Chapter 41

Episode 41. If you don’t want your leg amputated, teach me how to do it. (2)

The reason I came all the way here to the fireman was because I felt like I had tetanus.

“If I had tetanus, I would die in a week. No, can you possibly live if you eat the green moldy Mayuju or Naerak you mentioned?”

“Even if you eat bluish mold or horse oil, it won’t cure tetanus.”

“what! Didn’t you say at the time that it was somewhat effective against tetanus?”

“It has a very slight effect, but it does not cure tetanus.”

“Then why did you say that?”

“I said it back then, but I said that because if you clean the wound and eat food with green mold, the chance of getting tetanus is reduced. But if you already get tetanus, you almost die.”

“Then you can’t cure tetanus either?”

“If I told you I couldn’t cure tetanus, would that patient be making that face?”

At the painter’s words, Professor Jo looked at the patient who was sitting on the bed once more.

Certainly his face was not that of a dying man.

“Could you possibly cure tetanus?”

“yes. can be fixed. Well, it depends on how far it has progressed, but if it’s early days.”

“Can you really fix it? really?”

“Isn’t the reason Lieutenant Cho came all this way to find me because he thought I could cure tetanus?”

“That is true. Actually, I heard what you said to Prince Hwang, but it is true that I am not trustworthy. In a way, I think that Congressman Song, who saw his brother’s foot amputated, can do a better amputation. But on the other hand, when I think of soldiers in hospital beds, I think you might be better at amputations.”

In his heart, Lieutenant Cho seemed to be weighing the fire with Rep. Song.

Hearing Lieutenant Jo’s words, the painter put on a puzzled expression for a moment, but then recalled what Congressman Bong had said earlier and laughed inwardly.

‘Looking at it now, it seems that Lieutenant Jo is assuming that his feet will be cut off. Is it natural to think so?’

The painter looked at Professor Cho’s feet. It was already swollen, so I knew it wasn’t normal.

“It looks like Lieutenant has also contracted tetanus.”

“That’s right. By the way, have you ever done a lot of ankle amputations?”

“Have you had many surgeries like that at my age? I have the confidence to do better than Congressman Song.”

“Huh- There’s Congressman Bong outside, so if we do it together, it’s better than Congressman Song alone, right?”

“I guess so.”

Seeing Lieutenant Jo’s gloomy expression, the painter tried to tell him not to worry about cutting his ankle.

“.....”

“We need to see whether it can be fixed or not. If the condition is bad, you may not be able to fix it, so take off your shoes to check.”

If the condition was bad, the ankle could really have to be amputated, just like Lieutenant Jo was concerned.

After hearing the fireman’s words, Lieutenant Jo took off his shoes and exposed his feet.

* * *

Seeing Lieutenant Jo’s feet, the fireman’s eyes frowned.

Inspector Jo’s left foot had already lost its flesh color and the skin was black.

‘This is a sign of necrosis, but at this level, starting with trismus due to contraction of the masticatory muscles, stiff neck, dysphagia, and abdominal muscle contraction must have already occurred... How could they look so normal?’

The painter looked at Professor Jo’s face again.

‘I don’t understand. Looking at the progression of the disease, it wouldn’t be strange if he collapsed in pain, but it was only to the extent of breaking out in a cold sweat. I’ll have to examine it a bit more, but I don’t understand it with common sense.’

“I’ll do some examination.”

“Do it.”

The painter tried to press the swollen affected area with his fingers.

It went in like a slightly hard sponge.

“Are you not sick?”

“sick.”

“If you are sick, tell me that you are sick. Otherwise, we will not be able to treat them properly.”

“I get it. It hurts more there.”

“Hmm, the skin has healed, but the inside seems to be full of pus. I need to crack the skin.”

“You said it was full of pus? Even after applying the plaster, no more pus came out?”

“It was filled with pus. It is so swollen.”

“Keugh.”

