"The Scalpel, The Sword" (biography)

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"The Scalpel, The Sword" is a biography that chronicles the life, medical innovations, and political activism of Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biography
book
about life of Norman Bethune
medical innovations of Norman Bethune
political activism of Norman Bethune
countryOfOrigin Canada
depicts Norman Bethune’s work in China
Norman Bethune’s work in the Spanish Civil War
documents development of mobile blood transfusion services
innovations in battlefield medicine
struggle for accessible healthcare
focusesOn public health reform
socialized medicine
genre biography
hasNarrativeScope early life of Norman Bethune
international work of Norman Bethune
political radicalization of Norman Bethune
professional career of Norman Bethune
hasPerspective sympathetic to left-wing politics
intendedAudience readers interested in Canadian history
readers interested in medical history
readers interested in political biography
language English
literaryForm non-fiction
mainSubject Norman Bethune
portrays Norman Bethune
surface form: Norman Bethune as a humanitarian

Norman Bethune
surface form: Norman Bethune as a medical innovator

Norman Bethune
surface form: Norman Bethune as a political activist
subjectCitizenship Canada
subjectFieldOfWork medicine
thoracic surgery
subjectOccupation surgeon
subjectPoliticalActivity anti-fascism
communism
timePeriodCovered Second Sino-Japanese War era
Spanish Civil War era
early 20th century

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