Raja Muhammad Azlan Shah Bin Dato Dr Hj Raja Mohamad Abdullah

Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore

I really applaud your efforts. It's really difficult to do a book like that.- WAZIRThanks again for your immense work, my family and I are indeed extremely grateful.- AZLANYour effort in writing about the early Muslim doctors is very commendable and would be good for present and future generations to read about.- TAHIRYou are doing valuable work by filling in the gaps in our history. Iwish more of our retirees would impart their memories to repositoriesof knowledge such as the USM.- TAWFIK

Research on the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore

This book explains 'how to do' research on the early Malay doctors. a detailed account of the meaning of the word 'Malay' is given, in due recognition of the high status accorded to Malay Civilization in the Malay annals and Chinese chronicles. Forty-three early Malay doctors were traced over nine years in Malaya and Singapore. the techniques deployed to trace them are explained. the sources of their biographies are described, which include interviews, narratives, family accounts, newspapers, publications, and contacting their former institutions, friends and associations. Only a brief one-page biography for each doctor is included in this book. There are 30 appendices that contain tabulated information about these doctors, information about the early schools, medical institutions and hospitals at the time. This book is a resource guide on the early Malay doctors based on present research findings. More research efforts need to be channeled to find the remaining 12 early Malay doctors.

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