[Macau "Baimahang" Hospital: an early western medicine hospital in China].

ABSTRACT

The Macau Baimahang Hospital (Hospital de S. Rafael), took more than 400 years from 1569 to 1975 to develop as a comprehensive western medicine hospital , and is believed to be one of the earliest western medicine hospitals in China. Up to now, very little has been written about it as most of the records are kept in Macao, and few materials are recorded in Chinese. The author will review the archives and literature comprehensively with field work, in order to provide reference for further research.