This paper argues that Dudgeon was prompted to scrutinize the shortcomings of public health measures in Britain by his medical observations in China. 本文分析德貞對中國衛生狀況的觀(guān)察和評論,指出他和他的海關(guān)同僚在中國觀(guān)察到西方公共衛生學(xué)說(shuō)難以解釋的異?,F象,促使他反思英國公共衛生運動(dòng)的局限。