XXV. The Poison of the World
Dinner time has passed.
It was close to midnight, and it was time to rest.
The secret harbor in the cave is eerily quiet.
Ship infirmary.
In the space of more than 20 square meters, the items are quite neatly arranged, and the open bookshelves with uncovered doors are lined with a dazzling array of medical crystals of the Northern Prison, in addition to the entrance door, there is also a side door leading to the pharmacy.
There was a vegetable painting on the sideboard, a series of chisels and tweezers on the iron plate, and Maika had a stethoscope hanging from her chest that she had not yet removed, and she was reading a book on anatomy.
It's not that Maika is trying to improve herself, but that the author of the original manuscript of this book is quite famous in the academic world, and the details of each organ are drawn like works of art, and it is hard to imagine how many times it took to achieve such an achievement, and it also lists in detail the progress chart of the heart's operation, the specific details of the internal organ circulation work, and the comic strip, which can provide detailed insight into the rules.
The kerosene lantern was a little faint, and Maika opened the lid to add a little fuel, and wiped the dust off the glass cover with a silk scarf.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the people outside the door seemed to be a little restrained, and the voice was not very loud, for fear of disturbing Maika.
"Come in."
Maika thinks it's a newcomer, and those guys aren't going to be so polite.
Then a middle-aged man with greasy hair and an embarrassed beard walked in, with a flattering smile on his face.
"Is there anything wrong with you? Or is it a drug addiction? If you want me to have some painkillers, I advise you to dispel this idea as soon as possible. ”
Maika sat on the chair and said in a flat tone, seeing that he was lacking in blood and blood, and there was a possibility of being an addict.
Although Black Sail doesn't do that kind of business, some smuggling ships in the secret port where it is docked now will buy goods from the wholesale market of Heavenly Port and then distribute them to the local snakes on the east coast.
It's not that Li Si Te doesn't blush with the money of that business, other people's business is done and the money is directly robbed, how easy it is, what is the code docking and how stupid it is to deal with the relationship transportation, Li Si Te took a fancy to this business three years ago, and specifically blocked the waterway to eat black, and the ill-gotten wealth was to be confiscated.
But the black sail can not rob the entire east coast of the drug lords, can only be said to be a drop in the bucket, can not affect the normal operation of the market at all, these hallucinogens are diverse, tablets, powders, decoctions, from a variety of plants and neurotoxins of the monster animal glands are blended and formulated, people as long as they experience it will never be forgotten, the number of addicts in the Principality of Pema is outrageous.
The painkillers in the Western Continent are not cough syrups used to treat depression, they are often extremely powerful, and they will not cry out for pain when slashed on the body.
And Maika has long been familiar with it, and has encountered this situation no less than a hundred times, basically one in ten pirates like this, and wants to do something to survive and continue to eat.
"Not ......"
The man sneered, stood very restrained, and swallowed back when the words came to his mouth, not knowing how to speak.
"That's when you're not feeling well, what's the symptoms?"
Maika put down her autopsy book and put on her glasses.
Even if there was a chair, the man did not sit down, scratched his forehead with his fingers and said, "Actually, I don't have the money to see a doctor, so I came to the boat to treat my leg." ”
Maika smiled when she heard this, and thought what was the matter, "You can rest assured, as long as it is not a major problem, it will not affect the normal work, and even before going to sea, free medical care is the treatment that the Black Sail crew should have, which leg." ”
The man pointed to his left leg.
Maika was speechless, why was she so stupid, "I'm asking you to pull up your trouser legs." ”
The man hesitated for a while, sat on the chair, and lifted the trouser tube of his left leg with extreme difficulty, and when he reached the knee, the pus and blood on the wound had already adhered to the linen, and every inch of the wound was taken away with a little flesh, until it reached the root of the thigh, it was already a blur, and the whole thigh was dark purple, full of blood and sepsis.
The man hung his head, his eyes slightly distracted.
Maika's eyes narrowed, and she was silent for a long time, then ...... Take off your glasses.
"You shouldn't have waited so late to think about it."
Maika picked up a pair of scissors and cut off a strand of flesh on the man's leg without any pain feedback.
The dark purple and dark blue blood streaks spread into a network and will continue to spread over time, Maika has worked as a forensic doctor, understands trauma traces, and his thigh should have been cut, although it did not hurt his muscles and bones, and he could still exercise, but he has not taken any measures, and now the wound has been completely infected and festered.
Maika touched the area around the wound with scissors where the infection had spread, and the man was so painful that fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and his lips turned pale.
Maika couldn't imagine how he survived the inspection on the ship, Oakes had a habit of tossing people, and he had to make sure that his limbs were okay before he was put on the boat, this person ...... It was fooled under Oakes's nose.
"Can it be cured?"
The man said weakly, already sensing the result from Maika's subtle movements, but still harboring some hope.
"Now there's sepsis, the skin nerves are completely necrotic, and the muscle and bone tissue are also necrosis to a certain extent, and you're just holding on."
Maika thought for a while, put his hand in his arms and found the money bag, and discharged fifteen silver coins, "I'm sorry, I can't help you, you can't stay on the boat anymore, this is my personal money for you, it's too late now, you can still sleep on the boat for one night, tomorrow at dawn, go to the city to find a doctor, use this money, let him amputate your leg." ”
When he heard the word amputation, the man let out a few shaky breaths, then pursed his lips and confirmed again: "Do you have to amputate?" ”
Maika's tone was indifferent, and he began to give the eviction order, "Only amputation can save your life, and the sooner the better, if it drags on for more than a week, the great priest can't save you, let's go." ”
The man was stunned for a moment and smiled wryly.
"No need, I still have some money on me, and now I borrowed you, I don't know when I will pay it back, thank you, doctor."
The man did not continue to hold on, limped out of the ship's infirmary with a limp of his painful leg, and closed the door.
Maika took a deep breath and held her forehead.
"Everybody."
Maika was speechless, she didn't want any money for nothing, she really could think of it.
He had long since taken a look down on these things, turned off the kerosene lamp, and prepared to go to bed.
In addition to the large sleeping warehouse of Wollman, the core backbone of the ship has its own bedroom, and Maika, a high-end talent, is taken care of, except for Lister and Fin, the room is the largest.
Maika left the ship's infirmary and returned to the bedroom, where she tossed two rounds with many people in the afternoon, and Maika was also a little tired, and she fell asleep not long after lying in bed.
Early the next morning.
The sky was bright.
The rooms on the first deck below deck had portholes to let in the light, and the sailors slept in the darkened bunks on the lower decks.
Wake up by the trotting movement of a group of people outside the door, Maika immediately turned over and got out of bed, wearing only her pajamas, picked up a hatchet from the bedside table, and walked out the door.
Seeing that these sailors didn't take care of the matter, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He grabbed a random sailor and asked, "What happened?" ”
The sailor replied: "Someone below hanged himself, I don't know who killed him." ”
Maika frowned and said, "Don't go down and get involved, hurry up and find the captain." ”
Maika himself followed the other sailors further down.
After a while, more than a dozen sailors were seen holding lanterns to illuminate the aisle, while a man was hanging from the lintel with a hemp rope around his neck, and his body was shaking slightly as the waves pushed the boat.
The man who came to treat his leg last night.