Hong Kong surgeon

Dr. Li tells of over fifty years of practice in a land just barely emerging from the medical dark ages, a land where civil strife and revolution were the rule of the day, a land brutally occupied by Japanese troops during World War II. Dedicated medical work under these conditions has made Dr. Li's life story a fascinating one, studded with fantastic adventures and dramatic incidents. His careers are numerous--a surgeon, a hospital builder and administrator, a statesman and a counselor of statesmen, a builder of beautiful homes and artistic gardens, a war refugee from the Japanese, a compatriot and physician of Sun Yat-Sen, a world traveler, a friend of the mighty and the talented, a protector of the poor and unfortunate, a man with love of beauty and a fine sense of humor. To tell of the work involved in founding and administering the largest private hospital in the Far East, of Dr. Li's feelings when he accidentally infected himself with bubonic plague, or when he witnessed the horrors of the overrunning of Hong Kong by Japanese soldiers; to tell of the loss and rebuilding of his personal fortune, of world travel, of big game hunting in Canada, India and Africa, of the building of two mansions, "White jade" and "Green jade," in which are included a rose garden of 2,000 bushes and a 20-foot waterfall--to tell of all this requires the fascinating book that is Hong Kong Surgeon. This book is for readers interested in medicine, whether professional or layman; in far-off places, the different and unusual; and in reading of the career of a truly remarkable and unique individual.--Adapted from book jacket.