Original subtitles

Doctor Hur from Sanum,

dropped in a town in Jinchen called Budne

and took care of the diseases of the poor people.

And the people held him and he couldn't ignore them.

But eventually, he couldn't take the exam.

I was there, too.

Watch your mouth!

No matter what you say, I'll go.

You're not my son anymore.

I'm not going to call you father from now on.

What's the matter?

The magistrate is very sick.

Prepare for the examination and come with me.

Episode 25

Sir, Doctor Yoo has arrived.

Let him in.

Please come in.

Sir, Doctor Hur has arrived.

What is going on here?

What are you talking about?

Didn't I tell you to bring Doctor Hur?

Both of you, come in please.

Excuse me, how can you say that?

How could my teacher see a patient

at the same level as him?

I will leave. Please excuse me.

Stop.

How can a doctor return without checking a patient's condition?

Follow me.

Come on. Go in.

Check him.

Come on.

How is he?

It's food poison cholera morbus.

Intestinal convulsion: Disease with severe vomiting and diarrhea

Is that critical?

intestinal convulsion, which has no vomiting or diarrhea,

Disease similar to cholera morbus, cholera is a dangerous illness which can take your life

away in a minute.

Where are you going?

I will leave now.

Leave? Doctor Hur just said

it's a serious illness which can take one's life away

at one instant.

He can be cured with Doctor Hur's skills,

so don't worry.

Master.

What are you doing? Give him medical treatment.

I...

Master, why do you come out already?

Let's go.

Were you overtaken by Doctor Hur?

Please get me hot water and salt.

Alright.

I can't do it anymore.

You need to eat more.

Why are you back already?

Wasn't the district magistrate seriously ill?

Master was overthrown by Doctor Hur.

Sorry?

What do you mean?

He was overthrown by Hur Joon?

When we arrived at the government office with him,

there was Hur Joon as well.

As the teacher went into district magistrate's room

he told Joon to follow him,

so he went in too.

But the master came out soon.

And Hur Joon is looking after the district magistrate now.

Then it means Hur Joon pushed our master, doesn't it?

What a hardhearted world it is.

The fact that Hur Joon's medical skills are excellent

is well known all around,

but how dare he see a patient

pushing his teacher aside?

What an arrogant man. Although he was abandoned

from the pharmacy, his skills are from the master.

And he steals the master's role with that skill?

We'd better do something about this.

There are patients rushing to his house anyway,

and if this spreads, our hospital

will be closed from that day.

That won't happen.

How is he? Any progress?

I think he has passed the critical moment.

Thank you. The words that you rank next to Doctor Yoo

was not a false reputation.

His condition has improved,

but there may be other after-effects when he wakes up

so tell me of his symptoms.

OK, I will follow your instruction.

I will leave then.

Why did he leave the patient to me?

If something goes wrong,

he knows he will not be safe either,

Does it mean he trusts and acknowledges me?

No way, He coldly abandoned me

no matter how much I begged for forgiveness,

It's a useless expectation, It's a useless wish,

Doctor Hur.

Is the teacher here?

Teacher?

Who do you call a master?

You ungrateful man!

How dare you push over the teacher with the skills you learnt from him!

How can you call yourself a man?

What are you doing? Let it go!

Miss, we need to teach this awful person a lesson!

What's all the noise?

I came to report to you

on the progress of the magistrate.

Why would you report your patient to me?

Come in.

Please go in.

What is going on?

That's what I want to ask you.

Is he getting better?

Intestinal convulsion is healed

but he felt heavy in his chest

so I prescribed Samhosambaektang.

Samhosambaektang: When one's chest feels heavy after having intestinal convulsion

Do you know the side effects of intestinal convulsion?

Muscle becomes twisted, or becomes difficult to breath

and sometimes one feels severe thirstiness.

How would you prescribe to that?

Yijungtang, when muscle gets twisted, Samhosambaektang, when one feels

heavy in the chest, and Gyeryungbaekchulsan when thirsty.

Acupuncture and moxibustion, which one did you use?

I applied acupuncture.

There are 2 ways in acupuncture.

When applying acupuncture, there is a way to pull out

useless blood and a way to make energy circulation fluent.

I used the one that helps energy circulation.

Go to the hospital and

check status of patients with diabetes and smallpox.

Sogal: Diabetes Doochang: Smallpox

Are you...

Master...

I...

I will never back down

your will again.

I'm happy for you.

The master knew your sincerity.

If you hadn't guided me

I would have given up being a doctor

and lived my entire life with resentment and hatred against him.

