Clydebank and Gourock
Continuing the series of childhood reminiscences of Dr Halliday Sutherland: launching ships, toy boats and a susceptible curate. In my childhood many steamers were built and launched between Clydebank and … Continue reading
“Exterminating Poverty” now available for pre-order on Kindle
Good news! Exterminating Poverty: The incredible true story of the eugenic plan to get rid of the poor and the Scottish doctor who fought against it is now available for … Continue reading
A Kindly Man
This article continues Dr Sutherland’s reminiscences of his Glasgow childhood. One man owned a lot of pubs, and he was a very kind man because he gave silver watches to … Continue reading
A New Book
In my most recent post, I said that I had completed a big project. It is completing the writing of Exterminating Poverty: The incredible true story of the eugenic plan … Continue reading
Happy Christmas 2019
Wishing you (and your loved ones) a happy and safe Christmas! Thank you for your attention and support during 2019. I am delighted to say that, in the next few … Continue reading
Glasgow chimneys
G.K. Chesterton described Dr Sutherland as “a born writer, especially a born story-teller.” The following passage is as good an example as any of Dr Sutherland’s craft and is the … Continue reading
General Franco 2
This post is an excerpt from Spanish Journey by Dr Halliday Sutherland. Francisco Franco was born at Ferrol on December 4, 1893, the second of three sons born to a … Continue reading
A doodle
This drawing appeared in the Evening Standard on Tuesday 5th October 1937 on the page headed “Doodles”. “They are still doodling, Doctors and clergymen, clerks and bus-drivers, novelists and housewives — … Continue reading
Vectors of infection
Dr Halliday Sutherland’s article, The Soil and the Seed in Tuberculosis, appeared in the British Medical Journal on 23rd November 1912. In it, he suggested that Consumption (tuberculosis in the … Continue reading
“It can’t be done.”
This postcard from George Bernard Shaw was among Dr Sutherland’s personal papers. Dated 4th August 1921, it read: It can’t be done. Thinking comes under the head of infamous professional … Continue reading
Recent Comments