1981年3月26日,我国著名的寄生虫学教授、血吸虫病学专家陈祜鑫同志,被癌症夺去了生命。人们为失去了一位博学多才的良师益友而失声恸哭。尤其是洞庭湖区人民,缅怀陈祜鑫生前为血防工作做出的重大贡献,更是哀思无限。他们深情地赞颂陈祜鑫同志战斗的一生:“呕心沥血灭小虫桃李芬芳,爱党献国为人民春蚕丝尽。” March 26, 1981, China’s famous professor of parasitology, schistosomiasis expert Comrade Chen Xinyin, was robbed of cancer by life. People cry out of tears for losing an educated mentor. In particular, the people in the Dongting Lake area cherish the memory of Chen Xuxin’s great contribution to blood-and-blood prevention work. They affectionately tribute to the life of Comrade Chen Xuanxin fighting: “make painstaking efforts to eliminate peaches and plums fragrant, love the party for the people to make spring silk.”