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How did they save Lara's mother?

posted 8 years ago by JayHysterio
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I assume she took poison, did they pump her stomach?

[–] flyboy909 8 years ago

Yes, gastric lavage. When Yuri starts pulling the long red rubber tubing from his bag while his professor mixes a small vial of some chemical into the large pitcher of water, its obvious what procedure they are going to perform.

[–] rrb_1 8 years ago

Yes, very obvious. OP: how could you miss this?

[–] Foster1486 (629) a year ago

I didn't know what the treatment would be by name but or what the other doc put in a picture, BUT did assume it was poisoning,
No cut wrists, Not hanging from the ceiling, Pretty good indication