Friday, September 13, 2013

Chan Hin-fan 陳衍芬 (1906-1908, 1939-EOP)

updated December 17, 2013.

Name variations: Chen Hin-fun; 陳顯芬. Hong Kong nlt.1905. Canton 1908. Guangzhou Guonghua Medical College 廣東光華醫學院, Lecturer; Director of Studies 1908; Principal 1933. Superintendent, Guonghua Charity Hospital 光華贈醫院. Editor, Chinese Medical Journal. Hong Kong 1939.

HONG KONG. LMSHK August 31, 1906. Superintendent, Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals net.1906. Authorized to practice October 11, 1939 [1]. Private practitioner 1939-EOP, address: 1/F., #788 Nathan Road 1941. Authorized medical practitioner to sign medical certificates of death 1908-EOP.

Publications: 衛生展覽與市民健康的關係 (The Relations between Sanitation Exhibition and the Health of City Drillers), Guangzhou Sanitation 1908.

[1] LMSHK was the qualification awarded to graduates of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese HKCMC (1887-1912). Holders of LMSHK were not authorized to practice as private practitioners until July 8, 1908 [a]. From that day on they were permitted to practice as "exempted persons", but not to be listed in the Medical Register and not be addressed officially as "Dr".
[a] There were hospital appointments, more particularly at missionary or charitable hospitals, prior to 1908. For instance, Kwan King-leung 關景良, LMSHK 1893, was permitted to practice at the Alice Memorial Hospital 1893.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, July 10, 1908, Notice #482; May 9, 1941, Notice #558.

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