The Study About The Female Body Issues In Late Qing Dynasty

It was dramatic changes era that Chinese culture and Western culture exchanged frequently in the late Qing Dynasty.The medical knowledge and life philosophy of Modern Western spred gradually in the clamor of new media.The issue that of the famale mensruation,breast,reproductive and others which explored only in the medical profession in the past was reported more in the newspapers in the late Qing.The women's health issues which had always been neglected were received unprecedented attention.The pressure of national crisis stimulated people to explore how to save the nation after the Opium War,especially the Jiawu Sino-Japanese War.It was a desire, pinning hope on the next strong generation,to save the country.The women's health was put on the agenda because they bear the heavy responsibility of breeding the next generation.and the women was given the crown as "mother of citizens". For those,intellectuals used of newspapers for the position to discuss comprehensively the health of the female body with knowledge and tools of modern health care. Women's physiological phenomenon and health caused more and more attention in the community.Modern Women's Hospital and the women doctors began to appear,and the treatment subject gradually refined.This paper intends to explore and organize the mainnewspapers and magazines in late Qing Dynasty,also bases on the memoirs,notes,chronology,etc.This paper will discuss comprehensively female body and related issues reporting in the Late Qing Dynasty during 1970's to 1911. The whole thesis includes the following six parts:The first part:IntroductionThis part offers a general survey of the related academic situation and the achievement of the study. It also elaborate the Framework and research ideas and papers, research methods and materials collected. so as to show the theoretical and practical value of the chosen subject.The second section:The new trends in the body to treat.In this section, it will focus on the polishion of women's feet and face,which tend to natural feet, natural beauty;The menstrual problems, physiological phenomenon of female-specific,tent to nursed back to health care knowledge with the press publicity;Female breast, maintenance of the natural family ties between mother and child,was advocated breast-feeding herself instead of hiring wet nurse in the press.It also called to give the natural function of the breast.The third section:Field delivery of life saving.Women,such as midwives,engaged in the delivery in traditional Chinese society.After entering the late Qing Dynasty,the Chinese traditional birth methods were suffered by the uprecedented impact under the modern Western medicine delivery method which demonstrated excellent skills in practice from it was spred.It was in favor of modern delivery method chips between the old and new delivery method in the game.People proposed to let women learn modern delivery method to replace the traditional birth attendants because of the Chinese Gender prevent.The fourth section:Special workplace taking attention to women's health- the emergence of Women's Hospital.With a full range of modern medicine on the penetration of life,the famale body was interved,moitored,guided by the modern medicine.It was the Modern Women's Hospital,the emergence of new space for women's therapy and fertility.The female doctors were trained,and the treatment process tent to refinement division.The fifth section:Pursuit of a healthy body.Women had a more healthy body by exercise instead of simply focusing on health with the influence of the health concept of propaganda by the media. The kinds of women and strengthening the country closely linked with the purpose of the fact that "Mother is strong,and the baby will be stronger and fatter".The old concept of advocacy into a thin shape evolved into the pursuit of physical fitness. The modern women's gymnastics and simple fitness began to be practiced. The outdoor activities by cycling were popular day by day,and the space for women was further expanded.The six part:The conclusionThis part is the summary of the thesis and the conclusion of the study.