2.The social transformation of Singapore medicine through 55 years of the SMJ.
Ee Heok KUA ; Jade Phek Hui KUA
Singapore medical journal 2016;57(11):587-590
The Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) has in the past 55 years reflected the phenomenal socioeconomic progress of Singapore. Publications in the pre-independent years were mainly on diseases like cholera, diphtheria, leprosy, tetanus and worm infestation. In the new millennium, the research papers included molecular genetics, health economics, obesity, Internet medicine, cancer, cosmetic surgery and palliative medicine. The annual SMA Lecture published in the SMJ provides an ethical compass for doctors to remind them of primum non nocere.
History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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Humans
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Periodicals as Topic
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Research
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trends
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Singapore
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Societies, Medical
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history
8.History of World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies.
Hong-Cai WANG ; Liang-Yue DENG ; Bao-Yan LIU
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2014;34(12):1235-1237
The history of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) was reviewed through summarizing the background and process of the establishment of WFAS. The establishment background was explained in different aspects, named the recovery of acupuncture-Moxibustion in the world, the successive setup of world acupuncture-Moxibustion organizations, the divergences of International Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, striding forward of China reform and opening policy as well as the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO), etc. The establishment of WFAS was introduced on the proposal from eight countries, the important time of the development of acupuncture and moxibustion in China, 1984, divergences and consensus as well as the final phase. The official establishment of WFAS represents the global benefits of acupuncture-Moxibustion colleagues. It is the international organization of acupuncture and moxibustion, contributing to the promotion of acupuncture and moxibustion in the world.
Acupuncture
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history
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organization & administration
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Acupuncture Therapy
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history
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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Humans
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Moxibustion
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history
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Societies, Medical
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history
10.A Life of Ryu Sang-Kyu, a Colonial Modernized Intellectual.
Q Jin CHOI ; Sang Ik HWANG ; Soo Youn KIM
Korean Journal of Medical History 2009;18(2):157-172
Many of the Korean intellectuals resisted against suppression of Japanese Imperialism with the people during the Japanese occupation period. Ryu Sang-Kyu was also one of those intellectuals. Ryu Sang-Kyu was born in Gang-gye of North Pyongan-do on 10th November, 1897. He entered Keijo Medical College as one of the first entering students in 1916. However, at the end of his third year, he participated in the 3.1 Independence Movement of Korea and was suspended from the college which was run by the Japanese on account of his participation. Then moving to Shanghai, he joined Heung Sa Dan, an active patriotic group fighting for independence of Korea. He initiated the provisional government of Korea as a network investigator and he played second string to Ahn Chang-Ho, one of major Korean independence activists for four years. In 1923, following Ahn Chang-Ho's advice, he returned to Keijo Medical College to complete the course. Even in colonial Korea, he continued independence movement and was involved in Dong Woo Hoe, the branch of Heung Sa Dan in Korea. After the graduation of Keijo Medical College in 1927, he had served at the department of surgery in Keijo Medical College. In 1930, he participated in founding of the Korean Medical Association. He also raised public awareness by writing to many articles on hygiene and public health issues in public journals and newspapers. In short, he did his best as an intellectual, a medical doctor, an activist of independence movement until he died from streptococcal infection on 7th July, 1936.
Colonialism/history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Korea
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Politics
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Public Health/history
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Societies, Medical/history
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