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Medical missions in China by Catholic and Protestant physicians and surgeons of the 19th and early 20th centuries laid many foundations for modern medicine in China. Western medical missionaries established the first modern clinics and hospitals, provided the first training for nurses, and opened the first medical schools in China. [ 1 ]
They were subsequently released. Geraldine recorded the events of the ordeal in "With P’u and His Brigands". Howard spoke about medical missionary work in China: The first then, and incomparably the most important qualification for Medical missionary service is love; love that can be felt, that practises as well as preaches.
Lutheran Brethren Mission: 1903 Kiel China Mission 1897 Kiangshi-Hunan Tract Press 1903 Kiao-chau Swedish Baptist Mission Macao Christian College in China Medical Missionary Society of China: 1838 Methodist New Connexion: 1860 Methodist Episcopal Church South USA: 1902 Methodist Episcopal Mission: 1902 Missionary Home and Agency: 1902
This is a list of notable Protestant missionaries in China by agency. Beginning with the arrival of Robert Morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur Matthews and Dr. Rupert Clark of the China Inland Mission, thousands of foreign Protestant missionaries and their families, lived and worked in China to spread Christianity, establish schools, and work as medical missionaries.
The Medical Missionary Society in China was a Protestant medical missionary society established in Canton, China, in 1838. The first work of the society was to support the ophthalmic hospital in Canton run by Dr. Peter Parker , a medical missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions .
Hunter arrived in China 1889. After studying the Chinese language for two years at Anqing, he was sent to the Gansu mission station. Although he liked the prayer and Bible study times with his fellow missionaries, rules and regulations and meal times were irksome to him, and he took long itinerations, establishing temporary centres at Hezhou, Xining, Ningxia, and Liangzhou.
Thus, female medical missionary Dr. Mary H. Fulton (1854–1927) [45] was sent by the Foreign Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to found the first medical college for women in China. Known as the Hackett Medical College for Women (夏葛女子醫學院), [ 46 ] [ 47 ] it was located in Guangzhou , China, and was enabled by a ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The PRC has the largest number of active diplomatic posts in the world, [ 1 ] including 274 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 176 countries as well as 8 permanent missions to international organizations and two other posts (as of November 2023).