Plague Doctor

Gu Jun has not taken care of the hollow humerus for the time being and cannot take care of it. The only way to take care of it now is to cut it upward and perform scapular girdle dissection.

Generally speaking, bones can also have cavity-like lesions, and fractures can easily have cavities due to the compression of cancellous bones caused by impact. These are not fatal. The most important thing in the current situation is to save the life of the injured. The key is to prevent bleeding and infection.

Originally, in order to prevent blood and fluid accumulation in the incision and reduce the chance of tissue reaction and infection, drainage must be placed before closing the incision, and usually it must be retained for three to five days. But now that there is no drainage device around, Gu Jun can only choose to have an open amputation.

After he completed the trimming of the bone end, he rinsed the wound with normal saline to remove bone fragments, clots and fragmented tissue. After he had completely stopped the bleeding, he covered the stump wound with sterile gauze pads, and then The skin flap was sutured intermittently with several stitches to prevent skin retraction.

Finally, it was wrapped with an elastic bandage, and the amputation was completed.

Gu Jun did not feel relieved and used a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer to measure Cao Yicong's vital signs. His heart rate and blood pressure were fine. His face was a bit pale, but there was no major bleeding. Such a tall and strong person would not be so fast. Those who have lost too much blood can still hold on.

"Vice Captain Cao, how many fingers are here?" He raised the three fingers of his right hand and asked.

"three……"

Cao Yicong's mental state was not bad, and he could answer a series of questions he asked. However, the stump of his right arm was slightly numb and accompanied by phantom limb pain. Only then could he feel his lost right hand, "Doctor Gu, I Now I feel that my right hand is still there...but there are bursts of pain, like pins and needles."

Li Liangbin and Wang Yong didn't quite understand what this meant, but Gu Jun's heart sank, and he only felt that the surroundings were colder and darker.

Phantom limb pain is one of the common complications of amputation. Its pathogenesis is unclear and there is a lack of effective treatment.

It's just that the symptoms of patients with heteromania before amputation are similar to those of biid patients. Biid patients desire to have their limbs amputated. After the amputation is completed, there will be no phantom limb pain and they will only feel pleasure and satisfaction. But now, once patients with alien hand syndrome get rid of their alien hands, they seem to have the same amputation reaction as ordinary people.

"Vice Captain Cao, it's normal. It will usually be fine after a while," Gu Jun said.

Phantom limb pain generally disappears gradually, and only a few people have severe and long-term pain. He hopes that is not the case for patients with alien hands.

Now Cao Yicong can only endure it for now. Another worry of Gu Jun is whether the injured person will suffer from severe physical pain and more serious phantom limb pain after the local anesthesia in the surgical area has passed. There was not much morphine and procaine left in the medical kit, so I had to use them sparingly.

Then, he cleaned, disinfected and sutured the injuries on the three people's faces and hands, completing the field first aid.

At this time, Gu Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief, briefly cleaned the dissection instruments, and took off his severely contaminated gloves.

Now the remaining supplies are extremely insufficient, and there is not enough water for the four of them to drink for one day.

There was no sign of clear water in the surrounding swamps, only stinking rotten water with millions of dirt buried in it. The alien limb that had been amputated before was still beating on the mud. Li Liangbin and Wang Yong were exhausted, and Gu Jun was busy operating again. In an instant, it jumped into the mire and sank.

Maybe at this moment, the strange hand was at their feet, but it was hidden very deep.

This environment is full of dangers.

"Everyone, let's go and see if we can get out of this swamp."

Gu Jun's eyes were fixed in a certain direction. It was difficult to judge the north, south, east, and west here, but based on the basketball stand, Lin Jing's house was over there, which was also the direction of the entrance to the alley.

None of the three people's legs and feet were injured, but Cao Yicong was a little weak. Li Liangbin and Wang Yong supported him.

Gu Jun returned Li Liangbin's pistols to them. He took Cao Yicong's pistol and walked carefully in front. The mud in some parts of the swamp would collapse as soon as he stepped on it. He had to walk very carefully and test each step gently before falling.

The gray sky seemed to always be that color, and the occasional crow came from the branches of a dead tree.

They walked for a while, about two hundred meters, which was enough to get out of the alley.

There is still a piece of rotting mud around now, but they still discovered something. There are separate pieces of hard cement ground just above the swamp. They are the roofs of villagers' houses. They should be ten or ten meters above the ground. Now, All sank in the mire.

"Dr. Gu, that seems to be Lin Jing's house."

At this time, Li Liangbin pointed to a roof.

Lin Jing's house is an old two-story house that was built in the 1980s and has never been renovated. Therefore, the roof is still an old-style design with a half-tile roof, and it was once used The TV antenna stand was not removed and became a symbol of the house.

On the roof that was sunk in the mud, there was a TV antenna stand that was crumbling.

Gu Jun looked at it and nodded silently, yes, that's right there.

The houses in the entire street had sunk into the swamp, making it impossible for them to find any supplies. And... I don’t know how the villagers and Tianji personnel inside and outside the house are doing now. Whether they escaped with their lives or whether they sank with the house.

They found no trace that could indicate the answer to this question. Wang Ke and others, as well as Lin Jing's parents, all disappeared.

The Lin family's house is located in the middle of the street

Position, the four of them continued to walk carefully towards the entrance of the alley for a while. The depth of the surrounding houses sank gradually deeper, and even the roofs could not be seen. The dead trees in the distance became more sparse and withered.

If this is a mutated area like the one in Mobei last time, there will be a dividing line through which they can return to their own earthly world.

But this hope was quickly extinguished by the vision in front of him.

Gu Jun and the three investigators had never seen anything like this before. After widening the distance to the corresponding entrance of the alley, from the swamp to the high-altitude clouds, a layer of wall-like membrane covered the entire world. , the membrane quality is between transparent and turbid, making it difficult to see the other side clearly.

They should have been able to see such a high membrane wall from a distance, but in fact they could only see it when they got closer.

As soon as Cao Yicong saw the heavy membrane wall, the phantom limb pain suddenly became more severe, and his left hand pressed tightly on his non-existent right arm.

"What is that..." Wang Yong muttered.

Gu Jun was restless and saw the clue, "Amniotic membrane, amniotic membrane, we may be in... the womb of a black goat."

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