Since The Ming And Qing Dynasties Huizhou Region Of Disease And Health System Research

During Ming and Qing Dynasties, the disease which had happened in Huizhou region nearly covered various of diseases such as internal medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, gynecology, pediatrics and infectious diseases, etc. It indicated that the natural environment of Huizhou didn't have its unique characteristics of the medical environment. However, compared with adjacent south areas of the Yangtze River, the scale and the freqency of epidemic in Huizhou is far smaller. The main reason for this is that Huizhou has a relative better medical and health care system.From the longitudinal view, it experienced three stages, including local government medical affairs, religious medical and health system and social health care system. From Tang and Song Dynasties to the beginning of Ming Dynasty, the local government set up and improved the medical affairs and medical organizations actively, and developed the medical saving and protections activities with the help of central government and some policies, which gradually came into the vital core of the medical system in Huizhou and played quite a significant role at that time. From the middle of Ming Dynasty, business and religion became the essential elements of Huizhou. Reflected in medical and health system, namely, it was cored by native doctors and featured by native saving and protection. The system was the most important and outstanding medical and health system during hundreds of years in Huizhou area. It is guarantee of offspring and healthy as well as the important base for the glory of the Hui merchants, the growth of religion and the development of culture. Battle of Taiping Heaven badly destroyed the social system of Huizhou. Merchants started to play the leading role in local parts. At that time, they established social medical system which marked by Xin'an Tunxi bureau and Huining medical shelters. Between these two organizations, medical saving was the major responsibility. From this point of view, we could consider that they were the first shape of modern hospitals.The change of medical and health system of Ming and Qing Dynasties is the necessary effect of the adjusting. From some certain aspect, it also reflected the process and essence of sociaty change. It guaranteed the whole society's stable development after experiencing the vital crisis through interactive action. As the main social and leading power, the local government, clan and business organizations positively set up reasonable medical and health system. Even when their strength was decreased, they also tried possible ways to have other organizations to fulfill the duty. It is the endeavor and regard of different strums and organizations in the society who made Huizhou have enough ability to try healing the social diseases, which we believe is the fundamental reason of good medical and health care environment.