Norman Bethune: Battlefield Medicine Hero

He invented mobile blood transfusion and became a HERO in China! 🩸🇨🇦 Norman Bethune

was the Canadian surgeon who revolutionized battlefield medicine! In the 1930s Spanish Civil War,

he created the world's first mobile blood transfusion service—literally driving blood to wounded soldiers

and saving thousands of lives! But his greatest legacy came in China, where he joined

Mao's forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Working in primitive conditions with NO supplies,

he performed surgeries in caves, trained Chinese medics, and operated on

soldiers NON-STOP for days! He died from blood poisoning after cutting himself

during surgery, but his sacrifice made him a legendary hero in China—where millions of schoolchildren