Niu Hui-sheng

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Niu Hui-sheng (1934)

Niu Hui-sheng ( Chinese 牛 惠 生 , in the English-speaking world Way-sung New , born June 14, 1892 in Jiangsu , died May 4, 1937 in Shanghai ) was a Chinese surgeon . He made a significant contribution to the establishment of a modern health system in his country.

Origin and education

Niu Hui-sheng was born in 1892 to New Shan-chow (Niu Shangzhou) and his wife Ni Kwei-kyung (Ni Guijin) in the east Chinese region of Jiading (then in Jiangsu Province , now in Shanghai). His father was the first resident of Jiading to study abroad (1872-1880), most recently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , when the Qing dynasty encouraged the Chinese to study abroad for a period of time. His mother was the daughter of the Christian missionary Ni Yunshan, and her nieces were the Song sisters .

Niu Hui-sheng first studied medicine at Saint John's University (Shanghai) , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1910, and later he studied at Harvard Medical School in Boston , Massachusetts , where he also received his doctorate in 1914.

Career

After 1914 Niu worked as a surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital in New Feldford . In 1915 Niu returned to China and worked as a lecturer in anatomy at Shanghai Harvard Medical School . He later moved back to the United States and trained in orthopedics and pediatrics in various hospitals , including the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Hospital .

Subsequently he worked at gynecological , pediatric and orthopedic clinics in Beijing , Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou . Since 1922 he was chief physician of the surgical department and medical director of the Red Cross Hospital in Shanghai, also professor in the medical department of the local St. Johns University.

In 1928, together with his brother Way-ling New (Niu Hui-lin), who was also a doctor, he founded the Shanghai Orthopedic Hospital and thus the first orthopedic clinic in all of China.

In addition to his medical work, he also worked as a medical officer. In 1927 he was chairman of the government's military medical committee. In 1930 he was elected chairman of the Chinese Medical Association , in 1937 he was elected to the Medical Education Committee in the Ministry of Education and dean of Zhongshan Hospital.

family

Niu Hui-sheng was married to Zee Yuh-tsung , who worked as a teacher for many years. When he died of kidney disease in 1937, she continued his work with the Red Cross for several years . In 1947 she was one of the founding members of the UN Women's Rights Commission . Niu Hui-sheng and Zee Yuh-tsung had a son, Peter Kong-ming New (Niu Kang-min, 1928–1985), who was a sociologist and anthropologist a. a. taught at Tufts University and the University of Toronto .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Times , November 21, 1937 issue
  2. ↑ a b Luo Yuanxu: "Seven Chinese Christian Families - For a Century in Exchange Between China and the West" Sanlian Bookstore. 2014.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200201041730/http://www.thepankou.com/soong-sisters-qipaos-exhibition/ Soong Sisters' Qipao , exhibition about the Song sister, whose mother Ni Kwei- tseng was a sister of Ni Kwei-kyung
  4. ↑ HW: Biography of Dr. Way-Sung New 牛 惠 生 [Niu Huisheng] (Dr.) , in Who is Who in China , Shanghai, 1923
  5. ↑ https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/peter-kong-ming-new-1928-1985-g4K3OUOZ0t Obituary for Niu Kang-min, accessed on August 3, 2020
  6. ^ Peter Kong-ming New Student Research Award
personal data
SURNAME Niu Hui-sheng
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Way-sung New; Waysung New; New Way-sung
BRIEF DESCRIPTION surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Jiangsu
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1937
Place of death Shanghai