Bone-setter gravestone St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire

Description

Bone-setter's gravestone; Nether kirkyard, St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire. This gravestone is from the ancient Nether Kirkyard below the cliffs at St Cyrus and is the resting place of Alexander Webster and his wife and children. Mr Webster was a renowned bone-setter and the gravestone shows him setting the arm of another person while his wife and children (or others awaiting treatment) look on. Alexander Webster died in 1759. Canmore 36352