I’ve not quite finished yet with stories and pictures of William Rae, the Bloodless Surgeon. These illustrations were from the Illustrated Police News of July 1904 and show men, women and children being cured of their ailments at William Rae’s home on Station Road, Blantyre. The former miner, nicknamed the “bloodless surgeon” hosted many hundreds […]
I’ve been posting the last few days about William Rae, the Blantyre bonesetter. Whilst researching his efforts in trying to “cure” many limp people, I found this photo of him, which I believe is previously unseen online. It’s not one of the more commonly produced postcards and instead is a photo of him at home […]
1904 was perhaps the height of popularity for the Blantyre bonesetter, the bloodless surgeon, Mr. William Rae. At this home at Raploch Cottage, at the top of Station Road, visitors besieged his home that year more than any other. Reports took time to record the events in Blantyre that year. On Saturday 24th September, a […]
I’ve previously posted about William Rae, the bloodless surgeon, who gained fame in Blantyre in 1904 and 1905 as a “bone setter”. There are many tales of him fixing ailments and getting people to remove their crutches and walking sticks. This was done by setting bones back into position, when perhaps they had been out […]
During the Christmas holidays of 1904, scores of people from all over Britain, and mainly from Manchester and Bolton, spent their holiday by travelling to Blantyre in the hope they could meet with the famous bonesetter, William Rae. William lived in the house pictured at the top of Station Road, near the junction of Glasgow […]
William Rae was a ‘bonesetter’ who lived in Blantyre for a time and quietly practised and treated the local people in relative obscurity. In 1904, the popular press became aware of his work, and after they printed stories of his skills and cures, Rae was flocked by patients from the surrounding regions hoping for miracles. […]