Peter Parker (physician)

Peter Parker
BornJune 18, 1804 
DiedJanuary 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."

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