Norman Bethune in China, examining a child with a stethoscope, surrounded by a crowd of people. Colour lithograph, 197-.

All around are smiling people of different ages, and representing the different ethnic groups in China. One young woman is a nurse holding up a hypodermic syringe

Norman Bethune (1890–1939; Chinese name: 白求恩; pinyin: Bái Qiúēn) was a Canadian physician and surgeon who served with the Chinese Communists in 1938 against the Japanese invasion. Although he only spent two years in China before his death from blood-poisoning in 1939, his energy and humanitarian ethos led to the publication by Mao Zedong of an eloquent speech "In memory of Norman Bethune" (1939), which became known to all Chinese during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Thereafter Bethune became a national hero in China and more recently in his home states of Ontario and Montreal. There are several medical institutions in China named after him

Hebei sheng : Hebei ren min chu ban she, 1977 ([Hebei sheng] : Hebei ren min mei shu yin shua chang)

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 53 x 76.5

Translation of lettering: Our doctor Bai

Wellcome Collection 656939i