Health Care in Metropolitan Manila During the American Colonial Era: A History of the Management of Infectious Diseases and Its Effects on the Practice of Chinese Medicine (English Translation)

• Main Authors: Hui, Peng, Huang, Ziyang, Lim, Franz David Ong
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Chinese medicine; disease control; health system; pandemic; Manila; Western medicine
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol9/iss2/5; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1135/viewcontent/ST_209.2_205_20PengHui_HuangZiyang_20_28ENG_29_20021222.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Since the American occupation of Manila, the health care system of the Philippines was transformed with its goal of “modernizing the Philippines.” Systematic Western prevention and control measures and institutions were established. This in turn affected the practice of Chinese medicine, which was p...