摘要
鸦片战争期间,清军主要采用病假制、随军医生和传统中医,仓促应付战时医疗。但制度和外科劣势,不利于清军应对火力强大的英军,影响了伤亡,战后亦无长进。英军则因轻敌和误判,在战争初期未发挥军医制度和技术优势,受到中国传染病的沉重打击。可英军并未坐以待毙,后期增加医药支援,尽力治疗,但受制于环境和技术,救治率有限,在战后进行了一定的反思和改进。双方对伤病问题都有一定的政治化运作,以应其政治图谋。鸦片战争为今人考察战时医疗中的权谋运作提供了借鉴。
The present paper,reexamining the Opium War from the medical perspective,contends that,during the war,the Qing army employed the conventional systems and traditional Chinese medicine to meet the medical needs while the British failed to exploit its medical and technological advantage to the full due to underestimation,miscalculation,and ignorance of endemics and both sides politically dealt with the medical issues.
出处
《史林》
北大核心
2023年第3期135-146,219,共13页
Historical Review
