1939 10.29 In the Battle of Motianling in Laiyuan County, an operation was performed on a wounded person with a serious leg injury. When the Japanese army approached the operating room, Bethune put his left hand into the wound and took out the broken bone. A broken bone stabbed Bethune's middle finger.
Three days later, on June 1 65438+1October1day, Bethune operated on a wounded man with erysipelas in the neck complicated with cellulitis, and his fingers were infected with an open wound. 165438+1October 12 died of sepsis in Huangshikou Village, Tang County, Hebei Province.
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1937 10, the new york-based "China Aid Foundation" and Soong Ching Ling's "Alliance for Defending China" are looking for volunteer medical personnel around the world to help War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China. When Bethune learned that he was going to China, he informed the leaders of the Canadian and American * * * production parties.
Bethune told them that "Spain and China are both part of the same war", China needed doctors more than Spain, and his experience in Spain could be applied to the anti-fascist battlefield in China. After careful consideration, the two sides agreed to send him to China together.
Soon, the International Committee for Aid to China was established in new york to cooperate with the Alliance for the Defence of China led by Soong Ching Ling. After getting in touch with the Committee, Bethune went to new york to register in February, 65438, and volunteered to set up a medical team to cooperate with the guerrillas in North China.
Bethune had never been to China and could not speak Chinese. He badly needs an assistant and an interpreter. Jane Evan, a Canadian female nurse who had been to China at that time and could speak fluent Chinese, also signed up. She worked as a surgeon in St Joseph's Hospital with a good salary, but her constant contact with China prompted her to give up everything.
After meeting with Sam Carr, the head of the Canadian Production Party, Ivan happily accepted his new mission, resigned from his job and walked with Bethune. It is difficult to establish a joint Canadian-American medical team. Considering the long distance and dangers, there are very few applicants. The Canadian-American medical team was originally composed of Dr. Bethune, Dr. Farate from the United States and Nurse Ivan.
Farate hesitated, and finally failed to report to the medical team. Before leaving, American surgeon Dr. Parsons joined the medical team. 193865438+1On October 8th, the Canadian-American medical team bought enough medicines and equipment and set out for China on the ship "Empress of Japan".
Bethune wrote in his farewell letter to his ex-wife Frances: "Spain is a scar in my heart ... Spain and China are fighting for the same purpose. I went to China because I was most needed there and I could play a bigger role there. "
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