1st Edition
American Doctors in Canton Modernization in China, 1835-1935
Edited By Guangqiu Xu
Copyright 2011
356 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
353 Pages
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Routledge
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Traditional Chinese medicine developed over thousands of years, but changes introduced from 1835-1935 by American missionary doctors initiated a landslide of cultural revolution in the city of Canton and medical modernization throughout China. Focusing on medical missionaries' ideas and approaches in a principal city of the period, Canton, Guangqiu Xu, a native of Canton, describes the long-term... Read more
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Canton Hospital and Its Impact
on Chinese Society, 1835-1935
2. Western Medical Education in Canton
and Its Influence in China, 1835-1935
3. The Hackett Medical College and the Modern
Women's Rights Movement, 1899-1935
4. American Doctors and the Modern Philanthropic
Movement in Canton, 1835-1935
5. American Doctors and the Modern Health
and Hygiene Movement in Canton, 1835-1935
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Guangqiu Xu
