中文摘要：

近代以来，西方医学被传教士带到中国，推动了中国西方医学的传播和西医教育的发展。西医的人数迅速增加，形成新的职业群体。他们总数不多但发展迅速，分布地区极不平衡，同时内部构成复杂，良莠不齐，给中国医疗事业的发展以及中国社会转型带来深远的影响。

英文摘要：

In modern China, western medicine was introduced into China by missionary doctors, which promoted the spreading of western medicine and education of western medicine. The number of western- style doctors increased and gradually became new professionals. They developed quickly but which had a deep in fluence on the development of Chinese medicine, and affected the transformation of Chinese society in modern China.