In January 1893, Alexander Dunn charged Blantyre doctor Cowan Wilson with negligence after his child died during treatment. The court ruled in Dunn’s favor, finding that leeches applied to the child’s throat worsened the condition. By then, leech therapy was widely deemed outdated, signaling shifting medical practices.
About ten o’clock on the evening of Tuesday 16th May 1916, a terrible motor car accident occurred on Glasgow Road, Blantyre, resulting in the death of a boy and injuries to two girls. This was a time of very few vehicles on the road and few rules for safety. The motor car in question actually […]
September 1950, and this is a lovely Scene at Low Blantyre. The caption in the newspaper against this photo at the time was “Although to all appearances this is a country scene, the memorial archway to Dr (Cowan) Wilson and its lovely floral surroundings at Blantyre Public Park have, a few yards away, all the […]
Fire was discovered on the Saturday afternoon of 17th January 1930 in the roof of Parkville House, in the west end of the Glasgow road, Blantyre. At the time, the property was a house and was owned and occupied by Dr. John Cowan Wilson. The doctor and his household and others tackled the outbreak with buckets of […]
1938 saw a much loved character in Blantyre sadly missed. Dr J.Cowan Wilson had passed away and the people of the town felt the need to remember this man, who for over 50 years had been seen to provide great public service to Blantyre and the surrounding district. On 8th January 1938, the Glasgow Herald […]