Norman Bethune (1822–92), Canadian surgeon, as remembered by Henry Dunant (1828–1910), founder of the Red Cross Organization

摘要

Norman Bethune was born on 13 August 1822 in Moose Factory (Ontario) Canada, the son of Angus Bethune (1783–1858), an important trader of fur in the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company, and Louisa McKenzie (1793–1833 [Figure 1]).1 The family moved to Toronto in 1840 and Norman attended King's College for his arts degree and in 1845 entered King's College Medical School in Toronto, from whence he went to London and graduated at King's College and Guy's Hospital in 1848 as a surgeon. On returning to Canada in 1849 he joined four other doctors to set up the Upper Canada Medical School, the third medical school in Toronto (the others were King's College and John Rolph's Toronto School of Medicine). In 1850 he moved to the Trinity Medical School (Toronto) and there, under Bishop John Strachan (1778–1867), he became Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. He contributed papers (anatomy, medical pathology, monstrosity in medicine) to the Upper Canada Journal of Medical and Surgical and Physical Sciences during the period 1851–54.2