Dr. Henry B. Chu, the' oldest son lof Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Cie of the Christian Literature Society" for China, passed away at his home at No. 9, Passage 108, Moulmein Read, Shanghai carly on Thursday midrsing, [February 20, after an illness of Uttle more than a week. The discase was diagnosed as "black" or hemorshagie Dr. Chu was born in Foochow in 1906 and was educated tu Fukien Christian University befor™ going to the United States in 1027 for further study. "He studied at Western Unlversity end graduated in_arls and medicine, receiving his IND. degree from Western Reserve University Medical School in 1933, after which he served his interneskip in a. hospital at Scranton, Penn, where he received the highest commendations from his superiors for his earnestness and efficiency, especially in surgery.
While in Cleveland "he met, his future wife, a nationalized Ameflean citizen, a native of Sola, Bulgaria, They were married in the summer of 1934 and came to Shanghai in July of that year. He became a resident in surgery at the Central Hospital in Nanking in 1924 and in the spring of 1935 he accepted a post on the staff of the Kunghsien Branch Hospital near Loyang, Honan, where he served unit! the' summer of 1937, doing much while there to overcome local' prejudices a¥ainst surgery.
'On returning to Shanghai in 1937 he became' superintendent of a fine new hospital, erected for the city Government in Nantao. The beginning of hostilities in 1937 made it
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