Report of the missionary hospital, in the western suburbs of Canton.

  • Benjamin Hobson
Date:
[1855]
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Credit: Report of the missionary hospital, in the western suburbs of Canton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    >osition, as from disappointment and chagrin on the part of the hsaffected neighbors, in not having their consent bought over with i noney. Since then no trouble, of this kind has been repeated; we lave lived quietly and peaceably-with all around us: and circurn- - nances have occurred to prove the necessity and advantage of having xufficient room to accommodate the unexampled number of appli- cants for surgical aid. In July of last year, rebellion broke out in 1 his province; Canton and the neighboring places were attacked by lumerous bands of insurgents, amounting to many thousands, who limed at first to overthrow the existing local government, but fail- i ng in this, and disappointed that so few wealthy and influential oersons joined their standard of revolt, they settled down into mere ■ narauding parties, or banditti, bent only on plunder, to the injury >f the peaceable inhabitants. This naturally soon created an univer- sal detestation of these disturbers of the peace, and caused a reaction . n favor of the old established, government. The literati and gentry, who are the heads of - the people, now combined their i nfluence and resources, to combat the common foe; and raised -it their own expense, vast bodies of able militia, before whom and i he government troops, the insurgents could not stand. At length lifter much skirmishing on both sides, the rebel party has been near- v wholly destroyed, and dispersed into other provinces. It has been a desperate affair; and nothing but injury has resulted to all classes, t he position of foreigners being likewise in no way improved, as it ias been at Shanghai and Amov. Many have been killed and wounded on both sides, and the poor helpless creatures that have lately alien, like so many sheep into the hands of their enemies, are brought t o Canton and beheaded, in number more than a thousand a week, forgiveness is now offered to all who sincerely repent. When the ebellion first broke out, the wounded of both parties, were brought o the hospital, but this was soon put a stop to, from the police seiz- ng those who were suspected of being tseih, (robbers). There is appended to this report a detail of some of the principal cases. The lumber of wounded men admitted into the hospital for six months, ias been over 500 persons; since then, owing to frequent indisposi- ion, there has been no regular account kept of the cases, or of the lumber of wounded men brought to the hospital, either as in or out oatients. For a period of five months when fighting was at its height, quite a sensation was created in Canton and its vicinity, by the ioise and bustle of conveying wounded soldiers through the streets n open chairs or sedans: and large boats bringing wounded militia
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