Old photos of Peking Union Medical College, the predecessor of Peking Union Medical College in 1905

An old photo of Peking Union Medical College in 1905. Photographed by: Maxwell

Luo Weilin was the first western doctor who arrived in Beijing. Luo Weilin came to Guangzhou Eye Hospital in 1839. He retreated to Java because of the Opium War and learned Chinese there. Later, he returned to Guangzhou and practiced medicine in Macao, Zhoushan, Ninghai and Hong Kong

In 1857, when he heard that Beijing was open to foreigners in Britain, he set out immediately and arrived in Beijing on September 13, 1861. Later, he established his fourth hospital in China: the Peking Hospital of the London Missionary Society

Following Luo Weilin, Du Zhiang has been the president of Beijing Hospital for 20 years. The hospital was completely destroyed during the Boxer movement. After the incident subsided, the London Missionary Society realized that their various resources were very scarce, and at the same time, the missionaries’ power in education and medicine was too scattered

As the largest and most influential church in Beijing, London will begin to call on the church to unite its strength; In response to this initiative, the Presbyterian Church of America and the United States Overseas Missionary Association jointly established the North China Educational Union, and selected Beijing Hospital as the site of the first joint medical school of the church

Thomas Middleot, a Scottish missionary who was in England at that time; Thomas Cochrane (1866— 1955) attracted the attention of the London Association. Considering his surgical skills and organizational ability, he decided to send him to establish the Peking Union Medical College

Kekeren graduated from Glasgow Medical College and once practiced medicine in Chaoyang, Northeast China. Later, during the Boxer Rebellion, thanks to the rescue of a male hospital worker, they were able to escape. Kekeren arrived in Beijing in November 1901. When he saw the rubble of the Beijing hospital, he was shocked, but this did not shake his confidence

Li Lianying is one of the patients in Kekeren Outpatient Department. Because Lao Foye can’t live without him, he has to come and go in a hurry every time. It was through Li Lianying that the London Missionary Association was recognized by Empress Dowager Cixi. The first donation to the Medical College came from Cixi; Later, the Medical College received a donation of 1600 pounds from Li Lianying

Peking Union Medical College was officially established in 1906, with 14 foreign teachers. It became the only church education institution recognized by the Chinese government at that time. The British Foreign Minister and the American Ambassador both attended the inauguration ceremony and delivered speeches

In 1915, the Rockefeller Foundation acquired the Peking Union Medical College. Subsequently, the Rockefeller Foundation invested in the construction of the new school. In September 1917, the Rockefeller Foundation of the United States helped to establish the Peking Union Medical College and set up a pre medical department. The affiliated hospital was Peking Union Medical College Hospital

1905年 北京协和医学堂老照片，摄影：麦克斯韦

雒魏林是到达北京的第一个西医大夫。雒魏林于1839年来到广州眼科医院，因鸦片战争退到爪哇，在那里学习中文。后返回广州，曾先后在澳门、舟山、宁海和香港等地行医。

1857年，当他在英国听说北京向外国人开放的消息后，立即启程，并于1861年9月13日到达北京，随后建立了他在中国的第四所医院：伦敦宣教会北京医院（Peking Hospital of the London Missionary Society）。

继雒魏林之后，杜之昂在北京医院做了二十年的院长。这家医院在义和团运动中被彻底毁掉了。事件平息之后，伦敦宣教会认识到他们的各种资源十分乏匮，同时，传教士在教育与医学方面的力量太分散了。

作为在北京最大和最有影响的教会，伦敦会开始号召教会把力量联合起来；美国长老会、美国海外传教部总会响应了这一倡导，一起成立了华北教育联合会(the North China Educational Union)，并选择北京医院作为教会第一家联合的医学院的校址。

当时正在英国的苏格兰传教士托马斯·科克仁（Thomas Cockrane，1866—1955）引起了伦敦会的注意，考虑到他的外科技术和组织能力，决定派遣他去创办北京协和医学堂。

科克仁毕业于格拉斯哥医学院，曾到中国东北的朝阳行医。后来在义和团动乱中，幸亏一名医院男工的搭救才得以逃生。此次科克仁于1901年11月抵达北京，当他看到一片瓦砾的北京医院时，十分震惊，但这并没有动摇他的信心。

科克仁门诊部的病人中有李莲英，因为老佛爷离不开他，所以每次只能来去匆匆。正是通过李莲英，伦敦宣教会得到了慈禧太后的认可。医学堂得到的第一笔捐赠来自慈禧；之后，医学堂又得到了来自李莲英的1600英镑捐赠。

北京协和医学堂于1906年正式落成，有外国教员14人，成为当时唯一得到中国政府承认的教会教育机构。英国外相、美国大使都出席了落成典礼并致辞。

1915年，洛克菲勒基金会收购协和医学堂。随后，洛克菲勒基金会投入资金进行新校建设。1917年9月由美国洛克菲勒基金会帮助建立北京协和医学院，开办医预科，附属医院为北京协和医院。