Treatment of pneumonia c. 1930.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.168.B
Original Tape ID
Summary
Treatment of pneumonia c. 1930.
When her daughter Lizzie was a baby, Jeannie Robertson had a major operation and developed theatre pneumonia [i.e. hospital-acquired pneumonia]. She was so far gone that the hospital had red screens around her, and placed her near the door, which she knew meant they were prepared to remove her from the ward if she died. She priggit [asked] the nurse for a drink of water but wasn't allowed any; she was given a mouthwash, and drank it. She was treated with poultices as well as injections, and was given brandy toddies.
Item Notes
There are further details about Jeannie's illness on later tracks on the same tape (SA1965.168).
Item Subject/Person
Robertson, Jeannie
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good