A historical review of dental schools founded by dentist Situ Bo in modern time / 中华口腔医学杂志

About 8 dental schools were founded by Chinese dentists during modern times (1909-1949) in China. Only one still worked after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which was one of the three dental schools founded by dentist Situ Bo. There were no systematic researches on Situ Bo's participation in dentistry education. This paper analyzes the founder's experience in dentistry and in the two schools he founded at the beginning, focusing on the background and process of the schools' construction, management, teaching, teachers and students training, etc. The results show that the establishment of the first two dental schools have laid important foundation for the establishment and development of Shanghai Dental College by the reserve of trained professional teachers and accumulated valuable experience in running schools. The systematic review of this history will help us better understand the establishment and development of Shanghai Dental College and the efforts in dentistry education made by dentists growed up in modern China, as well as the early development process of stomatology.

Formation of professor Mao Xiejun's thoughts on stomatological education / 中华口腔医学杂志

Professor Mao Xiejun wrote a report about dental education of China in 1935. From 1948 to 1950, he published three articles containing the educational idea of "developing dentistry into stomatology". When he served as the director of the Faculty of Dentistry of Peking University Medical School in July 1950, he proposed to rename the Faculty of Dentistry into the Faculty of Stomatology,which were approved by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China in one month. The Chinese Medical Association established the Society of Stomatology the next year. Later, dentistry was successively changed into stomatology, and medical content was integrated into dental education, which was of great significance and far-reaching influence. During the developments of the thought of stomatological education in China, Professor Mao Xiejun evidently played a pivotal role. In this paper, the formation process of the thoughts of stomatological education related to professor Mao Xiejun's contribution is elucidated through studying the archives, personal letters, and historical documents, so as to enrich the researches on the history of stomatology in China and to facilitate better understanding and promoting the development of stomatology.

Traces of Chinese and Western medicine in the Kanbun bronze acupuncture figure / 中国针灸

Acupuncture figure is the model of human body for the learners and practitioners of acupuncture to learn and memorize the meridians points on the body surface in ancient time. The earliest bronze acupuncture figure was made in the fifth year of the North Song Dynasty and it had been cast continuously or even spread to overseas in the later dynasties. Specially, the imitation and production of bronze acupuncture figure in Japan in Edo Period were the most prominent. At present, the bronze acupuncture figure of the Edo era, with the complete and detailed historical background records, is preserved in the Tokyo National Museum of Japan and exhibited as a metal reticulated bronze figure. Such figure was named as Kanbun bronze acupuncture figure because it was cast during the Kanbun period. In the paper, the study achievements were collected on the Kanbun bronze acupuncture figure at home and abroad and its history was reviewed in terms of time feature, production background and producer. Based on the traditional Chinese thought and theory of acupuncture and moxibustion embodied by Kanbun bronze acupuncture figure, the value of the Kanbun bronze acupuncture figure in acupuncture and moxibustion was explored. Additionally, align with the introduction of Western medicine in Edo era in Japan and in consideration with the specific understanding on anatomical knowledge in Western medicine reflected by the bronze acupuncture figure, the value of the Western medicine was discussed. Finally, in view of the reticule structure of bronze acupuncture figure, the orientation and selection were analyzed under the influence of the eastern and western medicine in the Edo era, based on which, the motivation of the acceptance and creation of this bronze acupuncture figure in Japan was explored in the culture dissemination of medicine.