일제강점기 경남 밀양군 이병곤李炳鯤의 질병과 한의학 치료 —『퇴수재일기退修齋日記』(1906~1948)를 중심으로

Abstract

In this paper, oriental medicine treatment was analyzed through the diary of the Yeoju Lee family, which lived in Bubuk-myeon, Miryang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Japanese colonial era (1906~1948). Toesujae Diary is a diary written by Toesujae Lee Byung-gon for about 42 years from 1906 to 1948, and contains various contents such as weather, agricultural management, school management, education, ceremonial occasion, knowledge of local society, colonial policy, disease, treatment, and infectious diseases. Miryang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, which was a rural area in Japanese colonial era, has had a lot of Japanese migration since the early days of Japanese colonial rule due to the station of Gyeongbu Railway and fertile land through the Nakdonggang River. As a result, Japanese doctors have been opening in Miryang-gun since the early 1910s. However, government and public hospitals were established in the late 1930s. The Japanese colonial rule made medical treatment and righteousness to fill the medical gap. Among the medical institutions in Miryang-gun, medical students who were in charge of oriental medicine treatment were the most. Lee Byung-gon and the people around him in the “Toesujae Diary” used various methods such as oriental medicine treatment, modern hospital treatment, folk treatment, and superstition treatment for various diseases. Among them, the most frequently used treatment was oriental medicine treatment. Between 1906 and 1932, Lee Byung-gon responded to the disease by mobilizing all famous clinics and medical students not only in Miryang-eup but also in nearby Busan, Daegu, and Yeongcheon. Modern hospital treatment was received only when dental and surgical treatment were needed. Lee Byung-gon did not provide superstitious treatment for his illness, but prayed to Chil-seong for his mother’s illness. Between 1939 and 1948, disease treatment had three characteristics. First, it was difficult to make medicine due to the severe shortage of herbal medicines during the wartime period at the end of the Japanese colonial period. Second, due to the considerable knowledge of oriental medicine, he found a cure himself by referring to medical books such as Donguibogam, Jejungsinpyeon, and Bangjapyeon. Third, he recorded and used his disease. Infectious diseases such as malaria, cholera, smallpox, scarlet fever, Jeokri, and typhoid occurred in Miryang-gun. Miryang-gun established a quarantine office and checked whether there was a proof of vaccination. The Miryang Youth Association organized a daily quarantine association and organized a self-defense group.