Having studied medicine in New York and Ontario, he quickly made designs for medical equipment that he had locals manufacture for him. Then he sent away to New York for a set of state-of-the-art instruments.
曾在紐約、多倫多學習醫術的馬偕，一開始自行設計拔牙工具，再請人為他打造，後來更由紐約引進先進的拔牙器具。