Lucky for me, this settlement also had what passed for a doctor, a midwife who had a great deal of experience treating trauma and gunshot wounds during the Great War. She was also good with herbs and whatnot, which made her a triple threat. I stopped in to see her on the way to the Scalded Dog, and had her dig out the shot that was buried in my leg. Surgery was a scary thing in these times, what with there being little to no modern medicines available. Still, the village midwife knew her stuff, and I needed to get the shot out before I ended up with an infection. Thankfully I had only been hit with a few pellets, and they were fairly close to the surface. I was in and out within an hour, my wounds dressed with an herbal poultice to prevent infection. She gave me instructions to come back and have the wounds cleaned and dressed every day for the next few days. We’d see about that. I had a stockpile of fluoroquinolone, a potent antibiotic that was stable for years after expiration, so I’d just keep an eye on the wounds and start on the meds if it looked like it was getting infected.
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