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Getting to the roots of Soutra’s old cures
THEY were the original hoodies. But instead of lashing out at members of the public, these men, their heads swathed in coarse woollen material, tried to clear up the effects of others’ antisocial behaviour.
For 500 years, the black-cowled Augustinian canons of Soutra Hospital served the diseased and the battle-ravaged who were travelling to and from – or marauding through – Edinburgh.
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