• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.101-111
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• 2022

Sakae Miki, a Japanese medical historian, was a leading figure in the study of medical history in the Korean Peninsula due to his three representative books, Bibliography of Korean medicine, ancient and mediaeval(朝鮮醫書誌), The History of Korean medicine and of diseases in Korea(朝鮮醫學史及疾病史), and A Chronological table of Korean medicine(朝鮮醫事年表). After graduating from Kyushu Imperial University's Faculty of Medicine in 1927, he moved to Seoul (then called Keijo) the following year and lived in colonial Korea until 1944. As a doctor and bureaucrat working for the Government-General of Chosen in colonial Korea, this study focused on his career activities. It was in 1928 when he entered Keijo Imperial University's Faculty of Medicine where he participated in experimental research under the supervision of Professor Shinosaki, who was the chief of the third Institute of Medicine. It was discovered that he received his doctorate in medicine from Kyushu Imperial University in August 1932. In 1933, he became an assistant professor of Keijo Imperial University and started working at the Keijo Prefectural Resident Hospital until 1935. In August 1935, he was appointed as the director of Suigen Provincial Hospital where he served until 1944. While actively practicing medicine in colonial Korea, he spent his spare time researching Korean medical history, which he used for the basis of his later publications.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.101-108
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• 2002

"DongYangEuiYak" is a magazine that was published three times to reconstruct Korean medicine. Publishing the magazine was leaded by excutives of the East and West Medicine Research Society, especially Kim younghun and Cho hunyoung. The magazine contains reconstruction of Korean medicine, medical history, pulse, herb, Sasang medicine and etc, in depth. Editorial department of "DongYangEuiYak" tried to boom Korean medicine and reeducate the people working in Korean medicine field by answering reader's questions and medical counselling articles and articles in correspondence course form. Studing courses and founding herb town after the publishment of "DongYangEuiYak", reflects well the culminated atmosphere of Korean medicine.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.69-80
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• 2009

Complementary/alternative medicine has been developed in extremely diverse forms reflecting inter-state historical, cultural differences. As Korean Medicine is institutionally accepted to the same status of Western Medicine, the concept of complementary/alternative medicine needs to be realigned. Data-basing academic level Web Service DBpia, the trend of research in the field of complementary/alternative medicine was analyzed by focusing on 144 treatises listed in the Korean Journal. As the result, we could subgroup treatises as those of concept, category, current status, institutions, details, and miscellany. The treatises related to the answers to "What is Complementary/alternative medicine" apply to the category of 'concept' Likewise in category are listed the treatises covering range and kinds of medicine. In 'category', 'current status', the discussions about the direction of Complementary/alternative medicine pending and treatises dealing with clinical applications are covered. In 'institutions', treatises on policy-making are enlisted. In 'details', treatises applied on specific diseases were sub-grouped. Others not otherwise covered enlisted in the list of "Miscellany".

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.81-86
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• 2007

In ancient East Asia surgical methods existed even before the modern surgical methods were introduced. These surgical methods were mainly used to treat tumor, bruises, and dermatosis. The methods include many techniques such as making incisions in the skin, tell when to operate, and the aftercare following an operation. The traditional ways are not practiced any more due to its being replaced by the anesthesia techniques originating from the West, but the ancient methods can still be found in documents and these methods can be reproduced through such documents. There is a possibility that this ancient method could replace the present day method because of its nature-friendly characteristic as well as its post-operation management.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.87-92
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• 2007

Hyungsang Medicine is a medical theory a Korean traditional medical doctor Park In Kyu established based on the contents of "Donguibogam" that is currently practiced commonly today in Korean TKM clinics. Although it is based on "Donguibogam", the most basic text of TKM, it differs from "Donguibogam" in that its diagnosis, treatment, and treatment methods of illnesses are based on the person's appearance. This study organizes the medical theory by considering its relation to other medical theories and organizing the theoretical backgrounds through examining documents that it is based on.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.39-49
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• 2004

