Western Medicine For Chinese : How The Hong Kong College Of Medicine Achieved A Breakthrough.

Western Medicine for Chinese Western Medicine for Chinese How the Hong Kong College of Medicine Achieved a Breakthrough Faith C. S. Ho A grant to the author from the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust of Hong Kong towards research for this book is gratefully acknowledged. A grant from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong towards the publication costs of this book is gratefully acknowledged. Hong Kong University Press The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong www.hkupress.org © 2017 Hong Kong University Press ISBN 978-988-8390-94-6 (Hardback) All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover photo: Dr. James Cantlie and students of the College of Medicine, Hong Kong, 1893. Courtesy of Wellcome Library, London. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound by Hang Tai Printing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, China Contents Foreword vi Preface and Acknowledgements viii Common Abbreviations Used xii Chapter 1 Introduction to the College 1 Chapter 2 People and Institutions 24 Chapter 3 Career Prospects 39 Chapter 4 The Early Pioneers (1892–1899) 50 Chapter 5 Decade of Change (1900–1909) 69 Chapter 6 Two Events That Shaped the Final Years 96 Chapter 7 Culmination of Efforts (1910–1918) 120 Chapter 8 Other Contributions to Society 132 Chapter 9 Some Unusual and Some Outstanding Personalities 142 Chapter 10 Conclusions 171 Appendix 1 The Dean’s Inaugural Address at the Opening of the College of Medicine for Chinese, Hong Kong 189 Appendix 2 List of Graduates in Order of Year of Graduation, Hong Kong College of Medicine 200 Appendix 3 List of Interviewees 202 Selected Bibliography 204 Biographical Index 216 Index 221 Foreword 「落其實者思其樹，飲其流者懷其源。」 庾信，《郊廟歌辭 • 徵調曲》 Remember well the tree whence fruits fall, and the stream whence water springs. Yu Xin (513–581; North-South dynasties) As the University of Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine celebrates 130 years since its establishment as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (‘the college’) in 1887, it is only right that we trace and remember our roots. This anniversary immediately follows the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, our first graduate, in 2016. By revisiting the evolving identity of the school, and as this book emphasizes throughout, the trials and tribulations of our early students, we uncover new lessons and revise received wisdom that will stand us in good stead as we continue making history in the next 130 years. Faith Ho, former head and professor of pathology at the faculty, takes after Rudolf Virchow, the ‘father of modern pathology’ and ‘pope of medicine’, and shows her catholic command of letters in this revelatory volume on the life and times of the college. Her scholarly and meticulous cataloguing of how the often-haphazard interventions accrued from yesteryear had become rationalized ex post facto, then institutionalized as today’s policies is eye-opening. The understanding she has brought us of these legacies may well inspire not a few brave souls to summon Alexandrian wisdom in untying the Gordian