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初到成都怀着为医疗事业奉献一生的人生理想,我于1906年秋天向加拿大传教团委员会提出申请去中国华西地区开展牙医事业。1907年春天,我终于得到任务,成为一名牙医学传教士来到中国。到达成都的第二天早上,我们见到了派往上海参加百年纪念大会的代表,几分钟的交谈后,他给我看了一副马上就要断成两半的上颌义齿。那时我们的牙科设备和材料迟迟未到,但经过一番仔细搜寻后,我们发现了硬化剂、牙科橡胶,同时也发现在本
When I first arrived in Chengdu, with the ideal of life dedicated to medical career, in the autumn of 1906 I applied to the Mission Committee of Canada to apply for the cause of dentistry in Huaxi area of China. In the spring of 1907, I finally got the job to become a dentist missionary to China. The very next morning after arriving in Chengdu, we met delegates who were sent to Shanghai to attend the Centenary Conference. After a few minutes of conversation, he showed me a maxillary denture to be cut in half. At that time, our dental equipment and materials had not arrived yet, but after a careful search, we found that the hardener, the dental rubber, also found in this