Corse - Doctor Nason circa 1880 (General)

by hawkyboy, Friday, November 27, 2015, 20:49 (3293 days ago) @ hawkyboy

Thank you MP, Mike and dink for these pearls of wisdom.

There is a lot for me to ponder over, this will take a little time and everything does not seem clear cut. To give a couple of random observations, why would a successful(?) practitioner leave Lancashire to start again in an obscure rural practice? There was poverty here so the chances of earning a good living must have been remote. Money from Inquests may have been a little more plentiful but some of these poor folks were also switched on financially and had health cover. Hence I suspect the fees payable to the Doctor are at reduced rates pre-agreed with the Society.

Doctor Nason died but of what I wonder? Either he was less popular than Doctor Johnstone or he was less successful at self publicity in the local newspapers. Again I wonder which?

Doctor Johnstone's influence extended to Newent, for here another Johnstone was the Doctor. I do not know who came first. Has anybody any ideas here?