Since the Salvation Medical College and its affiliated hospitals were so important in Scrooge's plan, it was only natural that it would be highly efficient, for what was profitable was always more efficient.

On January 12, 1907, Hangzhou Salvation Hospital was officially opened. Although Salvation Hospital had made a full-page advertisement in the newspapers of Hangzhou before this, and although Salvation Hospital promised free rewards for three days before opening, on the first day of opening, it was indeed possible to set up a net in front of Salvation Hospital to catch sparrows.

Until the afternoon, there was not a single patient in sight, and McMillan, who was waiting in the hospital, chatted with Zhou Shuren, who was about to come to act as a translator.

"Zhou, it seems that you guessed it right, in China, people simply don't believe in our modern medicine. I have never encountered a hospital in such a big city, and it also gives such a discount, and there is no one who comes to see a doctor. ”

"China's people's wisdom is not yet open." Zhou Shuren sighed, "They lack scientific literacy, and they still habitually believe in those witchcraft and deception. In fact, our family used to be like this, when my father was seriously ill, he was a Chinese medicine doctor, and then they prescribed what kind of sugar cane that had been frosted for three years, and what kind of crickets that were originally matched. Hell, is it true that when crickets lose their virginity, they have no medicinal effect? As a result, after several years of treatment, my father's illness did not improve, and he finally died. ”

Because of his father, Zhou Shuren has always hated Chinese medicine very much, especially after he seriously studied some Western medicine, compared with the various symptoms of his father's serious illness, as well as the judgment and treatment plan made by the famous old Chinese medicine doctor, he felt more and more that these judgments of Chinese medicine were unscientific, so he also attributed his father's serious illness to being deceived by the old Chinese medicine doctor.

"What disease did your father get back then?" McMillan asked.

"I was young at the time, and I knew there." Zhou Shuren replied, "But some of the symptoms still remember, about this, at first the gums bleed, then he vomited blood, and later his body was swollen......

"What kind of habits did your father have?" McMillan asked again.

Of course, Zhou Shuren knows that McMillan's so-called "living habits" mostly refer to not very good habits. So he frowned and replied, "He has a bad temper, and he likes to drink, and sometimes when he gets drunk, he loses his temper......"

"Is this even true even after getting sick?" McMillan asked.

"Yes." Zhou Shuren replied.

"Oh, listening to the symptoms, I kind of suspect cirrhosis." "It's very difficult to treat, and you know, damage to some of the body's organs, at least for now, is very difficult or even irreversible, and the same is true of some liver lesions," McMillan said. Alcohol is very damaging to the liver. This is evidenced by our experiments on animals, as well as statistical data on patients with various liver diseases. If it is this disease, it can almost only control the condition, with the current level of technology, if it is early, there is still the possibility of natural recovery, if you can't control yourself and continue to drink heavily, in the middle and late stages, at least I have no way at all, I believe that there will not be many doctors in this world who have any effective methods. If it were me, if it was really cirrhosis, I would have to prescribe a placebo to the patient after the symptoms of body swelling appeared. Well, Zhou, you know, the time for medicine to really become a science is still very short, and we are still very limited in the face of various diseases. However, the greatest thing about science is that it is always improving. For example, when we are just learning a little about the structure of the human body, when we are just starting to perform surgery, the survival rate of the patients we treat may be even lower than if we did not treat them. At that time, before the patient entered the hospital, the family would even help him organize the funeral in advance.

But you see, with the discovery of bacteria and the spread of sterilization, the mortality rate of our patients immediately dropped. Many terminal diseases that we were helpless for decades ago can now be treated, and most hospitals can treat them with a slightly more decent doctor. For example, appendicitis or something, more than 90% of people who have undergone surgery in the past will die from postoperative infection. As for now, as long as doctors and nurses do not derelict their duties, this proportion is almost negligible.

Today, we are still helpless in the face of diseases such as cirrhosis, but I believe that with the progress of science, we will always have a time to conquer them. That's the greatest strength of science, and he always moves forward step by step. ”

Speaking of this, McMillan laughed proudly, and he said to Zhou Shuren: "You know what? In our line of work, we often deal with guys in the church. A priest said to me: 'The end of science is philosophy, and the end of philosophy is theology.' But I told him that science is always moving forward, and that the end of today is only the beginning of tomorrow. Do you know? Zhou, my son is also studying medicine at Yale now, and I'm sure that by the time he comes out to become a doctor, he will definitely be able to deal with a lot more diseases than I can deal with. ”

At this time, a nurse suddenly ran in and shouted, "Doctor McMillan, a patient has come to the door!" ”

After listening to McMillan's words, Zhou Shuren was about to say something, but when he suddenly heard this report, he immediately turned his head and looked towards the door.

