96 Wrist Reconstruction 3 (1/2)
Heo Jun looked at Ganghyuk with awe.
He could not believe Ganghyuk at all.
The human ligament was not textile.
How could he lengthen it?
'If the president of the hospital heard, he would say I was crazy.'
Even in modern medicine, they did not use the expression 'lengthening' the ligament.
It was almost impossible, but as far as the wrist ligament was concerned, it would be a different story.
'It is theoretically possible, and…'
He looked at his own hands.
They did better jobs in difficult operations.
'I am sure they will do it.'
He could remove the ligament from the narrow tunnel.
It was not an easy thing to learn.
Ganghyuk did not learn it.
It was his G.o.d-given talent.
”Dolseok, you can lift it now.”
”Ah, yes. It was hard.”
Dolseok raised the cut section of the wrist he had pulled.
”Yeoni, pull it down.”
”Yes, sir.”
”Dolseok, upward. You don't need to lift it. Just show me a crack.”
”Yes, that is easier.”
Dolseok and Yeoni made a hole for Ganghyuk to see inside.
He could see the structures of the wrist below and above the parallel wrist ligament.
”Heo.”
Heo Jun murmured.
Who could see someone like him living in Joseon?
Maybe in the battlefield?
However, on the battlefield, he would not be able to witness such a clean anatomic structure. They must be contaminated with blood and other alien substances.
”Wos.”
Heo Jun seemed to see the section even twisting his neck of the body.
He tried his best to see the section.
'It is nothing.'
Ganghyuk smiled, watching Heo Jun trying his best to see the structure.
Heo Jun was surprised at seeing the wrist structure.
If Ganghyuk showed him the internal organs, his surprise would be off the charts.
'Shall I try?'
While he was in Hanyang, he would like to teach Heo Jun.
Then it might be better if they had to perform a dissection on a dead body, an autopsy.
'To see is to believe.'
Ganghyuk remembered his first autopsy.
In the laboratory with the smell of formalin.
Twelve corpses were in the lab.
They laid on the 12 stainless steel table one by one.
At first, he was afraid to go near the table.
The dead body was dry with formalin process after blood removal.
However, they still had a face and they were still human bodies.
'It was a short time only.'
He learned a lot from the autopsy. He remembered the joy of finding structures he had learned in the textbook and knowing the anatomical knowledge he had acquired during the process.
It was a strong stimulus to Ganghyuk who dreamed of being the best surgeon known to men.
'Ok, after this I will perform autopsy for Dr. Heo. The other ones might be present.'
Ganghyuk started operating Gw.a.n.ghae's wrist with the thought that he could not be tolerated in Joseon.
He lifted the ligament with a tweezer upward, about 0.5 centimeters.
Normally, there should be a hole around this area, but in this case, he could not make one.
The swollen structures filled the gap.
”Who among you know the problem here?”
Ganghyuk asked without expecting a good answer.
Dolseok and Yeoni did not say anything.
Makbong fell asleep a long time before.
Yeoju was busy with drawing.
”Em…It is too tight.”
”Oh.”
Heo Jun was different.
He did not have any anatomical knowledge, he could make an answer.
'If he was a student, I would give him an '
He was a very strict professor. If he thought a student deserved an , others would give an too.
Ganghyuk nodded his head with a smile of satisfaction.
”Yes, yes. Even though I made some s.p.a.ce, it's still too tight. Therefore, it hurts around this area.”
Ganghyuk looked at Gw.a.n.ghae with pitiful eyes.
Although he fell asleep like a child…
When he first encountered him that day for the operation, his face looked really terrible.
'He was very patient although he's young.'
Ganghyuk could not understand him as he himself was a crybaby.
Heo Jun showed the same expression.
Heo Jun might feel sorry for Gw.a.n.ghae since he was serving for him.
”Ah, I am sorry for His Highness. I could not help him, although I am working in the public office to take care of His Highness.”
”Em…We cannot help it because it's a structural problem, but he could manage to endure it up until now because you have taken care of him well.”
”I must learn from you.”
”I will teach you as much as I can.”
The lecture would shock him though.
Ganghyuk did not continue.
'I cannot say anything about my plan to make an autopsy in the palace.'
Autopsy.
In Joseon, there was posthumous execution for taking out corpses from coffins and cutting their limbs and their head from their body.
If somebody saw them performing an autopsy, they would be shrieked.
They might be thrown to Euigeumbu.
'No, I do not want to be in Euigeumbu again. Especially as a criminal.'
He had been in Euigeumbu many times when he was in Gichukoksa.
However, at that time, he was a torturer.
The tortures he witnessed were unbelievable.
They treated human bodies as if it was an object, like a peanut.
They fried, roasted, and hit…
”Anyway, we have a good solution here.”
Ganghyuk could be called a divine surgeon, but Heo Jun was a total beginner.
To teach a student, it was very important to be on the same page.
If he tried a difficult operation right out of the bat, he would only experience despair.
”Oh, what is it?”
”It is all to cut here.”
Ganghyuk pulled the parallel wrist ligament adding some more strength.
When pulling it over a centimeter, he could see some cracks. Ganghyuk did not miss the crack and pushed the scissors in it.