Lin Qiaozhi:Angel of life生命的天使—林巧稚

张波

林巧稚，中國现代妇产科学的奠基者和开拓者。她一生亲手接生了5 万多名婴儿。她把毕生精力无私地奉献给人民，被誉为“卓越的人民医学家”。

Lin Qiaozhi was born in 1901 in an ordinary family in Gulangyu Island，in Fujian Province. Lin Qiaozhi’s father Lin Liangying is an open-mindedperson， who taught her English from an early age and educated her to bean independent woman in the future. When she was 5， her mother diedof uterine cervical carcinoma. At that time， she realized the sadness thatwomen’ s illnesses could bring to their families， and the influence thatwomen’s health could have on their children.

In the summer of 1920， after she graduated from Xiamen Women’sTeacher-training School at the age of 18， she knew about Peking UnionMedical College， a first-class medical school in Asia. In order to successfullyenter Peking Union Medical College， she did a lot of preparatory work，but in the process of takingthe English test， her friend YuQiongying suddenly 1）faintedfrom heatstroke on the way to theexamination， in order to rescue YuQiongying， Lin Qiaozhi interruptedher English test， carried YuQiongying to a cool place， andquickly handled this 2）emergency.But when she returned to theexamination room after solving it， she found that the examination was over.

In 1921， Lin Qiaozhi thought that her path of studying medicine was over，so she returned to Gulangyu Island in despair， but she did not expect thata month later she actually received an acceptance letter from Peking UnionMedical College. It turned out that the teacher in the examination room atthat time reported Lin Qiaozhi’s rescue to the school， and the school took intoaccount her good qualities， as well as her fluent spoken English and excellentresults in other subjects， and finally 3）admitted her out of the box.

In the summer of 1929， Lin was the first woman hired as a residentphysician at Union Hospital’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. After6 months， she was named chief resident physician.

Due to her outstanding work， in July 1932， Lin’s employer sent her tostudy at medical schools in Manchester and London， in the United Kingdom.

In September 1939， Lin received a grant from her hospital and shewent to the University of Chicago Medicine to study. Due to her outstanding achievements， the following year，she was named an honorarymember of the Chicago Academy ofNature. Lin gave up an opportunityto stay in America， and she returnedto China in the winter of 1940.

Lin was appo int ed v icepresidentof the Chinese Academyof Medical Sciences in 1959，and she was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the NationalCommittee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. ButLin wasn’t overly excited by the honors. She once said， “I can’t do withoutpatients. I feel upset if I haven’t seen patients for one day.”

In her twilight years， Lin was a consultant to many magazines; shepresided over the editing of many well-received books， and she was chiefeditor of the lengthy book Gynecological Tumor. She remained single throughouther life. In her will， she gave all of her savings to the 4）kindergartens andnurseries in Beijing.

On April 22， 1983， the 82-year-old Lin passed away. “I’m going to go.Don’t try to rescue me any more. Don’t waste the medicine any more.” Thosewere her last words.

1） faint v. 昏倒

2） emergency n. 突发事件

3） admit v. 接纳；接收（入学）

4） kindergarten n. 幼儿园

词组加油站

in order to 为了……

take into account 把……考虑进去；考虑到……

out of the box 创造性地；打破传统地

give up 放弃

As long as I am alive， the place of my existence is the ward， and the value of my existence is to heal the sick.

—Lin Qiaozhi

林巧稚1901 年出生在福建鼓浪屿的一个普通家庭。林巧稚的父亲林良英是一个思想开明的人，从小教她英语，教育她将来做一个独立的女性。她5 岁时，母亲死于宫颈癌。那时，她意识到妇科疾病可能给家庭带来的悲伤，以及女性健康可能对其子女产生的影响。

1920 年夏，18 岁的林巧稚从厦门女子师范学校毕业后，得知北京协和医科大学（今北京协和医学院）是亚洲首屈一指的医学院。为了顺利进入北京协和医科大学，她做了大量的准备，但是去参加英语科目考试的路上，她的朋友余琼英突然中暑晕倒，为了救余琼英，林巧稚中断了自己的英语考试，把余琼英抱到阴凉的地方，迅速处理了这起突发事件。当她回到考场时，她发现考试已经结束了。

1921 年，林巧稚原以为自己的学医之路就此结束了，于是绝望地回到鼓浪屿，没想到一个月后，她竟然收到了北京协和医科大学的录取通知书。原来，当时考场的老师向学校报告了林巧稚的救援情况，学校考虑到她的良好素质，以及她流利的英语口语和其他科目的优异成绩，最终破格录取了她。

1929 年夏，林巧稚成为协和医院妇产科的第一位住院女医师。6 个月后，她被任命为首席住院医师。

由于工作出色，1932 年7 月，林巧稚赴英国曼彻斯特医学院和伦敦大学医学院进修。

1939 年9 月，林巧稚收到医院的助学金，赴美国芝加哥大学医学院进行研究。由于她的杰出成就，第二年，她被美国聘为“自然科学荣誉学会会员”。

同年，林巧稚放弃了留在美国的机会，于1940 年冬天回到中国。

1959 年，林巧稚任中国医学科学院副院长，并当选为全国政协常委。但林巧稚并没有因为这些荣誉而过于兴奋。她曾经说过：“我离不开病人。如果我一天没有看到病人，我会感到沮丧。”

在她的暮年，林巧稚担任了许多杂志的顾问; 她主持编辑了许多广受好评的书籍，并担任巨著《妇科肿瘤》的主编。她一生都保持单身。在遗嘱中，她把自己所有的積蓄都捐给了北京的幼儿园和托儿所。

1983 年4 月22 日，82 岁的林巧稚逝世。“我要走了。不要再试图救我了。不要再浪费药了。”这是她的遗言。

只要我一息尚存，我存在的场所便是病房，存在的价值便是医治病人。

——林巧稚