A hundred years of concord, continued glory. Recently, nine deceased presidents and deans of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in the history of Peking Union Medical College have "returned" to Concordia in a special way. Among the gray bricks and green tiles, the statue stands quietly, silently telling the history of Concord, passing on the spirit of Concord, and spreading the culture of Concord.
The first batch of statues of historical figures unveiled this time are presidents franklin c. mclean, president henry s. houghton, president Roger s. greene, president Liu Ruiheng, president Li Zongen, dean Shen Qizhen, president Wong Ka Siu, president Wu Jieping and gu Fangzhou.
Ms. Gu Xiaoman, daughter of Gu Fangzhou, former president of the university, Mr. Wu Weishan, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the National Art Museum of China, Bardnian, Liu Depei, Liu Lisheng, Wang Rui and other members of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dr. Li Wenkai, chief representative of the Beijing Representative Office of the Chinese Medical Foundation, qian Changnian, the current leader of the college, Qian Changnian, the director of the Institute of Basic Medical Research (Basic College), the director of the Institute of Basic Medical Diseases (Institute of Hematology), professor Cheng Tao, the director of the Hospital of Hematology (Institute of Hematology), Professor Yang Weizhong, executive dean of Qungong College, Student representatives attended the unveiling ceremony of the statue of the institution's historical figure held in the west courtyard of The One Auditorium.
President Wang Chen spoke at the unveiling ceremony of the statue:
Concord has added a place to look up to, to communicate, and to be pinned down
Dear Faculty Members, Experts, Teachers, Distinguished Guests, Dear College Colleagues and Students:
Today, on the occasion of the centenary of the establishment of Concordia Medical College, let us pay tribute to the nine deceased presidents and deans who carry the history of Concord and development and represent the collaborative struggle of Concordia faculty and students in the form of statues.
These nine statues embody the emotions of the Concorde people. As an outstanding sculptor in the world, Mr. Wu Weishan has made legendary sculptures for historical figures in the world and China, including politicians, thinkers, science and technology. This time, he statued dozens of medical scientists and medical educators from the Union Medical College and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and I think this is the group of statues he has undertaken the largest number and the heaviest task. Today's nine statues are his first works, after which more statues of Concord Medical Will be erected on campus. Mr. Wu's painstakingly created this group of precious statues embodies his sincere feelings for Concordia Medical College and the medical community. The characteristic of the statue of the figure sculpted by Mr. Wu Weishan is that it can be intercourse.
The reason for the creation of these statues is to make the concord culture more materialized. The statues of the creators, bearers and propagators of these concord cultures quietly stand in the west courtyard of the No. 1 Auditorium of Concordia Medical College, silently telling us the history of Concord, conveying the spirit of Concord, and spreading the culture of Concord. Their eyes are filled with mission, responsibility, melancholy and hope. In the future, we can stand in front of these sages in the early morning, afternoon, dusk, or even night, communicate with them, reflect and motivate ourselves.
From today onwards, Concord has added a place where everyone can look up, communicate, and pin down.
Tribute to the sages. Thank you Mr. Wu Weishan. Thank you.
Wu Weishan, the creator of the statue, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the director of the National Art Museum of China, and an internationally renowned sculptor, said in his speech that he hoped to pay tribute to all the medical scientists in the form of a figure statue on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the completion of Peking Union Medical College. The statue is not only a personal creation, but also the reverence of the Concord people for the outstanding medical scientists and the spirit of concord in the history of Chinese medicine, a sign that the Concord people have not forgotten their original intention to continue to move forward, and a sign of the development of medical science.
Accompanied by the melodious singing of "Ode to Concord", the leaders of colleges and universities, the guests attending the ceremony and representatives of Concordia medical students jointly unveiled the statue, and jointly thanked the sages represented by them for their outstanding contributions in the course of concord's century-old road blue wisps, thorns and thorns, and hard work, and thanked the sages of the institutions represented by them for forging the spirit of concord, inspiring generation after generation of Concordia to make unremitting efforts for the development of modern medicine in our country and complete a dialogue between the latecomers and the sages.
