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KMID : 0857920100130010069
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Yonsei Journal of Medical History
2010 Volume.13 No. 1 p.69 ~ p.75
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Drama “Jejungwon” from a historian’s point of view -he story of people who overcame a status system and bias -
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Jung Min-Jae
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Abstract
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The drama “Jejungwon” is set against the backdrop of Jejungwon, which was established in 1885 as Korea’s first modern and western-styled hospital. The show tells the story of the people who overcame a status system and bias during the late Chosun Dynasty. “Jejungwon” is a historical play, so the characters are modeled after real people and events in history. Hwang Jung, the hero in this drama, looks like Suh Yang Park who was a butcher’s son who became a doctor and participated in the independence movement. Yoo Seok Ran, a friend and professional comrade of Hwang Jung, and her doctor friend, Han Seung Yeon, resembles Esther K. Pak who was the first female doctor in Korea. In the late Chosun Dynasty, butchers and women were subject to discrimination, but they made what they learned a base for devotion to the country and to the people. These efforts and acts of patriotism have been and continue to be a tremendous source of inspiration to many.
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KEYWORD
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Jejungwon, Suh Yang Park, Esther K. Pak
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