Rich Americans Remain in Seoul

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(1)In the late 1800s, at the end of the Korean War
(2)A lot of foreign missionaries came to Joseon
(3)I delivered a Western culture, and the most popular one was
(4)Western medicine
(5)Many people gathered because of the novelty of saving people
(6)Western-style hospitals have always been crowded with people
(7)So in Jejungwon, which was made of the property given by the royal family
(8)I was doing medical service, but as the Joseon royal family became more and more difficult
(9)In the end, missionaries were in charge of the management of the Jejungwon
(10)Due to internal conflicts between missionaries and insufficient budget, it was not easy to operate the central office
(11)So the missionaries rushed to raise funds for the operation
(12)Oliver Avison, one of the missionaries who ran the Jejungwon
(13)I’m going to the U.S. to raise money
(14)I went to a missionary conference at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1899
(15)Giving a speech asking for sponsorship for a hospital in Joseon
(16)In the country of Joseon, medical missionary work is conducted under poor conditions Help me build a hospital
(17)After Avison’s earnest speech, I think I was touched by this appeal
(18)The old gentleman approached Avison
(19)And he asked Avison
(20)How much can we build a hospital
(21)I need ten thousand dollars
(22)The old gentleman who listened to Avison
(23)He donated $10,000 on the spot
(24)Surprised, Abison asked the name of the old gentleman
(25)His name is
(26)”Lewis Henry Severance”
(27)Rockefeller’s partner, one of the founding members of Standard Oil
(28)He was the treasurer of Standard Oil at the time
(29)He retired and was doing various charitable works with the wealth he had collected
(30)Abison came back with this money and built a hospital in Seoul
(31)That hospital is the Severance Hospital that still exists
(32)Severance continued to support Avison afterwards
(33)He donated at least $50,000 and up to $100,000 to Severance Hospital

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