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KMID : 0644020120250030057
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Journal Of Korean Medical Classics
2012 Volume.25 No. 3 p.57 ~ p.78
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The Medical Dispute between Korean and Western Medicine in 1950s Examined through "EE LIM"
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Lee Tae-Hyung
Kim Tae-Woo
Kim Nam-Il
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Abstract
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Objective: Although the government acknowledged Korean Medical Doctors as official health care providers since 1951, criticism regarding its modernity persisted. This paper focuses on the medical dispute between Korean and Western Medicine in 1950s risen from the problem of modernization of Korean Medicine.
Method: This paper looked into the medical dispute between Korean and Western Medicine in 1950s through "EE LIM". "EE LIM" is a scholarly journal published by Korean Medical doctor Bae Won-Sik. Articles regarding the medical dispute between Korean and Western Medicine were selected, categorized and analyzed.
Result: The main questions against Korean Medicine were: whether it was scientific or not, and whether there was a possibility of systematization. Several opinions were brought up on these issues. 1) Some people criticized Korean Medicine as being unscientific based on modern science. 2) Others emphasized the identity of Korean Medicine against the critics. 3) Another group of people wanted to study Korean Medicine using modern methods and obtain merits from both sides.
Conclusion: The different understanding of the term ’science’ led to diverse discussions on the direction of Korean Medicine’s progression. The narrow meaning of science only considers Korean Medicine as an object of modern scientific and medical study. But if the meaning is broadened, containing empirical aspects, Korean Medicine can be included as a category of science based on its clinical utility.
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KEYWORD
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EE LIM, Medical dispute between Korean and Western Medicine, scientification, systematization, modernization
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