일제강점기 제주 醫療人의 活動과 醫療界의 變遷 - 醫師, 限地醫師, 入齒, 醫生을 중심으로 - = The Activities of Jeju Medical Professionals and Changes in The Medical Community During The Japanese Colonial Period

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines the historical significance of the activities of Jeju medical professionals and the transformation of the medical profession during in the Japanese colonial era. The first modern medical personnel were deployed to Jeju in October 1912 when Jeju Jahye Medical Center opened. Then, in April 1914, the licensing system for Doctors, Medical Persons for Specific Areas, Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors (Uisaeng, 醫生) was implemented, and medical professionals began to be produced by type. However, Jeju faced a cholera epidemic in 1920 with only 21 medical professionals. At that time, 9,434 people were infected with cholera, of which 4,134 died. It was an epidemic of epic proportions.
This event prompted Jeju's medical professionals to reflect and quickly organize themselves. Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors (Uisaeng, 醫生) and Doctors helped each other to establish and operate private medical training centers, although they were supported by the Japanese government. These centers served as cradles for Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors (Uisaeng, 醫生), directly or indirectly helping to train them. Some of these Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors (Uisaeng, 醫生) went on to become Medical Persons for Specific Areas and doctors. They also organized the first modern medical organization, the Jeju Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors Community. Traditional Korean Medicine Doctors (Uisaeng, 醫生) were primarily trained by doctors, and the organization organized them by region to train junior doctors. The organization also responded to epidemic outbreaks and spread medical knowledge. Thanks to these efforts, the number of Jeju medical personnel increased from 21 in 1920 to a total of 97 just before the island's liberation in 1945. Ultimately, the work of Jeju's medical professionals during the Japanese colonial era contributed to overcoming the cholera epidemic and producing a large number of medical professionals. As they worked to improve the poor public healthcare system and showed the identity of responsibility even in the realm of public medical care.