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Niu brothers garner global reputations for caring contributions
By Huang Youbin and Pan Zheng |
June 27, 2011, Monday
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IN Jiading, there used to live a family of Niu's. This special family was not only related to the family of Soong's at the beginning of the 20th century, but also cultivated two excellent doctors - Niu Huilin and Niu Huisheng. Both of them used to study in Western countries and made great contributions for the Chinese people after they returned to their motherland.
Born in 1887, Niu Huilin got his PhD in the medical college of Cambridge University and used to be an archiater of London Hospital. During the World War I, he stayed in London and treated wounded British soldiers. In 1918, he returned to China as his father Niu Shangzhou passed away, and he was invited to become the head of the surgical department, as well as the vice president of Shanghai Renji Hospital. Later, he was selected as the director of Shanghai Red Cross General Hospital. In 1920, Niu Huilin and his younger brother Niu Huisheng opened Linsheng Hospital in Shanghai.
In 1923, he led the Chinese rescue team to Japan to treat the injured civilians in the Great Kanto Earthquake, and returned with a medal of honor from Japanese Red Cross, and his stories were recorded in the Japanese book, History of Earthquake.
Niu excelled at surgery, but he was also good at internal medicine, gynecology and obstetrics, as well as ENT and ophthalmology. In 1924, the governor of Hong Kong Sir Stubbs got seriously sick. The British government asked Niu to diagnose. Niu soon cured Sir Stubbs and won great fame in Hong Kong.
In 1927, Niu received an injured commander of the Red Army named Chen Geng in Shanghai Red Cross General Hospital, who was shot in the left leg with three bullets. Chen didn't want to reveal his identity of the Red Army, which was not considered legal by the authority at that time, and Niu was reluctant to treat him for he suspected that Chen was a criminal. But after learning that Chen was a commander of the Red Army, Niu not only cured him, but also remitted the medical fee. In January 1932, Songhu anti-Japanese war broke out, Niu and his brother participated in treating wounded soldiers in Shanghai and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and their Linsheng Hospital also became a special hospital for refugees. In that autumn, Chen got injured again on the left leg and visited Niu secretly. Niu accepted him and cured him quickly.
In February 1934, Weng Wenhao, premier of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China got seriously injured on the head in a traffic accident in Zhejiang Province, as his eyeballs were displaced. Niu hurried to Hangzhou and took over the treatment and placed his eyeballs back carefully, successfully preventing Weng from being blind.
After the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in 1937, Niu Huilin returned to Shanghai and participated in treating wounded soldiers, regardless of his own heavy sickness. He eventually passed away after Shanghai was occupied in that year, and he was only 50 at that time.
Niu Huilin's younger brother Niu Huisheng was born in 1892. He used to study in Shanghai St. John's University, then he went on study and got the PhD in the medical college of Harvard University. After he returned to China, he once worked as the president of China Medical Association, the president of China Surgery Association and the director of Shanghai Red Cross General Hospital.
In November 1912, 20-year-old Niu delivered a baby for a Jewish woman in Boston, as he spent 20 hours in saving this woman and her daughter's life without eating anything. That woman was so moved as to name her daughter "Huisheng" to express her appreciation.
In 1918, Niu joined the American Medical Association and served the US army during the World War I.
In 1920, he returned to Shanghai and opened his own clinic. The first six months led him to a great loss. However, he still refused to perform abortion for a woman who would spend 2,000 yuan (US$309) for the operation, because he thought it was immoral.
In 1928, he opened the first orthopedics hospital of China - Shanghai Orthopedics Hospital. On April 1 1937, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital officially went into operation, and he became the first director of the hospital. But only one month later he died of nephritis and diphtheria at the age of only 45. After he passed away, his wife Niu Xuheng donated all his personal equipment and books to Hangzhou Guangji Hospital and the library of China Medical Association according to his will. According to his wife's recall, Niu Huisheng had treated over 5,600 patients in the last six years of his life.
Born in 1887, Niu Huilin got his PhD in the medical college of Cambridge University and used to be an archiater of London Hospital. During the World War I, he stayed in London and treated wounded British soldiers. In 1918, he returned to China as his father Niu Shangzhou passed away, and he was invited to become the head of the surgical department, as well as the vice president of Shanghai Renji Hospital. Later, he was selected as the director of Shanghai Red Cross General Hospital. In 1920, Niu Huilin and his younger brother Niu Huisheng opened Linsheng Hospital in Shanghai.
In 1923, he led the Chinese rescue team to Japan to treat the injured civilians in the Great Kanto Earthquake, and returned with a medal of honor from Japanese Red Cross, and his stories were recorded in the Japanese book, History of Earthquake.
Niu excelled at surgery, but he was also good at internal medicine, gynecology and obstetrics, as well as ENT and ophthalmology. In 1924, the governor of Hong Kong Sir Stubbs got seriously sick. The British government asked Niu to diagnose. Niu soon cured Sir Stubbs and won great fame in Hong Kong.
In 1927, Niu received an injured commander of the Red Army named Chen Geng in Shanghai Red Cross General Hospital, who was shot in the left leg with three bullets. Chen didn't want to reveal his identity of the Red Army, which was not considered legal by the authority at that time, and Niu was reluctant to treat him for he suspected that Chen was a criminal. But after learning that Chen was a commander of the Red Army, Niu not only cured him, but also remitted the medical fee. In January 1932, Songhu anti-Japanese war broke out, Niu and his brother participated in treating wounded soldiers in Shanghai and Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and their Linsheng Hospital also became a special hospital for refugees. In that autumn, Chen got injured again on the left leg and visited Niu secretly. Niu accepted him and cured him quickly.
In February 1934, Weng Wenhao, premier of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China got seriously injured on the head in a traffic accident in Zhejiang Province, as his eyeballs were displaced. Niu hurried to Hangzhou and took over the treatment and placed his eyeballs back carefully, successfully preventing Weng from being blind.
After the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in 1937, Niu Huilin returned to Shanghai and participated in treating wounded soldiers, regardless of his own heavy sickness. He eventually passed away after Shanghai was occupied in that year, and he was only 50 at that time.
Niu Huilin's younger brother Niu Huisheng was born in 1892. He used to study in Shanghai St. John's University, then he went on study and got the PhD in the medical college of Harvard University. After he returned to China, he once worked as the president of China Medical Association, the president of China Surgery Association and the director of Shanghai Red Cross General Hospital.
In November 1912, 20-year-old Niu delivered a baby for a Jewish woman in Boston, as he spent 20 hours in saving this woman and her daughter's life without eating anything. That woman was so moved as to name her daughter "Huisheng" to express her appreciation.
In 1918, Niu joined the American Medical Association and served the US army during the World War I.
In 1920, he returned to Shanghai and opened his own clinic. The first six months led him to a great loss. However, he still refused to perform abortion for a woman who would spend 2,000 yuan (US$309) for the operation, because he thought it was immoral.
In 1928, he opened the first orthopedics hospital of China - Shanghai Orthopedics Hospital. On April 1 1937, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital officially went into operation, and he became the first director of the hospital. But only one month later he died of nephritis and diphtheria at the age of only 45. After he passed away, his wife Niu Xuheng donated all his personal equipment and books to Hangzhou Guangji Hospital and the library of China Medical Association according to his will. According to his wife's recall, Niu Huisheng had treated over 5,600 patients in the last six years of his life.
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