Traveling through the mountains and farming

Chapter 129 Planting a Seed

The most important suture problem finally had a solution, and Lin Wan also mentioned the concept of disinfection to Dr. Zhong.

Borrowing from what she had read in a miscellaneous book, Lin Wan told Doctor Zhong to boil the tools used in boiling water and to wipe and disinfect the area around the wound with strong liquor. If there was no strong liquor, she could try using rice wine or vinegar instead, which was always better than nothing.

After listening to these methods, Dr. Zhong felt that they were novel, but after Lin Wan's explanation, he thought they were quite reasonable and decided to give it a try according to what Lin Wan said.

He is a man who is willing to try anything as long as it is beneficial to the patient.

Seeing that Doctor Zhong had already started preparing, Lin Wan went home to prepare breakfast. At this time, the children had already started reading and writing.

After breakfast, Lin Wan and her two siblings prepared to apply fertilizer to the vegetable field. It had been nearly twenty days since the last time they applied fertilizer, and since they were not going out to pick the fruits today, they decided to do it.

The sheep manure accumulated over the past month has been processed by Lin Wan using the composting method. Li Chongle will turn it over every ten days. It takes nearly three months to get decomposed sheep manure fertilizer.

The rabbit manure was also composted.

This time we can only use chicken manure, mainly as top dressing for tomatoes and strawberries that will bloom in about half a month.

Just as the three of them used a dustpan to transport the chicken manure to the vegetable field, Doctor Zhong came running and called Lin Wan to help figure out how to deal with the mulberry bark line, saying that He Lizheng and others had already retrieved the root bark of the mulberry tree.

Lin Wan was a little embarrassed, as she only knew the theory but had never put it into practice.

But Doctor Zhong felt that the chances of success would be greater if Lin Wan were involved in the discussion, after all, these methods were proposed by her.

Lin Wan had no choice but to tell the two siblings to apply the fertilizer slowly and she would come back to help as soon as possible.

Then he followed Doctor Zhong and hurriedly left the vegetable field.

When we arrived at Doctor Zhong's pharmacy, we saw that Lin Jing had already washed the mulberry root bark he had collected and there was a large bundle of it. He Lizheng was really efficient. He must have asked a lot of people to help.

Lin Wan recalled the methods she had learned before and followed the procedures step by step with Dr. Zhong.

First, carefully remove the yellow skin on the surface, take out the white and soft long fiber layer inside, and then carefully tear the tendons into thin threads.

Then wrap it with the skin and rub it from beginning to end. Although it needs to be rubbed seven times, Lin Wan did not follow the strict rule and just operated according to the thickness of the fiber thread.

The first one she ground was too thick to go through the eye of a needle, so for the second one she deliberately tore off thinner fibers, but ended up breaking it due to excessive friction.

After that, she tried several more times and constantly summed up her experience. Finally, after many failures, she found the technique and strength, and gradually produced mulberry leather thread of appropriate thickness, smoothness and toughness.

Doctor Zhong also gradually mastered the key points. After the efforts of the two, they finally produced enough mulberry bark thread for He Yunzheng to use.

Doctor Zhong held the mulberry bark threads and kept admiring them, thinking that the person who came up with this method was simply a genius.

He ran into the main room excitedly, ready to start cleaning and suturing He Yunzheng's wound.

His brows were furrowed as he threaded a mulberry bark thread into the eye of a needle that had been boiled in boiling water.

"Lin Wan, does that miscellaneous book describe how to make the mulberry thread softer? This thread is too hard."

When Lin Wan heard Dr. Zhong's question, she remembered that steaming the mulberry bark thread in boiling water would soften the thread, so she quickly told Dr. Zhong.

"Oh, why didn't you remind me of such an important detail earlier?"

After saying that, he hurriedly ran to put the mulberry bark thread on the boiling water steam for fumigation.

Lin Wan knew that Dr. Zhong did not intend to blame her. It was not easy for her to remember these production methods. It was also thanks to her good memory, otherwise she could only suggest trying using hemp rope.

A moment later, Doctor Zhong held the fumigated mulberry bark thread with a satisfied look on his face:

"This method is indeed effective. I should be able to sew it up smoothly now."

In order to relieve He Yunzheng's pain, Doctor Zhong first anesthetized him, then cleaned the wound quickly and neatly, and then sutured it. It can be seen that his technique was not very skilled, and he must have rarely performed this kind of suture before.

Lin Wan watched from the side. Doctor Zhong did not use any special stitching techniques. He simply sewed the wound like sewing clothes.

She didn't know yet that her provision of the use and production methods of mulberry bark thread would lead to a huge breakthrough in the medical technology of this era.

After that, Dr. Zhong not only delved deeply into the study of traditional medicine and pharmacology, but also began to explore surgical techniques such as suturing, and eventually became the best surgeon in the entire dynasty.

Later, He Yunzheng's injuries recovered faster than expected, and the mulberry bark thread was indeed absorbed by the skin, which proved that the method provided by Lin Wan was feasible.

Because of this successful experience, Dr. Zhong believed that Lin Wan had unique insights, so he came to her from time to time to exchange medical experiences.

Lin Wan would appropriately mention modern medical concepts, and of course she would strike a good balance, allowing Dr. Zhong's thinking to continue to improve while not letting him think that what she said was a fantasy.

Lin Wan can only talk about the basic concepts, and is unable to handle the deeper theories and operations.

However, relying on these new ideas and following the few words and phrases provided by Lin Wan, Dr. Zhong continued to practice, and finally he was at the forefront of the medical field of this era and opened up a new stage of surgical treatment in this era.

And Lin Wan also sowed a seed for the medicine of this era because of her unintentional action.

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When Lin Wan returned from Doctor Zhong's house, the two siblings had already applied fertilizer to the vegetable garden and prepared lunch.

He happened to run into Li Chongle who was about to go out to call them for dinner, so he hurriedly asked:

"Sister-in-law, has Brother He Yunzheng's hand been stitched up?"

"It's been stitched up, and it depends on his subsequent recovery."

After hearing this answer, Li Chongle knew that it should be fine.

Then he remembered the plan that had been shelved before, and said excitedly:

"Brother Chongwu and the others should be back soon. Let's go pick wild grapes this afternoon."

He always remembered that the wild grapes that his sister-in-law had been longing for had not yet been picked.

"Okay, go and call Doctor Zhong and the others to come over for dinner." Lin Wan said with a smile, then went into the kitchen to fetch water, wash her hands and prepare to eat.

When Li Ke heard this, he knew that it was time to eat, so he served the meal to the table.

After a while, Doctor Zhong came over with Li Chongle.

Everyone sat around the table, eating and chatting.

Doctor Zhong was extremely satisfied with today's suturing performance. He was still in an excited state of mastering a new technique and kept discussing topics related to suturing with Lin Wan.

Lin Wan told him some modern knowledge about surgical suture-related tools, and described to him the suture tools she had seen when she accompanied her friend to the hospital for suture and removal of stitches.

She had no time to worry about whether her explanation was professional or whether Dr. Zhong could understand her, so she just said everything she could think of.

Doctor Zhong listened with great interest and thought that Lin Wan's ideas were very good and could be further explored in this direction.

After lunch, Lin Wan hurried to the kitchen to wash the dishes. After cleaning up the kitchen, she went into the room to take a nap.

Li Chongle couldn't contain his excitement, so he went out to the activity area to play with his friends and waited for Li Chongwu and the others to come back.