The scalpel, the sword
Subtitle: the story of Doctor Norman Bethune
By: Ted Allan & Sydney Gordon ; introduction by Julie Allan, Norman Allan & Susan Ostrovsky
Contributors: Gordon, Sydney; Gibson Library Connections, Inc
Series: Voyageur classics
Publisher: Dundurn Press; Dundurn
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto [Ont.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781770703995; 9781554884025; 9781282815926
Subjects: Communists; Surgeons; Surgery; Bethune, Norman,; Biography
Description: The Scalpel, the Sword celebrates the turbulent career of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939), a brilliant surgeon, campaigner for socialized medicine, and communist.
Notes: "Books that explore Canada."

First ed. published 1952.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Death and birth; title: Part two : The enemy; title: tuberculosis; title: Part three : The enemy; title: Fascism; title: Part four : The enemy; title: those who make the wounds.