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| {{External article cleanup|date=November 2021}}{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Norman Bethune|native_name=白求恩|image_size=200|birth_date=March 4, 1890|birth_place=Gravenhurst, [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]|death_date=November 12, 1939|death_place=Tang County, Hebei, [[Republic of China]]|death_cause=Blood poisoning|nationality=Canadian|political_party=[[Communist Party of Canada]]|image=Norman Bethune.png}}
| | '''Henry Norman Bethune''' was a [[Canadian]] [[thoracic surgeon]], early advocate of [[socialized medicine]], and member of the [[Communist Party of Canada]]. A veteran of the [[First World War]], he held militarism and capitalism to be inextricably linked.<ref name="wounds2">{{cite web|last=Bethune|first=Norman|date=1939|title=Wounds|url=http://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/norman-bethune-wounds/|access-date=August 5, 2015|website=The Marxist-Leninist}}</ref> |
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| '''Henry Norman Bethune''' (March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939) was a [[Canadian]] thoracic surgeon, early advocate of [[Universal healthcare|socialized medicine]], and member of the [[Communist Party of Canada]]. A veteran of the [[First World War]], he held [[militarism]] and [[capitalism]] to be inextricably linked.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Norman Bethune|newspaper=The Marxist-Leninist|title=Wounds|date=2009-02-14|url=https://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/norman-bethune-wounds/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120045700/https://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/norman-bethune-wounds/|archive-date=2022-01-20|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref>
| | Bethune came to international prominence first for his service as a frontline [[trauma surgeon]] supporting the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican government]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]], and later supporting the [[Communist Party of China]]'s (CPC) [[Eighth Route Army]] during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. Bethune helped bring [[modern medicine]] to rural China, treating both sick villagers and wounded soldiers. |
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| Bethune came to international prominence first for his service as a frontline trauma surgeon supporting the [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican government]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]], and later supporting the [[Communist Party of China]]'s (CPC) [[Eighth Route Army]] during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. Bethune helped bring modern medicine to rural China, treating both sick villagers and wounded soldiers.<ref>[http://www.bookrags.com/biography/henry-norman-bethune/#gsc.tab=0 ''Encyclopedia of World Biography'' on Henry Norman Bethune]</ref> | | Bethune was responsible for developing a mobile [[Blood transfusion|blood-transfusion]] service for frontline operations in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Ironically, he died of [[blood poisoning]] after accidentally cutting his finger while operating on wounded Chinese soldiers.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Henry Norman Bethune Biography|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of World Biography|publisher=Thomson Corporation|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/henry-norman-bethune/|url-access=subscription}}</ref> |
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| Bethune was responsible for developing a mobile blood-transfusion service for frontline operations in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. Ironically, he died of blood poisoning after accidentally cutting his finger while operating on wounded Chinese soldiers.
| | Bethune's service to the CPC earned him the respect of [[Mao Zedong]], who wrote a [[eulogy]] dedicated to Bethune when he died in 1939. His name is honored in the [[People's Republic of China]] to this day. |
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| Bethune's service to the CPC earned him the respect of [[Mao Zedong]], who wrote a eulogy dedicated to Bethune when he died in 1939. He is honored in the [[People's Republic of China]] to this day, and the highest medical honour in China is named after him.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[People's Voice]]|title=Norman Bethune: forgotten in Canada but more relevant than ever|date=2020-11-12|url=https://pvonline.ca/2020/11/12/norman-bethune-forgotten-in-canada-but-more-relevant-than-ever/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926214802/https://pvonline.ca/2020/11/12/norman-bethune-forgotten-in-canada-but-more-relevant-than-ever/|archive-date=2022-09-26|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref> | |
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