Jejoongwon (제중원)

If the stone blocks the ureter, he will not be able to urinate.

He will suffer tremendous pain.

Scalpel.

We must cut open the abdomen quickly...

And remove...

- Director! - Director, are you all right?

Sorry.

I'm fine now.

This is not good. We must postpone this surgery.

We cannot postpone it. The ureter might rupture.

If that happens...

The bladder won't be able to eliminate and can cause serious problems!

It may even cause blood poisoning!

But in his condition, surgery is not possible.

Director.

Can you sit here while we do the operation?

If you can guide us, I think we'll be all right.

Nang Nang, please get me a chair.

- Mr. Baek. - Yes.

D-bar.

Move aside the intestines and find the ureter.

I found it.

Palpitate the ureter carefully from top to bottom.

Yes, Doctor.

You will feel the stone at some point.

- I feel it. - Mr. Hwang, feel the stone.

- I feel it. - Good.

Now we have to cut a vertical incision in the ureter and remove the stone.

- Mr. Hwang, take over from here. - What?

This will mean both of you have learnt this procedure.

Go ahead.

Scalpel.

- The stone has been removed. - Now...

You will sew the ureter closed...

Close up the abdomen...

Mr. Hwang, please finish up here. I will escort the Director to his room.

Please take good care of him.

Episode 26

I'm all right... all right... Please give me some water.

- Yes, Doctor. - Wait!

Go and warm up a bowl of radish kimchi water.

Yes, Mr. Baek.

You have to finish up this bowl...

so that you add probiotics to your intestines.

You've studied a lot, I see.

- Not really. - Director.

- Please don't overexert yourself anymore. - All right.

Well done, Mr. Hwang!

Not so...

I was so happy to see you and Mr. Baek working together during surgery.

- Were you? - Yes.

Your mind must be so preoccupied from finishing up your father's funeral.

And yet you performed this surgery successfully!

You're amazing, Mr. Hwang!

I kept remembering that day when your father ate the boiled leaves and rice.

He kept telling me that he really enjoyed that meal.

Really?

I'm sure he's in a good place. Please take heart!

Thank you.

Is this stone a special type of stone?

They say that the cremated ashes of enlightened monks produce stones like this.

No, these stones are formed by waste products in the bladder.

And I was going to take it home with me!

Mr. Hwang.

I heard you had to go into surgery the moment you returned.

You must be hungry.

I have to go check on the Director.

His health is deteriorating.

I may need to increase my consultation time.

You're going to be very busy.

Mr. Hwang!

We have many patients waiting. I need to go.

Dr. Heron wanted to be close to the patients,

That's why he asked to live in the hospital.

At this rate, his health is really going to be at risk.

We must make sure Dr. Heron is far away from Jejoongwon.

You must make it an Imperial Decree, Your Majesty.

There is a house near Mt. Namhan which the missionaries use when they are on holiday.

Yes, I will give an Imperial Decree for Dr. Heron to get some rest.

Thank you, Your Majesty!

But I wonder if Jejoongwon will be all right without Dr. Heron.

Don't worry about that, Your Majesty.

The students and I will make sure everything runs smoothly.

Besides, we have Mr. Hwang.

You mean Hwang Jung?

Yes, as long as he is there...

If Director Heron goes away...

Won't that Hwang fellow take his place?

I doubt they'll put a female as Director. That means...

Most likely.

That will mean a lowborn butcher will be leading us!

How could they do that?

What if they make him the official Director!

Then we'll have to stop it!

How? Do Yang is no longer interested in that position!

That means I should step up...

- Jae Wook! - What?

Don't even think about it. Do you think that's even possible?

I'm just saying...

Administrator Oh, why are you so negative?

Whose side are you on anyway?

Side? What sides are there?

If you insist on knowing, then I'll say I'm on the side of justice.

The weather's warming up,

.. but I think justice has just frozen up in hell!

What time is it?

It's 9 pm.

I've been sleeping for 12 hours!

I will see some patients now.

Director.

- All the patients are fine. - You don't have to see them.

And His Majesty has given a decree for you to leave Jejoongwon to recuperate.

He wants you to go to the missionaries' retreat near Mt. Namhan.

I don't care if it's an Imperial Decree.

If I don't want to go, I won't go.

Please don't see it as an order.

It's His Majesty desire for you to recuperate and return to good health.

- I will escort you there. - I know.

But I am the Director of Jejoongwon.

I will not leave sick patients here to take care of my own health.

You have to be healthy so that you can do more.

I won't go anywhere. I have too much to do.

Director, if a doctor advises the patient to go to the country to recuperate...

will it be a good prescription?

It is a good prescription.

- But I... - Who is your doctor?

Isn't that you, Mr. Baek?

As your doctor, I advise you to go away and recuperate.

Wait.

Are you thirsty? I have boiled rice water for you.

No.

I think we should install Mr. Baek's filter system here.

- Yes, I will build it with Mongchong. - Yes.

If I take this, I won't produce breastmilk?

That is quinine, medicine for malaria.

- You want me to take malaria medicine? - No. Quinine is very bitter.

If you put this on your nipple, the baby won't suckle because it's bitter.

If you do it often, the baby will stop wanting to suckle.

I see. Thank you!

Since you're here, do you have any other conditions?

- I think I have a cold. - I see.

Breathe in deeply.

Once more.

It's the early stages of a cold.

I'll give you medicine, so come back in three days.

- Just give me 5 days in advance. - That may be harmful to you.

It may be troublesome, but come back in 3 days.

All right.

Are there more patients?

It's the last patient for the women's clinic. After this is lunch.

Seok Ran, did you talk with Mr. Hwang?

He may not be ready yet. Give him some time.

Yes.

What is there to talk about? A butcher vermin got beaten...

Nurse Park!

Mr. Hwang is the Chief Doctor-In-Training.

He is second only to the Director.

Do not make any more comments about Mr. Hwang in front of us or the patients.

How did you get your jaw stuck?

He was laughing at his son's antics and his jaw froze.

Yes. I was doing this!

You can't laugh now.

Nurse Miryung.

I will push your mouth like this, so try and put your teeth together.

It's done.

No more dancing for the time being, you little rascal.

Yes, Sir.

If you laugh again, your jaw may lock once more.

Please be careful.

Mr. Hwang, this is the last patient. Please go and have your lunch.

All right. Please finish up here.

Thank you for coming.

I wonder if the Director reached the retreat.

I wish he'll leave everything behind and just focus on his health.

I should have gone with him. Nang Nang won't be good enough.

Mr. Hwang, please have your lunch.

Hwang! Come and join me!

The soup is getting cold.

I'm hungry.

I'm sorry about before.

I used to wonder about that, but now I know.

Nobles eat their soup and rice separately.

They don't mix them together.

He's doing that so that he can eat fast and go back to the patients!

You need to learn your manners before you learn medicine.

Now that you're a freeborn man, you should lose those lowborn habits.

Then we wouldn't continue treating you like a lowborn, right?

Right!

Bringing your head to your food is also something the lowborns do!

You should bring the utensils to you, not go to the utensils.

That's right. Otherwise why use utensils?

You might as well put your head down and eat like a dog!

Look at that!

You should use your chopsticks like this. Don't you know anything?

Follow me. Like this...

Why? Am I offending you? Then why don't you hit me again?

Let me go! Let go!

I have been promoted in rank by His Majesty.

If you express your disagreement, you are going against His Majesty.

I will no longer stand for any more of your behavior.