Paperback book `The Scots Herbal` by Tess Darwin.
The plant lore of Scotland
2000.165.6
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1998.320.9
Paperback book `Healing Threads` by Mary Beith.
Traditional medicines of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
2001.140.13
Foot and Mouth Poster issued by Argyll & Bute Council.
Foot and Mouth Poster issued by Argyll & Bute Council in 2001.
2001.66.1
Audio cassette recording of Ishbel MacArthur of Barrapol talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2001.
Ishbel MacArthur of Barrapol talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2001 about childbirth and childcare, the comparison between bringing up her five children in the 1960s and 1970s and the easier methods of today, e.g. car seats, baby alarms and walkers, playgroups, disposable nappies and baby clinics; Ishbel also talks about her schooldays in Balemartine. Tha Iseabail Nic Artair a Goirtean Dhòmhnaill a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul ann an Mart 2001 mu aisead agus cùram cloinne, an t-eadar dhealachadh air a bhi togail còignear de theaghlaich eadar 1960 agus 1980, ’s ach na dòighean furasda ’s na laithean an diugh, cathairean carbad, sanas naoidhean agus taic coisiche, cròileaganan, foichein pàipear, leighis-lann naoidhean; tha Iseabail a’ bruidhinn cuideachd mu a laithean sgoile ann am Baile Mhàrtainn.
2000.248.1
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.
2003.178.2
Audio cassette recording of BBC programme `Aithris na Maidne` broadcast in November 2003.
Mabel MacArthur, Dr John Holliday and Ailig MacArthur talk about the proposed closure of the Continuing Care Unit at Taigh a` Rudha on the BBC programme `Aithris na Maidne` in November 2003.
1998.221.1
`The Glass Queen` washboard with wooden frame and ridged glass insert, used in the 1930s and 40s.
1999.131.1
Collection of assorted WWII bandages and dresssings from the airport.
Nineteen shell dressings in their original cotton wrappers, 5 unopened packs of gauze, 3 triangular bandages, pack of 1 lb of tow, half a pack of surgical lint, 2 India rubber bandages, 3 medicated wound dressings, 3 burn dressings, 3 finger dressings, wooden finger splint, roll of Elastoplast, 2 safety pins and a contents label for a First Aid pack.
2001.97.8
Photocopied responses to the Royal College of Physicians Survey of 1850.
Responses from Rev Archibald Nicol of Coll and from Rev Archibald Farquharson of Tiree to the Royal College of Physicians Survey of 1850.
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2001.97.27
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.