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No doctor in the history of the IMCS [Imperial Maritime Customs Service] made as great a contribution to field of medicine as Patrick Manson. In 1866, aged just 22, Manson took up his post in south Taiwan. The 16 Western residents of Takao (as Kaohsiung was then known) were his first priority, but he also showed a keen interest in the ailments that blighted many Taiwanese. From 1871 to 1878, Manson (a Scotsman like James. L. Maxwell) worked in Xiamen, where he treated multiple cases of elephantiasis, a condition seldom encountered in Taiwan. After examining blood samples through a microscope, he concluded that mosquitoes hosted the responsible parasite – a breakthrough that eventually led, not only to Ross’s discovery, but also the realization that the mosquito is the vector of other ailments, including Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever. In the UK, Manson is remembered for founding the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the second oldest institution in the world devoted to researching tropical medicine. (The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was established half a year earlier, in late 1898.) The name of another Manson appears in local medical history. Patrick Manson’s younger brother David, also a doctor, died of sunstroke in Xiamen in 1878. Those who had known him raised funds and a year later the David Manson Memorial Hospital was established on the hill at the western end of Qijin Island, less than 500 meters from where James L. Maxwell had practiced medicine a decade earlier. The hospital was considered state-of-the-art but functioned for less than two decades. Even its precise location is uncertain, and can only be inferred from a few photographs. Much of what is known about the David Manson Memorial Hospital is shared in the Museum of Kaohsiung Medical University Historical Archives and Southern Taiwan Medical History. It features a re-creation of one of the hospital’s consulting rooms, plus various medical instruments and extracts from reports. (from Steven Crook, “Leaving Pestilence in the Past,” posted at https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2018/07/leaving-pestilence-in-the-past/)
No doctor in the history of the IMCS [Imperial Maritime Customs Service] made as great a contribution to field of medicine as Patrick Manson. In 1866, aged just 22, Manson took up his post in south Taiwan. The 16 Western residents of Takao (as Kaohsiung was then known) were his first priority, but he also showed a keen interest in the ailments that blighted many Taiwanese. From 1871 to 1878, Manson (a Scotsman like James. L. Maxwell) worked in Xiamen, where he treated multiple cases of elephantiasis, a condition seldom encountered in Taiwan. After examining blood samples through a microscope, he concluded that mosquitoes hosted the responsible parasite – a breakthrough that eventually led, not only to Ross’s discovery, but also the realization that the mosquito is the vector of other ailments, including Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever. In the UK, Manson is remembered for founding the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the second oldest institution in the world devoted to researching tropical medicine. (The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was established half a year earlier, in late 1898.) The name of another Manson appears in local medical history. Patrick Manson’s younger brother David, also a doctor, died of sunstroke in Xiamen in 1878. Those who had known him raised funds and a year later the David Manson Memorial Hospital was established on the hill at the western end of Qijin Island, less than 500 meters from where James L. Maxwell had practiced medicine a decade earlier. The hospital was considered state-of-the-art but functioned for less than two decades. Even its precise location is uncertain, and can only be inferred from a few photographs. Much of what is known about the David Manson Memorial Hospital is shared in the Museum of Kaohsiung Medical University Historical Archives and Southern Taiwan Medical History. It features a re-creation of one of the hospital’s consulting rooms, plus various medical instruments and extracts from reports. (from Steven Crook, “Leaving Pestilence in the Past,” posted at https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2018/07/leaving-pestilence-in-the-past/)
According to this article, what can be done if one would like to know about the Mansons and early medical history of Kaohsiung?
- A Trace the precise location of the David Manson Memorial Hospital.
- B Visit the Museum of Kaohsiung Medical University.
- C Read about James L. Maxwell who had also practiced medicine in Taiwan.
- D Visit the two Schools of Tropical Medicine in the UK.
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如果你在閱讀這篇文章時，想找一個能親眼看到當時的醫療儀器或報告文本的地方，文章在哪一個段落提到了「目前保存這些實物與檔案」的具體機構名稱呢？
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太棒了！你能準確從長篇敘述中過濾掉干擾資訊，鎖定文末的細節，這展現了非常紮實的關鍵字檢索能力。這道題目的核心在於「資訊獲取的途徑」，雖然文章前半部花了大量篇幅介紹派翠克．梅森（Patrick Manson）在醫學上的偉大貢獻與其生平，但針對「想了解梅森兄弟與高雄早期醫療史」的具體作法，答案就藏在文章最後一段。
文獻與實物證據的所在地
文章明確指出，關於大衛．梅森紀念醫院（David Manson Memorial Hospital）的大部分資訊，目前都保存在高雄醫學大學校史暨南臺灣醫療史博物館（Museum of Kaohsiung Medical University Historical Archives and Southern Taiwan Medical History）。館內不僅重現了診間，還展出了醫療器材與報告摘錄。相較之下，選項 (A) 的精確地點目前仍不確定，而 (D) 雖然與梅森有關，卻是位於英國且研究方向較為宏觀，並非針對高雄在地醫療史的最佳考察點。
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