101 Eyes 1 (1/2)
With Ganghyuk's remark, there was silence.
Making a hole in the eye?
It was nothing but making a person blind.
All had same question in mind.
The patient himself opened his mouth.
”Do you make a hole in my eyes?”
He was shuddering because of the terrible thought.
He must have felt the devil in Ganghyuk.
Then Ganghyuk realized that he made a mistake.
He did not make any explanation on it.
'It is really inconvenient. When I was a professor in that world, resident doctors have already finished briefing so I did not have this awkward situation.'
He did not receive patient's consent by himself.
You may know if you had experience in being admitted in a hospital.
You may have few chances to talk with the professor.
You have to tell everything to a young resident doctor or a fellow.
'It is a good old time…'
There was no way for Ganghyuk to go back to those days.
He decided not to miss the good old days.
He had met a lot of people in Hanyang since he arrived in Joseon.
n.o.body cared even though he brought his home-visit bag looking very strange in those days…
Ganghyuk opened his mouth after shaking his head.
”Ah, Eum. I will not make a hole into your eyes.”
”But you have said so.”
”Eum, yes, I said so.”
Ganghyuk rolled his eyeb.a.l.l.s.
He could not think of a good explanation.
Anyway, it was true that he would make a hole.
”It is not a big hole but I must make it.”
”No… but it is not…”
It seemed that it would be difficult to make him understand.
Ganghyuk explained with sighs without hope that he would understand.
”In the eyes, there is water. If the hole in the eye is blocked or narrow, the disease happened. I don't know the cause, but the medicine has worsened the situation. If it becomes narrow, it would not be returned. Thus, we cannot leave it as it is. We need to widen the hole or make a new hole.”
”Eum”
The patient blinked his eyes with his mouth shut.
What he could understand from Ganghyuk's words was only one word, 'hole'.
Instead, Dongpa opened his mouth.
He did not understand what Ganghyuk said, either but he understood one thing that his medicine worsened the situation.
”Why are you slandering?”
”That is not slander. You are a quack.”
”How can you use such a word.”
”He is noisy. Makbong.”
It was difficult to expect Dongpa to realize his fault. He was a real quack.
If it were Heo Jun, he would teach from A to Z, but Dongpa was not the one who would make him feel the pa.s.sion to teach
Dongpa. He has never heard of that name before.
”Yes, sir.”
Dongpa shut his mouth.
Makbong closed Dongpa's mouth with his hands.
Dongpa tried to tell something and it was related to his high-ranking patient.
But Ganghyuk ignored.
'He has a high-ranking patient? Ha. My patient is a prince.'
He mentioned Bojewon something and it seems the high-ranking official must be the one working in the Bojewon.
'Heo Jun can handle him, I believe.'
When he thought of Heo Jun, his pa.s.sion to teach somebody becomes revived.
He intended to call him when he had a disc operation, but he thought it would be better to call him to see an eye operation. It must be an interesting operation.
'The anesthetic process itself must be interesting to him.'
Eye operation can be done with a local anesthetic.
But Ganghyuk has not had any experience in eye operation.
He could not take the risk.
It is better both for him and his patient to make a systematic anesthetic.
”Ah, yes. Dolseok, go and get Dr. Heo Jun. Ride a horse. Hurry up.”
”Yes, sir.”
”It is not a big operation, but I think he will feel an interest in the anesthetic. He will come anyway.”
”Yes, sir.”
Dolseok went out flying.
Dolsek was not in the cla.s.s who could ride a horse.
By cla.s.s, it was better for Yeoju to ride a horse, but she must be hiding herself as much as possible.
Dolseok rode the horse quite well as he held the reigns for Ganghyuk for a long time and he learned the basic things for horse riding.
”Ok. Now we need to prepare the operation.”
”Eu… will you make a hole, indeed?”
”Sleep for a while. You will not feel it at all.”
”Sleep?”
”Yes.”
While Ganghyuk consoled the patient, Yeoni and Yeoju started to make the anesthetic.
They made an anesthetic by mixing Chooh and Seomsu.
Additionally, Ganghyuk used blowfish toxin as muscle relaxant.
The patient and Dongpa who did not know what they were seeing blinked their eyes only.
But when Makbong took out something, they moaned.
”What is this?”
”Ah, that?”
Ganghyuk pointed the bull s.c.r.o.t.u.m which was changed into a useful artificial respiration device.
However, the balloon itself is the s.c.r.o.t.u.m.
It was difficult to find a subst.i.tute.
'Dr. Heo Jun had hard times to find this blacksmith.'
Ganghyuk touched the two hoses connected to the s.c.r.o.t.u.m.
The narrow hose like a straw is for putting airflow into the airway and the wider hose is for the throat of the patient.
As it is made of metal, it might give the patient a sore throat, but it was quite effective.
”They are things to be used while you are sleeping. You don't need to know.”
”They will be used for me but I do not need to know?”
”Eum. They are the things to keep you alive.”
”Keeping me alive? Then is it dangerous?”