Wu Hsien (24 November 1893-8 August 1959), internationally known biochemist who between 1917 and 1920, with Otto Folin of Harvard University, developed the Folin-Wu method of blood analysis. Wu's research interests were primarily in protein chemistry and nutrition. He was also known for his contribution to modern medical education in China as head of the […]

Liu Jui-heng (23 July 1890-28 August 1961), known as J. Heng Liu. As minister of health (1929-30) and director general of the National Health Administration (1931-37), he laid the foundations of the Chinese national public health service. In the 1940's he became associated with the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, and in the […]

Sun Yat-sen 孫逸仙 Orig. Sun Wen 孫文 T. Ti-hsiang 帝象 H. Jih-hsin 日新 I-hsien 逸仙 Chung-shan 中山 Alias. Nakayama Sho (Chinese: Chungshan Ch'iao) 中山樵 Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866-12 March 1925), leader of the republican revolution and of the Kuomintang. The village of Ts'uiheng (Choyhung) in Hsiangshan hsien, Kwangtung, situated near the coast some 30 […]