Remote & Rural Remedies

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"Survey return from Andrew D. Mackenzie"

Kilmorack, by Beauly.

1850.

RCP/COL/4/8/73

Andrew D. Mackenzie was a church minister to Kilmorack parish.

Kilmorack was a parish in the historic County of Inverness and lay on the river Beauly. It contained the village and valley of Beauly and the Falls of Kilmorack. Large parts of the area were cultivated and there were some tree plantations. The river provided for fishery. In 1831, the population was 2709.

[[Addressee]]
The Revd
Andw. D. Mackenzie
Kilmorack
by Beauly

[[Survey]]
QUERIES

1. How many Medical Men practice within the Parish of Kilmorack?

~~Two, one of which only occasionally~~
One.

2. The Names and Addresses of these.

Daniel Cormick Surgeon - Beauly

3. Has the number increased or diminished of late years?

No.

4. Have any left the Parish since you became connected with it? If so, for what reasons?

No.

5. Is there any complaint among the people of inadequacy in the supply of Medical aid?

No, the rural portion of the population have a decided prejudice against professional men.

6. Do you know of any cases of protracted suffering, or of injury by Accident, such as might have been alleviated had proper advice been at hand?

I am not aware of any such cases.

7. To what extent is the deficiency of qualified Practitioners made up by the efforts of other parties?

I have witnessed the most erroneous treatment in many cases on the advice of a laye neighbour or some pretender to medical skill, to whom parties had gone for miles rather than consult the regular practitioner.

8. Does your experience enable you to suggest any measure – of general applicability – such as would be likely to relieve to some extent the evils (if they exist) of deficiency in the supply of Medical aid?

I am persuaded that the evils arising from this antipathy to proper medical treatment are very great - that the removal of this antipathy is the only way by which medical aid Can be made available and
to remove this antipathy the most effective means in my opinion are to have a medicine man of directed piety.

9. What Heritors¹ are resident, either generally or occasionally, in your Parish?

Lord Lovat, Beaufort Castle, and the Chisholm occasionally at Aigas. --

Explanatory notes:

1. A heritor was a landowner, under Scots Law, whose holdings were sizeable enough for them to be liable for the payment of public burdens such as Poor Law rates, road and bridge assessments and the church minister’s stipend.

"Survey return from Andrew D. Mackenzie"

Kilmorack, by Beauly.

1850.

Andrew D. Mackenzie was a church minister to Kilmorack parish.

1. A heritor was a landowner, under Scots Law, whose holdings were sizeable enough for them to be liable for the payment of public burdens such as Poor Law rates, road and bridge assessments and the church minister’s stipend.