Chapter 912: 893 Toad Technique (Alliance Lord cws6682 Bonus Chapter 3)

According to what the police said, twenty-two years ago, a woman trafficked six women and thirteen children. That year she was twenty; you say, so young, how could she do such a thing?" Fang Lin said softly, his voice low but when he got to this point he still gritted his teeth, "Later the case came to light, police from another area were dispatched to arrest her. Who would have thought the whole village covered for her; before the police arrived, she had already fled." (Note 1)

It's quite normal; many villages in the past relied entirely on human trafficking to make a living." Su Yun said coldly, the black hair on his forehead frozen solid.

Afterwards, she was put on a nationwide wanted list, but she never fell into the hands of the law. You guess how she was caught this time?

Let's have a good drink tonight, nobody back down." Su Yun patted Fang Lin's shoulder, speaking earnestly, the red stethoscope jumped with each pat.

..." Fang Lin immediately sidestepped, dodging Su Yun's hand, and gave an embarrassed laugh: "She turned herself in. In that arrest twenty-two years ago, she sneaked away. Later on a train, she met an old fellow from a neighboring village and prepared to resume her old trade with him. Anyway, doing it once lands you in jail, doing it ten or eight times also does.

Then what?" Su Yun asked.

Her fellow villager sold her, to a poor mountain valley where three men bought her, chaining her with iron links, afraid she'd run." Fang Lin said, "Twenty-two years later she finally found a chance to escape.

Hearing Fang Lin's words, Zheng Ren already had a picture forming in his mind.

No wonder Fang Lin would say things like "karma's not nice"—the trafficker escaped, was sold, this kind of thing, tsk tsk.

Supposedly she's in bad shape, look..." As he spoke, two police officers led a person in handcuffs and leg irons out of an outpatient room.

That person's hair was a mess, the skin exposed was covered in black dirt, who knows how many years since they last bathed.

The leg irons dragged on the floor, making a clattering sound that echoed in the hallway.

The cold voice made the hospital hallway feel like a prison.

Zheng Ren looked at the trafficker's back; her waist was hunched, her legs not very usable, and the system panel showed multiple muscle atrophies, old or fresh fractures, and other diagnoses.

Zheng Ren didn't examine those diagnoses closely; as long as he knew she was living poorly, he felt happy.

Being able to escape is really somewhat regrettable.

The police took the prisoner away to undergo various examinations.

As they stepped out of the examination corridor, a thunderous applause like mountains and seas roared outside, warmly making Zheng Ren feel a bit dazed.

Su Yun and Fang Lin discussed the matter; Su Yun was more radical, saying according to him it should be done this way and that, but it was utterly impractical.

However, both seemed quite happy; chatting privately, they didn't need to worry much, nor hide their inner joy.

All right, all right." Zheng Ren saw examinees coming in one after another to fill out forms at the checkup center, so he called out.

Fang Lin gave a hehe smile, took out his phone, and made a call.

Zheng Lao Ban, I'm going to see a patient.

Are you planning to make a living by selling numbers from now on?" Su Yun said disdainfully.

They're all old fellow villagers; a few days ago they were even scammed by scalpers. Living in the capital for a little over a month, they still couldn't get an appointment." Fang Lin explained, "I went to the front line, turned off my phone, and only got the message when I returned. It said it was a thoracic disease, so I went to have a look.

Let's go together." Zheng Ren was also bored; Cui Lao didn't know if he had left or not, being unable to return home, this feeling is really awful.

The three chatted and laughed as they returned to the general thoracic ward, seeing a few people already waiting at the door.

They didn't know Fang Lin; seeing a few doctors in white coats approach, they were suspicious. One of them made a call, heard Fang Lin's phone ring, immediately hung up, and walked over with a smile.

Professor Fang, hello hello." The person said politely.

It's normal for folks from the hometown to come see a doctor and call him professor or director; usually Fang Lin doesn't correct them.

But today, in front of Zheng Ren, with Su Yun also nearby, Fang Lin's face flushed a little and he said, "Just call me Director Fang is fine."

Mm-hmm, Director Fang, hello, this is unavoidable, sorry for the trouble." The person rubbed his hands and said.

What about the images?" Fang Lin asked.

Someone immediately handed over a stack of films. Fang Lin took them and walked into the ward.

Zheng Ren looked at the last person, somewhat curious. The system panel's diagnosis was—pulmonary hernia.

Normally, hernias occur mostly in the groin; direct and indirect hernias are relatively common.

Hernias in other locations are much rarer. Some patients, due to surgical incisions or other causes leading to muscle laxity and organ protrusion, can also develop various types of hernias.

In thoracic medicine, the most common is diaphragmatic hernia.

This hernia is a type of internal hernia, referring to the condition where abdominal organs etc. abnormally move through the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity; it can be divided into traumatic and non-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia.

Generally speaking, esophageal hiatus hernia is the most common, accounting for about 90%. The location where the esophagus passes through the diaphragm is the esophageal hiatus. Because of older age and muscle laxity, abdominal organs can enter the thoracic cavity here, causing this condition.

But pulmonary hernia is quite rare.

Somewhat interesting, Zheng Ren thought, following Fang Lin into the thoracic ward.

Fang Lin entered the doctor's office, placed the films on the viewer, and began to examine them.

The films weren't difficult; the chest CT showed no problem. However, the neck CT was quite obvious, with part of the lung appearing beside the cervical vertebrae, really striking.

Pulmonary hernia, quite clear, let's prepare for surgery." Fang Lin compared several images and said firmly.

How big is the surgical risk?" the patient's family asked.

Not big, it's a very minor operation." Fang Lin chuckled, saying, "Just reinforce the suturing of the muscle tissue above the pleura so the lung can't go up. Who is the patient?

The patient shown in light red on the system panel walked up to Fang Lin.

Fang Lin used the large red stethoscope to auscultate, then said, "Take a breath."

The patient was accustomed to various examinations, skillfully inhaling deeply, then holding his breath forcefully.

Before doing this maneuver, the patient looked just like a normal person; without Zheng Ren's system panel support, one wouldn't know who the patient was.

But once the patient held his breath, he became completely different.

Like the big villain in Stephen Chow's kung fu, the neck began to swell, the whole face turned red and also bulged out.

If the patient lay prone and then held his breath, it was exactly like genuinely practicing the Toad Technique with internal energy.

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Note 1: The trafficker incident was a report from a few days ago. Our hospital had previously seen a trafficker come for a check-up; well, there are indeed many people who come just to watch the excitement.

Also: Earlier, a reader consulted about diaphragmatic hernia. To be frank, this condition really doesn't have much to write about unless it's diaphragmatic hernia with ischemic necrosis of organs. However, let's write a similar case; it's rare, like the pulmonary hernia we wrote today.

Probably the diaphragmatic hernia patients have already recovered and been discharged; wishing them health.