Memories of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, plague fighter

by Wu Yu-lin

Dr Wu Lien-teh (1879-1960) was a distinguished scientist and Cambridge-trained Chinese physician who, at the age of 31, was sent to Manchuria in the severe winter of 1910 to fight the terrifying pneumonia plague which then threatened the world and claimed a deathtoll of 60,000 victims. The successful ending of this major plague epidemic, covering a distance of 2000 miles from the north-western border of Siberia to Peking, within a short period of four months, brought him international fame and marked the beginning of almost thirty years of devoted humanitarian service to China. In 1912, Dr Wu established the Manchurian Plague Prevention Service, and it was on this foundation that he, despite immense difficulties, began to modernize China's medical services and medical education. Some 20 modern hospitals, laboratories and research institutions, including the Peking Central Hospital, built by Dr Wu in different parts of China are memorials to his work. He founded the Chinese Medical Association and established the first national quarantine service in China. He embarked on arduous work for the League of Nations and became a world authority on plague. This volume contains more than 200 historically important photographs vividly depicting the medical scenes and anti-plague work in China during the years 1908-37 that came from Dr Wu's private collection. This book is a companion to Dr Wu Lien-teh's autobiography entitled "Plague Fighter: The Autobiography of a Modern Chinese Physician", published by Heffer, Cambridge, in 1959.

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[目次]

  • Parentage
  • education
  • early career and first marriage
  • life and work in China
  • private life in later years
  • remembrances.

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書名 Memories of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, plague fighter
著作者等 Wu Yu-Lin
Wu Yu-lin
出版元 World Scientific
刊行年月 c1995
ページ数 ix, 185 p.
大きさ 27 × 29 cm
ISBN 9810222874
NCID BB30432796
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言語 英語
出版国 シンガポール
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