About
Malayan physician primarily known for his advocation for wearing masks during the epidemic of Manchuria and Mongolia back in 1910. He later became the first Malayan to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Before Fame
He attended the Institute for Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur as a research student. He would eventually create the Anti-Opium Association in Penang, Malaysia. During the spring of 1906, he organized a nationwide anti-opium conference that nearly 3,000 people attended.
Trivia
He was the first medical student of Chinese descent to attend the University of Cambridge in England. He was also a founding member and the first president of the Chinese Medical Association.
Family Life
He was married twice. His first wife, Ruth, was the daughter of Wong Nai Siong, a popular Chinese revolutionary leader. She died, along with two of their three sons, in the early 1900s. He then remarried and had four more children.
Associated With
Fellow Malayan doctor Amalina Bakri also attended Cambridge University.
