Activities of medical treatment and culture carried out by modern Japan in China--a study on the Dojin association.
After the Qing-Japanese War and under the background following the guidelines of "Safeguarding the Qing Nation" and of "Japan Fever" in China, the Dojin Association was founded in 1902 by some people in the medical circle and by the cadres of the Toa Dobun Association. The original purpose of its activities was to popularize the modern medicine and medical therapy of Japan in neighboring countries in a bid to promote peace and amicability with them. Prior to the incident of Lu Gou Bridge, the activities in China were mainly involved in cultural and hospital operations; after the incident, they were changed to dispatching diagnostic and anti-epidemic teams until the said Association was dissolved in 1946. This paper will chiefly deal with the activities of the former period of the Dojin Association, especially with the evaluation of its following functions in regard to the expansion of Japan in the continent: First: the function of assisting Japan to invade China was increasing day by day; Second: Although the function to resist the medical and cultural activities conducted by American and European rivals was not so obvious, yet, it was effective to some extent; Third: The popularization of modern medicine and medical therapy of Japan obtained good results but also suffered some failure due to the above mentioned first point. In other words, in terms of time and extent, assisting Japan to invade China was the most characteristic function of the Dojin Association.
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