[Strike of doctors in the Uwajima clan (a quarrel among physicians)]

The following article tells about an incident from the history of the Uwajima clan, which occurred in 1816. Bokuan Kako, one of the private doctors of the clan often quarreled with the other doctors about usual medicines for a young lord. The clan authorities' support for Bokuan's claim made the other doctors feel dissatisfied. Then, on the day when they were supposed to go up to Edo for an alternate-year residence, the other doctors resorted to the tactics of absenteeism owing to illness. In spite of their insolent doings, they went unpunished just to avoid medical confusion in the clan.