Chapter 285: 285
The dissection room was in the basement . It was cold and dark . Doctor Qu looked at the incomplete cadaver, as well as Ling Ran and Yu Yuan, who were both dressed professionally . He could not help but feel goosebumps break all over his skin .
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He laughed, and his voice quivered involuntarily, “Doctor Ling, I know you don’t mean it, but it’s a little scary . ”
“I’ll give you a massage . ” Ling Ran was not the type of person who was good at analyzing other people . He could not guess what the meaning behind Doctor Qu’s words was . He just wanted to touch a normal person’s bones so that he could make a comparison .
A massage was the only good idea that Ling Ran could think of .
During their conversation, Ling Ran touched Doctor Qu’s neck with his hand .
“If you were to do this in a warmer place, someone might file a lawsuit against you . ” Doctor Qu felt the warmth of Ling Ran’s palm . He was relieved for a few seconds, but as Ling Ran fiddled with his bones, his emotions were in turmoil . But Doctor Qu could not help it .
However, it was not unusual for a normal person’s emotions to be in a state of turmoil when they were in a dissection room .
Doctor Qu suddenly regretted his decision a little . He wondered why he would have a momentary lapse in judgment and ran all the way here alone to deliver good news .
Was he going to be disassembled and placed together with the cadaver? Would someone find him? He could not tell .
Ling Ran released his neck and asked, “Why would I be sued?”
“Because…” Doctor Qu wanted to make a joke to ease the atmosphere . However, when he saw Ling Ran’s serious expression and Yu Yuan’s puzzled expression, he suddenly became speechless .
It was not a really suitable topic for further discussion .
When Ling Ran noticed that Doctor Qu did not want to talk, he did not see the need to keep asking . So, he used his pulling technique and gripped Doctor Qu’s neck, shaking it .
Doctor Qu felt a little pain but also a little comfortable . He looked ahead in slight fear . His heart was filled with regret and his gaze was not focused .
“His cervical vertebra should be fine . ” Ling Ran released Doctor Qu’s neck .
“Oh,” Yu Yuan said . She pulled out the cadaver’s cervical vertebra and allowed Ling Ran to make another comparison .
Ling Ran took the scalpel and carefully dissected the cadaver to observe it .
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He had only ever made use of the tracheotomy he learned a while ago on Chestnut, the police dog . In order to make more accurate judgments in the future, he had deliberately taken a lesson from a cadaver .
Simple dissection and treatment were different .
In terms of treatment, the goal was to create as small an incision as possible . For example, in a tracheotomy, the incision was only the thickness of one finger, and some surgeons may even make it smaller . Dissection was the most advantageous weapon to reduce the size of incisions .
If a doctor was very familiar with the anatomical structure near the throat, he or she could naturally avoid some vital parts of the body . For instance, thyroid injuries frequently occurred during tracheotomies . If a doctor’s knowledge of anatomy was enough, the probability of such a mistake would be very low .
Unfortunately, most doctors did not have the chance or experience to perform in-depth and genuine dissections .
Doctors, who had very little anatomical knowledge and did not know the human body well, were everywhere .
Most surgeons’ skills were formed based on them performing hundreds of the same surgery . They did not necessarily have very good basics .
A doctor would more or less have a smidgen of knowledge when it came to things such as anatomy . If they wanted to be very skilled, they needed a lot of resources . Many attending physicians may not have independently dissected a body even before their retirement . A large number of medical students only got to see someone dissect a corpse during one of their classes while they were studying . After they graduated, they would be posted to normal hospitals and be promoted according to standard procedure . By then, they would not have any chance to perform dissections .
The three thousand dissection experiences on the upper limb Ling Ran received in the past brought changes to the essence of his surgeries . It could even be said that there were not many surgeons with such experience worldwide .
However, beyond hand anatomy experience, Ling Ran’s overall anatomical experience was still rather lacking .
The cadaver gave Ling Ran a nearly complete lesson on human anatomy .
Ling Ran cherished it highly and worked hard .
After Ling Ran released him, Doctor Qu had chills running through his body as he watched from the side . He gradually relaxed, and the thought of taking advantage of the situation popped up again . He looked left and right before he asked with a laugh, “Why do you only have two sets of equipment in the room?”
Ling Ran looked warily at Doctor Qu . He was still hold a scalpel in his hand .
Doctor Qu chuckled a couple of times bashfully and patted his head . “Ah, I’m so forgetful . I’m here to tell you some good news, Doctor Ling . ”
“Oh?”
