Health Policy And Disease In Colonial And Post Colonial Hong Kong 1841 200 PDF Download

This dissertation, "A Comparison of the Colonial Medical Systems in British Hong Kong (1841-1914) and German Qingdao(1897-1914)" by Ho-nam, Fong, 方浩楠, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of the thesis entitled A Comparison of the Colonial Medical Systems in British Hong Kong (1841-1914) and German Qingdao (1897-1914) Submitted by Fong Ho Nam for the degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in August 2005 This thesis examines the social history of colonial medicine in British Hong Kong and German Qingdao before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. It aims to explain how two colonial medical systems were developed by the British and German government physicians and Protestant medical missionaries of the two powers. It also investigates how Chinese health and sanitary concepts were changed by various factors, such as the implementation of plague policies, the provision of maternity services, as well as the training of native doctors and nurses. The core of the thesis is formed by comprehensive overviews of the development of medical institutions, sanitary policies and Chinese responses in Hong Kong and Qingdao. Chapters 2 to 4 show that the opening of the Tung Wah Hospital in Hong Kong in 1870 and the first outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in 1894 helped the ongoing diversification of medical services in Hong Kong and government control of Chinese habits of sanitation and health. Chapters 5 and 6 investigate the prompt expansion of German medical services in Qingdao, as well as Sino-German interactions on the provincial level during the Pneumonic Plague of 1911 and the preparation of a hospital and a medical faculty. Chapters 7 to 9 provide detailed comparisons between the two medical systems in terms of collaboration between government and missionary medical services, response to epidemic diseases, and the establishment and sustainability of medical education. Since the thesis comes under the subject of colonialism and colonial studies, the interplay of several colonial relationships become the major focus of attention. The thesis shows that the simple assumption of a triangular model of colonial relationships between the colonial government, the missionaries and the colonized peoples does not sufficiently explain the birth and diversification of Western medical services in the two colonies. The missionaries did not necessarily share common ideals with the colonial administrators, nor were the Chinese population always against foreign medical therapies and philanthropic practices. The thesis reveals that relationships in both colonies were multi-lateral and they could change through time. The thesis reflects ultimately that the provision of Western medical services to the Chinese in a colonial setting was parallel to the cultural, medical and educational influences of the foreign Christian missionaries throughout China. All the efforts of Westernizing the Chinese health and sanitary habits were, therefore, an integral part of the modernization of China. (exactly 395 words) DOI: 10.5353/th_b3505107 Subjects: Medical care - China - Qingdao Shi - History - 20th Century Medical care - China - Hong Kong - History - 20th Century