Epsom, The Cottage Hospital 1890
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Memories of Epsom, the Cottage Hospital 1890
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Had my tonsils removed in the cottage hospital. I can still remember the panic as the ether pad was clamped over my face!
Everyone layer to attention during Matron's rounds I recall.
Back in 1944 then being 13 years of age I was admitted into the Cottage Hospital in Epsom to have my tonsils removed. I recall at the time the only other person in the ward was a soldier at the far end of the ward, who each time the pretty nurse came in he tried to get her onto the bed for a kiss. One day during an air raid warning a doodlebug [V1 rocket] was heard approaching with the motor cutting out just before getting ...see more
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