3·1운동과 세브란스의 독립운동

Abstract

The paper examined how Severance Hospital and Severance Medical College became the center of the March 1st movement and what role the Severance people played in the March 1st movement. Chejungwon was the first Westernized hospital in Korea in 1885 and Chejungwon Medical School(CMS) was established in 1886. The early medical students of Severance Medical College(SMC), the successor of CMS, came to realize the need for an independence movement while treating soldiers during the process of disbanding the military in 1907. After Japan's annexation of Korea, the majority of the early graduates at SMC joined the independence movement. They used their status as doctors to raise funds and provide information for the independence movement. Severance Hospital and SMC became an advance base of the independence movement. The leading members of the Christian community began discussing independence movements at Severance Hospital, while the faculty, medical students, and nursing staff of Severance Hospital performed their roles faithfully. The medical students of SMC played an important role in the nationwide distribution of the Declaration of Independence and participation in street demonstrations through the organization of students YMCA. They distributed the Declaration of Independence around their hometown and made an important contribution to spreading information related to the national movement. Nursing students also participated in street demonstrations and engaged in various activities necessary for the independence movement, such as raising funds for the independence movement and supporting inmates.