Harry Lee Canright, 1889 m, A.M. (Hon.) 1921, was the only child whose parents gave up their farm in the sacrifice to aid in his education. Years later their son handed them the money to buy back their home. For thirty years a medical missionary in China, he had been mad a prisoner during the Cheng Tu Riots and the money was his indemnity paid by the Chinese government. That time he saw the work o several years destroyed in a few hours but he saved his Bible and his medical diploma and retreated to Japan until the trouble was over. It was only one of scores of exciting experiences in the land where Dr. Canright says he and his wife spent "the heart of a lifetime." When they returned to Cheng Tu he developed a modern hospital. There he treated an average of 125 patients a day for long years and gave a million treatments during this period. Then he accepted an appointment to teach at the West China Union University. He was there for five years and when he returned to the United States was Dean of the Medical Faculty and was teaching anatomy, physiology, hygiene, obstetrics and "a few minor subjects," all in Chinese. During each of his furloughs Dr. Canright had taken postgraduate work at Michigan studying anatomy. This was the year the University gave him his honorary degree. Dr. Canright had intended to return to China. Instead he traveled for the Missionary Society for seven years, giving lectures, and after that he taught medical subjects for six years in Chicago. Now retired, he spends his winters in Florida and his summers in Michigan.
Here is a photo from 1914 of Dr. Harry Lee Canright, M.D.
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