange attire, I didn't see any trace of immortality in him.

Ming Chongyan obviously didn't care about the slight hostility in the eyes of the old doctors on the opposite side, he just put down a sarcastic remark before getting up and leaving.

"I'm not allowed to do it this time. If you want to ask me to save the Crown Princess next time, it will not be such a simple matter!"

After all, with a wave of his sleeves, he did not take away a single cloud.

After Ming Chongyan left, several old doctors circled around again, discussing how to make the crown princess give birth smoothly.

Liu Ying said: "Now that the Crown Princess is weak, she still needs to rely on drugs to induce labor. Why not prescribe a labor-inducing soup and let the wives pour it down, it must be effective."

Chen Jiwen shook his head hurriedly: "Prince Princess has always been weak and weak, her fetal gas is not stable, and the labor-inducing decoction is strong in nature, so it can't be used at all."

On the contrary, Dr. Zheng Jun's eyes darkened, and he said solemnly: "If the mother's body and the young son can only be kept together, His Royal Highness needs to decide in person."

Wu Yi calmly listened to the side, only to realize that there was an important person missing in this room.

That is the husband of the Crown Princess Fang, the current Crown Prince, Li Xian.

Thinking of meeting Li Xian in the restaurant that day, and the intimacy between him and the teenagers around him, he probably has a clue in his heart.

It's just that on such an important day today, he, who is about to become a father, refuses to show up, which is really chilling.

While talking, another woman staggered out of the curtain with sweat on her forehead: "Big, something is wrong. The amniotic fluid of the princess concubine has broken, and the little son has not come out yet. The umbilical cord is first. Out!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt, which made all the doctors and doctors present break out in a cold sweat.

The umbilical cord came out before the baby!

Four words quickly flashed through Wu Yi's mind.

Umbilical cord prolapse.

One of the most dangerous emergencies in obstetrics.

The umbilical cord, as the link between mother and baby, is the main blood supply route for the fetus in the mother's womb.

Once the umbilical cord prolapse occurs, it is easy to cause insufficient blood supply to the fetus due to the compression of the umbilical cord, so that the fetus suffers from intrauterine distress and dies in the womb.

If this happens, the death of the fetus may only take a few minutes, and even if it is barely born, it will most likely be a stillbirth.

For the imperial physicians present, although they did not have such a professional concept as "umbilical cord prolapse", they have seen too many similar cases in their decades of medical practice, and there are very few of them. surviving fetus.

In a panic, Zheng Yun, the imperial physician, calmed down first.

"Now there is only one way, which is to let the crown princess give birth quickly, and the little prince may still have a chance of survival."

Having said that, the Crown Princess has already fainted, and the mother is weak. How can I help her give birth quickly?

The time given to the doctors may only be a few minutes.

Wu Yi didn't have time to think more, and almost blurted out: "Cesarean section."

For a moment, almost all eyes fell on the young man's face.

Wu Yi was sweating coldly from the shocked and suspicious eyes of several people, but his brain was working fast: "In "Historical Records", there is a saying in "The Family of Chu", 'Lu Zhongsheng had six sons, and they gave birth at an autopsy. ’. The students thought to themselves, since the situation of the princess is so urgent, we can also follow the example of the ancients and take a child by caesarean section.”

As soon as these words came out, like a boulder falling into the water, thousands of waves were immediately stirred up.

Liu Ying couldn't hold back the most: "How is taking a child by caesarean section different from killing a chicken to take an egg? I'm afraid it is not a wise move to harm the mother like this."

Wu Yi calmly said: "That's not the case. The Crown Princess is weak, so she can't give birth by force. If there is no emergency caesarean section, the fetus will undoubtedly die."

"Are you going to sacrifice the Crown Princess to protect the little prince?"

Liu Ying's question is simple, but also very sharp.

This is different from the medical principle of modern medicine that must protect the older ones. When women in the royal family give birth, whether they should keep the older ones or the younger ones is not up to the doctors.

But if you want to report back to Li Xian at this time, by the time he makes a decision, he might have died a long time ago.

In the scorching silence, a weak but firm voice came from afar in the curtain.

"Once you have to make a choice between Ben Gong and this child, Imperial Physician Chen must keep this child and don't care about Ben Gong's life."

"If anyone disobeys, after I wake up, I will kill you immediately!"