Cheah J S, Ho T M, Ng B Y
Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Ann Acad Med Singap. 2005 Jul;34(6):19C-24C.
The Medical School in Singapore was founded on 3 July 1905 and named the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. There were 23 students in the first enrollment; 16 students attended the full course, while 7 attended a 2-year course for hospital assistants. The pioneer group of 7 that graduated in May 1910 (the Magnificent Seven) consisted of Drs Chen Su Lan, Edwin Williborod deCruz, and John Gnanapragasam from Singapore; Drs Willie Carnegie and Mark W Chill from Penang; Dr SR Krishnan from Seramban and Dr John Scott Lee from Ipoh. In December 1910, a further 6 students graduated. Of this first batch of 13 graduates in 1910, we describe the careers of 6; no records exist of the remaining 7.
新加坡医学院成立于1905年7月3日，当时名为海峡殖民地与马来联邦政府医学院。首届招生有23名学生；16名学生修读了全部课程，7名学生参加了为期两年的医院助理课程。1910年5月毕业的首批7名先驱者（“七杰”）包括来自新加坡的陈素兰医生、埃德温·威利博罗德·德克鲁兹医生和约翰·格纳纳普拉加萨姆医生；来自槟城的威利·卡内基医生和马克·W·奇尔医生；来自芙蓉的SR·克里什南医生和来自怡保的约翰·斯科特·李医生。1910年12月，又有6名学生毕业。在1910年的首批13名毕业生中，我们描述了其中6人的职业生涯；其余7人的记录不存在。
