1909年郑豪参加国际消除麻风病会议考析

Analytical research on Zheng Hao＆#39;s Participation of the International Congress of Leprosy in 1909

1909年8月,第二届国际麻风病学术会议在挪威召开,清政府派遣郑豪为代表赴会.通过此次与会,国人得以了解当时国际医学界对于麻风防治的最新理念和经验举措.同时,郑豪在会议上坦承中国麻风病防治较为落后的现状,表达出向西方世界学习的强烈愿望.这则为人忽视的史实,体现出从晚清开始,中国本土医学发展日益纳入世界格局之中.以郑豪为代表的医界精英通过参加国际会议这种难得的途径,追踪世界医学前沿进展,从中汲取经验,立志推动中国医学发展.

The Second International Congress was held in August,1909 in Norway.Zheng Hao was dispatched by the Qing Government to attend the Congress as a representative.Through the Congress,Chinese people got to understand the latest ideas of prevention and treatment of leprosy in international medical field,and the approaches they adopted as well at that time.Meanwhile,Zheng Hao frankly confessed the backward status on the prevention and treatment in leprosy in China,and expressed the strong will to learn from the western world in this regard.This historical event,commonly ignored,manifested the fact that,beginning from the late Qing Dynasty,the involvement of Chinese medicine into the world medical trend as a whole was proceeding.By seizing this rare chance of participating the international meeting,the outstanding Chinese medical persons,with Zheng Hao as its representative,made up their mind to keep up with the international medical advanced pace,learning lessons,and pushing forward the development of Chinese medicine.