[On the Chosen Pharmaceutical Association and "The Journal of the Chosen Pharmaceutical Association"].

In the 20th century, the medical and pharmaceutical fields in Korea and Japan were markedly developed. There was a deep relationship between the two countries as Japan had annexed Korea from 1910 to 1945, until the end of World War II. The present study was performed to investigate the Chosen Pharmaceutical Association and "The Journal of the Chosen Pharmaceutical Association" to research part of the history of Korean pharmacology in those days. In 1914, the Chosen Pharmaceutical Association was established; Takasato Kojima was appointed as the first chairman. The first issue of "The Journal of the Chosen Pharmaceutical Association" was published in 1921 as the only chemical bulletin in Korea. The contents of the journals mainly consisted of academic papers, investigations on hygiene and health in Korea and management reports of the association. Concerning the academic papers, most of them were on studies of environmental health and medicinal plants in Korea. The Chosen Pharmaceutical Association was disbanded by 1945.