Advancing pathology through sixty volumes: reflections and future directions

Historically, Western medicine as we know today was first introduced in Korea at the end of the 19th century by the missionaries, who periodically reported their medical experience in Korea in the newspapers and magazines of their mother countries and Korea.[1][2][3][4] During the Japanese colonial period, the first medical journal published in Korea was 'Chosen igakkai zasshi (朝鮮醫學會雜 誌),' although it was published in Japanese.'Mansen No Ikai (滿鮮之醫界)' was also published in that period.5,6 Afterwards, a journal named 'Mitteilungen aus der Medizischen Akademie zu Keizo (京城醫學專門學校紀要)' was published in German by the Keijo Medial College founded by the Japanese Governor-General of Korea.It was a general medical journal.A few other journals were published by medical schools, and much of the pathology articles were published in such general medical journals.In 1929, the Korean Medical Association founded by Korean doctors started publication of the Korean Medical Journal (朝鮮醫報), which was the first medical journal published in Korean language then.Dr.