The wounds de Bethune, Norman

Ontario, Canada: Alive Press Limited. Paperback. Very Good/None. In original wrappers, corners remain square, minor fading along spine; interior unmarked; only apparent flaw is a light rub mark on back cover. Scarce, the writings of Henry Norman Bethune, with a 1939 commemoration in his honor by Mao TseTung. Bethune was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and noted Anti-fascist. Bethune's service with the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War earned him enduring acclaim. He effectively brought modern medicine to rural China and frequently treated sick villagers inasmuch as wounded soldiers. His selfless commitment to the Chinese people would leave an enduring impression on Mao Zedong, so much so that the Chairman's eulogy of Dr. Bethune was committed to memory by generations of Chinese students.\n\nIronically, the man responsible for developing mobile blood-transfusion service for frontline operations in the Spanish Civil War would die of blood poisoning.\n\nA well-regarded Communist and First World War veteran, he wrote that wars were motivated by profits, not principles. Though relatively unknown in Canada, statues in his honour can be found in cities throughout China.