AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
, AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
No. 3.] MARCH,' 1907. [Vol. VI. 
CONCERNING 
THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF COOLIES 
IN MALAYA 
By P. N. GERRARD, 
B.A., B.C.H., B.A.O., M.D., D.UB2-IN UN IV. 
D.T.M.H., CANTAB., L.M., ET’C., ETC. 
With an Appendix of Plans and Estimates 
by W. A. WILKINSON, A.M.I.C.E. 
Whilst the cry of “Rubber! Rubber! and large profits!” resounds 
throughout Ceylon and the Straits and is wafted abroad from these 
countries, may I be permitted, in the interest of both the capitalist 
and the coolie, to draw the attention of employers of labour to a few 
points which seem to me to affect the future of the industry ; certainly 
in this country 7 , and probably in* every country wherein a large amount 
of labour is employed. 
Firstly, then, I would point out that all the wealth in the world 
will not profit a man broken down in health. 
Secondly, that a dead or broken down coolie is of no practical use 
on any estate. 
