THE ISEKAI DOCTOR Any sufficiently advanced medical science is indistinguishable from magic. - Ch. 33.2

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Reminds me of MASH, cept instead of a 'natural' earthquake, it was shelling causing the shaking in that series
I bet they'll try to continue the surgery too, even though there's absolutely no reason to under these conditions. It's not a life-saving operation and they could clean the wound and have the healer girl close it up immediately. Attempt it again in a few days, preferably somewhere far away from an active volcano...
 
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Bro you doing this without diathermy and suction caused me distress. A nick on artery without diathermy, suction, and 7-0 or 8-0 monofilament suture is just asking for trouble wtf.
 
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Bro you doing this without diathermy and suction caused me distress. A nick on artery without diathermy, suction, and 7-0 or 8-0 monofilament suture is just asking for trouble wtf.
Yeah, but that's not equipment he can have a bunch of fantasy-land dwarves make him. Suction alone requires some sort of electric motor, which he probably wouldn't even be able to describe to them accurately enough. Diathermy involves generating powerful magnetic fields, which is even more beyond a medieval level civilization. Let's not even get into where they'd get the power for those.
 
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I bet they'll try to continue the surgery too, even though there's absolutely no reason to under these conditions. It's not a life-saving operation and they could clean the wound and have the healer girl close it up immediately. Attempt it again in a few days, preferably somewhere far away from an active volcano...
That's so true for medical drama narratives post MASH. If it isn't a life-threatening condition, they'll just bring up a second altercation that makes it one so they have to continue the op or extend it
 
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Yeah, but that's not equipment he can have a bunch of fantasy-land dwarves make him. Suction alone requires some sort of electric motor, which he probably wouldn't even be able to describe to them accurately enough. Diathermy involves generating powerful magnetic fields, which is even more beyond a medieval level civilization. Let's not even get into where they'd get the power for those.
Yeah but in this case this just means surgery is not viable lol. It's not worth the risk.
 
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Yeah but in this case this just means surgery is not viable lol. It's not worth the risk.
It's CTS, there's a risk of making it worse, and I'd agree under normal circumstances (as in, modern patient, modern world) but the dwarf is already unable to work with his hands and considers it the end of his life. Since it's not going to be more viable in the doctor's lifetime, might as well chance it if that's what the patient wants. No ethics board to anwser to, after all!
 
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Ah yes, surgery in the dark with even more non-sterile conditions. couldn't figure out what sort of curveball the author was gonna throw.
 
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That's so true for medical drama narratives post MASH. If it isn't a life-threatening condition, they'll just bring up a second altercation that makes it one so they have to continue the op or extend it
You've got your second altercation right there already. With how the Festival of Spirits keeps coming up, I bet King Dwarf's hand is going to be instrumental for some silly ceremony or other to appease the volcano, so the whole operation becomes all about saving the village from becoming Pompeii: Fantasy Edition (never mind post-op recovery time).
 
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You've got your second altercation right there already. With how the Festival of Spirits keeps coming up, I bet King Dwarf's hand is going to be instrumental for some silly ceremony or other to appease the volcano, so the whole operation becomes all about saving the village from becoming Pompeii: Fantasy Edition (never mind post-op recovery time).
It's already instrumental, he's the only one who could mine the necessary material for the ceremony, iirc.
 
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It's CTS, there's a risk of making it worse, and I'd agree under normal circumstances (as in, modern patient, modern world) but the dwarf is already unable to work with his hands and considers it the end of his life. Since it's not going to be more viable in the doctor's lifetime, might as well chance it if that's what the patient wants. No ethics board to anwser to, after all!
That no ethics board sold me lmao.
 
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It's already instrumental, he's the only one who could mine the necessary material for the ceremony, iirc.
True, completely forgot that had been established already.
Guess I should go back and reread the last couple chapters :nyoron:
(my point about post-op recovery time still stands though)
 

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