Decision to become a doctor

and decision to choose the road to become a doctor who sympathizes

with patients, you're the one who did it.

You should head home.

Mrs. Dahee will be most happy

when she hears this news.

Thank you.

Gyum! Dahee! Mother!

How is the magistrate?

She worried a lot because there were no words from anyone.

Mother.

I'm back into Doctor Yoo's place again.

What does that mean?

Then is he accepting you again?

Right.

Joon.

Joon... That's very good.

I'm so happy, Joon.

Mother.

That's very good.

What? He's back at Doctor Yoo's place?

Yes, since Sir Doji has gone to Seoul and he's not present,

Joon is becoming the most able student of Doctor Yoo.

He's crazy, crazy.

What do you mean he's crazy?

You think about it.

Now Hur Joon is well known

in not only Sanum, but in Haman and Guhchang.

So why does he go back to that place and ask for hard life?

I have seen Doctor Yoo for some ten years,

but when I see him, I still get shivers and can't talk.

To learn from him, he will have a hard time.

With his skills, he could just open a pharmacy

and earn money. How good is that?

Actually, you're right.

Right? I think...

he's a bit of a thick person.

Take his request digging a grave... or what about Jinchun incident?

Since everyone praises him,

I don't have anything to say,

but does it make sense for a man who went to sit the exam

looks after the patients and gets lost in time?

That's why you're a hunter who stirs the guts of wild animals,

and Joon is a doctor who gets

admired as a righteous person.

Right, to an average person like you,

an unusual Joon must look strange.

An average person?

What? Then is he accepting Hur Joon again?

Yes.

Then what about Doctor Yim?

Who is Doctor Yim?

What do you mean? It's you of course.

You told us to call yourself a doctor.

Don't remember. I will have to take care of patient record again I guess.

You mean you will work under Hur Joon?

You dummies probably wouldn't know

but there was Jangryang in China in the olden days.

What does he do?

You don't need to know that

but just know that he was a wonderful man.

And Jegalryang, under Yubi Hunduk.

You must know Jegalryang, right?

Do you know what is common

between Jangryand and Galryang?

They are the secondary leaders who changed history.

So I don't like the 1st place. I like the 2nd place.

Why? Do you know about the philosophy of second place?

Stop talking non-sense!

I would rather die than work under Hur Joon.

If you can't, what would you do?

I've talked to the wall.

Doctor, it's Jangswe.

What is it?

I have something to tell you.

Come in.

You have something to say to me?

I...

I would like to quit.

It has been 7 years since I entered this hospital

but I see no hope of becoming

a doctor, so I will give up now.

Whether you decide to come or go, is your will. Do whatever.

But please consider salary

working for 7 years.

Salary?

I worked hard during the past 7 years,

working as a water carrier to herb collector.

You should compensate me for that.

I would like to give you compensation as you say,

but I'm not in a sound financial situation.

Since my son who was in charge of the finance has gone to Seoul,

I have nothing in my hands.

Then...

Please teach me the secret method

of making valuable plaster that has passed down in your family.

I will go down to my home town

and live making the plaster.

Here.

Thank you. Thank you.

Ma'am, we're here.

Be careful.

Have a look around.

How is it?

How did you...

I sold the land in Osigol and Doosigol

and I spent quite a lot of money I have been saving.

Then father in Sanum is?

We don't need to worry about that cold man.

He will live his own life.

Unload the luggage.

- Yes, ma'am. - Put them in there.

- You here please. - Doji.

You don't need to worry about anything.

You should adopt to the royal hospital and become a royal physician.

As of today, you will belong to the royal hospital

and will be trained in the month of June.

During this time,

you must come at 9 am and leave between 7, 9pm,

make yourself familiar with the ways around the palace and Court etiquette,

and learn manners when addressing the King,

the Queen, the royal concubine, and the royal family

just like any other government officials do.

Although you passed the exam and were acknowledged for your skills,

if you don't complete the standards and appropriate

speech and behaviors in the palace during the training period,

you will be expelled from the palace strictly.

From the last exam, 8 people were registered,

and 2 among them were expelled.

This is serious, so you should be mindful of this.

The score you receive during the training period

has more weight than the result of the exam,

and your overall performance will be decided from this

so you should do your best.

- To there, please. - Thank you.

They are the doctors who passes this examination.

He is the governor in charge of the royal hospital.

Congratulations.

I hope everyone completes the training in June

and meet the dignity and competence as a doctor.

This is the library of the royal hospital.

Not only the medical books compiled in Korea since Dangun,

but Chinese medical books of all ages are contained here.

They are very precious, I'm sure you guys have never seen it before.

