[Study on the career of Qu Yongqiu, a western medicine doctor in late Qing dynasty and the Republican Period]

Qu Yongqiu() was one of the first-generation western medicine doctors in China's recent history. He had ever been in charge of the affairs of Beiyang Medical School and Tianjin Health Bureau, which had made significant contributions to medical enterprise, medical education and epidemic prevention, etc. He had also treated several important politicians, and witnessed the death of Guangxu() Emperor and Yuan Shikai(), and other historical events. Through making some research, the author analyzed the differences aspects of his career recorded in different literatures.