Physician 1879

1879, the fifth year of the Qing dynasty. In this year, Thomas Edison showed the world the electric light, Albert Einstein was born in Germany, and the world of science was about to embark on an era of great advances. It was 16 years before the discovery of the x-ray that revolutionized diagnostics, 20 years before the birth of the drug legend aspirin and the publication of the psychological tome The Interpretation of Dreams, 43 years before Banting's discovery of insulin, which opened up a new history of drug research and development, and 48 years before the discovery of penicillin, which changed the history of modern medicine! It was nine years after the reform of Harvard Medical School, but 14 years after the founding of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It is 14 years since the founding of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and 31 years since the publication of the Flexner Report! It is 14 years since the founding of the Guangdong Boji Medical Hall, and 14 years since the founding of St. John's College in Shanghai.