[Introduction and establishment of pathology in Korea (1910-1960)].

The concept of modern pathology had not been present in Korea until it was introduced through the Japanese pathologists who came to Korea to work as staff pathologists at [Korean] Hospital in 1913. Two prominent Japanese pathologists at that time were Dr. Inamoto and Dr. Tokumitzu who taught pathology at Hospital affiliated Medical Institute. Department of Pathology was established at Keijo Medical College in 1916 and at Keijo Imperial University Faculty of Medicine in 1926. In the private medical school, Severance Union Medical School, the pathology was taught by Japanese and American Physicians until Dr. Il Sun Yun established Department of Pathology in 1929. Papers on histopathological description of disease started to appear in the medical literature, Chosen Medical Journal that was first issued just after Japanese occupation of Korea in 1910. Many diseases of Koreans had been scientifically documented in medical literature since 1911 by the leading role of faculty pathologists of Keijo Medical College and Keijo Imperial University Faculty of Medicine until 1940. ...