Afshar Ahmadreza
Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Arch Iran Med. 2017 Dec 30;20(12):760-766.
The American Presbyterian Missionary in Iran accomplished medical activities in Urmia. Doctor Joseph Plumb Cochran established the first modern medical college (the Westminster College) in 1879 and built a modern hospital of that time (the Westminster Hospital). The medical college and hospital trained 34 native physicians that practiced in the northwest of Iran and its neighboring regions. Although the main aim of American Presbyterian Missionary was theological and evangelistic, their devoted activities improved health and welfare in the northwestern part of Iran and its neighboring countries.
美国长老会传教士在伊朗乌尔米亚开展了医疗活动。约瑟夫·普拉姆· Cochr an 医生于1879年建立了第一所现代医学院（威斯敏斯特学院），并建造了当时的一所现代医院（威斯敏斯特医院）。该医学院和医院培养了34名在伊朗西北部及其周边地区行医的本土医生。尽管美国长老会传教士的主要目标是神学和传教，但他们的奉献活动改善了伊朗西北部及其邻国的健康和福利状况。
