[The revelation - What the faculty and students in medical colleges did in the period of the Republic of China].

The medical and health care and services in China were highly developed in the period of the Republic of China, and the healthcare service system also improved. The staff and students in medical colleges or universities, as implementers and practitioners, left their indelible marks in this period. They undertook their historical mission and embraced their responsibility in the special period by popularising medical diagnosis and treatment, reforming public health, advertising knowledge about women, infants and children, supporting the needs for war and popularising academic research. They combined theories and practice, traditional education and wartime education and academic research and social service. These services and activities of medical faculty and students provided historical references for today's medical universities in terms of undertaking social missions and promoting the spirit of dedication.