I practiced medicine in ancient times

Chapter 210 Bone Touching Competition

"Choose me, choose me."

"I have small bones and am old. It's hard to tell my age by touching my bones. The competition is meaningful. Choose me, choose me."

"Choose me. I'm not married yet, so I'm at a disadvantage for having my bones read by a few female doctors."

"Choose me. I'm strong and will definitely come up with a different result."

When the crowd of onlookers heard about the blindfolded bone-touching competition, they were very excited. Later, when they heard that they could get 100 coins by participating in the bone-touching competition, they became even more excited and participated enthusiastically.

For a moment, everyone was talking to each other, arguing happily, as if everyone wanted to be the lucky one who was chosen.

"Alright, alright, everyone, stop arguing." Xu Yinan, who was standing on the stage, interrupted the quarrel with a smile, and then said, "I know you all want to participate in this bone-touching competition, but we need some representative candidates, so that they can't easily judge your age by touching your bones. Otherwise, this competition will be meaningless."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent and looked at Xu Yinan, waiting for his further instructions.

Xu Yinan looked around and finally his eyes fell on several people who looked to be of different ages and body shapes. He pointed at them one by one and said, "You, you, you, and you, all of you come up."

"And you two, you, you, all three of you, come up."

"You, you, and all of you, come here."

It was not only Xu Yinan who selected the people whose bones needed to be touched. The imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital also wandered around the onlookers, constantly selecting people whose bones needed to be touched.

The people whose names were called were stunned for a moment, then happy smiles appeared on their faces. They quickly walked to the back of the ring, waiting for the next instruction.

"Dad, I want to join in, too." Fu Ling saw that this competition involved measuring one's age by touching one's bones, so she said with interest.

"Yes, but you can only touch the bones of female doctors." Prime Minister Fu nodded with a smile.

After Fu Ling got her father's consent, she walked towards the competition venue with her maid.

"I'll have one too."

"king......."

"Hush! Arrange me to feel the bones under Doctor Xu."

"Yes, I will arrange it right away." The imperial physician who originally selected people to touch Prince Xun's bones was shocked when he saw him and heard that Prince Xun was going to participate in having his bones touched.

As a descendant of the royal family and of noble status, Prince Xun would actually participate in person. However, seeing Prince Xun's serious look, the imperial physician did not dare to ask more questions and could only respectfully agree and then quickly make arrangements.

In a short while, all the people who wanted to touch the bones were gathered, including men, women, old and young.

However, most of the bone-touching services for women were arranged by female doctors like Xu Qingyi, for the sake of the women's reputation.

At this time, twenty people were lined up on the sixteen stages to have their bones touched, and the ages of these twenty people were registered in advance to prevent anyone from taking advantage of loopholes.

It is not easy to judge age by touching the bones, because everyone's bone development and growth rate are different. For example, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old may only be eleven or twelve years old because his bones have not yet developed. It is easy to make a wrong judgment by touching the bones at this time.

Even for professional orthopedic doctors, it is difficult to accurately determine a person's age just by touching the bones.

Determining age by touching the bones is more of an accumulation of experience and feeling, and it requires a comprehensive analysis of multiple factors.

Secondly, determining age by touching bones also requires considering the individual’s living environment and habits.

For example, people who have been engaged in physical labor for a long time may have thicker and stronger bones. On the other hand, people who sit for a long time may suffer from osteoporosis. These factors will affect the shape and characteristics of bones, making it more difficult to judge age by touching bones.

In addition, there are some special cases that need to be considered, such as people with dwarfism, which can also cause the results of bone-touching to determine age to deviate from the actual age.

Fortunately, feeling the bones to determine age is only one of the methods. You can also take the pulse and identify by listening to the sound. By combining the three methods, the difficulty is further reduced.

Moreover, this level was not difficult at all for Bai Yan.

She was originally a surgeon, and her fingers had also undergone mutations, so Bai Yan knew the human skeletal structure very well. She could easily judge a person's age from their skeletal features.

Taking the pulse was Xu Qingyi's specialty. She was much more sensitive to the pulse than ordinary people and could accurately sense the internal conditions of the human body.

Xu Qingyi's facial features have changed, and listening to voices is Xu Qingyi's unique skill. She can judge a person's mood, physique, and even health status from his voice. The combination of these two methods also makes Xu Qingyi very good at judging age by touching bones.

"The ages of those who want to have their bones touched have been registered on each stage. The competition will begin now, with a time limit of half an hour.

When the time is up, we will announce the results." After Xu Yinan saw that everything was ready, he immediately announced the start of the competition.

There are two imperial doctors on each stage, one to register and the other to arrange for the person who wants to touch the bones to come forward and touch the bones.

The person assigned to Xu Qingyi to feel his bones was a man. She first slid her fingers gently across the man's wrist, feeling the strong pulse. Then, she began to ask the man some questions, observing his reactions and voice. Finally, she gently touched the man's bones, feeling the unique touch.

After a while, Xu Qingyi came to a conclusion. She smiled and said to the man, "You should be around 35 years old this year."

"Yes! You are exactly 35 years old this year, and you really figured it out. Doctor Xu, you are really amazing." The man looked at Xu Qingyi in surprise and nodded, indicating that her judgment was completely correct.

After Xu Qingyi felt the man's bones and determined that his age was correct, the imperial physician beside him would record it. Then another imperial physician would arrange for someone to come forward and feel Xu Qingyi's bones again.

Before the person came forward, Xu Qingyi smelled a familiar fragrance between the wings of her nostrils. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

He placed his fingers on the visitor's pulse and began to feel it directly.

"I have already inserted ten needles. It seems that the condition is almost cured. Your Majesty, you are forty-two years old this year, right?" The person who came to touch the bones was Prince Xun.

"Doctor Xu, I didn't expect that you could tell it was me just by taking my pulse. You are really powerful." Prince Xun nodded in appreciation, his eyes revealing admiration for Doctor Xu.

"Your Highness, you are too kind. I have a vague memory of the scent on your body, and I just confirmed it after taking your pulse." Xu Qingyi responded modestly, with a warm smile on her face, as if a spring breeze was blowing on her face.