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Readme.txt for History of Western Medicine in China: Hospitals and Medical Institutions
Item Handle: [to be added after record is created]
Documentation written on 5/20/2026
By Corey Barber

=========== SUGGESTED DATA CITATION ===========

Please cite this data in the references for any publication which uses it. 
Schneider, William; Luesink, David. (2013). Western Medicine in China: Hospitals and Medical Institutions. Indiana University. [dataset]

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DATE(S) of DATA COLLECTION
2013

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION(S) of DATA COLLECTION
Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

FILE INFORMATION
From the early dispensaries founded by missionaries to the substantial medical infrastructure incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1949, hundreds of institutions have left records of their work in China. Many institutions had multiple names in English and Chinese, while other small hospitals or medical schools were shuttered or formed larger and more efficient institutions. 

This CSV file contain Chinese characters and other special characters. When opening in Excel, these characters can display incorrectly. To fix, select 'Insert Data from Text/CSV' under the 'Data' tab in Excel.

ACCESS & SHARING
1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data (who is allowed to access and use these data?): Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

2. Links to thesis, dissertation, reports, or publications that cite or use the data (include DOI): https://iu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1478557

3. Links to publicly accessible locations of the data (if applicable): None

4. Links/relationships to other data files/sets: none

5. Was data derived from another source?
	A. List source(s): none

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RESEARCH AIMS
Promote the study of the history of Western medicine in China from 1800 to 1950 by sponsoring research and making historical resources more readily available, both in libraries and on the web.
 
METHODS
General methodology (experimental, observational, model, simulation, etc.): archival research and literature review

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION (If this information is documented in other files archived with the data, please specify below) 

1.  Column headings for tabular data
	A. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):  Title
	B. Definition: Hospital/medical institution names
	C. Full name (spell out abbreviated words): Year Established
	D. Definition: year of institution's founding
	E. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):City
	F. Definition: name of the city where the institution is located
	G. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):  City (Preferred)
	H. Definition: preferred name of the city where the institution is located (includes Chinese characters)
	I. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):Province
	J. Definition: name of province where institution is located
	K. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):Sponsoring Organization
	L. Definition: name of sponsoring organization
	M. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):  Holding
	N. Definition: Institution where the record with this information was found
	O. Full name (spell out abbreviated words):Related Info
	P. Definition: related resources (can be found in the Zotero library or WMIC_2025_Zotero-data.csv)
	

2. Other specialized formats or abbreviations used:
Chinese characters
Abbreviations of the archival repositories are as follows: Burke (CUL)=Burke Library, Columbia University; Methodist GCAH=Methodist General Commission on Archives and History; PHS=Presbyterian Historical Society; RAC=Rockefeller Archives Center; SOAS=School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Yale=Yale University. See the archive guides above for more information.
3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: None


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