Booklet `Water from the Seventh Wave` 2001
Booklet about the history of health and healing on Tiree, from superstitions and traditional remedies to lay doctors, diseases, dentists, appointed GPs, nurses and ambulance services. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
Photocopied journal extract `The Scottish Air Ambulance Service` by Dr Frank Calvert.
Review of the use made of the Scottiah Air Ambulance Service in general practice in Tiree over a five year period.
British Medical Journal, 1969, Vol. 4, pp 633-689.
Comparartive study of blood pressure in age- and sex-matched samples of the population of Tiree conducted by Dr F. R. Calvert, Tiree`s GP, and others.
Photocopied page of four newspaper cuttings from the Oban Times, 1968.
(1) Article about Major Iain MacLennan, chairman of the Council of Social Services and of the local District Council, who reports that the councils want to attract light industry to Tiree, reduce freight costs and improve and extend the public water supply, (2) formation of a Tiree Youth Club, (3) new medical unit for Dr Calvert, (4) letters about Anne Sinclair’s piping success and Danina Langley’s MOD success.
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