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[guppy_sandhu]

There is space in the infirmary tonight for people who did not decide to follow standard safety instructions when they went to the roller disco.

[ooc: Visiting post for Autor and anyone else wounded. If anyone needs Guppy please see the first aid in the original post.]

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Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

"I'm all right! I'm all right, really, clumsy of me, just a sprain or something-- please, look him over first, he's been quiet." And a deeply unsettling thing that is. Still, Joly is smiling. "I'm sure you can do something. Your room here is wonderful."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

That gets another quick glance from Simon, and an unintentional echoing smile.

"If you can both sit down here," he says, indicating the nearby examination table/bed, "I'll have a look at each of you. Can you tell me what happened, Mr. ...?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

They do both sit down, leaning against each other. "Joly, J-o-l-y. And my friend here is Legle-- ah, he may already be in your records, but I wouldn't venture to guess how it might be spelled, but it SHOULD be L-e-g-l-e." How well that'll stick, Joly won't bother thinking about.

"We were skating, and we...fell." He should probably be honest with another doctor. "Well, we were dancing. While we were skating. And we fell."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

"That can happen," he murmurs, without the faintest hint of humor or mockery. "Did either of you hit your head or the base of your spine when you fell?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

"Mostly I think we landed on each other, but Bossuet-- Legle, he may have struck his head. I was distracted." Mockery would certainly be deserved, but he's very grateful to skip it, especially as he's beginning to worry a bit. " He was talking a bit, on the way here..."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[tire_moi_mes_bottes]

((I'm here! I'm here! LATE BUT HERE!))

Lesgle waves a hand reassuringly. "Definitely struck my head. I always strike my head. It's all right, though, no loss of consciousness, no trouble with my vision, no loss of memory, no vomiting."

See, he has experience!

(He also has a blood alcohol level that might explain dancing on roller skates, while also ruling it out as a sensible activity.)

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

Joly smiles in relief. Talking! And an awareness of past events! Good.

"You do always hit your head. I should have come here my first day and warned the Doctor and his staff."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

The list of negatives on symptoms get a quick second glance from Simon, and a nod of approval. "I'm glad to hear it. I'd like to take a look at your head regardless, if you don't mind -- though I should see to your leg first," and that's to Joly. "You said you think there may be a sprain?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

"Yes, I'm fairly sure-- just a sprain-- please, I do know how these things work,take care of him first? I'm not going to go anywhere, and it carried me this far."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

Simon looks back at Legle to see if he's going to protest being taken care of first; if not, he'll probably go with that, as neither of them seem to have urgent injuries.

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

Well, if either of them are bleeding, it's Lesgle; although that might also be drinks. The lighting in there was very odd and neither of them are exactly used to neon. Joly is mostly suffering from a limp and Severe Fretting.


((ooc: Jane's asleep, so Legle's not saying anything much.:P))

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

A quick pass or two with one of Dr. McCoy's instruments confirms that Lesgle doesn't have a concussion or anything else dangerous; just a mild bruise forming.

Meanwhile Joly does, in fact, have a sprain -- fortunately not a terrible one. Simon dispenses cold-packs and analgesics, and advice to avoid putting too much strain on the leg for the next few days.

"... and please let me know, either of you," he finishes, "if you find the swelling getting worse, or if it hasn't gone down by the day after tomorrow."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

Joly's not paying much attention to his leg, except when the scanning device is running over it. It hurts; he'll use a cane; but there's a thing that goes *bleep* happening here.

"Excuse me, what is that? How does it work?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[tire_moi_mes_bottes]

Bossuet has been looking distinctly sheepish, as well one might after showing up drunk at an infirmary with a bumped head, but Joly's question sparks a sudden grin from him. "And so our young hero discovered the science of the future, and was not heard of outside the infirmary for a week," he mock-narrates. (Quietly. He wouldn't want to interfere with an answer. Really--what is that, and how does it work?)

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

"It's called a medical tricorder," Simon tells him, "and it scans tissue to look for signs of injuries that aren't visible to the naked eye. It would be able to tell, for instance, if you had a broken bone instead of just a sprain. -- Would you like to see?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

"You can just know? Without needing to operate, or--? How? Does it just know what to do? --I mean, if you have the time to explain. I would very much like to know." Joly can wait. He's an adult. He may have to latch onto one of Bossuet's arms to keep from unthinkingly grabbing at the tricorder for a closer look, but he can do that.

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[tire_moi_mes_bottes]

"We're from the 1830s," Lesgle adds by way of explanation--and then sits up a little straighter, thinking. "In fact, a friend of ours--a contemporary--was asking one of the doctors here for information some time ago. Germ theory, cholera. His name is Enjolras; perhaps it was you he spoke to?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

At that Simon straightens in turn. "Yes -- did he reach you with it? That was a few months ago now."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

Joly nods. "He did-- well, he gave it to Bossuet here, back when he was alive, and he got back to us, back when we were all alive...I mean, they did their best to pass it on. It was a couple years ago for us. Ah. In Paris while we were alive. I understand it has been just a few months here...? It was--"

It was frustrating, was what it was. To have, suddenly, little bits of information that needed a whole city to mobilize, and only a couple of students to convince the local medical community, and a handful of known troublemakers with them--

"It was very good to know, thank you.We couldn't use it...fully." He frowns. "That wasn't Enjolras or Bossuet's fault! They did very well for two people with no medical training at all. " It's important to have that in the clear, at least.

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

He sobers swiftly at while we were alive.

"I'm sorry to hear." Steadily. "And I understand completely -- it's not easy to spread medical knowledge through a population that doesn't already have some base to build on."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

Joly smiles and shrugs it off. Their deaths were Grand and No Doubt Meaningful, but he's not the one to do that justice and there's more important matters here.

"We are, confusingly, fine, as you said yourself. And I am sure we at least made some difference-- maybe it will inspire more people to try the plans we outlined." He does have some hope on that, actually-- though he tries not to think too much about it. "But-- you were saying about the-- tricorder? Is it from your world?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

"It's not, actually; there's a Dr. McCoy here who comes from a world where medical science is considerably more advanced than in mine." Simon looks a touch rueful. "I can't explain the engineering behind it at all, I'm afraid -- but it works."

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

"But your world already knew about germ theory? And so much else, I'm sure. You must have learned how to use these things very quickly. Is all the science here from Dr. McCoy's world?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[simon_doctor]

He finds himself smiling; Joly's enthusiasm is appealing. "A great deal more, yes; our medical technology isn't as advanced as Dr. McCoy's, but it might not look like a vast difference from your point in history...?"

Re: The Wonders of Medicine

[merryeccentricities]

Joly raises an eyebrow and laughs. "Between your time and ours, or yours and his? I'm sure either way- there's always something different. And there's probably things your world has that his forgot. I mean, I read that on our Earth people dismissed leeches for a while and then it turned out they really were the best for some things."

He's very proud of the leeches. Good for them.

"But this is your operating room? Or are you Doctor McCoy's student..?" Simon looks...well, their age. He could be a student.