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Backgrounds, Contents, and Influences of <i>Xi Yi Yan Ke</i> (<i>Ophthalmology in Western Medicine</i>), the First Western Medical Monograph on Ophthalmology in China
Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
Shandong Ophthalmology Museum, Jinan, China
- 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- 4 Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Eye Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- 5 National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
- 6 New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
- 7 State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shandong Eye Institute, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
- 8 Shandong Ophthalmology Museum, Jinan, China
Advances in Historical Studies·Volume 10 (2021)·Pages 165–175·Published 18 August 2021·DOI10.4236/ahs.2021.103010
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Abstract
John Glasgow Kerr was the second director of the First Western-Style Hospital in China, which was an eye hospital. Xi Yi Yan Ke ( Ophthalmology in Western Medicine ), which is translated and compiled by Dr. Kerr and first published in 1871 and reprinted in 1880, was the first western medical monograph on ophthalmology in China. The book consists of 53 sections, covering symptom inquiry, symptom examination, cataract surgery, ophthalmoscopy, conjunctival disease, eye trauma, corneal disease, scleral disease, retinal, and optic nerve diseases, glaucoma, and others. There are 23 (groups of) pictures, mainly about the anatomy of the eyeball, eye muscles, optic nerve, various instruments for ophthalmic surgery, etc. As a western medical book, Xi Yi Yan Ke attached great importance to eye disease surgeries, which promoted the treatment of eye diseases and the development of western medicine in China. However, it also had some limitations due to the limitations of western medicine at that time.
KeywordsJohn Glasgow Kerr<i>Xi Yi Yan Ke</i>(<i>Ophthalmology in Western Medicine</i>)OphthalmologyWestern MedicineFirst MonographChina
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