Minutes of the Parochial Board of Tiree of 1873 about the resignation and replacement of Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1873
Photocopied extracts from the minutes of meetings of the Parochial Board of Tiree for 6/10/1873 about the resignation of local GP Dr Alex. Buchanan, and from 10/10/1873 and 24/11/1873 about finding a replacement for him.
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Third Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 32-35, 82-83,92-99.
Description of the housing in Tiree, an outbreak of measles,typhoid fever and one case of smallpox as reported by Dr Buchanan.
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Fifth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 26-27.
Report by Dr Buchanan about an outbreak of scarlet fever spread through the schools.
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Sixth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 44-45.
Report by Dr Buchanan about the improvement in housing in Tiree, especially cottars` housing.
List of medical practitioners on Tiree 1861-1891 compiled by Duncan Grant of Ruaig.
Extracts from the census records 1841-1891 giving details of doctors/surgeons and their households.
Letter from Argyll & Bute Archivist Murdo MacDonald dated 22/11/2000 about doctors on Tiree.
The difficulty in pinpointing the arrival of Dr Buchanan in Tiree and the case of Margaret MacKinnon, wife of Lachlan Lamont, who died in childbirth in 1857.
Dr Alexander Buchanan
Photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911.
Courtesy of Mr Hugh MacKinnon
In 1860 Dr. Alexander Buchanan, a 25 year old surgeon newly qualified from Edinburgh, was appointed Tiree’s Medical Officer. He was given the tenancy of Baugh farm as a living by the Duke of Argyll.
He married Colina Campbell, daughter of the tenant of Balephetrish farm, and the couple had six children. From a farming background himself, he was no doubt helped in the running of his 160 acre farm by his wife’s family.
Dr Buchanan worked until his death in 1911 aged 75. It was said his patients would feel better at the sound of his oilskins rustling. On his death a monument was erected on Cnoc Eibrig in Baugh to a ‘Medical officer and loved and valued friend of the islanders’.
Black and white photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911.
Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911, Medical Officer for Tiree from 1860 to his death in 1911.
Photocopied journal of Lord Lorne dated 23-28/4/1884.
The journal of Lord Lorne written during a visit to Tiree 23-28/4/1884 and in the form of a letter to the 8th Duke of Argyll.
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Photocopied letter dated 11/1/1871 from Dr Buchanan to William Sproat.
Letter dated 11/1/1871 from Dr Buchanan to County Clerk William Sproat asking settlement of an unpaid account.
Typewritten extract about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899.
Information about expenses incurred by Argyll Estates on Tiree 1864-1899, e.g. maintenance of schools, teachers` salaries, maintenance of other infrastructure, assistance to emigrants, fishermen and crofters, nurses` wages, etc.
