Died of sepsis on November 12, 1939 at the home of farmer Di Junxing in Huangshikou Village, Tang County, Hebei Province.
Bethune was originally scheduled to leave for North America on October 20, 1939, to raise funds for the establishment of the Eighth Route Army Rear Hospital and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Health School. At this time, the Japanese army launched a winter sweep of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.
Bethune chose to stay and participate in the medical treatment of the anti-mopping operations. On October 29, 1939, during the Motianling battle in Laiyuan County, Bethune performed an operation on a wounded man whose leg was seriously injured. When the Japanese army approached the operating room, in order to speed up the operation process, Bethune put his left hand into the wound to remove the broken bones. Pierced Bethune's middle finger.
Three days later, on November 1, Bethune performed an operation on a wounded man with erysipelas and cellulitis in his neck, and the open wound on his finger became infected. He died of sepsis on November 12 at the home of farmer Di Junxing in Huangshikou Village, Tang County, Hebei Province.
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Achievements and contributions
In 1924, Bethune suffered from tuberculosis, but still worked hard and invented the "artificial pneumothorax therapy" and used it in his own The experiment on the body was a great success. His original thoracic surgery skills are well-known in the medical community.
In the summer of 1931, Bethune signed a franchise patent agreement with Pilling & Sons of Philadelphia, USA. The latter was solely responsible for the manufacture and sale of surgical instruments invented by Bethune and named after "Bethune Instruments" - this There are as many as 22 types of similar instruments, and these instruments were in an extremely leading position at the time.
From 1936 to 1937, Bethune went to Spain to join the Spanish Civil War as a volunteer supporting international anti-fascism. During this period, he created a mobile casualty first aid system, which became the prototype of the mobile military surgical hospital that was widely used in the future. In order to transfuse blood to rescue the wounded who had lost excessive blood, he invented the world's first method of transporting blood, which was of extremely important medical significance.
In 1937, when China's Anti-Japanese War broke out, Bethune led a medical team composed of Canadians and Americans to the Liberated Areas of China. In April 1938, he was transferred to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region through Yan'an and worked there. In the past two years, his spirit of sacrifice, enthusiasm for work, and sense of responsibility were all exemplary, until he died in the line of duty. His deeds have been widely praised by the Chinese people.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bethune