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3 volumes, XXXIII plates (some color : frontispiece, some folded, including profiles and diagrams), maps (some folded) ; (8vo and 4to)

A description of the Western Islands of Scotland, including the Isle of Man. Comprising an account of their geological structure; with remarks on their agriculture, scenery, and antiquities / By John Macculloch, M.D. In three volumes.

2 volumes, 49 plates : 3 portraits, 2 maps (1 folded) ; (4to)

Observations on a tour through the Highlands and part of the Western Isles of Scotland, particularly Staffa and Icolmkill ... to which are added a description ... of the country round Moffat, and an analysis of its mineral waters. In two volumes ... / By T. Garnett ... Illustrated by a map, and fifty-two plates, engraved in the manner of aquatints, from drawings taken on the spot by W. H. Watts.

<p>The story of a health scheme which preceded the National Health Service in Scotland. A doctor in the 1940s, while waiting for the air ambulance which is to take a crofter's wife to Glasgow for a special operation, recalls how in the Scottish Highlands and the Western Isles at the turn of the century doctors were few and communications bad. He tells how, thanks to the Highlands and Islands Medical Service which was initiated and subsidised by the Government, the number of doctors and nurses was increased, communications were greatly improved, and the services were made available to all. The film was made in the Outer Hebrides and in the northern Highlands. Since the date of this film these services have been continued and developed by the National Health Service. </p>

1 encoded moving image (20.30 min.) : sound, black and white

Highland doctor.

2 volumes (cont. pag.), xxxv plates : add. engr. t.ps. ; (8vo)

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A description of the Western Islands of Scotland, including the Isle of Man. Comprising an account of their geological structure; with remarks on their agriculture, scenery, and antiquities / By John Macculloch, M.D. In three volumes.

Highland doctor.

Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides / By John Lightfoot.

Problems of alcohol abuse in the Western Isles : a community study / Mildred Blaxter, Kenneth Mullen, Sarah Dyer.

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A description of the Western Islands of Scotland, including the Isle of Man. Comprising an account of their geological structure; with remarks on their agriculture, scenery, and antiquities / By John Macculloch, M.D. In three volumes.

Highland doctor.

Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides / By John Lightfoot.

Problems of alcohol abuse in the Western Isles : a community study / Mildred Blaxter, Kenneth Mullen, Sarah Dyer.

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