Talk:History of St Kilda
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I do not think that the disease "tetanus infantum" was brought in by boat, it was the local midwife's custom of annointing the cut umbilical cord with contaminated fulmar oil that caused this . I can give references and expand on this if needed ?
(A mention of the exile of the Lady Grange to this island would not come amiss.) oops.. it's in the main article.... sorry! 86.27.177.218 23:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
- This article was supposed to be calved off the main one, but hasn't experienced the expansion it perhaps should have. --MacRusgail 18:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)