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.
The results of the Opium Wars were fourfold: 1: China was forced to open up to greatly increased trade with the West. 2: China was shown to be incapable of resisting the more technologically advanced West, which would continue to encroach on Chinese trade and territory.