Yale's First Ophthalmologist—The Reverend Peter Parker, M.D. *
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The use of lithotomy by missionary surgeons in nineteenth-century China.
Modern medicine in China owes its origins to Anglo-American medical missionaries who introduced Western medicine into China in the early nineteenth century. In 1835 the first medical missionary to China, the Reverend Dr Peter Parker, founded the Canton Ophthalmic Hospital where he pioneered lithotomy and other surgical operations for Chinese patients. This paper chronicles the subsequent devel...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008