Secretary Yao Jianhong and Deputy Director Li Qing unveiled the statue
Franklin C. McLean (1888–1968) was an internal scientist and medical educator. From 1917 to 1920, he was the founding president of Union Medical College. Born in Illinois, USA. He received his M.D. from Rush Medical College in 1910 and was employed at the Rockefeller Institute of Medicine in 1914. After 1916, he successfully planned, constructed, organized and managed the Union Medical College with its affiliated hospitals, and set high standards for teaching and research. After 1923, he worked for a long time at the University of Chicago School of Medicine, hoping to replicate the successful experience of Concordia Medical College, insisting on hiring full-time teachers and researchers, becoming one of the important founders of the early development of the hospital, and conducting in-depth research on the method of measuring the concentration of blood iron ions. Maclean also focuses on the ethical and social issues of modern medicine and is committed to addressing them by improving the quality of care. As administrators, teachers, researchers, and social activists, McLean has shown outstanding talent.
Deputy Secretary Yao Longshan and President of Cheng Tao Institute unveiled the statue
Henry S. Houghton (1880–1975) was a tropical surgeon and medical educator. He was president of Union Medical College from 1920 to 1928 and from 1938 to 1942. Born in Ohio, USA. He received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1905. In 1916, he was hired to work for the Chinese Medical Foundation in the United States. In the early 1920s, he led the development of Union Medical College and its affiliated hospitals. During this period, the school has trained a large number of medical scientists who have made world-renowned medical achievements and the founders of various disciplines of modern Chinese medicine. He returned to the United States in 1928 as dean of the Ohio State University School of Medicine and dean of the University of Chicago School of Biomedical Medicine, returned to the Rockefeller Foundation in 1934, and then returned to Union Medical College. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army forcibly occupied the Union Medical College, and Hu Hengde was imprisoned by the Japanese army until he was released after Japan's defeat in 1945 and retired in 1946.
Secretary Qian Changnian and Deputy Secretary Wang Yunfeng unveiled the statue
Roger S. Greene (1881-1947) was a diplomat and medical educator. From 1928 to 1929, he was acting president of Union Medical College. Born in Massachusetts, USA. He received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1902. From 1907 onwards, he served as consul and consul general of the United States in Harbin, Dalian, Hankou and other places in China. During his tenure in Harbin, he supported Wu Liande in carrying out plague prevention and control work. In 1914, he was hired to work for the Chinese Medical Foundation in the United States and became a member of the Chinese medical expedition, responsible for the development of medical education in China. In 1916, he drafted a proposal for the development of The Union Medical College with Maclean, and planned the framework of the school in terms of hardware equipment and organizational structure, including the establishment of a school board and the appointment of outstanding Chinese officials as school advisers. In 1917, it was proposed to include public health as a discipline in the Concordia curriculum, and since then, concord medical schools have been renowned worldwide for their achievements in the field of public health. In 1921, he became the representative of the Chinese Medical Foundation in China, and in 1922, he became the secretary of the board of directors of Union Medical College. During his tenure as Acting Principal, he played an important role in school administration, policy formulation, team building and social relations coordination.
