Medical personnel should strengthen their study of Marxism-Leninism and use it to guide
their work. Since the military has proven that the weak can defeat the strong, and that those
with little or no education can defeat graduates from Whampoa Military Academy and the
Army University, why should the medical profession be an exception? Medical schools
should also strengthen their Marxist-Leninist curriculum; many graduates simply don't
understand Marxism-Leninism. Schistosome testing and treatment should be free. In the
past, medical personnel simply didn't engage with the masses and didn't trust them. Wasn't
the method for eradicating snails invented by the masses? Therefore, the poem I wrote says:
"This tiny creature left even Hua To powerless!"2 From now on, we must vigorously and
systematically promote Marxism-Leninism in the medical community. All medical personnel
must go down to the grassroots.












2 This is a reference to the poem Mao wrote on July 1, 1958 called “Farewell to the God of Plague”. The first
part describes the havoc wreaked by schistosomiasis, carried by snails in paddy fields.  The second part
celebrates the eradication of the disease. Hua To was a famous physician of the Three Kingdoms Period (220-
264AD).  The campaign was the subject of British Doctor Joshua Horne’s book “Away with All Pests”.