고려와 조선전기 중풍의 사회사

Abstract

In this article, I explored the history and the influence of the stroke during the Goryeo(高麗) and the early days of the Joseon(朝鮮). In the early days of the Goryeo, the ruling class including the king Munjong(文宗) accepted the stroke concept of the Chinese medicine. The stroke of the king Munjong was treated by the Chinese traditional doctors. And the Sinjibeouichwaryobang(新集御醫撮要方), published in 1226, included quite a little prescriptions of the stroke. However, knowledge of the stroke was popularized until the the later days of the Goryeo. The Hyangyakgugeupbang(鄕藥救急方), which was edited for the people, included 9 kinds of the stroke prescription. And so many private prescriptions of the people were poured during the end of the Goryeo and the early days of the Joseon. It was the result of a desire to free from the stroke. As the stroke theory was intensified since the Goryeo, the symptoms, the prescriptions, and medicine had been expanded gradually. In the early days of the Joseon, the stroke became the most important disease and the popular disease. However, the treatment of the stroke was led by the ruling class. It means that treatment of the stroke was useful for the maintenance of power. Therefore, based on the history of the stroke we make certain of the medicalization of the Goryeo and the Joseon society.