Thomas Cochrane and the Dragon Throne - Fighting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China

Thomas Cochrane's work as a medical missionary put him in the path of the Boxer Rebellion, which he survived, going on to establish the Peking Union Medical College. His remarkable and religious story is given here.

About the author

Andrew Adam read history at Oxford, began as a journalist, changed horses in his mid-twenties and paid his way through medical school by "an unholy mixture" of freelance writing, male modelling and cabaret. He joined the RAF as a medical officer, saw the world with his family and finished his medical career as a consultant pathologist in Somerset. Thomas Cochrane was his maternal grandmother's second husband and an important figure in Andrew's life; he died in 1953 when Andrew was fourteen. His life as a medical missionary in Imperial China fascinated Andrew even before he inherited his papers.

Summary

The story of how Tom Cochrane, a Scottish missionary doctor, struggled to bring the benefits of modern scientific medicine to the vast Chinese Empire.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew E Adam, Andrew E. Adam, Dr Andrew E Adam, Andrew E. Adam
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2018
• EAN: 9780281080366
• ISBN: 978-0-281-08036-6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, Mongolia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine