Taiwan Blackfoot Disease Memorial Museum

A small museum in Beimen, Tainan, documenting the history of blackfoot disease (烏腳病), a gangrenous condition caused by arsenic-contaminated well water that afflicted communities along the southwestern coast of Taiwan through the mid-20th century. It occupies the former Jinhe Clinic (金河診所), established in 1944 by Wang Jinhe (王金河), remembered as the father of blackfoot disease care in Taiwan. Working with the Mustard Seed Mission (基督教芥菜種會) of American missionary Lillian Dickson (孫理蓮), Wang provided free treatment to patients from across the region for nearly 25 years until improved living conditions eliminated the disease. The clinic was restored and reopened in 2007 as the first medical museum in Taiwan, also identified as the Beimenyu Free Medical Care Memorial Museum (北門嶼免費醫療紀念館), with exhibits including original equipment, patient records, and preserved amputated limbs.