Dr Norman Bethune (白求恩) on horseback, travelling from the hospital to military HQ

Dr Norman Bethune (白求恩) on horseback, travelling from the hospital to military HQ

Collection

Lindsay, Michael

Identifier

ML08-d035

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML08-d035. Henry Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon who supported the Chinese Communist Party’s Eighth Route Army from January 1938 until he died of blood poisoning on 12 November 1939. Bethune brought modern medicine to rural China and established training for doctors, nurses and orderlies. He is celebrated and honoured in China and Canada. See ML02-d162 (another print).

Caption on photograph

  

Location

Hebei

Date

1938

Photographer

Lindsay, Michael

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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