Can we access these books too?

Of course. If you notify the librarian in advance,

you can read them anytime.

Hello.

Are you there?

What brings both of you here?

Let's go to Doctor Yoo's place with us.

What for? Mrs. Yoo has gone to Seoul,

I have no business there.

Joon was accepted back there and

became the most able student there.

I've already heard about that.

According to Joon, because Mrs. Yoo has left to Seoul

taking the woman from Hadong and Yoowol with her,

there is no one to serve

and cook for Doctor Yoo.

If we go there and help,

he says we won't have to worry about eating.

We can't just go by ourselves.

Dahee says we've troubled you many times in the past,

and wished to take you with us, so here we are.

Will you go?

It looks like you're having a party.

If you don't want to, forget it.

No. I will go, let's go.

Please, line up!

The doctor will treat you in order so there is no need to make a war.

Hey, line up! Line up!

Why are there so many patients?

Ma'am, hello.

What are you doing here?

People from all over the place have rushed here

so it's short-handed, and Jangswe, the herb collector has left

so I'm helping instead.

Ma'am, the rumor that Joon has come to Doctor Yoo's place

has spread and patients from even Guhchang and Haman are rushing in.

Is that so?

Hey, how do you feel?

Do you think Doctor Hur is better than Doctor Yoo?

To me, I think so.

The way Doctor Hur looks at me is very calm and warm.

I feel more comfortable with him than icy Doctor Yoo.

I think I'm healing automatically.

- Let's go and work. - Yes.

Doctor Hur! Something has happened!

The patients' records have

all gone.

Hur Joon, take a look here.

The records we filed here has all disappeared.

Not only the records of patients we had here

but the ones we filed from the past are all gone.

How could this happen?

I bet Jangswe did it.

When he said he would quit,

I should have taken more care.

How could I have known he would do such thing?

In the record, there are not only the sex and name of the patients,

but it contains the time illness incurred, the prescription and the surgery

and the progress of disease in detail,

so if you have that, you can act half doctor.

Right! That's it!

That's why Jangswe stole it.

Did you tell the teacher?

I couldn't.

The one who wrote it let it be stolen.

If he finds out, he will

do this to my neck

and kick me out, you know.

What should I do, Joon?

You make the record new.

Me?

Ask the patients for the time they got sick,

check the current condition, write down the medicine you will use,

and you will need to write down your view on the surgery.

You mean I should write the medicine to be used

and my view on the surgery?

Yes.

I can write down my opinion, but...

there are many patients who had the disease for a long time and severely.

How could I...

I am not asking you to write down the cure-all remedy.

Just write the patient's condition as you see them.

OK.

I cannot understand the master's intention.

Since he knows all the patients,

he could just come out and tell

this patient has that and that patient has that.

I don't know why he is asking you to do such a lot of work.

This is just my opinion but

to interpret his mind, it's like this.

The reason Doji disowned with the teacher and left for Seoul

is purely because of you, right?

If it wasn't for you,

there wouldn't have been separation between the son and the father.

So the teacher got angry,

and he is like 'You brat! You must pay for this.'

Wouldn't this be what he is thinking?

Anyway, to remake the record,

it will be tough.

Good luck.

Don't mind what he says.

As you know,

the teacher doesn't treat people with personal emotions.

I think the reason he asked you to write the record

is that he is testing you.

I remember that day

when you came to Sanum to meet Doctor. Hur,

You were tired from the long journey and the tiring disease,

I said, 'Who are you looking for? '

You said, 'I'm looking for my fianc�,'

You came a long way to meet the love of your life,

Even though you were very sick and very tired,

you looked beautiful and happy,

And I wanted to know the happy man

who was in your heart,

When I knew he was Doctor Hur,

I thought he deserved your love.

Doctor Hur that I know

obviously deserves your devotion

and your love.

What is it?

The little toe and the bottom part

of the outer foot has swelled, so it hurts and he cannot move it.

The muscles in the back of the neck is stiff and he cannot lift his shoulder.

The muscles must be damaged. Which part to apply acupuncture?

It's Gyung muscle in the leg.

Apply the acupuncture.

Yes, sir.

The master of acupuncture is

classified into high, medium and low.

The true master in high level

refers to the state in which the person not only possesses the skill to

find the lifeblood, but knows how deep he should apply,

how to select the time of acupuncture

and how long to leave the needles in.

For sickness linked close to blood vessel, you apply lightly,

but deep for six entrails

and even more deeply for five viscera.

In handling the acupuncture, the most important is to ease the movement

of five viscera which harmonizes yin and yang inside the patient's body

and see the overall condition of the patient.