Wang Rui, a member of the Faculty of Science and Vice President Zhang Qin, unveiled the statue
Liu Ruiheng (1890-1961), zi yueru, directly subordinate to the Nangong people. He is an extrinsic scientist and medical educator, the founder of trauma medicine in China and one of the founders of modern public health in China. From 1929 to 1938, he was the president of Concordia Medical College, the first Chinese president of Concordia Medical College. In 1903, he was admitted to Beiyang University, studied in the United States in 1906, and received a doctorate in medicine from Harvard University in 1913. In 1918, he was recommended by Wu Liande to become a surgeon at Union Medical College, in 1924 he was appointed acting president of Union Medical College, and in 1926 he was appointed president of Union Medical College. From 1928, he was the deputy minister of health of the National Government in Nanjing, presiding over the executive work, acting minister of health from 1929 to 1930, and concurrently serving as the director of the military medical bureau during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. From 1942 to 1945, he served as the representative of the Chinese material procurement mission in Washington, D.C., and managed to collect a large number of medical supplies for the country. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in 1946, he served as the director of the American Medical Aid Association and the director of the Health Committee of the General Administration of Rehabilitation and Relief of the Executive Yuan of the National Government, responsible for the rehabilitation of health institutions, hospitals and medical schools throughout the country after the war. In 1949, he went to Taiwan Province of China and presided over the "Taiwan Regional Medical and Health Committee", serving as the president of the local Red Cross, the executive director of the Antituberculosis Association, the chairman of the Deliberation Committee of the Taiwan Provincial Serum Vaccine Manufacturing Institute and the Environmental Health Steering Committee.
Liu Depei, a member of the Faculty of Science and vice president of Wang Jianwei, unveiled the statue
Li Zongen (1894-1962), a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Internal scientist, tropical pathologist, medical educator, academician of Academia Sinica. From 1947 to 1957, he was president of Union Medical College. In 1911, he went to the University of Glasgow to study, and received his doctorate in medicine in 1920. In 1921, he joined the Royal Filariasis Commission of the United Kingdom, went to the West Indies to study tropical diseases, and then worked at the Western Hospital of Glasgow. In 1923, he returned to China to become a professor of internal medicine at Union Medical College. In 1937, he went south to organize Guiyang Medical College, and from 1938 to 1947, he was the founding dean of Guiyang Medical College. Since 1947, he has presided over the post-war reconstruction of Concordia Medical College and its affiliated hospitals, and strived to continue concord's educational philosophy, so that concordia teachers and students scattered all over the country have re-gathered on the Concord campus. He has been engaged in medical education and scientific research all his life, and has in-depth research on hemofilariasis, schistosomiasis, malaria and kala-azar, and has made special achievements in the epidemiological research of kala-azar, and has trained many outstanding tropical geologists.
Dr. Wenkai Lee, a member of the Budnian Faculty, unveiled the statue
Shen Qizhen (1906-1993), a native of Changsha, Hunan. He is a physiologist, a member of the Faculty of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the founders of the new Chinese medical science cause, and one of the founders of the health cause of the Chinese People's Army. From 1956 to 1958, he was the founding president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. He received his M.D. from the Faculty of Medicine of Tokyo Imperial University in 1931. In the 1930s, publications such as the Tianjin Clinic and the journal Medical Knowledge, led by the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, were founded. In 1937, he joined the New Fourth Army and prepared for the establishment of the New Fourth Army Military Medical Department and served as its director. After the Anhui Incident, he was appointed Minister of Health of the New Fourth Army. In 1943, he went to Yan'an and served as the first deputy minister of health of the Central Military Commission. It has actively recruited medical equipment, delivered a large number of urgently needed materials to the Liberated Areas, and mobilized a large number of scientific and technological personnel to work in the Liberated Areas. In 1949, he participated in the preparation of Dalian University, and served as the dean of the medical school, and in 1952, he became the dean of the Research Institute of the Central Health Institute, which was reorganized into the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in 1956. It has organized the establishment of the Institute of Labor Health, the Institute of Pharmacology, the Institute of Parasitic Diseases, the Institute of Antimicrobials, the Institute of Epidemiology, the Institute of Medical Biology, the Institute of Experimental Medicine and other institutions, and has made outstanding contributions to the early development of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
Professor Yang Weizhong, a member of the Faculty of Liu Lisheng, unveiled the statue
Huang Jiasi (1906-1984), Zi Wufeng. People from Yushan, Jiangxi. He is a surgeon and medical educator, a member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a founding member of the American Committee of Experts on Thoracic Surgery, and one of the founders of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering in China. He graduated from Union Medical College in 1933 with a doctorate in medicine. From 1952 to 1958, he was the vice president of Shanghai First Medical College, from 1958 to 1959 he was the president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and from 1959 to 1983, he was the president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. In 1959 and 1979, he presided over the restoration of Concordia Medical College. In 1932, during the Great Wall War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he participated in the medical team of the Union Army medical officers organized by Lin Kesheng, and after the "August 13" incident in 1937, he served as the deputy leader of the Shanghai medical team and organized a hospital for wounded soldiers in Wuxi. From 1941 to 1945, he went to the United States to study. After returning to China, various types of pulmonary resection and esophageal resection techniques were established, pulmonary resection was used to treat tuberculosis, various intrathoracic surgeries were carried out, thoracic surgery was established, thoracopleural surgery under pressure control was pioneered, tracheobronchial surgery was first carried out in China, experimental research and clinical application of low-temperature anesthesia and extracorporeal circulation open-heart surgery were carried out earlier in China, and the surgical treatment of arterial catheterization and narrow pericarditis was carried out earlier in China, advocating the early diagnosis of lung cancer. The editor-in-chief of the "Surgery" textbook has been reprinted many times, and the fourth edition has been renamed "Huang Jiasi Surgery".