This article will introduce the changes of the historiography of the Chinese medicine which have been made during the last several decades. These will be described with the changes in the image of the Chinese medicine that has been occupied in our mind. We regard Chinese medicine as a rational knowledge system which is based on the theory of Yin-Yang and Five phases. Therefore we draw a dear line of demarcation between Chinese medicine and irrational cure means such as religious prayer, charms and folk remedies which have no theoretical background. We also think the medical lineages continue virtually uninterrupted over the whole time of the history of Chinese medicine that began from Huangdineijing(皇帝內徑) and Shanghanlun(傷寒論). And we consider Chinese medicine as a sort of science, and suppose there has been one universal and homogeneous medical system in the mainland China. This image, however, has been changing rapidly. These changes come from the join of externalists who were trained as historian not physician, for studying the history of Chinese medicine, and the methodological innovations of historiography which was influenced by the methodologies of anthropology, social history, cultural history and the discourse of postmodemism.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Clinical Toxicology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.77-80
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between patients with a neuropsychiatric history and features of their suicide attempt, in order to analyze the risk associated with psychiatrist prescribed drugs Methods: We retrospectively investigated cases of intentional overdose drug ingestion in patients greater than 14 years of age who visited OO emergency medical center between January 1, 2008 and July 31, 2010. We evaluated patient medical records to ascertain their age, sex, neuropsychiatric history, and components of ingested intoxicant. Information regarding any suicide reattempt was obtained after discharge through follow up telephone survey. SPSS version 13.0 was used for statistical analysis. Fisher's exact test was performed with p<0.05 considered statistically significant. Results: Ninety-six of 209 patients (46%) had a past history of psychological problems. Among those 96 patients with a history of psychological problems, 46(48%) used an overdose of the medicine prescribed by their psychologist in order to attempt suicide. However, for patients without a history of psychological problems, intoxication by neuropsychiatric drugs was insignificant. Neuropsychiatric patients required greater follow up care after discharge and exhibited significantly more suicide reattempts. Conclusion: This study revealed that patients sometimes use the medicine prescribed by their psychologist to attempt suicide. Therefore, an exhaustive plan to control the medicines prescribed to psychiatric patients should be established.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.89-103
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• 2018

Uirimchalyo (醫林撮要), one of the most important books in the history of Korean Medicine (KM), has not been researched within the framework provided by Yi'an (醫案), an East Asian tradition of describing clinical encounters with the therapies employed. In modern times, this practice of Yi'an might be similar to the outline of a singular "case study". The authors designed the study to analyze the basic information of Yi'an within the Uirimchalyo and to contribute to the foundations of employing Yi'an in Korean Medicine. A standard was established, and the 123 Yi'ans were extracted, most of which were taken from the chapter, Historic Doctors (歷代醫學姓氏). Using this information and in comparison with other medical books such as Euibangyoochui (醫方類聚), the authors learned that the Yi'ans from the Jinyuansidajia (金元四大家), including those of four eminent clinicians in Jin (金) and Yuan (元) Dynasty, are excluded from Uirimchalyo. The authors identified that Yi'ans from other medical books, are cited in the Uirimchalyo but with different format, not with the traditionally understood form of Yi'an. This study of the Uirimchalyo Yi'an resulted in three important understandings of Yi'an. First, the mere number of Uirimchalyo Yi'an is meaningful in that it raised the genre of Yi'an to the a level not previously recognized. Second, in the history of Korean Medicine, Yi'an is first systematized in the Uirimchalyo at the chapter of Historic Doctors. Third, Uirimchalyo raised the concept of usefulness of Yi'an, to the practice of Korean Medicine.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.39-54
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• 2005

This paper proposes to examine how herbal medicine studies developed amidst the historical changes, by studying the publications of herbal medicine books. For this reason, centering on the most eminent herbal medicine books of each period, the characteristic of the times shown by their publication and the development of herbal medicine were summarized. Also, traces of herbal medicine books among the eminent classics that were imported into our medicine and made a deep impact, and whether or not a Chosun edition was published were researched and introduced in order to show the influence it had on Korean Medical History.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.53-62
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• 2014

The objective of this article is to investigate the medical records written in Seungjeongwon Ilgi ("承政院日記") about Heebin Jang (張禧嬪), who was the mother of King Kyeongjong. She was one of the royal concubines of King Sukjong and later became the queen and then was demoted back to the concubine. The method to do this study was to search the records of Seungjeongwon Ilgi ("承政院日記") from Sukjong 15th year (A.D. 1689) to 20th year (A.D. 1694) on the website databased and serviced by National Institute of Korean History. The results were as follows. According to the website search, Heebin Jang (張禧嬪) suffered from three kinds of diseases. The first was a mastitis right after her delivery. The second was an abscess on the back of her head. The third was a relapse of phlegmturbidity and heat, which was her chronic disease. Also, three features could be found regarding characteristics of Royal medicine. The first was how the queens were taken care of before and after their delivery. The second was who lanced the queen's abscess. The third was how the Royal medicine and people's medicine interchanged.