A Study On The Protestant Hospitals In Fujian, 1842-1949

The Protestant hospitals before liberation in Fujian are the research objects of this thesis , which is written with the studying principle of "Respecting the facts and Reporting history what it was ", and based on the first-hand materials of Chinese and western texts. The author tries to analyze the Protestant hospitals in Fujian roughly with the analytical methods of quantization. In the first place ,the author explores the development track of the Protestant hospitals before liberation in Fujian from vertical and horizontal aspects . The author also gives a brief introduction about the major hospitals which were established by six Protestant Churches in Fujian. In the second place, the author indicates the purpose and motive of building hospitals and the religious activitives of hospitals at length. And then medical educations and public health enterprises that the hospitals were engaged in were described. At last the author analyzes the influence on Fujian society caused by the Protestant hospitals, and offers an objective appraisal to the hospitals.