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Chapter 136 - 52: Microscope and Injection Pen

Chapter 136: Chapter 52: Microscope and Injection Pen

Li Yu had guessed correctly for the most part, the Silver Moon Church had indeed sent people disguised among the crowd of patients and onlookers, having thoroughly investigated every nearby tent even before the competition started, gathering most of the intelligence.

As for the part Li Yu guessed wrong—there weren’t just a single physician sent by the Silver Moon Church, but rather a total of thirteen physicians.

Furthermore, each of these thirteen physicians specialized in different diseases, the only commonality being their exceptional medical skills.

The Silver Moon Church took the competition more seriously than Li Yu anticipated, deploying their elite to win the competition!

Apart from Priest Tessa, who had just shown her face earlier and did not attend, nearly all the outstanding physicians from the Church were present.

On the surface, it appeared to be a duel between Li Yu and Adelle, but in reality, it was Li Yu taking on the entire Silver Moon Church.

Since the effectiveness of the herbs applied to the butcher’s body could only be seen at sunset, there was no winner or loser for the time being.

But the Female Priest had already completed her treatment, so it was Li Yu’s turn next.

The first patient the Female Priest chose for Li Yu was a shepherd who seemed a bit simple-minded; seeing Li Yu approaching, he even started giggling at him foolishly.

However, Adelle did not intend for Li Yu to cure the shepherd’s mind, after all, even the Silver Moon Church couldn’t make a foolish person smart.

Li Yu asked a fellow villager who came with the shepherd, "What illness does he have?"

The other replied, "Lately, he’s been having a poor appetite. He used to eat a whole black bread per meal, but now he can’t even finish half, and he frequently experiences stomach pains and vomiting.

"Oh, and he keeps saying he feels itchy, always scratching himself until his skin breaks."

From the villager’s earlier response, it was likely that the shepherd suffered from some stomach disease, but Li Yu did not know of any stomach diseases that could also cause skin itching.

Since skin itching is generally caused by dermatitis or skin allergies.

Could it be that the shepherd ate something allergenic after falling ill with the stomach disease?

So Li Yu asked the villager if the shepherd had eaten anything recently that he hadn’t eaten before.

The villager hesitated, glanced at Adelle, and the Female Priest, seeing this, comforted, "It’s alright, just tell the truth to Prophet Merlin."

With that assurance, the villager then said, "The Silver Moon Church handed out some bread and vegetable soup these days, but we all ate it and nothing happened."

Li Yu initially suspected whether the Silver Moon Church had tampered with the bread, but he soon felt that it was unlikely, mainly because it was too difficult to execute.

Firstly, they would need to know what the shepherd was allergic to, and also control the dosage well enough to elicit a reaction but not cause shock. Moreover, with so many people receiving bread and soup, if they tampered with the food, it’s hard to ensure that no one would notice.

The villager later confirmed this, "He was already itchy before coming to Green Field."

Li Yu frowned slightly, "Can you swear to your goddess that everything you’ve told me is the truth?"

The villager nodded, "Of course, that’s what I told Priest Adelle earlier, every word is true, I can swear on it."

After saying that, he indeed swore in the name of Pisya.

Li Yu observed the villager’s expression and he indeed did not seem to be lying, so he decided to let the Shepherd try a few Aluminum Magnesium Carbonate Tablets and Omeprazole to see the effects.

The former could protect the stomach lining, and the latter could inhibit stomach acid; both could relieve stomach pain,

but just as Li Yu was preparing to get the medication, he suddenly thought of something.

He remembered a piece of science-related literature he had read at some point that mentioned how, due to the poor hygiene conditions unique to the medieval period, a certain disease that caused stomach pain had been quite prevalent—from Kings to farmers, many had suffered from it.

And at that time, there wasn’t much medicine to treat it.

Li Yu turned and directly asked the Shepherd, "Have you had a bowel movement today?"

This basic question was something the Shepherd could understand. He grinned naively and said, "Not yet, they all said something big was going to happen today, even the goddess was coming, so I held it in."

He must have mixed up Adelle and Pisya because of the recent rumors.

Li Yu said, "It’s okay, no need to hold it in. If you feel like going, just let it out. Holding it in is not good for your health, or else your stomach might start hurting again later."

The Shepherd thought about it and felt that Li Yu made sense. Without hesitation, when he said he needed to go, he really went, pulling down his pants and squatting right on the ground.

Miss Rabbit, seeing this scene, turned green and quickly signaled a guard to step in urgently to stop the Shepherd’s rear-end exhibition and took him to a less crowded place to take care of things.

Meanwhile, Li Yu took the opportunity to pull out his equipment—a microscope.

This was something he had specifically brought for the contest, not expecting it to come in handy so immediately.

After the Shepherd had finished, Li Yu took some fresh samples, placed them on a glass slide, and following the procedures he had learned in middle school biology class, he soon found what he was looking for this time.

—Roundworm eggs, and under the microscope, he could even see some roundworm larvae wriggling about.

Having identified the true culprit, the treatment that followed was straightforward. As long as there was no severe infection or fatal complications, just taking anti-worm medicine would do the job.

And right at Li Yu’s hand was benzimidazole, a broad-spectrum anthelmintic. According to the description in the "General Practitioner’s Handbook," taking 200 milligrams daily for three consecutive days was generally enough to cure it.

Moreover, compared to the Female Priest who had to first prepare medicine through grinding and smashing, Li Yu’s treatment method stood out for its simplicity—just identify the cause, find the medication, and have the patient take it with water.

However, because his treatment plan appeared overly simplistic, it led many people to doubt its effectiveness, and a wave of hisses arose at the time.

In fact, if Miss Rabbit had not personally witnessed something as simple as a small pill pulling someone back from the brink of death before, she too would have doubted Li Yu’s medical skills, but she wouldn’t make that mistake now.

After Li Yu treated his first patient, he did not immediately hand over the second patient to Adelle but instead walked over to his carriage where he stored medications and medical equipment and took out an epinephrine injection pen.

The next patient, the little boy, according to what Li Yu had learned, likely had asthma.

And asthma could not be cured outright, only alleviated during flare-ups.

Li Yu hadn’t brought any corticosteroid inhalants, but fortunately, epinephrine could serve a similar function. He had prepared an injection pen in advance to have on hand in case an emergency occurred later.