title: [A re-ponderation about the eastward spread of western medicine into China and the process of its recognition by the Chinese].
abstract: Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, western medicine was introduced into China gradually. At first, due to the Chinese were used to traditional Chinese medicine treatment, plus the disgusted attitude toward the malfeasance of western missionaries, the Chinese didn't accept western medical approaches, even with resentment. As the advantages of western medicine gradually revealed, the Chinese felt the magical effects of western medicine in medical practice, and at the same time, the advanced intellectuals were seeking the truth to save the nation and its people, then western medicine were accepted by the Chinese gradually and then spread all over China, reflecting that this process of from conflict between Chinese and western culture to recognition is but, in fact, the cultural conflict between China and the West and its fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
authors.forename: Xu-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Lu