[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

The war continues.

The 17-year-old Scarlett is still very young, so young that she can only lament that she is no longer the focus of the ball, too young to even know how to be a wife or a mother, while 17-year-old Margot is mature enough.

From the third day of the bazaar, Margot went to the hospital.

Just like what Margot said at the dinner table, the advantage of the South is long gone.Even though the newspapers are hyping up the hype, but from many details, we can see the increasingly obvious decline in the South.

The most obvious and prominent one is the hospital.

The south is rich in aristocrats, rich in large manor owners, technicians and so on are all dependent on the north, and even doctors are pitifully scarce.Take Atlanta as an example. This small city with a population of less than [-] has no more than ten doctors. As far as Scarlett knows, there is only one doctor, Dr. Meade.And there were never fewer trains transporting the wounded to Atlanta every day.

A wife like Ellen, who often mentioned black women in the manor and daughters of poor white families who delivered babies, was regarded by Dr. Meade as an indispensable assistant because she knew a little bit of medical skills.To be honest, if it wasn't for Margot's request, if it wasn't for Ellen's situation, Dr. Meade would really not be willing to let her go.

Dr. Meade originally wanted to send Ellen back to the hospital, but after seeing Marge's medical skills, he stopped talking.

Margot had expected this scene a long time ago, so when he was in Tara, he practiced on chickens, ducks and pigs a lot, even after he got married, he didn't stop.Later, Barton Manor developed, and some black people crossed the line of fire and came to Barton Manor, all of whom were operated on by Marge.

Dr. Meade originally wanted to use Marge as his deputy, but seeing more and more wounded, Dr. Meade had to let Marge perform the operation independently after briefly looking at Marge's skills.

In Dr. Meade's opinion, this Mrs. Clark's medical skills are very novel, but both in terms of efficiency and effect, they are all leveraged.

Using a special needle to pierce the nerve endings under the skin to replace the anesthesia drug for anesthesia is undoubtedly a good way to save more wounded people now that there is a lack of medical treatment; suture with a special surgical thread, There is even no need to remove the stitches for the second time, which can save more time and save more people; use tiny live maggots to clean up the carrion of the wound to prevent infection and inflammation, and reduce unnecessary attrition.

No matter which one, Dr. Meade shook his head when he first started.But there is no way.There are too many wounded.There are fewer doctors, fewer medicines, alcohol must be used sparingly, and bandages must be reused. Under such circumstances, Dr. Meade had no choice but to agree with Margot to use these "medical skills from the Far East".

As for Suellen, she was, of course, Margot's right-hand man.

When Scarlett was in the hospital, the most she could do was change bandages, wash faces, pat pillows, and fan fans for the wounded. Scarlett was happy to do such things, which allowed her to capture one after another. It made her feel like she was back at Tara in front of the station, and Scarlett was still the prettiest beauty in Clayton County.

But neither Suellen nor Melanie had much more to do.

There is a disadvantage of using acupuncture for anesthesia, that is, the needle must be pulled out every two hours, otherwise the nerve endings will be necrotic.Therefore, Margot had a piece of cloth with a number tied on the injured arm, and what Melanie and Suellen had to do was to keep an eye on the time. Once the two hours were up, they had to Quickly pull out the needle and throw it into boiling water to cook.These needles need to be boiled for at least half an hour before they can be used again.

This is absolutely unmistakable.

The same goes for cleaning carrion from wounds with maggots.Some wounded could not accept such treatment, always thinking that maggots would crawl into their bodies along the blood vessels.Therefore, when placing fine maggots on the wound, count them while putting them, and register how many maggots were placed on the cloth strip on the wounded.When the time is up, the enlarged waste maggots must be removed and counted to the wounded.

Both Suellen and Melanie did the work very seriously.Even if they hid in the waiting room and vomited enough at the beginning, they did not escape this hellish hospital near the station.

Fortunately, Margot trained a lot of black maids. These people worked hard to help Suellen and Melanie, and at the same time taught the maids brought by Suellen—the maids and roses from Barton Manor. The maids in the manor are very familiar, and they are taken by Margot and Suellen—and Suellen and Melanie take turns to rest with other wives, so that the part of the hospital that Margot is in charge of has been going on in an orderly manner. with.

This immediately changed the Atlanta people's attitude towards the O'Hara family a lot.

You know, in the past year, even though Ellen has tried her best, Scarlett is the eldest daughter of the O'Hara family after all, and his words and deeds directly affect the reputation of the girls in the O'Hara family. .Even if Margot and Suellen were married, they would still be implicated, let alone Karin who was still at home.

However, the behavior of Margot and Suellenza in the hospital not only made those who were talking behind the scenes unable to find a chance to scold them, but also the wounded soldiers who were rescued by Margot and Suellen. It was good for everyone to remember the three wives--the other was Melanie.

For the sake of those wounded soldiers and Melanie's face, even the most critical wife in Atlanta said: "I heard that Mrs. Hamilton was raised by her father, but his three younger sisters were raised by her mother." Yes. If Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Hamilton didn't look exactly alike, I really thought they were two families."

In this way, Scarlett was naturally distinguished from his three younger sisters.

Even if he looks very similar to Margot.