Traditional Korean Medical Care and Birth, Aging, Illness, and Death
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Course Introduction
This course approaches premodern Korean society through the window of medical care. To this end, it explores the birth, aging, illness, and death of the Koreans from various aspects such as ideology, medical practitioners, and medical knowledge while focusing on the history of the Korean medical system.
Learning Objectives
Understand how medicine and medical science have influenced Korean society through perception of and response to diseases in premodern Korea. Specifically, acquire knowledge on the history of medical institutions and their functions, various cases of chronic diseases and epidemics, training of medical practitioners and the formation of medical knowledge, the production and development of medicinal Ingredients, and the relationship between medical care policy and ideology.
Course Structure
This course consists of a total of 8 weeks. The lectures in each week are organized into three to six videos by topic.
Subtitles
Korean, English, Chinese
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2-1. Ancient Korean Medical Care and Medical Care System (1) -
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2-2. Ancient Korean Medical Care and Medical Care System (2)
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2-3. Ancient Korean Medical Care and Medical Care System (3)
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2-4. ‘East Asian Medicine' Created through the Formation of Medical Knowledge (1)
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2-5. ‘East Asian Medicine' Created through the Formation of Medical Knowledge (2)
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2-6. ‘East Asian Medicine' Created through the Formation of Medical Knowledge (3)
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3-1. Medical Care System and Medical Officials in Goryeo (1)
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3-2. Medical Care System and Medical Officials in Goryeo (2)
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3-3. Medical Care System and Medical Officials in Goryeo (3)
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3-4. Public Healthcare Policy and the Ruling System of Goryeo
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3-5. Medical Exchanges with the Asian Continent during the Goryeo Dynasty
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5-1. Epidemic and Countermeasure during the Reign of Jungjong in Joseon (1)
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5-2. Epidemic and Countermeasure during the Reign of Jungjong in Joseon (2)
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5-3. Epidemic and Countermeasure during the Reign of Jungjong in Joseon (3)
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5-4. Epidemic and Countermeasure during the Reign of Jungjong in Joseon (4)
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5-5. Response to Epidemics in the Goryeo Period and Its Characteristics
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6-1. Birth, Aging, Illness, and Death of the Royal Family of Joseon by Looking at Historical Artifacts (1)
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6-2. Birth, Aging, Illness, and Death of the Royal Family of Joseon by Looking at Historical Artifacts (2)
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6-3. Methods of Killing People in the Joseon Dynasty (1)
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6-4. Methods of Killing People in the Joseon Dynasty (2)
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8-1. Process of Local Production of Glycyrrhiza and Medicalization (1)
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8-2. Process of Local Production of Glycyrrhiza and Medicalization (2)
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8-3. Process of Local Production of Glycyrrhiza and Medicalization (3)
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8-4. Process of Local Production of Glycyrrhiza and Medicalization (4)
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8-5. Best Examples of the Joseon Medicine: Heo Jun and Yi Jema
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8-6. Summary of the Course
Lee, Kyung-Rok
Kyung-Rok Lee is a professor at the Institute for History of Medicine, Yonsei University.
