Death of Drs. Mackenzie and Lawson During Pneumonic Epidemic is with great regret that we learn of the death at Foochow of Dr. Marcus Mackenzie and Dr. Edmund F, Lawson, of the C.M.S. There has recently been an epidemic of pneumonic plague in the district and when a case was brought in from the country, Dr. Lawson was called to attend to the man.
As a result, Dr. Lawson himself contracted the plague and, shortly afterwards, Dr. Mackenzie, who attended him, was also infected. Unfortunately, both cases ended fatally, Dr. Lawson succumbing on June 14 and Dr. Mackenzie six days later. They had both been attached to the U.M.S. Mission for a considerable while—Dr. Mackenzie for 25 years and Dr. Lawson since 1912 During the War they both volunteered and held commissions in the R.A.M.C.
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