Chapter 32 Blood Transfusion
“…… Therefore, if the condition is not serious, it is enough to be hospitalized for observation. ”
After discussing in Kelly's office for a long time, John finally gave the most conservative treatment plan: "If the situation becomes serious and the amount of blood loss has affected the safety of life, give Miss Black a blood transfusion!" ”
"Blood transfusion? Are you sure? ”
After hearing this, Kelly's expression immediately became serious.
If before coming to Heinz General Hospital, Kelly didn't even know much about blood transfusion technology, then after half a year of study and research, Kelly's understanding of blood transfusion has surpassed that of most doctors in this era. He is well aware that although blood transfusion technology is likely to save countless lives in the future, if it is not done carefully, it is likely to cause countless deaths......
"It's the best option at the moment."
Nodding, John confirmed again.
In an era when there was a severe shortage of tests, especially treatments, this was the best treatment option for John himself. Of course, as a former surgeon, his knowledge of platelet deficiency purpura is not in-depth and important, so overall, it was an option in desperation.
Of course, Kelly also understood this, and after being silent for a long time, he nodded and sighed: "For the time being, this is the only way, I will make it clear to the Black family...... Do you continue to follow this case? ”
"Hehe, forget it later."
After thinking for a while, John shook his head with a smile and said, "This is your obstetrics and gynecology patient, and you should be familiar with the blood transfusion technique, so there is no need for me to continue to follow." But...... Howard, be sure to make it clear to the Blacks, and contact the blood donor in advance. Save the time when you are in a hurry! "Okay."
Kelly also understood the power of this, and immediately nodded.
However, after hesitating for a moment, Kelly frowned and asked, "The test of the blood type of this blood donor is relatively easy, but ...... How do we find them? And, on what grounds do we ask them for blood? ”
"Money!"
Rolling his eyes, John said angrily, "Put an advertisement in the newspaper." Recruit perennial blood donors and organize our hospital's own team of blood donors! ”
In these days, few people can figure out what blood transfusion is all about, and most doctors have not even been exposed to this concept, let alone other ordinary people. The voluntary blood donation of future generations, let alone mention it, what can you do without green banknotes to attract blood supply? If it is in a country where blood is regarded as the essence of the human body, it may be difficult to solve the problem by spending money.
"Huh?"
After hearing John's words, Kelly was stunned for a moment.
Didn't notice the change in Kelly's expression. John went on to say with great interest: "Of course, not everyone's blood can be used, and before we can draw blood from them, we must have a thorough examination of each person - in good health, preferably relatively strong, and not in any diseases, especially infectious diseases......"
"This ...... Why? ”
Opening his mouth, Kelly couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, I'm afraid of contagion...... Belch. It is the fear that the disease will be transmitted to the patient through the bloodstream. ”
As soon as he explained, John immediately realized something. I didn't go on anymore. Bacteriology has only been established for thirty or forty years, and the concept of the transmission of bodily fluids does not seem to be widely accepted. Fortunately, the concept of contagion has long been established, and it is not too difficult for Kelly to understand.
But......
Seeing that Kelly was still a little hesitant, John explained helplessly: "Howard, you also listened to my speech in Berlin, right?" ”
"Hmm...... Yes. ”
Squinted slightly. Kelly nodded and said, "It's about the blood bank, right?" I remember you said that you could solve the problem of blood clotting within a year, and you intend to build the world's first blood bank in our hospital, right? ”
"That's right!"
Nodding vigorously, John smiled, "Actually." I've recently found a solution to blood clotting, but it will take some time to perfect...... However, within a month, I will definitely be able to solve this problem, so the establishment of a blood bank is about to be put on the agenda......
……
As soon as he walked out of Kelly's office, the smile on John's face faded as quickly as the first snow in the sun.
As a surgeon trained and trained for more than a hundred years, John had an unmatched ability to create drugs that were ahead of his time, to make appendectomy that would take decades to perfect, and to come up with advanced concepts such as blood group and thrombocytopenic disorders, but at the same time, he also lost a lot of things.
The most important thing is undoubtedly the courage unique to the doctors of this era!
The reason why medicine, especially surgery, at the end of the 19th century was able to advance by leaps and bounds and became the first wave of the beginning of modern medicine is inseparable from the struggle of physicians. For example, Koch, Kitasato Shibazaburo and others would pounce on them like sharks smelling something fishy when they heard that there was a plague outbreak, completely ignoring the possibility of being infected. In fact, this era was also the era in which physicians lost the most lives, and many famous physicians and many more unknown physicians died on the way to research infectious diseases. Another example is the progress of surgery, which is also related to the courage of doctors to go under the knife, they dare to go under the knife to do experiments without enough knowledge of local anatomy, disease pathology, etc., and let countless patients die on the operating table......
Of course, this is also related to the times, and the lives of the poor are not worth anything now.
This is the case in any country, when people's knowledge level has not yet reached a certain level, and the society and economy have not yet reached a certain level. Although they are also ahead of the world in this era, in terms of their own domestic situation, they are no different from the third world countries a hundred years later, and in many respects they are even darker.
Physicians don't pay enough attention to human life, and rightfully so.
That's why the British will use the children of the welfare institutions for medical experiments, and people will still take it for granted, and decades later, Americans will use black people for syphilis medical experiments, and few people will think that there is anything wrong with letting those healthy "" contract syphilis......
Far from it.
Today's events made John realize his limitations once again.
A hundred years later, his medical training gave him leading knowledge, but karma limited his ability to play in this era, because in his brain, which had formed a fixed pattern, it took sufficient evidence to diagnose a disease, and enough certainty to treat it! So until now, John can put forward the theory of blood group and the theory of vitamins, but he has only perfected the basics of surgical disinfection and operation in surgery, developed techniques such as appendectomy and local anesthesia, and helped Bierrot perfect the resection of the stomach, but specifically on the operating table, too many other related surgeries have not been shown......
Miss Black's illness can actually be treated with a blood transfusion.
William of the future? Harrington had cured a patient with the same symptoms with 56 blood transfusions, but John, who had the knowledge of future medicine, did not dare to directly advise Howard? Kelly did this, even if there was only one way that might work in this day and age.
Thinking about it, John couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I didn't expect that I thought it was my most powerful weapon, but it was also a cage that limited my play, I hope Mr. Kelly can be bolder than me......" (To be continued.) )