title: [On the problem of period division in Western medicine education of republic (1912 - 1949)].
abstract: The development of higher medical education in the period of the Republic of China was closely related to political changes. Both the development law of education history and social changes should be taken into account in the historical stage of with the division of higher medical education during this period. The higher medical education during this period could be divided into three periods: the struggling embryonic period (1912 - 1926), the golden localization period (1927 - 1937) and the nadir period (1937 - 1949).
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics, Zhejiang Hangzhou 310018.
authors.forename: Jing-Qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Mu