Raheem Khan

Raheem Khan was educated at Dacca College and the Medical College, Calcutta, where he became a sub-Assistant Surgeon in 1858 and was quickly promoted because of his high attainments. In 1860 he was appointed to Medical College of Lahore, where he introduced a knowledge of European medical science among the chief Hakims and native physicians of the Punjab Province. He became a fellow of the University of Lahore and received the rank of Honorary Surgeon on 1 January 1877. He had five sons.^[2] He died in 1904 and his final resting place is in University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.^[3]

He wrote several books:

• Amrz al-ibyn (1881) ^[4]
• Rislah-i tibb muta'alliqah 'adlat (1881) ^[5]
• The Principles and Practice of midwifery (1879)^[6]