통신사 의원필담(醫員筆談)에 구현된 조선후기와 에도(江戶)시대 의료문화 고찰

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the medical-related culture of Japan in the Edo period by taking a written answer of the medical members[醫員筆談] to the Tong-sin mission[通信使] as the research object. Through this process, we will objectively examine the major diseases and medicines prevalent in the Edo period in Japan, the medical system at that time, and the people who were related to it. This is the beginning to compose the study of Japanese medical culture and the 18th and 19th century through a written answer of the medical members[醫員筆談] to the Tong-sin mission[通信使] that this researcher will proceed in the future. The research subject is a written answer of the medical members[醫員筆談]. This is a text in Pi1-dam-chang-hwa-jib[筆談唱和集] in which the medical members[醫員] participates as the main character of the writing. As for the research method, the contents of a written answer of the medical members[醫員筆談] were divided into ‘disease and methods of healing’, ‘medicine-related culture’, and ‘medical members[醫員] and medical institutions’. ‘Diseases and methods of healing’ were again divided into chronic diseases and infectious diseases. ‘Medicine-related culture’ was divided into internal medicine and external medicine. In the case of ‘Medical members[醫員] and medical institutions, divided the life of the medical members[醫員] and the situation of medical institutions in the Edo period. In conclusion, it is possible to know relatively detailed diseases, treatment methods, and medical systems that were prevalent in Japan and Chosun[朝鮮] during the Edo period. In addition, it was possible to identify the identities of various objects, focusing on the drugs used for treatment at the time. In this way, it can be said that it even functions as a kind of encyclopedia[類書]. Because it is possible to acquire knowledge of the natural history of Japan and Chosun[朝鮮]. This suggests a lot for humanities majors in relation to the use of that knowledge. This is because the importance of nurturing talents related to convergence and complex education is being highlighted these days.