CHRISTIE, Liza Inglis (ed.).

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Thirty Years in Moukden. 1883-1913. First edition, first impression, rare in commerce, of the first of two books by Liza Inglis Christie concerning her husband, the pioneering medical missionary Dugald Christie. One of the few western missionaries in Mukden (Shenyang) in the late Qing period, he opened Manchuria's first hospital and trained Chinese staff for the Mukden Medical College founded in 1912.Dugald Christie (1855-1936) spent three decades in China in the service of Scotland's United Presbyterian Church (later the United Free Church). He began his mission in 1882 accompanied by his first wife, Elizabeth Hastie Smith; following her passing, he married a fellow missionary, Liza Inglis (1865-1962). When his firm belief that medical treatment should be free clashed with established mission practice, he successfully raised money for the Mukden Medical College from Western and Chinese sources. His life is also discussed in the author's Dugald Christie of Manchuria (1932).Overall, this is an insightful early account of expatriate life in Manchuria, pleasingly illustrated with many interesting photographs.

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