A talented surgeon, a man of rare soul, Rafal Wilczur becomes the object of unbridled persecution, organized by his former student, closest colleague Professor Dobranetsky. Forced to leave Warsaw, Wilczur returns to a remote border village, where, by the will of fate, he had already spent several years and where he was known as a healer. Here further events of the novel develop, in the center of which is the life of Professor Vilchur - a life full of love for people and self-sacrifice.