The Localization of Taiwan Public Health Physician System during Japanese Era

• Main Authors: Ya-Ling Chen, 陳雅苓
• Other Authors: Lan-Fang Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77248633231086723111

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 歷史學系 === 97 === The Taiwan Public Health Physician System (1896-1945) was established by Taiwan Sotokufu (The Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan) for that suffers from lacking of the modern medical service member and maintains Japanese people health in the Taiwan. Gotou Shinpei once at the island-wide Public Health Physician meeting, narrated that Taiwan Sotokufu to hope the Taiwan Public Health Physician can become “the empire missionary”, so as to modern medical service knowledge this civilized efficient instrument, subdues the colony populace body and mind, then favors the colonial rule. The Taiwan Public Health Physician is mainly responsible for the practice of medicine service and the environmental sanitation monitoring in the area of jurisdiction, as well as controls the trend of the epidemic disease and investigates the domestic endemic’s condition. For carry out the service and the central health policy effectively, the The Taiwan Public Physician often has connected with the police system or the local Taiwan gentry. To Japanese, The Taiwan Public Health Physician System has provided the health demand, and provides opportunity which the Japanese people came to Taiwan to seek employment. To the Taiwanese, The Taiwan Public Health Physician System take advantage of this promote their social position. Although this system establishes as the maintenance in the Taiwan Japanese people health, but its system plan, the responsibility dividing line, close to the demand of Taiwan.