Alexander C A
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2000 Apr;30(2):93-7.
While visiting the People's Republic of China in 1982, I became aware of the work of the Canadian, Norman Bethune, as a military surgeon. Bethune first served as a stretcher - bearer in an ambulance unit and later as a medical officer with the Allies during the First World War. He also participated in the Spanish Civil War as a military physician. He died in China while serving with Mao Tsetung's Eighth Route Army, fighting the Japanese invaders in Yen'an. Bethune pioneered the use of whole blood transfusions in combat areas, first in Spain and then in China. In the annals of Chinese military history, he has been given an honored place as a military surgeon and a martyr. He is also credited in China, with improving the practice of battlefield medicine, as an organizer, teacher and innovator. Bethune's fame in China is now spreading to Canada.
1982年访问中华人民共和国期间，我了解到加拿大医生诺曼·白求恩作为一名军医的事迹。白求恩最初在一个救护单位担任担架员，后来在第一次世界大战期间作为盟军的军医服役。他还作为军医参加了西班牙内战。他在中国为毛泽东领导的八路军服务，与日本侵略者在延安作战时牺牲。白求恩率先在战区使用全血输血，先是在西班牙，然后在中国。在中国军事史上，他作为一名军医和烈士享有崇高的地位。在中国，他还被认为是改进战地医疗实践的组织者、教师和创新者。白求恩在中国的名声现在正传播到加拿大。
