The Debate about the Origin of Venereal Disease and VD Control in Modern China: Focusing on Shanghai and Beijing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Sihn, Kyuhwan; Sihn, Kyuhwan

Korean J Med Hist > Volume 16(1); 2007 > Article

Historical Article

Korean Journal of Medical History 2007;16(1): 1-19.

近代中國의 性病起源論爭과 性病統制: 20世紀前半上海와 北京을 중심으로

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The Debate about the Origin of Venereal Disease and VD Control in Modern China: Focusing on Shanghai and Beijing in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Kyuhwan Sihn

This paper examines venereal disease(VD) control in Shanghai and Beijing in the first half of the twentieth century. It focuses on the debate about the origin of VD in which western doctors stressed the importance of prostitution rather than VD itself. W

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Department of Medical History, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.

Key Words: Venereal Disease(VD), Debate about the Origin of VD, VD Control in Shanghai and Beijing, Beiping Municipality, Abolition of Licensed Prostitution