"Zhou, let's go over and have a look." Dr. McMillan said.

……

"It's appendicitis." After examining the patient, Dr. McMillan made this judgment and said to the nurses next to him, "Prepare for surgery!" Then he said to Zhou Shuren: "Mr. Zhou, you come to be my assistant." ”

"Okay, Dr. McMillan." For the first patient who came to the door was a person with appendicitis, Zhou Shuren felt that this was really not bad. Traditional Eastern medicine, whether it is Chinese medicine or any other medical technique, has almost no good treatment for this kind of disease. But after solving the problem of postoperative infection, this disease is really a minor problem for Western medicine. Moreover, in the legend of the so-called divine doctor in ancient China, the most respected divine doctor is Hua Tuo. And Hua Tuo's most praised magic skill is the disemboweling surgery. Therefore, Chinese always pay special attention to doctors who can perform disemboweling surgery.

However, there is another important thing that needs to be resolved before the operation can be performed, that is, the operation must be approved by the patient's family, and the patient's family must sign a life and death certificate. This is a must, even if the risk of appendicitis surgery is already small, it is indispensable.

Sure enough, after hearing that these foreigners were going to disembowel the patient and sign a document that life and death were determined by their destiny, several family members immediately hesitated.

"Second uncle, what do you say should I do about this?" A woman who looked like the patient's wife asked an elderly man next to her, confused.

"This disembowelment, can it really work? The stomach is broken, and the person can still live? The second uncle just shook his head.

"But this foreigner said he could cure it." Another young man interjected, "Dr. Wang has already said that there is no cure for this disease. Doctor Wang said that there was no help, which is basically equivalent to more than half of the dead, and now he can only use the dead horse as a live horse doctor. Maybe you'll be alive? ”

"But eldest nephew, if your brother was disemboweled, but he still couldn't be saved, wouldn't there be no whole corpse? This dead body will come to the underworld in the future......" The second uncle still kept shaking his head, and his withered little braid also swayed one after another.

"Second uncle, third brother, he's not dead yet!" The young man stamped his foot and said, "No matter what, you can't look at him like this." Third brother and sister, do you say it...... Oh, what are you worried about at this time, do you want to let your child have no father at such a young age? ”

The men struggled for a while, and at last the young man persuaded the man next to him, so the patient's wife pulled the child who was following him, who did not know what was going on, and asked him to stretch out his hand and put a handprint on the paperwork.

……

The operation went very well, and by the end of the evening, the patient had already woken up. The family was very happy to see the patient who had woken up.

"Doctor Mai, thank you for your great kindness! The brother can come back to life, all because of the gentleman's medical skills. The other doctors had already decided that the younger brother would not live until dark, but fortunately they met Dr. McMillan...... "Obviously, this one thought that Dr. McMillan's surname was Mai."

Of course, McMillan didn't understand this, but naturally Zhou Shuren helped translate. And, even if he doesn't, in general, he can basically guess what the patient's family will say at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although the patient has woken up, he is not completely out of danger." "So, I recommend that the patient remain in the hospital for a while until the patient's condition is completely stable and the incision has healed." ”

McMillan's suggestion is entirely justified, considering that the main reason for the high mortality rate of this type of surgery in the past is postoperative infection.

After Zhou Shuren translated this sentence, these family members hesitated a little.

"Doctor Mai, this, how long will it take for my brother to come home?" The young man asked, "Also, can we leave someone here to stay with him?" ”

"How long it will take depends on the patient's recovery, and we can't say for sure. As for the possibility of leaving one person with you, but although we are opening for free today, we can only provide free treatment to patients, and we cannot provide free food and lodging to those you stay. Moreover, those who remain of you must unconditionally obey the arrangements of our medical personnel and must not interfere with our work. ”

……

After explaining the situation, Dr. McMillan, who had been busy all day, was ready to leave work. He was succeeded by Dr. Rodney from the United States.

"I've basically told you about the patient's condition. An important task given to us in China is to record the effects of various anti-infective drugs. Now this, let's use A1 drugs first, pay attention to make a record after medication, and it is best to record it every hour. ”

"Don't worry, no problem. I've written it all down. Dr. Rodney said.