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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Rough Road to Commitment -- 2 Arrival in China and the Singapore Internship -- 3 A Hospital for Canton -- 4 A Parcel of Shipwrecked Japanese Sailors -- 5 The Institutionalization of Medical Missions -- 6 Opium and the Approach of War -- 7 Washington, Marriage, and London -- 8 The Caleb Cushing Interlude -- 9 Schism in the MMS and Severance from the ABC -- 10 Pioneer Physician, Teacher, and Surgeon -- 11 Chargé -- 12 Commissioner -- 13 Retirement and Epitaph -- Notes -- Works by Peter Parker -- Bibliography -- Index