福爾摩沙疫癘初探

A Brief History of Infectious Disease in Taiwan before WWII

疫病是人類生存一大威脅，特別是冠狀病毒跨物種造成大感染影響甚鉅，在嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎（武漢肺炎）肆虐的當下，本文藉由檔案研究，回顧了終戰前現代公衛措施實行以前的台灣疫癘概況，讓我們能夠更借鏡過去、展望未來。考察文獻發現，傳統醫藥在一定程度上，與國家防疫行動有關，二戰之後才逐步退出舞臺。在廢醫存藥背景下，漢方生藥相關活動藉由藥店存留。審視歷史紀錄以及推行標準處方，或能有助推升中醫素材進入官方臨床準則，讓更多方法協同輔助人群防疫。

The epidemic is a threat to human survival, especially the cross-species spreading coronavirus caused a large infection. Now when COVID-19 (Wuhan pneumonia) is raging, we can learn something from past experiences. This article reviews the history of public health in Taiwan before World War II by archival research. We found that traditional medicine was related to the national epidemic prevention actions to a certain extent, and gradually withdrew from the stage after WWII. Examining historical records and implementing standard traditional medicine (TM) prescriptions, may help promote TM materials into the official clinical guidelines and allow more methods to assist the population in epidemic prevention.