Wu lien teh biography of mahatma gandhi

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“Dr. Wu Lien-Teh, the internationally-renowned “Plague Fighter” who stopped the Manchurian pneumonic plague and brought modern medicine to China.

Wu Lien Teh Fig. There, he was awarded the prestigious degree of M. In the fall of , the deadly epidemic broke out in the northeastern region of China. The first fatality was reported in the border town of Manchouli, and the epidemic quickly spread to Harbin. Within 4 months, it had claimed over 60, lives. After his arrival at Harbin, Dr.

Wu performed the first-ever postmortem exam in China on a Japanese woman who had died from the epidemic.

Born in Penang on 10th March , Dr. Wu Lien-Teh had his early education in Penang Free School and became the first medical student from Malaya to study at.

He discovered Yersinia Pestis in the body tissues and further concluded that the epidemic was pneumonic plague, which could be transmitted by human breath or sputum. This was contrary to the general idea that plague could only be transmitted by rats or fleas and could not be transmitted from person to person. His idea surprised all of his scientific peers and was met with widespread disbelief.

Mesny, a prominent French doctor, was one of those who doubted Dr. Mesny himself died of pneumonic plague several days later, after refusing to wear gauze and a mask and succumbing to the epidemic infection. His death shocked the international community. At the same time, Dr. Wu had convinced the Russian and Japanese railway authorities to cease operation of all trains in