소애 맹화섭 선생의 생애에 대한 연구

A Study of Maeng Hwa-seop’s Life

Maeng Hwa-seop (1915-2002) was born in 1915 in the Pundang neighborhood of Tolma township in Kwangju prefecture. After graduating from Pangyo primary school, he got a job at House of Gold and Jade (Kŭmhodong) in Dangjutong at the age of 17 and started learning Korean medicine. In 1939, he worked as a rural government official in Kwangju prefecture and became famous as a good doctor. In 1957, he got a license in Korean medicine and in 1958, he opened the Maeng Hwa-seop Korean medicine clinic in Anam-dong 5-ga. He started a clinical lecture, which began in 1970 for Professor Maeng Woong-jae, continued until 2001 and trained many students. Maeng died in May 2002 at the age of 88. He left clinical records as an outstanding clinician. He was not only famous among Korean medical doctors, but also a great scholar who was widely respected for his noble personality. His book, Guide to Medical Prescriptions (Pangyak chich'im 1976), is a clinical textbook and history book representing Korean medicine in the 20th century, and is still widely used in medical contexts.