Yonsei Med J.  2016 Mar;57(2):277-282. 10.3349/ymj.2016.57.2.277.

Early Roots of Western Medicine and a Pioneer of Social Work in Korea: Dr. Kung Sun Oh (1878-1963)

• Bang D
• Chung KY

• KMID: 2374029
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2016.57.2.277

Abstract

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  Fig. 1 Kung Sun Oh in 1902.

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  Fig. 2 Graduation picture including Kung Sun Oh (fourth line from the bottom, first from the left) of Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.

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  Fig. 3 Faculty and graduating class of 1921. Present in this photo are Louis H. Severance, Dr. Oliver R. Avison, and Kung Sun Oh (second line from the top, fourth from the left).

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  Fig. 4 Anatomy lecture by Kung Sun Oh in 1917 (first from the right among those standing).

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  Fig. 5 Kung Sun Oh at the University of Vienna in 1930 (eighth from the right).

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  Fig. 6 Lecture in dermatology by Kung Sun Oh in 1929 introducing lupus vulgaris, which is written on the blackboard.

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  Fig. 7 Kung Sun Oh as Vice Dean of Severance Union Medical College in 1933.

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  Fig. 8 Kung Sun Oh as Dean of Severance Union Medical College in 1936.

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  Fig. 9 Kung Sun Oh with orphans in 1919 (first line from the top, right).

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  Fig. 10 Present day photo of the Anyang Nice Christian Family orphanage.

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  Fig. 11 Kung Sun Oh received the Sopa Prize (inlet) from the Korean Children's Association for his many contributions for child welfare in 1962. In the photograph, Dr. Oh is surrounded by orphans and receiving congratulations. Sopa is the pen name of Jeong-Hwan Bang (1899–1931), a pioneer of Korean juvenile literature and a children's rights activist; he helped establish Children's Day in Korea.

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  Fig. 12 The 38th Kung Sun Oh Memorial Lecture held in 2015. This year's invited guest was Dr. Ervin H. Epstein Jr. (first row, fourth from the left). The photo was taken with Dr. Oh's family members; former President of Kung Sun Oh Memorial Foundation, Prof. Sungnack Lee (first row, third from the left); and President of the Kung Sun Oh Memorial Foundation, Prof. Dongsik Bang (first from the right among those standing).

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