Elevator pitch
The idea of an “elevator pitch” is to briefly encapsulate a story into the bare essentials. Here’s a summary of the trial of Dr Halliday Sutherland in the High Court … Continue reading
On miracles
On miracles, Dr Sutherland wrote: Mental attitudes towards miracles are often curious. Thus a person may blindly believe that the astral body of a fakir has been seen walking about … Continue reading
Positive eugenics?
Some correspondents read the word “negative eugenics” in a recent infographic in the sense of “reprehensible”. Why specify “negative,” they asked, when surely all eugenic measures are reprehensible? Did “negative” imply that there … Continue reading
New feature: infographics
Understanding the life of Dr Halliday Sutherland involves the getting to grips with the legal, medical, political, religious and social issues of his era. This has meant that the historical … Continue reading
Happy Christmas!
The highlight for 2017 was the centenary of Consumption: Its Cause and Cure on September 4th following the discovery of a published transcript in 2013. In this all-but-forgotten speech, Dr Sutherland expressed … Continue reading
A strange post-mortem 2/2
This is the part two of the blog post that relates to Saint John Southworth. Again the scene and time is changed. On a wet and windy day, 14th December … Continue reading
Poisonous milk
The Centenary of Dr Sutherland’s speech Consumption: Its Cause and Cure occurs on 4th September 2017. Here is an excerpt in which Dr Sutherland laments the failure to prevent deaths … Continue reading
Consumption Stories 5
Consumption Stories from the Frontline is part of the build up to the centenary of Consumption: Its Cause and Cure, an address by Dr Halliday Sutherland on 4th September 2017. … Continue reading
Consumption Stories 4
Consumption Stories from the Frontline is part of the build up to the centenary of Consumption: Its Cause and Cure, an address by Dr Halliday Sutherland on 4th September 2017. … Continue reading
Fruits of Philosophy
Stopes v. Sutherland—known also as the “Birth Control Libel Trial”—opened in the High Court, London on 21 February 1923. The words that led Stopes to sue were published in Birth … Continue reading
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