[Foreign members and their researches on Chinese medical history in early Chinese Society of Medical History]

Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2019 Nov 28;49(6):366-379. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2019.06.006.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Foreign members of Chinese Society of Medical History were more than one-third in Republic of China. But they have not gotten enough attention. This paper introduces their life, and researches on history of medicine of 13 foreign members, includes B. E. Read, Edward.H.Hume, L. S. Huizenga, W. W.Cadbury, H. G.Earle, Frederick Reiss, Maxwell, J.L, W. R.Morse, C. N. Frazier, T. C.Greene, Franz Hübotter, L. G.Kilborn, H. E.Sigerist. Their researches on Chinese medical history played an important role in the western society knowing about traditional Chinese medicine and its medical culture.

民国时期中华医史学会会员中,外国籍会员数量占1/3以上,他们为中国医学史的研究和中华医史学会的建立和发展做出了贡献。但是,这些外籍会员一直未得到学界关注,笔者介绍了伊博恩、胡美、海深德、毛惠霖、嘉惠霖、安尔、罗爱思、马雅各、许保德、谷润德、傅瑞士、启真道、西格里斯特这13位外籍会员的生平和他们在医史方面的研究工作。这些会员关于中国医学史的研究对西方社会了解中国传统医学和医疗文化发挥了重要作用。.

Keywords: Chinese Society of Medical History; missionary; modern history; physician.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • China
  • History, 20th Century
  • Internationality
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / history*
  • Societies, Medical*
  • Taiwan