The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine had originated from the Hospital of Universal Benevolence, or the Kwang Chi (Guang Ji) Hospital, which was established by British missionaries from the Church Mission Society.
Besides preaching the gospel of the kingdom, Jesus healed all kinds of sickness and disease among the people, who later believed in Him.
During the Qing dynasty (1636-1912), under the policy of prohibition and restriction on religion, foreign medical missionaries gained access to Chinese people.
The early missionaries in China planned to save the patients’ souls by curing their bodies, taking advantage of Western medicine. Treating them for free and relieving their pain, missionaries eliminated the Chinese people's xenophobia and contempt, winning their understanding and respect to carry out missionary work.
According to the Statistical Survey of the World Mission of Christian Church published in 1938, there were 300 hospitals, 21,000 hospital beds, and about 600 small clinics in 1937, established by British and American Protestant Christian churches.
In 1869, Meadows, a missionary of the Church Mission Society, rented three houses to build an opium refuge with 16 beds in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, treating opium addicts while preaching the gospel to them. In 1870, the Central Hospital was set up. In 1881, David Duncan Main and his wife were sent to take charge in the hospital. After raising enough money, Main designed and built the Hospital of Universal Benevolence in 1884 with 500 beds, which was known as “the best hospital in Far East” during the early twentieth century. Receiving free treatment and listening to the gospel, many patients were baptized. Later, Main founded the Men and Women’s Leper Hospitals, a sanatorium for pulmonary diseases, an orthopedic hospital, a midwifery training school, and Hangzhou Medical Training College, which was one of the first medical training schools in Zhejiang.
A skin disease hospital, an orphanage, and other medical organizations were built by missionaries, who also published the Guangji Medical Journal.
Since 1999, it has been named the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. After 140 years of construction and development, it has been the top-ranked hospital owning national natural resources for nine consecutive years, with the number of surgeries ranking first in the country and in the province.
Citation: Hangzhou History of Christianity written by Chen Wei (Beijing: Contemporary China Press)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
浙江大学附属第二医院（简称浙医二院），是一家百年名院。国家自然资源连续九年全国第一，手术量，全国名列前茅，全省第一。他的前身，叫做杭州广济医院。这是一所有英国传教士创立的医院。
早期，基督教创立之初，耶稣就曾通过给人治病来讲天国的福音。这一传统，为基督徒所继承。在清政府期间，是禁教、限教的宗教政策下，医疗传教成为基督教适应中国社会的可行性方式。
早期来华传教士利用西医医药优势行医治病，他们的目的是以治疗身体为手段，最终能拯救病者的灵魂。他们先治病送药，解除病痛，消除中国人的排外心理和蔑视态度，赢得理解和尊重，为传教事业开辟了道路。
据1938年出版的《基督教差会世界统计》，在华英美基督教会所办的医院共300所。病床约2.1万张，另有小型诊所约600处。
1869年，英国圣公会派传教士麦多（Meadows），在杭州租赁大方伯屋三间 ，设立戒烟所，有16张病床，开始治病传教。1870年创办大方伯医院. 1881年，英国圣公会派梅藤更和夫人前往杭州负责广济医院的工作。
后以“广行济世”之意，改名“广济医院”(被誉为“远东最好的的医院”)，可容纳500张病床，
1884年总院建成后，梅藤更又建立了麻风院、骨科医院、西湖肺痨医院和广济医校
后又开办了花柳皮肤病医院、产科院、男女护士学校、孤儿院，发行《广济医刊》等
1999年至今，更名为浙江大学医学院附属第二医院。经过140年的建设和发展，成为现代化研究型综合医院。
引用：《杭州基督教史》/陈伟著. 北京：当代中国出版社 ISBN:978-7-5154-0726-5
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钩沉｜浙医二院背后的故事：基督教在华医疗宣教的一枚硕果
The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine had originated from the Hospital of Universal Benevolence, or the Kwang Chi (Guang Ji) Hospital, which was established by British missionaries from the Church Mission Society.
Besides preaching the gospel of the kingdom, Jesus healed all kinds of sickness and disease among the people, who later believed in Him.
During the Qing dynasty (1636-1912), under the policy of prohibition and restriction on religion, foreign medical missionaries gained access to Chinese people.
The early missionaries in China planned to save the patients’ souls by curing their bodies, taking advantage of Western medicine. Treating them for free and relieving their pain, missionaries eliminated the Chinese people's xenophobia and contempt, winning their understanding and respect to carry out missionary work.
According to the Statistical Survey of the World Mission of Christian Church published in 1938, there were 300 hospitals, 21,000 hospital beds, and about 600 small clinics in 1937, established by British and American Protestant Christian churches.
In 1869, Meadows, a missionary of the Church Mission Society, rented three houses to build an opium refuge with 16 beds in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, treating opium addicts while preaching the gospel to them. In 1870, the Central Hospital was set up. In 1881, David Duncan Main and his wife were sent to take charge in the hospital. After raising enough money, Main designed and built the Hospital of Universal Benevolence in 1884 with 500 beds, which was known as “the best hospital in Far East” during the early twentieth century. Receiving free treatment and listening to the gospel, many patients were baptized. Later, Main founded the Men and Women’s Leper Hospitals, a sanatorium for pulmonary diseases, an orthopedic hospital, a midwifery training school, and Hangzhou Medical Training College, which was one of the first medical training schools in Zhejiang.
A skin disease hospital, an orphanage, and other medical organizations were built by missionaries, who also published the Guangji Medical Journal.
Since 1999, it has been named the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. After 140 years of construction and development, it has been the top-ranked hospital owning national natural resources for nine consecutive years, with the number of surgeries ranking first in the country and in the province.
Citation: Hangzhou History of Christianity written by Chen Wei (Beijing: Contemporary China Press)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Originated From Church Hospital
