台湾早期之教会医学

Early Missionary Medicine in Taiwan

台湾如同中国本土一样，其现代医学的开端系来自西方基督教传教士的医疗。虽然１７世纪荷兰人曾带来了西方医学，但是当郑成功驱逐了荷兰人，西方医学也随之自台湾消失。１８６５年英国长老教会派遣马雅各医师来台从事医疗传教，才使西方医学在台湾生根。１９世纪最后的３０年是台湾近代医学史的关键时期。本文就台湾早期教会医学的三位重要人物：马雅各医师、马偕博士、兰大卫医师之主要事迹和他们对台湾近代医学的贡献加以整理叙述。

Taiwan, as China's Mainland,first received modern medicine from Christian missionaries.Although Western medicine was introduced by the Dutch in the 1 7th century,it disappeared after their expulsion by Zheng Chenggong,It was not until 1 8 6 5 when the British Presbyterian Church sent Dr.James Laidlow Maxwell to Taiwan to engage in medical and missionary work that Western medicine was able to take root in Taiwan,The last three decades of the l9th century were a key period in the development of modern medicine in Taiwan,This paper discusses three major figures in early missionary medicine in Taiwan,Dr,James Laidlow Maxwell,Rev. George Leslie Mackay,and Dr.David Landsborough and their contributions to the development of modern medicine in Taiwan.