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From: "Molly Hamilton" <>
Subject: Re: [India-L] The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 23:25:31 +1000
References: <MCBBJLAMEJDOBJHBCCFOOEIIDDAA.valmay@clara.co.uk>


WOW, makes one wonder how some of us older generation are still alive and
more surprisingly how are parents ever survived their childhoods.


Molly Hamilton a proud Anglo Indian
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From: "Valmay" <>
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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: [India-L] The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook


> Anyone that has looked through the burial returns can't help but notice
the
> amount of entries for young children. After reading some entries in "The
> Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook" by F.A. Steel and G. Gardiner
> published in 1904, I can understand why! Here is an example:
>
> 'Croup - Give emetic doses of ipecacuanha, and put the patient in a hot
> bath; but keep the head cool, and do not stifle the child with heat. In
> spasmodic croup, if the child becomes black in the face and suffocation
> seems imminent, a swift sniff of chloroform will sometimes bring immediate
> relief; but this is only for urgent emergency.'
>
> A family friend is a Sister in the Childrens Ward in the local hospital
and
> she couldn't believe some of the entries!
>
> If you can get hold of a copy of this book it makes interesting reading.
It
> was written as a practicle guide 'To The English Girls To Whom Fate May
> Assign The Task Of Being House-Mothers In Our Eastern Empire'
>
> Regards
> Valmay
> Peterborough, England
> My British India Family History
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>
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