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Some Special Interests => Occupation Interests => Topic started by: vowles on Monday 15 March 10 19:41 GMT (UK)
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can anyone tell me what a bone setter was ?. one of my husbands relatives was said to have been one. many thanks
Marie :-\
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Bonesetter--- Set broken bones ;D
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There where bone setters in Anglesey who set bones and also made up herbial medicine one famous one lived near Rhydwyn another one lived on the llyn peninsular who was a bone setter and made up portions from the hedgerow he was still selling bottles of lotion for skin complains in the 70s but it has now died out.
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They also manipulated and treated things like dislocations and sprains, usually after an anaesthetic of Scottish cough mixture was given. Don't ask how I know this.
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Many thanks for quick reply,we have discussed this in the family for many years .Its in teresting how things turn out , my husband is a( limb mechanic ]
known as a prosthetic tecnician : in other words he makes and repairs artificial
limbs.A very interesting and rewarding job. ;) :D
Marie
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My great great grandfather was a "famous" bonesetter and Congregational Minister in Broughton, near Wrexham. He came there in 1869 and was already regarded as a "famous' bonesetter before taking up the post. What I would like to find out is how he would have learnt this skill. He was born in Barmouth, Wales, but spent many years in Angelsey. Was it a skill that was easy to pick up? Or did he learn it by trial and error?
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I knew a bone setter he worked on humans and greyhounds, I asked my mother about him and bone setting in general and she said it was gift that runs in families, this man's grandson was showing signs of the skill before he died and an nephew of the man was a recognized bone setter by doctors in his area.
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My great great grandfather was a "famous" bonesetter and Congregational Minister in Broughton, near Wrexham. He came there in 1869 and was already regarded as a "famous' bonesetter before taking up the post. What I would like to find out is how he would have learnt this skill. He was born in Barmouth, Wales, but spent many years in Angelsey. Was it a skill that was easy to pick up? Or did he learn it by trial and error?
I imagine that it was a gift (so called) I don't think a person learning by trial and error would get many customers somehow. In the case of your ancestor as a Congregationalist Minister I think it unlikely he would have used "Scottish cough mixture" despite its well known anaesthetic properties. ;)