Gulou Hospital historical Memorial

Gulou Hospital historical Memorial

The former site of Nanjing Gulou Hospital 115 years ago has become a historical memorial to the medical pioneers on the operating table and the development of Western medicine in China.

brief introduction

Nanjing Gulou Hospital was officially opened to the public free of charge recently after the former site of the hospital 115 years ago was built into a "historical memorial of Gulou Hospital". Since its establishment, the hospital has been renamed six times, witnessing earth shaking changes in China in more than 100 years.

Old photos, medical books, diaries, mottled prescriptions and receipts, as well as medical equipment, old tables and chairs, and visiting medicine boxes in the memorial hall show the development history of Western medicine in China for more than 100 years, as well as the imprint of mutual exchange between eastern and Western culture and medical technology.

Historical development

Gulou Hospital, founded in 1892 (the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), is the first western medicine hospital in Nanjing and one of the earliest western medicine hospitals in China. It was founded by Dr. marlin, a Canadian missionary, and is commonly known as "Marlin hospital".

In the 115 year history, Gulou Hospital has experienced three stages: Late Qing Dynasty, Republic of China and people's Republic of China. Gulou Hospital was renamed "Gulou Hospital of Jinling University" after it was merged by Jinling University in 1914; after the northern expedition, Nanjing national government took over the hospital and renamed it "Nanjing Municipal Gulou Hospital" in 1927; after the Japanese invaders occupied Nanjing in 1941, the hospital was renamed "Nanjing Gulou Hospital of Tongren Association"; after the liberation of Nanjing in 1949, the hospital was still under the jurisdiction of Jinling University; 195 In 1967, it was renamed "Nanjing anti imperialist hospital" during the "Cultural Revolution"; in 1972, it has been renamed "Nanjing Gulou Hospital".

In 1992, the former site of Malin hospital was listed as a cultural relic protection unit by Jiangsu Provincial People's government. Two years ago, Gulou Hospital vacated it. After careful renovation and exhibition, a large number of precious historical relics and materials were collected and sorted out to build the present "Gulou Hospital historical Memorial". Ding Yitao, President of Gulou Hospital, said that the "former site of Malin hospital" is a witness to the historical changes and development of Gulou Hospital, as well as the development of Western medicine in China. The hospital renovated it, collected and sorted out a large number of precious historical relics and materials, and built the "historical Memorial Hall of Gulou Hospital" to better remember history and inherit fraternity.

Address: Gulou Hospital, 321 Zhongshan Road, Gulou District, Nanjing

Longitude: 118.783355

Latitude: 32.056938

Ticket information: free.

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