When the painter pressed the affected area once more, Lieutenant Cho gnashed his teeth slightly.

After a while, when the wound was torn open with a knife, red blood and pus came out.

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

of of of of course of the pain Detective Lieutenant Jo clenched his teeth and shivered, even his hands trembled.

“It amputates a leg.”

“Wouldn’t the worst be that I die?”

“If you’re dying, you won’t negotiate like this.”

“If I offer to teach you qigong, can you cure tetanus without amputating your leg?”

“It seems like it could be... and maybe not... But a little while ago, I heard that Naegak Gigong doesn’t teach outsiders?”

When the fireman stopped drawing the saliva, Lieutenant Cho swallowed the dry saliva.

“Ha, there are always exceptions.”

“By the way, if you teach me Qigong, don’t you get scolded by the person who taught you Qigong?”

“I’ll be nagging you a little, but I won’t think it’s more important than my son’s life.”

“Are you an electrician by any chance?”

“It’s a secret appliance.”

“If it’s a home appliance secret, it’s not like you shouldn’t teach me, a really outsider.”

“There are exceptions.”

“I’m asking you one more time out of nostalgia. I’m not trying to teach you only the shell of qigong or omitting the core secrets, right?”

“How do you look at me and say that? Even if you die, if you don’t teach me, I won’t teach you. I won’t teach you clumsily.”

“Then you’re not trying to kill me after teaching me, are you?”

“Are you looking for an excuse because you don’t like me after treating me?”

“no. I just think we should make it clear now.”

“I, Zoin, have never lived a filthy life. Even though I didn’t want my leg cut off, I offered to teach him qigong, but I don’t pick up what he said.”

“All right. Then I will believe the words of the guru. Oh, come to think of it, the tetanus has progressed a lot, but I can treat it sufficiently.”

The fireman laughed for a while and then started to stick the spit again.

After inserting all the saliva, he opened the stopper of the vial containing the hemp leaf juice, mixed it with the distilled spirit, took out a penicillin capsule, and gave it to Lieutenant Cho to drink together.

“Never chew it, just swallow it in one bite.”

“What is this?”

“Don’t ask, eat. Anesthetist. I need to check my legs after this. Just looking at it hurts a lot.”

“Drugs and anesthetics? Did you make this by any chance?”

“yes.”

“Have you read the medical book that says you came from beyond the West Station?”

“yes.”

“So, if you eat this...”

“It’s a drink that puts you to sleep while I scrape off the Lieutenant’s rotten flesh and blood.”

“alcohol! If you can still fall asleep while scraping off the flesh and blood, it must be a very strong drink.”

“yes. It’s relatively solo.”

“I got it.”

After putting the capsule in his mouth, Lieutenant Jo drank the anesthetic at once.

“It’s a big deal. It’s a great intoxication.”

“You will be asleep soon.”

“Hehe, there is such a solo in the world. It’s great...”

Tuk.

Lieutenant Cho passed out after three minutes. While he was unconscious, the fireman cut further into the flesh with a knife and scraped off the blood mixed with pus.

‘Hmm~ I don’t think this can be solved just by feeding penicillin...’

The surest way was to inject penicillin into the blood vessels.

Of course, I hadn’t tested this penicillin to kill Lieutenant Cho’s staphylococcus yet, but I didn’t have time to try it and wait for the results to come out.

For that reason, the painter was thinking of administering penicillin to the blood vessels and experimenting on the other hand.

While the painter scraped off all the blood and flesh mixed with pus, he continued to think about how to inject penicillin into the veins.

‘How can it be so unfortunate that there is no syringe? I also make fine needles... Later on, I’ll have to find a blacksmith who can somehow make syringes.’

No matter how much he thought about it, the painter couldn’t help but decide to use an ignorant method.

“Look.”

“Yes, Senator.”

“See these blood vessels here?”

“yes.”

“Put your weight on it so it doesn’t bleed and press very hard.”

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