Henry Norman Bethune (1890-1939): Surgeon, communist, humanitarian.

Henry Dunant and Norman Bethune: a Canadian surgeon who worked with H. Dunant at the Battle of Solferino.

Following a description of both scenarios involved in the Battle of Solferino (1859), and the consequent horrors which spurred Henry Dunant to set up the International Red Cross organisation, for which he received the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, the present paper discusses the meeting between Henry Dunant and the Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune (1822-1892). During the days immediately afte...

The ancestors of Norman Bethune (1890-1939) traced back to the Bethunes of Skye, leading members of the MacBeth/Beaton medical dynasty.

Norman Bethune became famous through his work in the Spanish Civil War, his advocacy of socialised medicine in North America and his association with Mao Zedong's revolutionary movement in China. It has been suggested that he may have been descended from the Bethune or Beaton medical dynasty, who for generations served as physicians to kings of Scotland, the Lords of the Isles and to some of th...

International surgery: definition, principles and Canadian practice.

This article is dedicated to the Canadian international surgeon, Norman Bethune (1890-1939). International surgery is defined as a humanitarian branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of bodily injuries or disorders by incision or manipulations, emphasizing cooperation and understanding among nations and involving education, research, development and advocacy. In this article I review t...

Norman Bethune: Gifted Surgeon and a Strange Idealist.

A History of Haematology. from Herodotus to Hiv (oxford Medical Histories)

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