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Lived 1816 to 1873 · aged 57
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Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873) (Chinese:合信) was a British Protestant medical missionary who served with the London Missionary Society in imperial China during its Qing dynasty.

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Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873) (Chinese:合信) was a British Protestant medical missionary who served with the London Missionary Society in imperial China during its Qing dynasty. His Treatise on Physiology, reproducing and elaborating on work by William Cheselden, helped revolutionize Chinese and later Japanese medical understanding and treatment.

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Lived 1816 to 1873 · aged 57
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