“万婴之母”林巧稚

2023-07-21浙江

疯狂英语·新悦读 2023年6期

浙江江丽

在风景秀丽的鼓浪屿，坐落着一处安静的园林，名为毓园，它是为纪念卓越的人民医学家、著名的妇产科医生林巧稚而建。林巧稚一生中接生了五万多名新生儿，她将自己的一生完完全全地奉献给了妇婴事业。曾接受林巧稚医治并与其结下深厚友谊的邓颖超亲手在毓园种下南洋杉，以此寓意林巧稚秀逸高洁的品格。

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1Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in women's diseases, lived from 1901 to 1983.She had devoted her whole life to helping women of China, especially women in the countryside.Lin was born in Gulangyu, Fujian Province and was brought up by her brother.Though his family was poor,he offered her a chance to get a good education.

2In 1921, she took the entrance exam of Peking Union Medical College.Two weeks later, she was admitted into the school.Her high score in the exam,her fluent English and her ability to deal with emergencies had impressed the examiners.Lin was a diligent student.However,her father died and left her very little money.Lin thought about quitting school until her brother and sister-in-law offered her financial support.Eight years of hard work paid off: Lin received the Wenhai Scholarship, the highest prize awarded to one of the university's graduates.

3In the summer of 1929, Lin was the first woman hired as a resident physician at Peking Union Medical College Hospital's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.She always carried a small notebook in order to make notes and refer to medical information.After six months,she was named chief resident physician.That was a remarkable accomplishment,as it generally took at least four years for someone to reach that position.

4Due to her outstanding work,Lin's employer sent her,in July 1932,to study at medical schools in Manchester and London,in the United Kingdom.The following year,her employer sent her to Vienna,Austria,to study.In September 1939,Lin was sent to the United States to study.The following year, she was named an honorary member of the Chicago Academy of Nature.Lin gave up an opportunity to stay in America, and she returned to China in the winter of 1940.

5Lin remained single throughout her life.In her will,she gave all of her savings to the kindergartens and nurseries in Beijing.On April 22, 1983, the 82-year-old Lin passed away.“I'm going to go.Don't try to rescue me anymore.Don't waste the medicine anymore.”Those were her last words.