Dugald Christie of Manchuria: Pioneer and Medical Missionary – By his wife (name not disclosed)

Description

He received qualifications in both medicine and surgery from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (LRCPE LRCSEd 1881). In 1882/83 he was sent to Mukden (now Shenyang) in northeastern China as a medical missionary and opened the Shengjing Clinic. For the next 30 years Christie worked towards opening a full medical school; as funds became available (from Scottish churches, the Chinese government and local people) the clinic became a hospital and in 1911/12 Christie became the first Principal of the Mukden Medical College. MMC was the first foreign medical college to be opened in north-eastern China.

Christie retired in the mid-1920s and died, in Edinburgh, on 2 December 1936. He is buried with his second wife, Elizabeth Inglis (1855-1952), in the north-east section of the Grange Cemetery.”

Price: R1100.00

Edition: First edition

Published: 1932

Publishers: James Clarke & Company

Condition: Dust jacket with significant tears and scuff marks around the edges – covered in a protective plastic sleeve. Hardcover with shelf wear around the edges of the cover and top and bottom of the spine. Slight discolouration of the spine, but gilt lettering still very clear. Previous owner’s name on the inside of the cover. Mild foxing to the end-papers. Deckle edge pages otherwise clean and tightly bound.