Chapter 99: Open Your Mouth
Chapter 99: Open Your Mouth
[Ding! Mission from Louise, the Split-Mouth Woman: Treat her headache! Mission Reward: 600 copper coins! Special Reward: Anesthesia Potion Prescription x1!]
Just then, the system's voice rang out.
Charlotte's attention was immediately drawn to it. First, the reward of 600 copper coins caught his eye, and then there was the anesthesia potion prescription!
This was something good!
One crucial step in the surgery is what? Of course, anesthesia!
Even when Guan Yu scraped his bones to treat his injuries, he needed erotic literature to divert his attention. It wouldn't be appropriate to just knock someone out with a club when performing surgery on an ordinary patient.
If there was a reliable anesthesia potion, it would be perfect.
With the system behind it, it should be trustworthy!
Charlotte's spirits were immediately lifted. However, according to the Split-Mouth Woman's description, she might have a brain lesion. If that were the case, it would be troublesome.
He was just a veterinarian and had no experience in performing brain surgery.
Moreover, he also had no experience in growing things in his mind, so he couldn't accurately assess the condition from a patient's perspective.
Charlotte fell into contemplation, while the Split-Mouth Woman became increasingly irritable due to the pain in her head. Her hand pressing on the stone bed even left deep finger imprints on it.
"What should we do? The boss is not an expert in treating the conditions of the Abandoned by God. That Jardson Clinic has ulterior motives," Vivian said, looking worriedly at Charlotte.
Although the boss had successfully treated Ruth, who had been diagnosed by four clinics as Abandoned by God, the condition of the Split-Mouth Woman in front of them was completely different. Could the boss open her head?
Outside the clinic, two figures hid behind a sign, looking towards the clinic.
"Do you think the Split-Mouth Woman's condition is incurable?" the weasel quietly asked.
"Don't worry, I diagnosed her. This damn woman has something growing in her brain. Most likely, she attracted something dirty, and medical magic does not affect treating her.
Moreover, this woman has a violent temper and is unreasonable. If she provokes Charlotte and gets angry, she might even eat him," the other orc said, glancing at his own hands with a lingering fear.
"Very well, after the mission is accomplished, I will report your merits to Lord Carol and reward you with the position of deputy dean," the weasel said with a smirk.
Inside the clinic, as Charlotte looked at the increasingly ferocious face of the Split-Mouth Woman, he once again noticed the abnormal swelling on the right side of her face. He tentatively asked, "Is your pain related to the swelling on this side of your face?"
"Yes, ever since the headache started, this side of my face has been gradually swelling," the Split-Mouth Woman nodded.
"Could it be that the problem isn't in your brain at all, but in your teeth?" Charlotte had a sudden realization.
Toothache is a very painful experience, and in severe cases, it can be as torturous as being tortured.
Speaking of wisdom teeth, his university roommate, who was a real pain in the neck, had a say in the matter.
During the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, his roommate's impacted wisdom tooth became inflamed, but he was trapped on campus due to lockdown and couldn't leave.
It was so painful that he felt a mix of pleasure and relief, banging his head against the wall in the middle of the night.
The Split-Mouth Woman's condition made Charlotte think that there was a possibility of an inflamed wisdom tooth and swollen gums.
"Open your mouth," Charlotte said.
"Huh?" The Split-Mouth Woman looked at Charlotte with suspicion.
"Do I need to pay first?"
With such a big head, what was she thinking about all day? Charlotte calmly said, "I'm going to check your oral condition and look for the problem."
Ah...
The Split-Mouth Woman suddenly retched, and her mouth instinctively closed, like a damper blade closing.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, her upper and lower teeth clamped down on the oil lamp, abruptly stopping.
Charlotte quickly retracted his head.
Looking at the oil lamp with two rows of teeth marks in his hand, Charlotte was relieved that he had been prepared. Otherwise, it would have been awkward to be bitten.
"Let's go to the operating room. I have found the lesion and we need to proceed with the surgery," Charlotte said, heading toward the operating room.
"Do you mean you're going to open up my brain?" the Split-Mouth Woman followed into the operating room, lying down on the surgical bed, her face showing a hint of worry for the first time.
"I suspect that your condition is caused by an impacted wisdom tooth. The lesion is the swollen gum beneath it, and there might be a tooth hidden underneath. I need to extract this tooth," Charlotte explained, coordinating with Vivian to prepare for the surgery.
"Wisdom tooth?"
Both the Split-Mouth Woman and Vivian looked at Charlotte with confusion.
