Medical culture in the Canton-Hong Kong region in the long nineteenth century

Professor Leung, Ki Che Angela   (Principal Investigator (PI))

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Medical culture in the Canton-Hong Kong region in the long nineteenth century

Canton, colonial medicine, Hong Kong, medical culture, nineteenth century

Humanities and the Arts (Obsolete),Others - Humanities and Arts

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

HKU 446909H

General Research Fund (GRF)

2009

Completed

1. To study and analyze traditional indigenous medicine as practiced in the Canton/Hong Kong region in the modern period, by looking at local specialties and therapeutics 2. To evaluate the respective roles of traditional indigenous and nineteenth-century Western medicine in the constitution of Cantonese medical culture 3. To study and analyze the structure and functions of indigenous medical institutions such as charitable halls and yiyuan hospitals, and their relevance to the growth of a local medical culture