Chapter 496: When magic is ineffective, it’s time for surgery
After completing the treatment, Archmage Novak kept dragging him around, insisting that Gretla go write a thesis together. Seeing that he had saved his disciple, the Lord of Thunder had no choice but to agree, raised his hand, and acquiesced.
He asked Gretel to go with him.
You should be polite to healers. After all, you, your family, and your disciples may need them at some point.
Gretel: ...sorrow.jpg. I am also a doctor, why don’t you treat me like a teacher?
Grete wrote, describing the contents related to the violent expansion of liquid nitrogen and intestinal perforation, as well as the conjecture that nitrogen dissolves in the blood and precipitates, causing air embolism;
Archmage Novak added content related to healing techniques, cutting, copying, and printing pictures from the information given by Talling, and getting the journal for the paper to be published;
Then, the two co-signed as the first author, classmate Mike Wooster, and gloriously became the second author...
"You are too kind to him." It was already evening after I finished writing the thesis. Archmage Novak held a small banquet in honor of Gretel. During the dinner, he was half amused and half complained:
"What did that kid do? He just drank a glass of liquid nitrogen. We rescued him and we want to give him a second author?"
"Oh, after all, this is a particularly rare case. If he hadn't sought death, we wouldn't have been able to publish this paper..."
Gretel smiled. Hey, it's not easy to find a warrior who is willing to die to such an extent. They are all magicians under the Lord of Thunder. It is still possible to give him a second job to restore some blood.
Of course, the main reason is that he is not his disciple. If he is his disciple and dares to pour liquid nitrogen into his mouth, he will be kicked out!
It was a very comfortable dinner. Archmage Novak was not a native of the Kingdom of Kent, but escaped from the core area of the Glorious Holy See after becoming a magician. After spending decades in Nevis, the taste is still preserved
Following the habits of my youth:
The pan-fried cod is delicious and tender, with a slightly burnt outer layer and a crystal-white inner layer. Each bite brings endless aftertaste;
The squid ink seafood risotto has a rich and dense flavor in the mouth, and the shrimp meat is plump. Gretel was moved to tears after eating rice for the first time in a long time!
Clam chowder is light and fragrant and couldn’t be more delicious;
The white asparagus was served on a pure black plate, with two mushrooms dotted next to it, like flowers blooming in spring. It was fried in butter and sprinkled with a layer of sesame seeds. It tasted particularly tender and had a hint of sesame seeds.
A light cream aroma...
Woohoo, as expected, the Mediterranean diet is close to Chinese food, and it is more palatable. Gretel was so moved: In comparison, the local food in the Kingdom of Kent is nothing, it can only fill the stomach.
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After dinner, Archmage Novak and Gretel leaned in front of the fireplace, one holding a glass of wine and the other holding a cup of tea, chatting for a while. Their experiences from various places, magic experiences, and the strange patients they have encountered since practicing medicine...
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In fact, under the Igor Mystery Lock, the Babel Tower and the surrounding auxiliary towers have a nearly constant temperature, and the fireplace is just a ritual. However, the warm firelight is beating, which still makes people feel relaxed:
"Little Gretel, you should publish more papers. You have always been immersed in treating people's illnesses and injuries, and never published papers. Who knew you were good at healing? Hiccup..."
As they chatted, Archmage Novak began to speak faster. His eyes were shining, and his voice was rising and falling, as if he was almost drunk:
"Just like today, you can get it by yourself even if I don't come, right? But Archmage Baierbo insists on inviting me."
Gretel kept smiling, not nodding, not speaking. Archmage Novak waved his hand:
"You don't have to be modest. If I were to treat it, at least three or four [treating serious injuries] would be thrown away. But if you take action, cut open the belly, let the air out, and then put the secret eye in to see, you will only need one at most.
[Treat serious injuries], just add a few slanderous injuries and minor injuries..."
That's not what you say. Such a serious injury will cause a lot of respiratory disorders, arrhythmia, and all kinds of complications. With a high-level healer here, I feel much more at ease. Gretel smiled and wanted to say something modest, but was interrupted.
Archmage Novak interrupted directly:
"Look, so you are just a level 5 mage. What is level 5 in Nevis City? You can easily find a group of high-level mages and archbishops above level 10 or even level 15.
If you have any incurable diseases, who would think of you?"
This is true. Gretel nodded silently:
For example, the residents of the imperial capital had a troublesome disease, and everyone went straight to the top tertiary hospital, leading a team of professors and directors. For a disease that was really difficult to treat, there was still the ultimate cure to go to Xiehe.
The attending doctor of a certain second-grade hospital, who comes to see you?
"So, write a paper, write a paper." Archmage Novak stretched out his arm due to the drunkenness, and patted Gretel on the shoulder with his thick big palm:
"It's best to find some diseases that others can't cure. You can cure them. Treat one and publish a paper. Over time, strange situations will come to you..."
"So, Your Excellency, Archmage, are there any diseases that cannot be cured by therapy?"
