Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site
235 John Street North, Gravenhurst P1P 1G4
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- Phone : +1 705-687-4261
- Website: : http://www.pc.gc.ca
Description
Bethune studied in Toronto, then practised in Detroit, where he contracted tuberculosis. Confined to a sanitorium, he learned of a little-known method of treating tuberculosis by collapsing a lung and insisted that this operation be performed on him. The operation was successful. Between 1928 and 1936, he worked as a chest surgeon in Montreal but then went to China and worked alongside the Chinese Communists fighting the Japanese. The surgeon organized a medical service for the Chinese army, but died of blood poisoning late in 1939. Fame in his own country stemmed from Bethune's status as a hero to the Chinese.
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- From CA$99The Inn on Bay348 m - 291 Bay Street, Gravenhurst P1P 1H1
- From CA$152Residence Inn by Marriott Gravenhurst Muskoka Wharf1.2 Km - 285 Steamship Bay Road, Gravenhurst P1P1Z9
- From CA$79Oakwood Motel1.24 Km - 1060 Muskoka Road South, Gravenhurst P1P 1K6
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