Volume 34, Number 6

July 2005

Centenary of the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore and the National University of Singapore (1905-2005)

The Faculty of Medicine (FOM), National University of Singapore (NUS) is 100 years old on 3 July 2005. The National University of Singapore (NUS)...

The Founding of the Medical School in Singapore in 1905

The King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, was founded in 1905, and produced its first graduates in 1910. Its diploma of Licentiate in...

Milestones of the Medical School and Medical Progress of Singapore over the Past 100 years

1905: The Medical School started off in an old female lunatic asylum on the site of the general hospital at Sepoy Lines.1 Called the...

The First Graduates in 1910

The Medical School in Singapore was founded on 3 July 1905; it was named the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. It...

Benjamin Henry Sheares, MD, MS, FRCOG: President, Republic of Singapore 1971-1981; Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 1931-1981 A Biography, 12th August 1907-12th May 1981

When Dr Benjamin Sheares, President of the Republic of Singapore,3 died on 12th May 1981 and his body laid in state at the Istana,...