Ding Fubao,a medical book translator during the late Qing and Republic of China period,made significant contributions to the institutionalization of Chinese medicine after returning from Japan to investigate medicine.The medical newspapers and magazines he founded,served as the editor in chief were well-known publications in the field of traditional Chinese medicine at that time,becoming essential reference books for medical professionals;the medical association established during the Republic of China had the longest operation time and imported a large amount of Western medicine knowledge into late Qing China;in Ding Fubao's later years,the Hongqiao Sanatorium,a leading lung disease treatment and rehabilitation institution in Shanghai,pioneered the prevention and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in China.
institutionalization of medicineDing FubaoWestern medicine is spreading eastwardLate Qing Dynasty and Republic of China