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“Academician Zhu is back, and he has patients with Achilles tendon ruptures with him . They’re waiting for you to operate on them, and you’ll have your entire surgery recorded . Your surgery will also be livestreamed in the demonstration room when it’s going on . ” Doctor Qu could not help but straighten his back .
Ling Ran smiled, just as expected . However, he lowered his head and did not hesitate to say, “Could the patients with the Achilles tendon ruptures wait? If they can, let them wait for a while . ”
“Wait after you… dissect the body?”
“Yes,” Ling Ran answered swiftly . Two surgeries were not as important as dissecting the corpse .
An Achilles tendon rupture was a minor illness . If the patients were not athletes, ordinary attending physicians could treat them and operate on them .
Right then, unless there were hundreds of beds, there was no way Ling Ran would walk out of the basement .
In the cool dissection room, Doctor Qu’s brain worked really slowly . His mind went momentarily blank before he came back to his senses . He hurriedly said, “I’ll go inform the director . ”
He did not want to stay any longer . He laughed a couple of times and took a step back every two seconds . Then, he quietly exited the dissection room .
Ling Ran and Yu Yuan were so busy that they ignored him .
Once Doctor Qu was out of the door, he practically fled upstairs and searched for a place that was bright and filled with people . He took a couple of deep breaths .
“Yun Hua Hospital must be a haunted place . ” Doctor Qu went back to his office . He still felt like he had not been healed from his trauma yet .
He rarely had that feeling ever since he graduated from medical school .
When Ling Ran emerged from the darkness, the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center had become extremely lively .
Volunteers from many universities stood in every corner of the center . They protected every person who attended the conference as if they were caring for mentally-disabled children .
Ling Ran proceeded to clean himself . After he changed, he looked around curiously .
One of the most straightforward examples of how the people who saw him reacted when he looked around was a fair girl greeting him excitedly in English when he appeared in front of her . “How are you?”
Some Asians attending the conference may not have understood Mandarin, so it was best if they spoke English .
Ling Ran just looked at the person with a profound gaze and asked, “Who’s in charge now?”
“Ah, you’re from China . That’s great . ” The girl became more excited . She pursed her lips as she stared at Ling Ran and boldly said, “I’ll lead the way for you . ”
“You don’t have to trouble yourself…”
“It’s okay, one of the volunteers’ tasks is to lead the way for the participants . ” At that point, she was already not thinking about her work as a volunteer . She wanted to hold Ling Ran’s hand, turn around, and run away .
Ling Ran hesitated a little and said, “You just need to tell me where Academician Zhu or Chief Physician Ji Tianlu is . ”
Ling Ran took out his phone and said, “My phone’s out of battery . ”
“I have a power bank . ” The girl immediately handed it to him . She watched Ling Ran charge his phone, and said, “I’ll take you there . It’ll take a while to charge your phone before it can function again, right?”
“I just need to wait for a few minutes, and it’ll do . ”
“You can’t do that!” the girl immediately said . “It’s not good for your phone . Let me lead you there . ”
Ling Ran did not want to waste time . When he saw how determined she was, he nodded and agreed to her request .
The girl was happy . She quickly brought Ling Ran to an area where there were fewer people and asked, “Are you a doctor from the research center or a guest at this conference?”
“A guest . ”
“I see . Which hospital are you from?”
“Yun Hospital . ”
“Yun Hospital? Which one? Can you tell me its full name?”
“Yun Hua Hospital . ”
“Oh, I remember now!” The girl nodded vigorously as she continued to lead him upstairs .
After a few steps, another volunteer saw Ling Ran . At the same time, she saw the volunteer who was walking next to him .
This volunteer hesitated for a few seconds before she quickly walked over .
“Hello…” the new volunteer greeted him in English .
“I’m Chinese,” Ling Ran said politely with a smile on his face .
“That’s great, you’re a Chinese as well? Oh yeah, are you a guest or a doctor from this research center…” The new girl ignored the previous girl, who rolled her eyes and put on a smile . She exuded courage .
“Yun Hua Hospital . ” Ling Ran smiled and nodded .
“I’ll remember that . ” The girl whom Ling Ran just got to know radiated happiness .
They turned around a corner again…
“Hi…”
“I’m Chinese . ”
“Wow, you’re a doctor from China? Are you a doctor in this research center or a guest?”
“I’m from Yun Hua Hospital . ”
Ling Ran repeated those words .
Based on his personal experience, repetition was sometimes the easiest choice .
After all, every corner was a brand new experience, and he had to greet new people with each corner he took…