Chapter 173

Doctor Player Chapter 173

‘Is this my limit?’

Raymond bit his lip in helplessness.

Doctors are not gods.

Even on the modern earth, the home of medicine, there are many diseases that cannot be identified.

The best of medicine is like that, but now he’s just a professional.

So, you may encounter a disease that cannot be solved.

But then.

“Master, what are you doing here?”

“Ah disciple.”

It was Christine.

She looked at Raymond with worried eyes.

“... ... I was just getting some fresh air.”

Raymond tried to let out a sigh, but held it back.

Everyone must be expecting a lot from him. You shouldn’t look discouraged.

Christine bit her lip at the sight of him.

she said in a heavy voice.

“... ... One more patient died. There are additional patients with an imminent arrest.”

It was heartbreaking news.

Christine opened her mouth cautiously as Raymond bit his lip.

“How about evacuating the villagers first?”

“... ... !”

Raymond’s eyes hardened.

I want to evacuate people first.

‘It’s not a bad solution. But what about the people with the plague right now?’

they will all die

Also, there was no guarantee that contagious diseases would not spread even if they evacuated.

Christine knew those problems, but she brought up that opinion because she knew the situation was bad.

“I will think about it a little more.”

Raymond thought desperately.

‘Remember, Raymond! If I don’t solve it, those patients will all die. It’s not the time to be weak! I have to come up with something.’

Seeing Raymond like that, Christine bit her lip.

‘Remember. Maybe I can help.’

But neither Raymond nor her came to mind.

Even though Raymond’s intellect increased by 5 points using the ‘Expert’s Judgment’ skill, the answer did not come to mind.

‘Damn, I might be able to get some clues using the modern earth inspection tools.’

State-of-the-art diagnostic tools flashed into his mind.

CT MRI PET and countless other diagnostic examination tools.

all were unavailable.

Now he was even more helpless as he had to find out everything with only patients’ symptoms and basic physical examinations.

‘There’s not too much to take as a clue. How can I check further?’

Raymond opened the market just in case.

But only disappointed.

There was some kind of magic, but it didn’t seem to be particularly helpful in the current situation.

But the moment the market is about to close.

A skill caught his eye.

‘This?’

[Forensics]

Classification: Academic Skill

Mastery: D

-This is a study to find out the cause of death through corpses.

– You will learn basic autopsies! As your proficiency increases, you will have deeper forensic knowledge!

Raymond swallowed.

autopsy.

In case of death of unknown cause, it is to dissect the body to find out the cause.

‘... ... Will this help?’

I do not know.

Common diseases often leave no special marks on the corpse.

In cases where an autopsy is helpful, it is usually trauma or homicide, not contagious diseases.

‘If I did an autopsy prematurely, I could be accused of insulting the corpse for nothing.’

Of course, dissection of corpses was taboo in Ley Pentaina.

The Tower of Healing played a big role there, but the Tower of Healing strongly banned dissecting a corpse, saying it was an act of damaging the soul of a dead person.

Therefore, if an autopsy is performed and there is no income, it will be heavily criticized.

In particular, the tower of healing that lights up his eyes to find his flaws will not go unnoticed.

‘But at this rate, all the patients will die.’

In the end, Raymond made a decision.

“We will do an autopsy.”

“... ... wealth... ... what?”

“Let’s dissect the corpse.”

Raymond made a nervous face.

The abdominal cavity, the chest cavity, and even the brain were opened, but there is no clue.

‘Can’t it be revealed even with an autopsy?’

Christine also made a dark face.

Raymond tried so hard and couldn’t figure it out.

‘Is there really no answer?’

As she pondered, Raymond was looking at other parts of the body.

The only part that hasn’t been autopsied yet.

It was the neck!

‘But there is an organ in the neck that can cause the symptoms like now... ... .’

But that was the moment.

Raymond’s body stiffened.

‘for a moment. there’s one The neck is also an important biological organ!’

The neck is the so-called ‘passage’ connecting the head and body.

Therefore, it consists of blood vessels, muscles, esophagus, airway, nerves, etc., and there was no organ that controls vital functions.

Except for a single thyroid.

Raymond swallowed.

‘no way... ... Could it be that there is something wrong with the thyroid gland?’

Raymond carefully cut the neck.

And confirmed.

The appearance of a hugely swollen thyroid gland!

“Master this? Is it really this big?”

Christine asked in surprise.

“no. It is much larger than normal.”

Raymond swallowed.

The symptoms of the patients so far passed through his mind.

‘High fever. heart failure. Confusion symptoms. Symptoms that get healed and get worse.’

Like a puzzle being put together, the symptoms began to fit together.

He put the thyroid tissue through the microscope and let out a drool.

Thyroid tissue was proliferating, covered with inflammatory cells!

A diagnosis came out of his mouth.

“Thyroid storm... ... !”

It was the moment when the identity of the monster was finally revealed.

* * *

There is one reason why this mysterious disease caused everyone’s fear.

The point of getting healed and getting worse.

Raymond couldn’t understand that either.

‘It’s as if you’re going to die because you’re overflowing with vitality.’

But that’s a crazy idea.

Because all diseases eventually turn off a person’s life force and lead to death.

but only one.

There was a disease that was overflowing with vitality and leading to death.

It was a ‘thyroid storm’, an explosion of thyroid hormones.

thyroid hormones.

It is a hormone that serves as fuel for our body.

If this hormone is lacking, energy will sag and various problems will occur.

A thyroid storm is a condition in which thyroid hormone overflows like a dyke burst.

‘Exactly the same symptoms as now come! Hyperthermia, confusion, shock, heart problems!’

Raymond swallowed.

‘The reason he died after being healed was because of a thyroid problem.’

Heal is the power that enhances vitality.

Therefore, it was explained that the patients deteriorated because it promoted the function of the thyroid gland, which serves as the body’s internal combustion engine.

‘But why a thyroid storm? Aren’t thyroid storms contagious?’

Raymond made a puzzled face.

Thyroid storm was not contagious in the slightest.

But what about this mass outbreak? It didn’t make sense.

‘Let’s treat the patients first.’

went into treatment right away.

Iodine, which suppresses thyroid function, is administered.

Then an amazing thing happened.

Patients who had no effect on any means began to show improvement!

“at las!”

“As expected, it’s Raymond-sama!”

Freed from the fear of death, the locals cheered.

However, Raymond’s face did not brighten.

‘We need to find out why this outbreak happened.’

They found a cure, but did not eradicate the disease.

New patients were still coming in.

It was necessary to determine how the disease spread. Only then could this situation be brought to an end.

It was time to do an epidemiological investigation.