Making the world better, one answer at a time. It means your physician has an MD, a Medical Degree in allpathic medicine. He also has an MS, a Master's of Science degree. In other words, he is a doctor of medicine and he has a master's degree in some science discipline as well.
As a result of the Boxer Rebellion, China was subjected to even greater humiliation. An indemnity of more than $300 million was levied on the nearly bankrupt nation and the government was forced to allow the permanent quartering of foreign soldiers in Beijing.
In the summer of 1900, 239 missionaries were martyred in China in what is known as the Boxer Rebellion. Of these, 189 were Protestant and 40 were Catholic. The two mission societies with the greatest toll of martyrs were the China Inland Mission, now called Overseas Missionary Fellowship, and The Christian and Missionary Alliance.