Doctor's medical bag for maternity home delivery

Date Added: 04 March 2013 Year: 1935 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2013_004_001 | ▶ Picture No: 11568

Brown leather covered Doctor's medical bag for maternity home delivery, The bag belonged to Dr Aeneas Macleod who was a General Practitioner in Lairg until 1946 when he took over from Dr Strachan in Dornoch.

Dimensions: Length 450 mm - Width 190 mm depth260 mm

3 Comments

It was very interesting for me to see Dr Aeneas MacLeod's medical equipment. In late December 1946 I, as a six year old, took very ill with severe stomach pains and Dr MacLeod attended at our home at Springwell Cottage which was just seaward of Embo School. Dr MacLeod diagnosed my illness as a "burst appendix" and gave out that there was no time to wait for the ambulance from the Lawson Memorial Hospital in Golspie. He then bundled me onto the back seat of his car and covered me with a blanket and drove me to the hospital along with my mother. It was snowing very heavily at the time and the journey was difficult and dangerous. On our arrival at the hospital I was attended to by Dr Simpson. However, by then I was suffering badly from peritonitis and I was later told that it was touch and go as to whether I was going to recover. I did however recover well but that was after a three week stay in hospital. I shared a ward with a Kenneth MacKenzie from the West Coast who was about the same age as I was. We had great times there being spoiled by all the nurses in the hospital. I also remember that Isa Aiken from Coull Farm, Embo was also in hospital at the same time as I was. She too had her appendix removed. Isa was in the same class as I in Embo School where our class teacher was Mrs Bremner.
I have all my life remembered, and told of, the kindness and efficiency of Dr MacLeod...and he at no time displayed the negative and condescending attitude that many Dornoch residents then had towards what they disparagingly called "Embo Fishers".

Comment left on 04 March 2013 at 20:13 by Kenneth Mackay, Zululand, S Africa. Many thanks for your comment, both Dr Aeneas and his son Dr John MacLeod are both remembered very fondly by the local residents Administrator

I am currently researching my family tree & have established that Dr Aneas MacLeod is my great-aunt's husband. As there is no-one I can ask in my immediate family are you able to tell me if Dr John is still around as I would love to get in touch. Thank you

Comment left on 28 May 2013 at 00:32 by Alison Edwards Sorry to say, Dr John died a number of years ago but I will pass on you email address to the family Administrator

Dr Aeneas Duncan MacLeod bought Lundavra (formerly Goderich Cottage), 1 Murray Road, Dornoch from my father Donald Mackay in 1966. Comment left on 07 December 2021 at 00:17 by Gavin Mackay

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