Liu Z
Department of Internal Medicine, Memorial Hospital, Sun Yatsen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510120.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2000 Apr;30(2):98-100.
Guan Tao (Guan Yadu, Kuan A - To) is the first western style doctor and the first military western style doctor in the medical history of China. He was from the generations of the business painter in Shi San Hang (Thirteen Factories) of Guangzhou, in which the culture environment exerted a great influence on him. His uncle Guan Qiaochang (Lam Qua) and Guan Lianchang (Tin Qua) were famous business painters of Guangdong in 19th century. Guan Qiaochang set up a workshop in Shi San Hang and had extensive contact with various foreigners from Europe and North America. He followed the western style of the paintings from George Chinney who was a famous painter of England, settled down in Macao for the rest of his life during this period. Under the guidance of Guan Qiaochang, Guan Tao studied western medicine under the instruction of Peter Parker, the first American medical missionary in China, at the Ophthalmic Hospital in Shi San Hang in 1837, Guan Tao became a western style doctor with excellent character, skill and devotion. Chinese people remember his name forever.
关韬（关亚度、关阿妥）是中国医学史上第一位西式医生和第一位军医西式医生。他出身于广州十三行的商业画家世家，那里的文化环境对他影响很大。他的叔父关乔昌（林呱）和关联昌（庭呱）是19世纪广东著名的商业画家。关乔昌在十三行开设画室，与来自欧美各国的外国人广泛接触。他追随英国著名画家乔治·钱纳利的绘画风格，在此期间定居澳门直至终老。在关乔昌的指导下，1837年，关韬在十三行的眼科医院跟随美国第一位来华医学传教士伯驾学习西医，成为一名品德、医术和敬业精神俱佳的西式医生。中国人永远铭记他的名字。
