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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
St Henry
This grisly scene took place on the icy surface of Lake Köyliön in 1157. Dr Sutherland explains: Bishop Henry was an Englishman and probably of Norman descent. On a winter’s day in … 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
A strange post-mortem 1/2
On “a wet and windy day, 14th December 1929, in an upper room of St. Edmund’s College, Ware, Hertford,” Dr Sutherland performed “the strangest post-mortem examination I have ever made, … Continue reading
The resourceful journalist
In The Arches of the Years Dr. Sutherland told the story of a journalist with the Daily Mail named Charles. He told it well, and you can read it below. Of course, Dr … Continue reading
Centenary!
One-hundred years ago, on Tuesday 4th September 1917, Dr Halliday Sutherland addressed a meeting of the National Council of the Young Men’s Christian Association in King George’s Hall, in London. … Continue reading
Regard their environment
In this excerpt from Dr Sutherland’s speech Consumption: Its Cause and Cure, he talked about the environment in which consumption thrived. Regard their environment: when a population is overcrowded and … Continue reading
Was Consumption inherited?
The Centenary of Dr Sutherland’s speech Consumption: Its Cause and Cure occurs on 4th September 2017. Here is an excerpt in which he posed the question: Is the illness inherited? Which he then … 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
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