As for what China people call western medicine today, its full name is "the medical system of modern western countries". It originated in modern western countries, and it is a brand-new medical system based on anatomical physiology, histology and embryology, biochemistry and molecular biology, which was developed by scholars in modern western countries after denying and abandoning ancient Greek medicine.
The diagnostic technology in the medical system of modern western countries is to make an accurate diagnosis of diseases with the help of advanced medical instruments and laboratories. Doctors use sensory organs to make a comprehensive and systematic examination of patients by visual inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, sniffing and other methods, or by using simple tools such as stethoscope, percussion hammer, sphygmomanometer and thermometer, so as to diagnose patients' diseases.
Because modern times originated from western countries, we used to call it western medicine. Modern western medicine is called new medicine in modern China, as opposed to old medicine (Chinese medicine). /kloc-in the middle of the 0/9th century, this is the historical moment when the modern history of the world has basically arrived, with a history of nearly 200 years.
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When it was introduced to China:
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, missionaries in China brought Christianity to China, but also brought modern western science and medicine. At that time, only superficial anatomical and physiological knowledge was taught, and western medicine was not superior to Chinese medicine in clinical treatment technology, so its influence was not great.
Western medicine began to exert an influence on China medicine at the beginning of19th century, and introduced vaccinia vaccination, western medicine surgery and ophthalmology treatment technology. With the spread of western medicine, the achievements of modern western medicine were introduced to China, which laid the foundation for the development of western medicine in China.
The Opium War changed the original historical process and social nature of China. After the Opium War, missionary hospitals entered the whole continent from the coast. For decades, church hospitals have been everywhere and become as eye-catching as churches.
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