"Are you saying that there is a tooth hidden beneath the flesh in my mouth? How is that possible? Aren't teeth visible?" the Split-Mouth Woman expressed disbelief.
"Ever since I was thirteen, all my teeth have already grown, how can there be other teeth?"
"What is an impacted wisdom tooth? I've never heard of it. Is it something the boss discovered exclusively?" Vivian asked, curious and looking youthful.
"Wisdom teeth, also known as third molars, usually erupt after your mental development is complete," Charlotte recalled his roommate's explanation.
"Some wisdom teeth grow and develop normally, emerging from the gums without affecting other teeth, so they don't need to be extracted. However, some wisdom teeth grow horizontally, completely enveloped by the gums.
During their growth, they exert pressure on the adjacent teeth, leading to inflammation and infection of the gums. This can cause radiating pain in the area of the ear and temple, manifesting as headache symptoms."
The Split-Mouth Woman: "??"
Vivian: "??"
Although they didn't understand, they were greatly amazed.
"I believe you," the Split-Mouth Woman looked at Charlotte with a trusting gaze.
At least for now, Charlotte was the first doctor who had seriously said something to her. Although she didn't understand, she could sense his professionalism and respect.
"What did the boss say? What wisdom tooth? What gum inflammation and infection? What ear and temple nerves?"
Vivian looked confused, feeling that her education in the past seemed to have major gaps, to the point where she couldn't understand a colleague's words.
However, this only strengthened her determination to learn from Charlotte. The boss was truly amazing.
Since she had gained the patient's trust, Charlotte didn't waste any more words. While disinfecting his hands, he said, "We don't have anesthesia potions at the moment, so you'll have to bear with it during the surgery."
"Will it be very painful?"
"Yes," Charlotte stated firmly.
The Split-Mouth Woman's gum had already formed an abscess, and it needed to be incised to drain the pus.
Normally, inflamed gum should be treated first before extracting the wisdom tooth.
However, since the incision had already been made, if they didn't extract the troublesome wisdom tooth today, this woman probably wouldn't give up. After all, she was a Level 4 powerhouse, so it wouldn't be fatal to extract a wisdom tooth.
If they didn't extract it, there was a real possibility of her death, especially since the clinics had already given her a notice of being "Abandoned by God."
The unbearable headache she was experiencing was tormenting the Split-Mouth Woman.
Thinking of these Abandoned by God cases, Charlotte became angry.
No wonder the original owner of his body had turned against them and tried to promote surgical procedures.
Although medical magic was good, it couldn't cure all diseases.
Not only did they obstruct the path of surgical treatment, but the Physician Association also threw pharmacology into the gutter for the sake of their hierarchical interests.
Giving someone a death sentence for acute appendicitis?
This was even more absurd. Burying a wisdom tooth in a Feng Shui treasure land at home?
If he had the opportunity, he would kick the ass of the Physician Association and throw it into the garbage dump of history.
Four oil lamps surrounded the surgical bed, providing barely sufficient lighting. However, they needed to find a better surgical illumination source. The current lighting was too disruptive during the operation.
"Open your mouth. Be careful this time, no matter the situation, don't close your mouth. The knife will be inside your mouth, and if it ends up in your brain, don't blame me," Charlotte solemnly warned.
The Split-Mouth Woman looked at the gleaming surgical knife in Charlotte's hand and suddenly felt afraid. "It's my first time... be gentle."
"Don't worry, I'll take it slowly," Charlotte nodded. "Open your mouth wide."
Looking at the Split-Mouth Woman's wide-open mouth, just to be safe, Charlotte took an iron rod from a tray and placed it against her dental ridge.
Observing the highly swollen gum, he silently prayed, "One cut, poor. One cut, rich. May the ancestors bless me and prevent me from cutting the dental nerve."
With a gentle stroke of the small surgical knife that Guy New made for him, the brownish pus gushed out immediately.
Gag!
The Split-Mouth Woman suddenly sat up from the surgical bed, grabbed the iron rod from her mouth, and spat a mouthful of pus into the trash can.
The nauseating smell mixed with a hint of blood spread in the operating room.
"Rinse your mouth, spit it out, and then lie back down," Charlotte handed her a bottle of cleaning solution.
The Split-Mouth Woman was shocked to see so much pus being cut out from her mouth.
Ignoring the pain, she rinsed her mouth and obediently lay back on the surgical bed, voluntarily opening her mouth.
Charlotte repositioned the iron rod, and the punctured abscess deflated like a deflating balloon.
With a surgical knife, he made a small incision, revealing a corner of a pearly white tooth beneath the gum.