There was no time for blunt dissection. Zheng Ren's scalpel cut through skin, subcutaneous tissues and adipose layers.
Then, he parted the muscles with blunt instruments. A moment later, the peritoneum was visible.
[The surgeon's brutal knife work reminds me of 'surgeries' 200 years ago…]
[You remember the case where three people died?]
[That was such a long time ago. The surgeon most likely evaluated the severity of the bleed and decided to open up the abdomen. From the looks of it, they might have to perform CPR soon.]
The doctors on Xinglin Garden understood the urgency behind Zheng Ren's cruel incision but it did not stop their hearts from jumping up to their throats.
In the early days of surgery, speed was of utmost importance as there was no anesthesia. There had been an amputation in which the surgeon sawed off a patient's leg and in the process, injured himself and his assistant.
