I was in a very rural village for three years 15 years ago. The population of the village was only 1500. At that time, an elderly surgeon was in a small town clinic adjacent to my village. He had considerable experience and used to give me good lessons. He had accompanied the whaling fleet in his younger days as the fleet's doctor. His travel notes were published and are very interesting.
While he had run his private clinic in Kobe for decades, which is one of the famous ports of Japan and located near Osaka, he had held a hope that he would serve people in a more isolated, rural place as a surgeon. After the big catastrophic earthquake in Kobe, his mind was made up. He closed his clinic and moved to the village and we met there.
At the beginning of this year, his postcard read, "I'm getting older and feeble. If you don't come to see me at once, you'll lose the last chance of seeing me." I was so surprised and decided to visit Kobe.
(Vocabulary)
whaling fleet 捕鯨船団
My mind is made up. 決心がついた。
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