Bethune, full name Henry norman bethune, was born in 1920 in party member, an internationalist fighter and a famous thoracic surgeon. 1890 was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada. 1935 joined the Canadian * * * Production Party, and 1939 came to China to attend.
During his one and a half years working in China, he devoted himself to the anti-Japanese revolution in China. Mao Zedong called him a noble man, a pure man, a moral man, a man who broke away from vulgar tastes and benefited the people.
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Bethune's achievements and contributions;
1924, Bethune was suffering from tuberculosis, but he still tried to invent the "artificial pneumothorax therapy" and achieved great success in his own experiment. His original thoracic surgery technique is well-known in the medical field.
193 1 in the summer of, Bethune signed a franchise patent agreement with Pilling & Sons Company in Philadelphia, USA, which was responsible for all the manufacturing and sales of surgical instruments invented by Bethune and named after "Bethune Instruments"-there were 22 kinds of instruments, which were in an extremely leading position at that time.
From 1936 to 1937, Bethune went to Spain to participate in the Spanish civil war as a volunteer to support the international anti-fascism. During this period, he created a mobile first aid system for the wounded, which became the prototype of the mobile military surgical hospital widely used in the future. He invented the world's first method of transporting blood in order to save the wounded who lost too much blood, which is of great significance in medicine.
1937, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in China. Bethune led a medical team composed of Canadians and Americans to China Liberated Area. 1April, 938, went to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region via Yan 'an, and worked for nearly two years. His spirit of sacrifice, enthusiasm and sense of responsibility were exemplary until he died in the line of duty. His deeds were widely praised by the people of China.