[Machine Translation] Iori Sawamura is a young doctor living in a tenement house in the back of Yoshiwara. He makes a living by examining prostitutes and mixing energizing drugs, but in fact he is a skilled doctor who learned the Western medical techniques directly from Siebold in Nagasaki. One day, Iori is visited by an uninvited disciple named Shokichi. Iori tries to turn him away, but Shokichi has a surprising talent, and gradually a faint bond begins to form between Iori and Shokichi. With Shokichi's help, Iori becomes involved with various patients and cases, but behind the scenes, the sad fate of Ume-no-i, the oiran (courtesan) he is in love with, begins to unfold... The second volume of the highly popular "Medicine and Sword" series is sure to bring tears to your eyes!