Professor Yoo Jin-hong of Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital publishes Arrowsmith, Korea's first medical scientist, in full
Mar 10, 2025
Professor Yoo Jin-hong of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital of Catholic University has published the world's first full-fledged medical novel, Arrowsmith (upper and lower volume of the Gunja Publishing House)' for the first time in Korea.
Published in 1925, "Arrowsmith" is called the beginning of a medical novel. Sinclair Lewis, the author, won the Pulitzer Prize the following year for this book, and was recognized for his work by becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930.
Professor Yoo Jin-hong said, "Arrowsmith, the protagonist of the novel, is a person who achieves his achievements through internal conflicts between the two fields of academic research and clinical treatment, and it has great implications for the modern medical community as it deals with important topics of research ethics." he said.
Meanwhile, Professor Yoo Jin-hong has published a total of seven books, including a series of infectious diseases that has been published since 2018 and a translation of the 2024 translation 'Good Virus' and this 'Arrowsmith'.
Published in 1925, "Arrowsmith" is called the beginning of a medical novel. Sinclair Lewis, the author, won the Pulitzer Prize the following year for this book, and was recognized for his work by becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930.
Professor Yoo Jin-hong said, "Arrowsmith, the protagonist of the novel, is a person who achieves his achievements through internal conflicts between the two fields of academic research and clinical treatment, and it has great implications for the modern medical community as it deals with important topics of research ethics." he said.
Meanwhile, Professor Yoo Jin-hong has published a total of seven books, including a series of infectious diseases that has been published since 2018 and a translation of the 2024 translation 'Good Virus' and this 'Arrowsmith'.
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