Peter Parker (physician)

Peter Parker
Peter Parker
Born	June 18, 1804
Died	January 10, 1888 (aged 83)

Peter Parker (June 18, 1804 – January 10, 1888) was an American physician and a missionary who introduced Western medical techniques into Qing dynasty China, at the city of Canton. It was said that Parker "opened China to the gospel at the point of a lancet."^[1]

^ Withrow, W. H. (1894). "Medical Missions in China". China and its People. Toronto: William Briggs. p. 230. David W. Stevenson, M.D., of the Canadian Mission, writes as follows: ... ' 'Dr. Peter Parker, who went out in 1835, almost opened China to the Gospel at the point of his lancet. His great eye hospital become noted the world over.' ' ...

[1] Withrow, W. H. (1894). "Medical Missions in China". China and its People. Toronto: William Briggs. p. 230. David W. Stevenson, M.D., of the Canadian Mission, writes as follows: ... ' 'Dr. Peter Parker, who went out in 1835, almost opened China to the Gospel at the point of his lancet. His great eye hospital become noted the world over.' ' ...

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