Byeogyeoksinbang(2025)

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2293

Category

Books & Records

Era

1613년(조선 광해군 5)

Designated year

2025

Location

서대문구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 서대문구 연세로 50-1(신촌동, 연세대학교의료원) 연세대학교 의과대학 동은의학박물관

Coordinates

37.566051, 126.943916Kakao address conversion

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The Complete Record of Vaccine Breakthrough Treatment comprises a specialized medical text commissioned in 1613 by Heo Jun, physician to the royal court during the Gwanghae-gun era, according to the King's mandate. This work documents Heo Jun's clinical experience, theoretical perspectives, and treatment methodologies addressing the tangdu epidemic (presumed as scarlet fever) that spread during the Gwanghae-gun period. Published by the Royal Medical Bureau utilizing metallic movable type, this slim volume of eight pages, sixteen sides contains remarkable significance: it represents the earliest documented observation and comprehensive treatment protocols for infectious disease, thereby constituting exceptional archival material for epidemic disease research history. Furthermore, presently only several copies of the identical edition survive domestically, establishing it as exceptionally rare source material. Notably, the Dongeun Medicine Museum's copy distinguishes itself from other known identical editions—which survive as either court archival copies or official documents—through its documentation as distributed to a private household recipient. The interior cover surface preserves documentary notation recording the distribution date and recipient designation through 'Internal Presentation Record' and 'Internal Presentation Seal,' confirming distribution in 1614 to Crown Prince Bongrae-gun, Governor Yi Hyeongyun. The designated copy's internal presentation record, publication information, and textual content collectively provide documentation of infectious disease outbreak conditions during Joseon society, government response methodologies, and actual publication and dissemination of specialized medical texts. Consequently, this material supplements and augments official historical records including the Gwanghae-gun Diary while establishing primary source documentation illuminating diverse historical and cultural realities of the contemporary period, establishing elevated archival value.

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