A Hospital in Another World?

Chapter 537: Toothache Isn’t a Disease, But When It Hurts, It’s Like Having Other Diseases

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Garrett resignedly realized something. Not everyone—or rather, not only humans—are suitable for developing potentially explosive contraptions.

This is why Miss Silver Dragon, with her high defensive capabilities and strong adaptability, always ready to spray her icy breath to cool things down, is a part of this. If it were the Nobel brothers from his previous life, they probably wouldn’t have survived long enough to see the results...

He had no choice but to confiscate all the alchemical materials and reassign tasks to Seraina:

"So, this is salt water, this is direct current, electrolysis can produce chlorine gas... collect the chlorine gas, heat it, let the gold burn inside, and collect the combustion product, dissolve it in water..."

"What’s this for?"

"I’ll show you something fun when it’s done!"

Seraina happily went off to work (or play). Garrett wiped his sweat in relief: producing gold chloride this way was the simplest and most crude method. But he wasn’t sure what temperature was needed for the reaction, he could only let Miss Silver Dragon try it out slowly:

"Start from 100 degrees, and slowly heat it up! Don’t rush!"

Indeed, various diseases could be transmitted through blood transfusion, so it’s essential to check for infectious diseases beforehand. Things like hepatitis B antigens and hepatitis C antigens, Garrett couldn’t test for, but not testing for syphilis would be irresponsible...

It’s not acceptable to let people unknowingly contract diseases and then rely entirely on [Remove Disease].

He massaged his forehead and returned to the meditation chamber to fully concentrate on replenishing his depleted mana. Then, he crawled back to the laboratory, laid out the jars and bottles, and worked back-to-back with Seraina on experiments.

Hmm, he had already used up today’s spell casting limits; doing experiments by hand was still manageable. But the prerequisite was...

"Seraina, cast a protection spell for me!"

"Alright!"

The pathogen for syphilis, the pale spirochete, is detected using the silver staining method, which requires three reagents. Seraina was already preparing the gold chloride solution; two more to go. Garrett felt more confident doing it himself.

5% silver nitrate solution... drop by drop add concentrated ammonia until precipitation forms... continue adding concentrated ammonia until the precipitate dissolves... then add a few drops of 5% silver nitrate solution to turn the solution milky white... Done, the silver ammonia solution is prepared, stored in a brown bottle, and placed in the refrigeration room!

Next, ignite the sulfur...

After resolving financial issues, Garrett returned to a regular routine. He would go to the hospital in the morning, see patients, follow up on apprentices’ research progress. In the afternoon, he’d compile data at home, meditate a bit after finishing, and if there was time, conduct experiments.

In the evening, he’d check in at the embassy, fulfill his diplomatic duties, chat with the vampires, see if there was nothing concerning him, and quickly head home to meditate and sleep.

If there weren’t any cases at the hospital that absolutely required his intervention, he could also experiment, meditate, and write papers while on duty...

However, unfortunately, that was just a wishful thinking.

Patients coming to the hospital, especially those with money and power, were mostly there for his reputation. The desperately poor also included some with complicated and rare diseases, which he had to handle. Other healers in the hospital were happy to watch him work, learning some uncommon treatment methods.

So...

"Mage Nordmark! Mage Nordmark, please take a look!"

"What’s the disease now..."

Garrett muttered as he put down his pen. Walking into the medical hall, two healers smiled at him simultaneously: one from the Church of Nature and one from the Temple of the God of War. Among them, a patient Garrett didn’t recognize, dressed lavishly and with a pale face, tilted his head and covered his left cheek:

"This toothache isn’t getting better... You treated it two days ago, and again yesterday, but it still hurts!"

Toothache isn’t a disease, but when it hurts, it’s unbearable. The two priests could only apologize with a smile, respectfully asking the patient to sit down, and then looked to Garrett. Garrett also felt frustrated:

I’m not a dentist!

Oral and clinical medicine, from undergraduate studies, are entirely different disciplines, unrelated!

We don’t even use the same equipment! Without dental drills or chisels, even if you have a wisdom tooth, I have no idea what I should use to extract it!

No choice but to examine first. The Oakwood Hospital didn’t even have a dental treatment bed, so Garrett had to ask him to lie down on a regular examination bed and try his best to

open his mouth. A cap over his head, a shadowless lamp hung up, and he began!

He took a small hammer, following the patient’s indicated areas of pain, tapping each tooth:

"This one doesn’t hurt."

"This one doesn’t hurt either."

"This one still doesn’t hurt."

"How strange, why don’t any of them hurt?"

Logically, after two days of ineffective treatment, there should have been at least one decayed tooth. Garrett inhaled and exhaled, pulled out a hollow vine, and slightly created a small vortex behind, blowing cold air. Blowing over each tooth:

"Does it hurt?"

"Any soreness?"

"Where does it feel uncomfortable?"

The patient denied all. Garrett had no other options, so he pulled out the [Endless Ink Pen], placed it under the patient’s pillow, activated X-ray magic, and observed each tooth:

Damn it, top and bottom rows, left and right sides, 32 teeth in total, not a single decayed one. The four wisdom teeth nicely vertical, the roots stable, no signs of inflammation in the periodontium, and no absorption in the alveolar bone...

So, what exactly is your condition, sir?

Garrett quickly scanned once more, then examined again more carefully, still clueless. He frowned, suddenly considering another possibility:

"Sir, besides the toothache, do you feel discomfort anywhere else?"

"Nothing!"

"Shortness of breath?"

"None!"

"Pain in the chest? Pain in the back? Shoulder pain?"

"None of those either..."

The patient grew impatient and tried to get up. Garrett held him down and quickly set up an electrocardiogram. As the magic electrodes touched, the cloud screen lit up and immediately started beeping alarms, causing Garrett’s brow to furrow:

"!!!"

Trouble!

The electrocardiogram showed a camel’s hump-like elevation in the ST segment—it was a heart attack!

Anterior wall myocardial infarction causing referred tooth pain!

"Sir, please lie down for a while, don’t rush!" Garrett quickly stopped him:

"You have a heart problem! There’s an acute condition! Please lie down for a bit while I prepare the treatment..."

Would [Remove Disease] work?

Or should he perform catheter thrombolysis?

How should the thrombolytic medication be administered? Through the radial artery or radial vein, into the heart? Or direct puncture? Or perhaps, using magic learned from the Black Crow Swamp for blood anticoagulation, apply it directly to the human body?

Garrett thought anxiously. Unexpectedly, the patient, upon hearing his words, immediately pushed Garrett away, angrily getting up:

"Nonsense! I clearly have a toothache, and you say I have a heart condition! Failing to cure it twice and blaming it on the heart, are you trying to scam me?"

He yanked open the consultation room door and strode out. Garrett jogged after him but couldn’t catch up to his pace:

"Sir! Sir, please wait! Your condition is very dangerous! Let us treat you first, we’ll charge only if we cure you, no charge if we fail..."

Too late. The patient mounted his horse and galloped away, leaving only a trail of dust behind.

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