최동의 생애와 학문

Abstract

Paul D　 Choy was born on February 26th　 1896　 He spent his childhood in Japan and America　 and he returned to Korea when he turned twenty one years old　 He graduated from Severance Union Medical College in 1921　 After graduating the college　 he went to Peking Union Medical College to study parasitology　 He came back to Korea after one year as the first parasitologist in Korea　 On returning　 he took the charge of the clinical laboratory of Severance Hospital　 Before long he made another journey for study to Canada　 He spent two years in Toronto University studying pathology　 After studying pathology　 he challenged a new field of medicine　 It was medical jurisprudence　 He stayed two years in Japan in order to earn his doctorate in medical jurisprudence in Tohoku Imperial College　 This time he returned as the first specialist in medical jurisprudence in Korea　 His field of study was not confined to medical field　 He had deep interest in current situation in Manchuria and Mongol　 and wrote a book on this matter　 His interest also extended to the history of ancient Korean people　 He made extensive studies on this subject　 which resulted in publishing a huge work on the origin of Korean people and its ancient history　 He was a true pioneer of medicine in Korea and his life was characterized by endless quest for learning