Hospitals -- China
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hospital annual reports and ephemera collection
Collection
Call Number: Pam Coll 2
Overview:
Annual or biennial reports and other pamphlets issued by hospitals in China, Great Britain (especially London), and the United States. The states best represented are Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Types of hospitals include general hospitals, specialty hospitals (children's, eye, lying-in, etc.), dispensaries, asylums, and homeopathic hospitals. About 200 hospitals are represented in this collection.
Dates:
1805-1969, bulk 1840-1900
Peter Parker collection
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 6
Overview:
Peter Parker graduated from Yale College in 1831 and from the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1834. Ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1834, he sailed that year to China as the first Protestant medical missionary to that country. The papers relate to Parker's medical practice at the Canton Hospital and elsewhere, his missionary activities including his sermons, and his work for the U.S. Government as a diplomat to China. Most of the papers have been photographed at...
Dates:
1825-1947, bulk 1825-1884