Harrison Mark, Yim Sung Vin
1Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine,University of Oxford,45-47 Banbury Road,Oxford OX2 6PE,UK.
2Kyung Hee University College of Medicine,Seoul 130-701,Korea.
Med Hist. 2017 Jul;61(3):401-423. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2017.35.
The Vietnam War has long been regarded as pivotal in the history of the Republic of Korea, although its involvement in this conflict remains controversial. While most scholarship has focused on the political and economic ramifications of the war - and allegations of brutality by Korean troops - few scholars have considered the impact of the conflict upon medicine and public health. This article argues that the war had a transformative impact on medical careers and public health in Korea, and that this can be most clearly seen in efforts to control parasitic diseases. These diseases were a major drain on military manpower and a matter of growing concern domestically. The deployment to Vietnam boosted research into parasitic diseases of all kinds and accelerated the domestic campaign to control malaria and intestinal parasites. It also had a formative impact upon the development of overseas aid.
越南战争长期以来被视为大韩民国历史上的关键事件，尽管其参与这场冲突仍存在争议。虽然大多数学术研究都集中在战争的政治和经济影响以及韩国军队暴行的指控上，但很少有学者考虑过这场冲突对医学和公共卫生的影响。本文认为，这场战争对韩国的医学职业和公共卫生产生了变革性影响，这在控制寄生虫病的努力中最为明显。这些疾病严重消耗军事人力，在国内也日益受到关注。对越南的部署推动了对各类寄生虫病的研究，并加速了国内控制疟疾和肠道寄生虫的运动。它还对海外援助的发展产生了深远影响。