Mr. Wu Weishan and Gu Luosha unveiled the statue
Wu Jieping (1917-2011), known as Tairan, was a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Urologist, medical educator, social activist, outstanding leader of jiusan society, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, member of the Faculty of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He graduated from Union Medical College in 1942 with a doctorate in medicine. From 1983 to 1984, he was the president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. In 1960, he established the Beijing Second Medical College (now Capital Medical University) and served as the founding president. He has been engaged in urology for a long time, and has made outstanding contributions to hydrops on the contralateral side of renal tuberculosis, vasectomy and distal spermatic perfusion, adrenal medullary hyperplasia and male family planning. In the 1960s, a special catheter known as the "Wu catheter" was designed to improve the operation of prostatic hyperplasia and greatly reduce the amount of bleeding during the operation. In 1980, he founded the Chinese Journal of Urology, and in 1981, he founded the Chinese Urological Society. He is the chief editor of "Urology", "Surgery", "Advances in Urology" and other works.
Ms. Gu Xiaoman, President of Wang Chen University, unveiled the statue
Gu Fangzhou (1926-2019), a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang. Virologist, medical educator, first-class professor, president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College from 1984 to 1992. He graduated from Peking University School of Medicine in 1950. In 1951, he studied in the Soviet Union and studied at the Institute of Virology of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences and received an associate doctorate. In 1958, he became the director of the polio research office of the Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and in 1964, he was appointed director of the Institute of Medical Biology of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. In 1988, he participated in the founding of the Chinese Society of Immunology and served as the first chairman. Research on the prevention and control of polio has been conducted for more than 40 years. In 1960, a live polio vaccine was developed, and since then, the vaccine dosage form has been successfully improved to make a solid sugar pill that can achieve immune effect, which is a unique innovation in the eradication of polio in China. It has established the isolation and stereotyping method of the "polio" virus, formulated the trial production and safety standards of the "polio" live vaccine, presided over the formulation of China's first "polio live vaccine manufacturing and verification procedures", authored "Prevention of Polio" and other works, and is respected as the "father of China's polio vaccine". In 2000, Gu Fangzhou signed the "China Polio Eradication Confirmation Report", marking China's polio-free country. In 2019, he was awarded the national honorary title of "People's Scientist".
Yao Jianhong, secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, presided over the ceremony and stressed that all the inheritance, but the inheritance of ideals and beliefs and the original mission is the most lasting and most important. The nine late presidents and deans are the source of the spirit and original intention of concord, and have made indelible contributions to the development of modern medicine and the progress of medical science in China. The new generation of Concord people, born in the prosperous world, must adhere to the concord spirit of "respecting science and helping people," have firm convictions, be loyal to the party, seek truth from facts, take responsibility, and strive to become a pillar of talent that can be of great use and can bear heavy burdens.
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Source of this article: Press Center of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences