Dr Norman Bethune (白求恩) on horseback, travelling from the hospital to military HQ
Collection
Identifier
ML02-d162
Copyright
© 1994 Lindsay Family
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML02-d162. 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-d158 and ML08-d035 (other prints) and ML02-d164.
Caption on photograph
Dr. Norman Bethune on horseback / 1938
Location
Date
1938
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
