THE name of the great Canadian surgeon, Dr. Norman Bethune is a household word in China for his heroic work with the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Little is known, however of the exploits of a New Zealand missionary nurse, Kathleen Hall, who worked closely alongside him. She was referred to in the well-known Bethune biography, “The Scalpel, The Sword.” by Ted Allan and Sydney Gordon, which gives the folowing extract from Bethune’s diary. THE name of the great Canadian surgeon, Dr. Norman Bethune is a household word in China for his heroic work with the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Little is known, however, of the exploits of a New Zealand missionary nurse, Kathleen She was referred to in the well-known Bethune biography, “The Scalpel, The Sword. ” By Ted Allan and Sydney Gordon, which gives the folowing extract from Bethune’s diary.