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    Norman Bethune Biography

    Dr. Henry Norman Bethune (March 30, 1890 - November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and humanitarian.

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    Bethune was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada. A surgeon, he travelled to Spain (1936-1937) and China (1938-1939) to perform battlefield surgical operations on war casualties.

    Bethune's work in Spain in developing mobile medical units were the model for the later development of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units.

    The need to provide blood transfusions in a battlefield context led him to develop the first practical method for transporting blood.

    He met his death while saving the lives of others; he died on November 12, 1939 of blood poisoning from a cut wound he received during a surgery, whilst with the Communist Party of China's legendary Eighth Route Army in midst of the second Sino-Japanese War.

    Virtually unknown in his homeland during his lifetime, Doctor Bethune finally received interna