Portrait of Ding Zezhou
Ding Zezhou(1864-1924),better known as Ganren,was a native of Menghe,Wujin County,Jiangsu Province.He was one of the "Four Famous Doctors of Menghe,"because of his expertise on external dimmers.He wrote Wai ke chuan xin ji (Collected Heritage of External Medicine)and Dine Ganren yi a7l,a compilation of his medical case records.In 1915.he was one of the founders of the Shanghai Professional School of TCM and the North-South Hospital of TCM,along with Xia Shaoting and Xie Guan(see Figs.512 and 520).He was also Chairman of the Shanghai Association of TCM)