Journal of the Formosan Medical Association Digital Archive

The Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (百年臺灣醫學史資料庫) was considered the most authoritative medical journal during the period of Japanese occupation. As the only professional medical journal during that period, the journal has special value in history and is still an important reference to tropical medicine. The main subjects covered include valuable historical documents about medicine in Taiwan, crucial studies on Taiwan medical history in 20th history, infectious diseases in Taiwan for the first fifty years of the 20th century, and surveys on infectious diseases such as TB and Dengue fever.

Professor Hsiu-Jung Chang, former chair of the Department of History at National Taiwan University, and senior scholars from the College of Medicine at National Taiwan University collected and indexed the titles of articles from this and one other key medical journal, covering medical research between 1899 and 1999. This index includes original articles, conference reports, notes, discussions, and summaries of international medical society papers.

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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Key Stats

  • Archive: 1899-1999
  • Language: Japanese and Traditional Chinese; Traditional Chinese interface
  • City: Taipei
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Format: Full text. 1902-1968 also includes full image.
  • Producer: TBMC
  • Platform: TBMC

About the Archive

The Journal of the Formosan Medical Association Digital Archive incorporates not only original articles but also reports, summaries of tropical medicine, meeting minutes, and local medical newsletters, all of which are relevant to medical research. Titles before 1945 are accompanied by Chinese translations, aligning the original Japanese terminology with modern medical terms. A Name Change Reference Table is included, detailing name changes of physicians, particularly those who participated in the post-Japanese occupation name-change movement, helping researchers track all works published by individual authors.

The Journal of the Formosan Medical Association database is hosted by Transmission Books & Microinfo Co., Ltd. (TBMC), a well-known online content producer from Taiwan.

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