This is the what the masters in high level

are able to do.

I will not forget.

Doctor Hur has finished making the patients' record.

I will go and bring it now.

It's OK.

I will be away

to meet the monk at Samjeok temple.

When do you come back?

I am not leaving with the fixed date,

so I'm not sure when it will be.

If you're leaving, how do we treat the patients here

and the patients who will come daily?

I'm not the only doctor here.

It's your job who stays here.

I think he trusts you and will leave everything to you.

What are you thinking about?

Somewhere in that mountain will be good for a grave site.

You have become old already.

You are making jokes, which you never do.

Only with the wind that makes my clothes fly, I would know I'm alive.

I have forgotten whether I'm alive or not.

Although I have lived with medicine as my job all my life,

I haven't had spare time to see what really is life.

People all die.

Being a doctor, who cures those patients occasionally

is too a trivial thing, in a way.

We cannot avoid death.

No matter how much work you have left to do,

death doesn't wait for us to finish it.

No matter how much we struggle,

we cannot stay in this world forever.

But it's OK even if it's not forever.

We, people, keep circulating lives.

If we leave, the next people will replace us.

Yes, if we live our given life,

I will replace the dead and

there will be a person who will achieve what I have yet to do.

You mean Hur Joon?

Let's go.

The time is late, aren't you leaving?

I was about to get up. Let's leave.

Since we're leaving together,

how about a drink at the geisha club?

Let's do that. It sounds good.

Let's go.

Aren't you going, Doctor Yoo?

You go ahead.

I'm going to finish the book I'm reading.

OK. Let's go.

Why does Mr. Yoo

has to stand out?

He must have barely passed the exam.

So, he must supplement the study he lacks.

Let's take the manager in the royal hospital.

He is the one who scores us,

so there is no harm being good to him.

Sorry, It's forbidden to be treated

by the trainers personally.

Personal treat?

How can you be so ignorant of our royalty,

wishing to serve you a drink for training us.

Yes, it will be an opportunity to

listen to your excellent opinions on our country.

Please don't refuse our request.

Oh, dear...

Let's go.

What if something happens after I leave early?

I'm sure nothing will happen

from leaving the place for a while for a drink.

If something happens, I will contact you immediately,

so you can go.

Then let's go.

Where is the royal physician?

He has left.

Are you a doctor in charge of daily work?

Get ready and follow me.

Oh, I'm...

What are you waiting for? The prince is very sick.

What is taking so long? Send a person to the royal hospital again.

Yes, your highness.

Someone from the royal hospital is here.

Let him in.

Who is this?

Royal physician Mr. Yang Yesu has left

and he is the doctor in charge of daily task.

You fool!

The prince is sick here.

A royal physician should come and check him.

But...

the prince requires prompt treatment...

I don't want to hear it! Bring the royal physician now!

Yes, your highness.

I know very little,

but to me,

the spots on prince's body looks like

he has erysipelas.

Erysipelas: Sickness where skin becomes red and brings fever

If we don't take out the bad blood off him using acupuncture,

his energy could spread in his body, and it may become too late to treat him.

Is that true?

How could I not tell the truth to you?

Cure him now.

But if something goes wrong, you will be responsible for it.

Who is this baby?

He's a child of Gongbin Queen beloved by the King,

The prince may take the throne,

If I succeed, I will earn everything,

but if I fail, I lose my life,

This is the opportunity from God,

My life depends on the tip of this needle,

It's done.

The sun has set, let's end here.

I will treat them until Doctor Hur comes back from the treatment.

Why don't you go home?

How can I go first when the doctor in charge of this medical center

has not returned yet? You go on with the treatment.

Move! Move!

Where is Doctor Hur? Where is Doctor Hur?

What an idiot is making this noise in the hospital?

Doctor Hur! Doctor Hur, where are you?

It's Dolswe!

Hey you,

If you would like to be treated by Doctor Hur,

you must wait in order.

What? Go away!

Where do you think you are?

This is the hospital!

And we can't give you treatment to a person like you, get lost!

What? What did you say?

What did you say?

Look here. Who are you, and where are you from?

Me? I'm Dolswe from Jinchun, Choongchung province.

Where is Doctor Hur? Where is Doctor Hur?

Hey, hey.

My uncle lived there too.

What is going on here?

Look at my mother. My mother has become blind.

After taking the medicine Doctor Hur prescribed, my mother became blind.

Cure my mother! Cure her now!

What are you going to do with my mother?

My poor mother, what will you do?

Cure her!

Make her see again! Cure her!

Make her see again! Cure her!