Constancy of Purpose: An Account of the Foundation and History of the Hong Kong College of Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong, 1887-1987

Chronology: The College of Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine, 1887-1987

Chronology: The College ofMedicine and the Faculty ofMedicine, 1887 - 1987 THIS CHRONOLOGY includes significant events which led to the establishment in 1887 of the College of Medicine for Chinese (as it was at first to be known) and the foundation and development of the University with the Faculty of Medicine as its premier Faculty. 1881 Dr William Young opens on London Missionary Society (LMS) premises a dispensary in Taipingshan known as the Nethersole Dispensary 'for the treatment of poor Chinese'. Ho Kai returns from the United Kingdom. 1883 Manson commences practice in Hong Kong. 1884 Ho Kai's wife, Alice, dies and Ho Kai determines to build a hospital in her memory. He and the LMS contribute to the purchase and development of a site at the junction of Hollywood Road and Aberdeen Street. 1887 The Alice Memorial Hospital is opened on 17 February and a committee is formed by Cantlie with the object of founding a college of medicine for Chinese students. A decision is taken on 30 August to establish such a college. The Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese is formally inaugurated on 1 October with Manson as its first Dean. 1892 The first two graduates, Sun Yat-sen and Kong Ying Wah, complete their course. 1893 The Nethersole Hospital, named in memory of his mother by H.W. Davis, the principal benefactor, is opened. 1894 The Alice Maternity Hospital is opened. XVI Constancy ofPurpose 1904 The Ho Miu Ling Hospital, named after one of Ho Kai's sisters, is opened. The four hospitals were thereafter known as the 'Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital'. 1907 The name of the College is changed, on incorporation by Ordinance, to the 'Hong Kong College of Medicine'. 1908 The licentiates of the College are recognized to the extent of being able to sign death certificates. 1912 The University of Hong Kong, with the Faculty of Medicine as its premier Faculty, takes its first students. Dr F.W. Clark, Dean of the College of Medicine, is the first Dean of the Faculty while retaining his post in the Government. 1913 The United Kingdom General Medical Council extends full recognition to the degree to be awarded. Professor Malcolmson, the first professorial appointment , is appointed to the Chair of Physiology and Biology (as it was then known). The Department of Anatomy is the first department to have its own building with the opening of the Ng Li Hing School of Anatomy. 1914 George Harold Thomas, formerly a student at the College of Medicine, is the first graduate to graduate with the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the new Faculty. 1915 The College of Medicine is formally dissolved on the passing out of its last two students. 1917 The School of Anatomy building is extended to accommodate Physiology and is known as the School of Anatomy and Physiology. 1919 The School of Tropical Medicine and Pathology opens on a site adjacent to the School of Anatomy and Physiology. 1920 Professor Wang Chung Yuk, a Licentiate of the College of Medicine, is appointed to the Chair of Pathology. George Harold Thomas is the first graduate from the Faculty to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD). Chronology xvii 1922 The Rockefeller Foundation offers to fund Chairs in Surgery, Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The Chairs in Medicine and Surgery are established. 1923 The Rockefeller-funded Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology is established. 1932 Phoon Seck Wah is the first graduate from the Faculty to be awarded the degree of Master of Surgery (MS). 1934 General Medical Council renews its recognition of the degree after a visit by Sir Richard Needham. 1935 School of Surgery (later named the Digby School of Surgery) is formally opened on 7 January, 1935. 1937 Clinical teaching (with the exception of Obstetrics) is transferred to the newly completed Queen Mary Hospital. 1941 The activities of the University brought to halt by the Japanese invasion of 8 December, 1941 and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong until the surrender in August, 1945. 1946 The Faculty of Medicine resumes teaching 34 of its undergraduates who had continued with their studies in mainland China and who either had not completed them or had qualifications which were not acceptable to the General Medical Council. 1948 The University returns to normal working and new medical undergraduates admitted again. 1950 The Medical Act 1950 (UK) requires a pre...