In the East Palace, famous doctors were gathered. Sun Simiao and Elder Hua were leading the group. Mo Wu was beside them, carefully examining Li Chengqian's previous case.
"Divine doctors, the Crown Prince's foot problem will depend on the both of you." Li Shimin took a deep breath and said.
Sun Simiao said loudly, "Your Majesty is too serious. The School of Medicine has been under the care of the Crown Prince for many years. Now it's time to repay the favor."
Hua Yuan nodded solemnly. The School of Medicine had many things to do. When Mo Hospital was established, the School of Medicine had just begun to rise. At that time, it was all thanks to Li Chengqian's support of the venue and money that they were able to tide over the difficulties.
Even the imperial physicians would not be willing to take the risk to treat Li Chengqian again. If they could cure him, it would be a great achievement, but if they could not, it would be a great sin. However, the School of Medicine was different. Since they had received Li Chengqian's favor, they would naturally not shirk their responsibility.
Moreover, they had already done many surgical experiments and were quite confident. Moreover, under the current medical conditions, they had already reached the limit of their level. If they waited any longer, there would not be much of a breakthrough. Therefore, they passed on the news through Meton.
"The two divine doctors will do your best. I know that medicine cannot cure a fatal illness. I will bear all the consequences." Li Chengqian said firmly. He knew that the two in front of him were the best divine doctors in the world. If they could not cure his foot problem, then no one would be able to.
"Thank you for your kindness, Crown Prince. However, as doctors, we still have to explain the specific situation to Your Majesty and Crown Prince." Elder Hua said solemnly.
This time, Li Chengqian's foot problem belonged to the surgery department. Since he was the chief surgeon, he would naturally be the one to give medical advice.
"Please speak, Divine Doctor Hua. We are all ears." Li Shimin said politely.
Old Hua picked up Li Chengqian's medical record and solemnly said, "This Old Man has studied the Crown Prince's medical record many times. After this diagnosis, we can basically conclude that the Crown Prince's condition is due to the fact that his bones have not fully healed after his first injury. His bones have not fully recovered, which led to the foot injury."
This was not unusual. Even with the current medical conditions, there were still cases of misaligned bone grafts, not to mention in that era where surgery was extremely backward based on experience.
Li Shimin immediately flew into a rage and said, "Are these imperial physicians incompetent? How could they make such a big mistake?"
Many imperial physicians immediately revealed terrified expressions. At that time, when they diagnosed Li Chengqian's illness, they also had a part in it.
Old Man Hua shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has misunderstood the imperial physician. When the Crown Prince was injured, the School of Medicine was in a state of disunity. Furthermore, the injury was within the Crown Prince's bones. There was no problem with the imperial physician's treatment. Even if the Old Man and Brother Sun were here at that time, they might not have been able to do better."
Many imperial physicians immediately looked at Old Hua with gratitude. With Hua Yuan and Sun Simiao's endorsement, they were able to pass this hurdle.
"But it has been several years. The Crown Prince's foot injury still has a chance to recover." Li Shimin said worriedly.
Old Hua nodded and said, "Since it has not recovered, the only way is to break the bone again and renew the loan."
"Break it again and renew the loan."
When everyone heard this incredible plan, they could not help but frown. This plan seemed simple, but everyone knew how difficult it was.
Hua Yuan nodded and said, "There are two major difficulties. First, if you want to accurately locate the bone, you must dissect the skin and flesh of the foot. Although there is a method to suture the wound, there is still the risk of infection.
"Second, the pain of a broken bone is not something that anyone can easily bear. If the patient can't help but move, I'm afraid it will lead to a more serious illness." Hua Yuan said solemnly.
"Then what should we do?"
Li Shimin was worried. He knew that under severe pain, ordinary people would not be able to bear it. After all, Guan Yu's bone scraping treatment was only a legend.
Li Shimin glanced at Old Hua. He knew how Cao Cao felt when he killed Hua Tuo. Hua Tuo wanted to cut open Cao Cao's head to treat his gout. Fortunately, Old Hua was not as crazy as his ancestor. He only cut open Li Chengqian's foot.
Li Chengqian nodded with lingering fear. He knew how painful it was when he was injured for the first time.
Hua Yuan glanced at Li Chengqian and said meaningfully, "However, this doesn't mean there is no solution."
Li Shimin had a flash of inspiration. He looked at Hua Yuan and said in surprise, "Could it be that the medical school has solved the problem of mafeisan?"
Li Chengqian could not help but feel refreshed. Mafeisan was a famous magical medicine in Huaxia. It was the proud work of Hua Tuo, Old Hua's ancestor. With the help of this medicine, the success rate of the operation would be greatly increased.
Hua Yuan nodded and said, "With the unremitting efforts of Old Man and Brother Sun, we finally solved the main component of mafeisan, datura."
"Datura?" Li Shimin frowned and said, "As far as I know, datura is highly toxic."
"Yes!" Hua Yuan nodded without hesitation and said, "This requires Doctor Sun to accurately control the dosage of datura and detoxify the Crown Prince after the operation."
"This is my duty." Sun Simiao bowed and said.
Seeing Sun Simiao, everyone's originally worried heart could not help but relax. With Sun Simiao personally using datura, the Crown Prince's safety was naturally guaranteed.
"In addition, how is the Crown Prince's alcohol tolerance?" Hua Yuan suddenly asked.
"Alcohol tolerance?" Everyone suddenly looked at Hua Yuan in confusion.
Hua Yuan explained, "Old Man did not have the ability to make a perfect mafeisan like our ancestor. However, the liquor of the Tang dynasty is the best anesthetic. The Crown Prince takes datura with liquor, which not only reduces the toxicity, but also has a better effect."
Although liquor did not have the magical effect of mafeisan, it could greatly reduce pain. This was a relatively effective anesthetic method found in the medical practice. Moreover, mafeisan was also taken with liquor in the history books. It must be the same reason. Of course, the liquor of the Han Dynasty was not as good as the distilled liquor of the Tang dynasty.
Using liquor as an anesthetic and reducing the dosage of datura could not make the patient completely lose the sense of pain. However, Li Chengqian's injury was on his foot, which was the easiest place to control. This was also the most reliable method discussed by the medical school and had the highest chance of success.
"Then I'll have to trouble you two. This operation, regardless of success or failure, I will not blame anyone in the medical school." Li Shimin solemnly promised.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sun Simiao and Hua Yuan said solemnly. Although there were no medical disputes in the Tang dynasty today, Li Shimin's promise made the two feel more relieved.
"In that case, let's begin. Your Highness, please drink this liquor." Sun Simiao brought a bowl of medicinal liquor, in which datura was already soaked.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath and drank it. He soon fell into a coma and was pushed in.
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