The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Page #3

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You've grown a lot, Ryohei.

It's already done. But thank you.

If you want to be a surgeon you have to know about non-surgical medicine too.

As well as learning Dutch surgery I have been studying Chinese herbal medicine.

In order to know the body and cure no matter what difficult disease.

Just like Hua Tuo.

Hua Tuo? The great surgeon who lived 2000 years ago in China?

You're brave to aspire to him.

Hua Tuo opened the skull and removed tumours.

He cut people's chests open and then sewed them up again ...

He also made his patients sleep and it's said he could operate on them without their crying out in pain.

But those stories may not be true.

Those texts are full of exaggerations.

But if it's even half true and the patients could be operated on while asleep ...

... they wouldn't thrash around and even difficult operations would be possible.

I will discover that sleeping medicine and become the Hua Tuo of Japan. I will cure the incurable.

Well said. Unpei, you're amazing.

I can die happy.

Unpei has always done what he's said he will do.

He will probably succeed in this too.

This is a set of Dutch surgical instruments I had made.

Things have clearly moved on from when I studied western medicine.

This is a cotton wrapping for wounds. It has more stretch than bleached cloth.

We could weave these.

Make me as many rolls as you can. We are going to need a lot.

Okatsu and Koriku have become really good at weaving.

Three years they've been working hard so we could send you money.

Thank you. It's really you who bought these instruments for me then.

Kae.

Yes?

Tonight you sleep separately.

You must be tired after the trip from Kyoto. You need a proper sleep.

Sleep well ... but sleep alone!

Unpei, I beg you ...

Let the glory of the Hanaoka family bloom.

This evening go to Unpei.

He's waiting for you.

Take your pillow.

Come in.

Quickly now.

Does it hurt when I squeeze your breasts?

Ouch!

Good morning.

Oh, I see you can sew cloth bags.

Until now making the bags has been my job.

I will make my own.

Do you know what these flowers are called?

I may be wrong but I think they are Datura.

You know a lot!

Shouldn't I pick them?

No, it's the right time.

Let's try the flowers before the seeds.

Where can we dry them without them getting mouldy?

How about hanging them from the kitchen ceiling. They will dry well there.

That's a good idea.

Please wipe them dry with a dry rag.

I will.

Throw away the rags after you've used them

OK:

There's poison in the flowers isn't there?

Yes, it's not as strong as wolfsbane but it's best to be careful.

OK:

You ... those are ...

Datura, Unpei told me to dry them

What a waste! Why are you doing that?

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