The statement :" SNUH  and Severance Hospital are two children of the Royal Hospital 제중원"  

seems the most accurate statement of the history, which I agree.

 It appears that  there are  some people with extreme views, on each side,  more on the Severance side.

   Although I might be biased,publications from SNU Dep't of Medical History(황상익 교수) includes

much more extensive researches and facts-based  statements than Professor 박형우 from Severance side.

Reading through written materials from both sides, I  could see  some obvious facts/historic elements  intentionally

left covered and some exaggerated, in order to make their point of view more credible to the readers.

I guess We have to be careful in reading histories of any kind.

It is obvious Severance is spending much more money to advertise their views on this

such as  all hospital buses carry bill board  stating 제중원 is "the origin of their hospital"

and the newly constructed llife size 제중원  building in  the Yonsei campus.

Strictly speaking, when the Korean Government  refused to sell the original  제중원 building 

to US missionaries and made them build the Severance Memorial Hospital at the new location(남대문 밖)

and  build  the new 대한제국 광제원/의학교 under   내아문(내무부),  neither  Severance  or SNU 

succeeded historic legacy of 제중원.

Old 제중원 site  never used as an hospital afterwards.

Or both hospitals succeeded certain aspects  of Jejungwon tradition.

As far  as Japanese inflenece  concerning  importing western medicine during those

period, I believe their level of medical  science  was never inferior to American medicine

due to heavy  interchange  of knowledge through German/Austrian medical institutions, who might  have

been offering more advanced medical care /education  than most of US medical insitutions/schools.

Feeling American Missionary medicine was superior to Japanese top institutions might be wrong(Orientalism?) as far as medical care and science concerned.

I read a biography of an American Surgeon  Leo Eloesser(Professor of Stanford, trained under Mikulicz and Cerni) who travelled Japan in early 1930's, Actually stopped briefly at Korea. When he was giving lectures in German  using translators to medical students of Tokyo university and Kyoto, the Japanese professor stopped him. saying no need for translators because all the medial students understand German well.

I believe this tells how  Japanese institutions  were up to date with German medical system/knowlege back then.

In general,I agree with  운영자 선배님 that we should not spend  excessive money and energy on this kind of project. 

But  we do need  to approach scientifically(social scientifically) and  make sure  to leave accurate recording  of historic facts on reputable academic media  through researches on any historic matters.(I woould not  bother Wikipedia so much)