Portraits of 43 Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957

Portraits of 43 Malay doctors in Malaya and Singapore between 1900 and 1957 (Merdeka).

Compiled by Prof. Faridah Abdul Rashid. 28 April 2018

First row from left:

1. Dr Abdul Latiff bin Abdul Razak (1889-1956), LMS 1910 Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, S'pore
2. Dr Pandak Ahmad bin Alang Sidin (1892-1965), LMS 1916 KE VII Medical School, S’pore
3. Dr Mohamed Ibrahim bin Shaik Ismail (1892-1962), LMS 1916 KE VII Medical School, S'pore
4. Dr Hafeezudin Sirajudin Moonshi bin Hakeem Abdul Hamid, LMS 1916 KE VII Medical School, S'pore
5. Dr Shaik Mohamad Baboo bin Ahmad Albakish (1894-1964), LMS 1917 KE VII Medical School, S'pore
6. Dr Ismail Mohamad Ghows bin Khateeb Maulvi Mohomed Ismail Sahib (1878-1964), LMS 1917, KE VII Medical School, S'pore
7. Dr Kamil Mohamed Ariff bin Kadir Mastan (1893-1960), LMS 1917, KE VII Medical School, S'pore

Second row from left:

1. Dr Ali Othman Merican bin Ahmad Othman Merican (1890-1945), MBBS 1917, UHK
2. Dr Hamzah bin Md Taib (1900-1955), LMS 1923 KE VII Medical School, S'pore
3. Dr Mustapha bin Osman (1900-1976), MBBS 1924, UHK
4. Dr Abdul Wahab Khan bin Muhammad Lal Khan (c.1898-c.1956), LMP 1924, Royapuram Medical College, U Madras, India
5. Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos (1903-1986), LMS 1930, KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
6. Dr Megat Khas bin Megat Omar (1908-1979), LMS 1931, KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
7. Dr Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din (1912-1970), LDS 1931 KE VII College of Medicine (Dental), S’pore

Third row from left:

1. Dr Mohamed Said bin Mohamed (1907-1996), LMS 1932 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
2. Dr Awang bin Hassan (1910-1998), LMS 1934 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
3. Dr Amir Burhanuddin bin Ungku Muhammad Noor (1911-1969), MDH 1936 Ismailiyah Medical College, New Delhi, India
4. Dr Mohamed Din bin Ahmad (1912-1999), LMS 1937, KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
5. Dr Sulaiman bin Mohamed Attas (1913-1972), LMS 1938 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
6. Dr Abdullah bin Ahmad (1913-1992), LMS 1939 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
7. Dr Abbas bin Haji Alias (1914-2004), LMS 1939 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore

Fourth row from left:

1. Dr Nuruddin bin Mohamed Salleh (1915-1983), LDS 1939, KE VII College of Medicine (Dental), S'pore
2. Dr Mohamed bin Taib (1916-2002), LDS 1939, KE VII College of Medicine (Dental), S'pore
3. Dr Latifah Bee Ghows bt Ismail Mohamad Ghows (1911-2005), MBBS 1942, UHK
4. Dr Ismail bin Abdul Rahman (1915-1973), MBBS 1945, Queen's College, U Melbourne
5. Dr Salma bt Ismail (1918-2014), LMS 1947 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
6. Dr Abdul Wahab bin Mohd Ariff Ghouse Meah (1919-2006), LMS 1949 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
7. Dr Abdul Aziz bin Omar (1919-1985), LMS 1949 KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore

Fifth row from left:

1. Dr Omar bin Din (1921-2001), LMS 1949, KE VII College of Medicine, S'pore
2. Dr Abdul Majid bin Ismail (1921-2013), MBBS 1950 University Malaya, S'pore
3. Dr Syed Mohamed bin Syed Alwi Al-Hady (1921-2005), MBBS 1950 University Malaya, S'pore
4. Dr Abu Bakar bin Ibrahim (1918-1979), MBBS 1950 University Malaya, S'pore
5. Dr Syed Mahmood bin Syed Hussain Jamalullail (1921-2011), MBBS 1951 University Malaya, S'pore
6. Dr Carleel Merican bin Ali Othman Merican (1922-2003), MBBS 1952 University Malaya, S'pore
7. Dr Mohamed Noor bin Marahakim (1923-1998), MBBS 1953 University Malaya, S'pore

Sixth row from left:

1. Dr Ariffin bin Ngah Marzuki (born 1925), MBBS 1953 University Malaya, S'pore
2. Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (born 1925), MBBS 1953 University Malaya, S'pore
3. Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali (born 1926), MBBS 1955 University Malaya, S'pore
4. Dr Ahmad Ezanee Merican bin Ali Othman Merican (1929-2001), MBBS 1956 University Malaya, S'pore
5. Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin bin Raja Shahbuddin (1925-2008), MBBS 1956 University Malaya, S'pore
6. Dr Mohammad Noor bin Nordin (1929-1994), DH 1957, Singapore
7. Dr Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad (1931-1969), MBBS 1957 University Malaya, S'pore
8. Dr Ruby bt Abdul Majeed (1924-2013), BSc Zoology 1951/52; MBBS 1959 University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Technical Note: Portraits

Portraits came in many sizes, shades and textures. It was difficult trying to make all the portraits approximately the same size. I didn't have the right tool to work with but I remembered the magic ratio (1.618) that was used by ancient Arabs and Persians when they designed diagrams of the human face. Leonardo da Vinci also used the same ratio in his paintings. I also taught my students such ratio when I covered history of medicine.

Here is one website that can assist with portraits.
http://travel.state.gov/_res/flash/cropper/FIG_cropper.html#

It is easy to use and the portraits are cropped online (on the fly). However, it can only work with certain portrait sizes and requires a minimum of 600 x 600 pixels to work. So it won't work with small photos.

It will also not work if the height of the photo is not over the edge of the frame at the top. It will give an error message.

This online tool gives almost a square image but it is good for setting faces of the same size.

I tried working on some of the portraits.

Re-sizing portrait to a preset fixed size or alignment grid