Harold Balme

Harold Balme OBE FRCS (, 28 May 1878 in Hackney, Middlesex, England - 13 February 1953 in London) was a British medical missionary to China. He served as president of Cheeloo University from 1921 to 1927.

Biography Balme studied medicine at King's College Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital He went to Taiyuan in Shanxi as a medical missionary in 1906, staying in China for over 20 years.

Balme was an advocate for the development of the nursing profession. For many years he worked closely with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) including as a Council Member from 1940 to 1946.

Works Harold Balme, "Medical Missions in China", The Lancet, Vol. 198 No. 5119 pp 784–786, 1921 Harold Balme, "China and Modern Medicine: A Study in Medical Missionary Development", London: United Council for Missionary Education, 1921. Harold Balme, "The trend of medical mission policy in China, International Review of Mission", Volume 13, Issue 2, pages 247-257, April 1924. Harold Balme, "A criticism of nursing education, with suggestions for constructive reform" 1937 (Oxford University Press) Harold Balme, "The Relief of Pain. A handbook of modern analgesia, etc" 1936 (J. & A. Churchill)