明代后期,西洋医学开始较为系统地输入中国。从传教士留下的大量原始文献中可以发现,治疗身体疾病是他们用以“拯救灵魂”的主要手段之一。事实上,传教组织并不鼓励传教士从事医疗活动,但来华传教士从打入清朝上层统治阶级内部入手,以在清宫中行医为 In the late Ming Dynasty, Western medicine began to be more systematically imported into China. From the large amount of original literature left by the missionaries, one of the main means they used to “save the soul” was found in the treatment of physical diseases. In fact, preachers did not encourage missionaries to engage in medical activities, but missionaries from China started their work by entering into the upper ruling class of the Qing Dynasty in order to practice medicine in the Qing court