Reserch of Taiwan Leprosy Institution —Private Happy Mount Leprosy Colony(1928-1992)

• Main Authors: Chung-yen Chou, 周忠彥
• Other Authors: 賴澤涵
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06015171652244922001

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 歷史研究所 === 95 === Happy Mount Leprosy Colony (樂山園), the only one private leprosy sanitarium in Taiwan, was founded by Dr. George Gushue-Taylor (戴仁壽), the missionary of Church(長老教會). Dr. Taylor insisted on establishing the Happy Mount Leprosy Colony after the governmental Happy Life Leprosy Hospital was built. He tried to create a paradise for patients getting leprosy, and imbibed advanced leprosy knowledge and remedy from universe. It was opposite to the forcible isolation policy of Taiwan government. Due to his specialty and resources from the Church, the colonial government and Japanese imperial household attached importance to Dr. Taylor. In addition to outpatient services of dermatology and using specifics generally, the governmental Happy Life Leprosy Hospital had complete resources of anti-leprosy after WWII that forced Happy Mount Leprosy Colony to change their way. They started to found special education , home for the aged , unmarried mothers’ home and disabled children nursing home etc. social and welfare services to continue Dr. George Gushue-Taylor’s indiscriminate love attentive to disadvantaged minorities in the society.