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John Glasgow Kerr (1824–1901) was an American medical missionary and philanthropist who helped establish the Canton Hospital, also known as the Ophthalmic Hospital, in Canton, China. Kerr was born in Dunkinsville, Ohio and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He arrived in Canton in May 1854 with his wife to run the Huiji Dispensary of the Presbyterian Mission and the Canton Hospital (1855); Kerr served as superintendent of the hospital for 45 years. In 1859, Kerr opened Boji (boji meaning spreading benevolence) Hospital, located in Zhengsha Street in a southern suburb of Canton. In 1860, Kerr opened of the second dispensary in Foshan, later becoming the largest hospital in the city. In 1899, Kerr opened the first mental hospital in China.

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  • جون غلاسغو كير (ar)
  • John Glasgow Kerr (en)
  • 嘉约翰 (zh)
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  • جون غلاسغو كير (بالإنجليزية: John Glasgow Kerr)‏ هو جراح وطبيب أمريكي، ولد في 1824، وتوفي في 1901. (ar)
  • 嘉约翰(John Glasgow Kerr,1824年-1901年),美国人,美北长老会教徒,最早至中国的著名传教士兼医生之一。出生于俄亥俄州邓坎斯维尔(Duncansville),1847年于费城毕业。1853年首度抵达中国,1854年在广州开始以行医传教。1856年由于第二次鸦片战争,他的诊所遭到破坏,被迫返回美国。1859年重返广州,接手美国公理会伯驾医生1835年创办的博济医院。1866年该医院又开办博济医学堂,招收学生,培养医学人才,他也亲自编译教材。 1886年参与创建大中華第一个医学社团——中国医学传教士联合会(中文名称为博医会),任首任会长和会刊《博医传报》主编。1898年在广州建立了亞洲第一間精神病医院——惠爱医癲院。1901年下半年,嘉約翰患上痢疾伴其他嚴重併發症,因而病逝,遺體被葬在廣州城外二望崗之陽的基督教墳場,位於白雲山、黃花崗和瘦狗嶺之間。共和國後由於1950年代尾墓地被當局徵用,嘉約翰墓被就地销毁,石料優質而被人拿走挪用。直到2013年,在刘明远等4位市政协委员通过一份联名提案後,嘉约翰墓地得以在黄庄廣州市基督教公墓重修。2014年尾嘉约翰遗骨及其家屬遗骸正式落土,复原墓园合修称之为嘉园。 孙中山先生曾在1886年就读于博济医学堂。 (zh)
  • John Glasgow Kerr (1824–1901) was an American medical missionary and philanthropist who helped establish the Canton Hospital, also known as the Ophthalmic Hospital, in Canton, China. Kerr was born in Dunkinsville, Ohio and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He arrived in Canton in May 1854 with his wife to run the Huiji Dispensary of the Presbyterian Mission and the Canton Hospital (1855); Kerr served as superintendent of the hospital for 45 years. In 1859, Kerr opened Boji (boji meaning spreading benevolence) Hospital, located in Zhengsha Street in a southern suburb of Canton. In 1860, Kerr opened of the second dispensary in Foshan, later becoming the largest hospital in the city. In 1899, Kerr opened the first mental hospital in China. (en)
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