Gretel asked seriously. So far, the diseases he has encountered cannot be cured by medical treatment, and not many can be cured by modern medicine. Except for the ruptured arm tendon, only patent ductus arteriosus can be treated.
Can't be cured by surgery
In other words, low-level healing spells cannot cure it, so spells such as limited wish spells or wish spells are needed.
There may be others, but he has not seen many patients and cannot accumulate data.
Children from poor families simply don’t seek medical treatment, they just give up, and they don’t even know it’s a disease until they die;
Rich people, children of noble families, as Archmage Novak said, why should they come to you as a fifth-level mage?
"Well……"
Archmage Novak raised his hand and smoothed his beard. His pale golden beard instantly dimmed, and his eyes dropped, making him look several years older. That gloomy look could not be more familiar to Gretel.
:
"There are quite a lot. For example, the Necromancer's [Corruption Cyst], which is put into the human body, cannot be cured by the healing technique. It can cure moderate injuries, treat serious injuries, remove poison, remove diseases... which
Nothing works."
Gretel has heard of it. The rot sacs placed by the necromancer can only be removed by surgery, and any treatment will not work. Perhaps it is due to the conflict in energy properties. Either the more treatment, the bigger the rot sacs become, or the rot sacs are destroyed immediately.
Explode it for you to see.
When it comes to surgery, no school of thought is better than the Necromancer. Perhaps this is also a warning from the Necromancer School, or a way to divide the sphere of influence:
Don't touch my prey!
"If it's an operation, I'm still a little confident." Grete nodded lightly. Moreover, with his relationship with Black Crow Swamp, if he does one or two cases of rot sac infection, the Necromancer should not come to his door.
?
Hmm, I’ll give it a try next time...
"Any more?"
"There are quite a few more." Archmage Novak began to snap his fingers:
"When I was traveling in the New World, I once saw two children who were born together. The locals said that they were cursed by some devil and threw them into the wilderness to be eaten by wild beasts. I took them with me
I came back and wanted to use healing techniques to separate..."
Conjoined twins. Grete thought for a while: The treatment can only follow the natural growth process of people. Obviously, no two conjoined twins will grow apart.
This can only be cut with surgery, but surgery is also very troublesome... "What happened next?"
"Later I asked my teacher for advice. The teacher was also very interested and used the limited prayer technique... They were separated, but they still died..."
This... the organs inside are not properly divided, right? Gretel lowered his head silently and made no comment. Archmage Novak sighed:
"There is also a child... Anyway, he belongs to a certain noble family. He has had cleft lip since he was a child. Their family is a bit powerful. I don't know how many healers have been invited to see it. I have also seen it. However, the treatment method is not good and it is not worth using.
Limited Prayer Technique..."
Hare lip repair surgery... is a kind that doesn't look big, but is very delicate and has many difficulties. Grete scratched his head, if he did this surgery... well, he could guarantee that the lip would be sewn shut. God knows whether it would look good or not.
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"Later, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't cure it. The heir of a family cannot be too ugly." Archmage Novak took another sip of wine and frowned tightly:
"Later, I heard that he was sent to the countryside and the family changed to an heir...sigh..."
In other words, this child will most likely die. It is really a pity. Although it is not easy to do a good hare lip repair surgery, from the perspective of modern medicine, it is only a matter of repair effect, not whether it can be repaired.
It is really tragic to lose a life because of a harelip.
Archmage Novak sighed while drinking, and talked about three or five cases in a row where healing techniques were ineffective. Some of them Gret knew how to treat, but there were some that Gret couldn't do anything about:
For example, there was a patient who was obviously suffering from diabetes, and the smell of rotten apples could be clearly smelled in his breath. After the first treatment, the patient fell into coma, and after the second treatment, the patient died.
It is said that the treatment method accelerates the circulation of the human body and promotes healing. If you throw it away too much, the metabolism will be accelerated, blood ketones will accumulate in large quantities, and you will die from ketoacidosis in minutes!
But what can I do? I don’t have insulin in my hand...
Gretel could only sigh with the Archmage, and give some simple suggestions: for example, diabetics should control their diet, not to refine flour, not to eat sugar, etc.
Even so, for patients who can exhale the smell of rotten apples, this measure is probably of little use. In previous lives, when doctors encountered patients with this characteristic, they would immediately treat them!
The two of them drank tea instead of wine, and drank one glass after another. The more they talked, the more depressed they became. Seeing that the night was getting dark, Archmage Novak was about to say, "Just sleep in the guest room for the night." One of his disciples suddenly panicked.
He ran in in a panic:
"Teacher, teacher, Viscount Callender's family invites you for consultation! It is said that...their newborn baby was born...without that..."
"Which one?"
"That's it...that one!"
Gretel covered his face on the side. Okay, needless to say, for coming in in such a hurry, what is missing is probably the XX who cursed "your son was born without XX"...
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In fact, treatment can't do anything about many congenital defects, such as "genes predetermined to grow this way" diseases...
I am thinking about what other diseases cannot be cured by therapy...