Since the American’s occupation of the Manila,the medical system of the Philippines was reformed thoroughly with its goal of"modernizing the Philippines"to cope with prevailing local pandemic.And systematic Western prevention and control measures and institutions were established.With this background,Chinese medicine,which has been started in the Spanish period,was deeply influenced too.With the help of Dr Tee Hankee and other doctors,the local Chinese medicine gradually developed into a combination of Chinese and Western medicine through the ...
