Dr. Norman Bethune (白求恩) and a boy with facial injuries
Collection
Identifier
ML02-d174
Copyright
© Lindsay Family
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML02-d174. 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. Translation of the caption in Chinese on the back of the print (白求恩大夫): Dr Norman Bethune This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: Dr Norman Bethune.
Caption on photograph
白求恩大夫
Location
Estimated Date
1938-1939
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
