Norman Bethune married Frances Penny, a young Scottish woman in 1923. After completing studies in Europe, Bethune and Frances moved to Detroit where Bethune set up his medical Practice. Between 1929 and 1936, Dr. Bethune invented over a dozen medical and surgical instruments in Montreal. He also advocated socialized medicine and formed the Montreal Group for the Security of People's Health to provide proper health care to those who needed it most. Bethune was a complex, volatile man. His interests were not only medical and political, but also literary and artistic. He created a free art school for children in Montreal.

Bethune left Canada to serve as a doctor in the Spanish Civil War in 1936. In Madrid, he did pioneering work with blood transfusions and set up the world's first mobile medical unit. On January 2, 19

1935 Joined the Communist Party of Canada

After Bethune finished his studies in Europe, in 1924, -Bethune set up his first medical practice in a semi-residential district, close to the downtown area (Stewart, The Canadians: Norman Bethune 11). In Detroit, the inequalities he saw in the American medical system troubled Bethune. His outspoken criticisms were poorly received. (http://www.citzine.ca/steng.e)

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