통계와 식민의학: 식민지 시기 조선인 결핵 실태를 둘러싼 논란을 중심으로

• Published in: Daehan yisa haghoeji Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 509 - 550
• Main Author: 박지영(PARK Ji-young)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한의사학회 01.08.2019
• Subjects: 역사학; 조선총독부; 위생학; Keijo Imperial University; 식민지 통계; colonial Korea; 경성제국대학; 결핵; Tuberculosis; disease resistance; antituberculosis movement; 생명력; hygiene; vitality; 질병 저항력; colonial statistics; 결핵예방
• ISSN: 1225-505X; 2093-5609

This paper focuses on the criticism of tuberculosis statistics published by government-general in colonial Korea and a research on the reality of tuberculosis prevalence by medical doctors from the Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at Keijo Imperial University (DHPMK). Recent studies have shown that colonial statistics shape the image of colonial subjects and justify the control to them. Following this view, this paper explores the process of producing the statistical knowledge of tuberculosis by medical scientists from DHPMK. Their goal was to find out the resistance to tuberculosis as biological characteristics of Korean race/ethnicity. To do so, they demonstrated the existence of errors in tuberculosis statistics by Korean colonial government and devised the statistical method to correct them based on the conviction that the western modern medicine was superior than Korean traditional medicine and the racist bias against Korean. By analyzing how these prejudices were reflected in the statistical concepts, this paper argue that the statistical knowledge of tuberculosis made images that Japanese was healthier and stronger than Korean and justified the colonial government’s control over Korean. KCI Citation Count: 0