Category: Primary Sources
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The Edinburgh System
Dr. Sutherland’s work refers to the “Edinburgh System” for the control and eradication of tuberculosis. This post answers the question: “What was the ‘Edinburgh System’?” Dr. (later Sir) Robert Philip was a pupil of Dr. Robert Koch, the German physician who proved that tuberculosis was caused by the bacillus tuberculosis. Philip realised that anti-tuberculosis dispensaries alone would…
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Experimental Open-air Class, Regent’s Park
This is Dr Halliday Sutherland’s Report on Working of Experimental Open-Air Class in Regent’s Park. It appeared in the first annual report of the St Marylebone Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption. The Open-Air Class in Regent’s Park opened on January 19th, 1911 and continued for two months, being discontinued owing to the difficulty of…
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The Context of “John M’Neil”
The last post outlined that “The Story of John M’Neil” can now be viewed at the British Film Institute website. In this post, I have set out the context of the 1911 film. TB was the biggest cause of death in the UK. Tuberculosis was a major problem in Britain at the time. For instance,…
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Britain’s 1st Public Health Cinema Film
Dr Halliday Sutherland produced Britain’s first public health cinema film. The film, The Story of John M’Neil, is available through the good works of the British Film Institute. You can view the film (free of charge) by clicking here. The BFI’s website describes the film as follows: This dramatised account of the experiences of a Scottish…
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Allsop Place, N.W.
On a bright but cold Sunday morning at the beginning of February, I went to four sites of interest. The first of these was the august premises of The Medical Society of London, at 11 Chandos Street, W1. Chandos street, and this part of the West-End for that matter, was fairly deserted. Someone in an upstairs…