The Archive · 1938

Veteran Physician Retires

After 30 Years' Service Dr. Wu Lien-teh Rests Welcomed by People of Nativity After 30 years of continuous and faithful service under the Chinese government from the days of the Imperial regime in 1807 to December of 1037, Dr. Wu Lienstch, first Direelor of the National Quarantine Service and also of the Manchurian Plague Prevention Service (1912-32) has at last laid down his official Jabours for a well-earned resi, says the "Penang Gazette." became Vice-director of the Army Medical College from 1008 till the autumn of 1910, when he was ordered bby the Manchu, imperial Government to proceed to Harbin and try 10 sup-ress the serious epidemic of Dr. Wu (or G, L, Tuck a5 he was generally known by in his pre-China days) was born in Penang In 1870 and educated in the Penang' Pree School, which he left in 1896 with 3 Queen's Scholarship to. study at the University of Cambridge and St. Mary's Hospital, London.

At the former he greatly distin guished himself winning first an Exhibition, then a Scholarship at Emmanuel College, while ut the latter he surprised both teachers and students by taking away almost every available prize, including the special clinical surgery prize, special clinical medicine prize, Kersiake scholarship pathology and Cheadle old medal in medicine.

Dr. Wi graduated B.A. in 1699, 'M.A. in 1902, MIB, Ch.B."in 1902, and achieved the rare distinction of pass-Ing the difficult examination of MED. (Cantab) three years before the proper time. Finally his old College, Emmanuel, awarded Dr. Wu a 'Travelling' Research Studentship for two years (1902-4), which enabled him fo work and carry out scientific investigations.

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