Ancillary Mercy 7

[ann_leckie]

I sat up, pushed the blanket away. Three days before, my shoulder had been encased in a corrective, numbing and immobilizing that arm. I was still appreciating the restored freedom of movement.

Mirrored from Ann Leckie.

Comments

[nenya_kanadka]

Man, I LOVE future medicine. <3

[ann_leckie]

Right? How awesome would correctives be in real life???

[nenya_kanadka]

Yeah, all, "It's so annoying I have to wait several WHOLE HOURS for my broken shoulder to set!" :D

ETA: Oh, okay, several DAYS. Significant in a warzone, but still!

I can't remember whether there are different correctives for different injuries and illnesses, or if they're just all sort of set to "healthy human" (like Jack Harkness's nanites). You probably know!

[ann_leckie]

There are! There are "medkit" correctives that are emergency battlefield first aid, and there are general purpose first aid correctives, for less catastrophic uses, and there are specialized ones that medics and doctors use. :D

[nenya_kanadka]

Ooh, I see, that would make the most logical sense wouldn't it!

(I've been imagining them as kind of large...bandages? infused with [space!medicine of whatever kind], but I honestly don't know if that's how you described them or if that's just what my brain came up with. The problems of having to wait a year between novels! :P)