In 1921, Tu Tsung-ming, a Taiwanese graduate of the Viceroy's School of Medicine who had gone to Japan to obtain his doctorate, returned to Taiwan and forsook the affluent life of a doctor to organize the Taipei Imperial University's pharmacology chair, completely throwing himself into research.
一九二一年，自臺北總督府醫學校畢業、赴日取得醫學博士的台籍青年杜聰明返台，他拋棄了懸壺即可享受的錦衣玉食生活，主持台北帝大醫學部的「藥理學講座」，全力投入研究工作。