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9 it during its first year of existence. The Hindu women of Southern India, unlike the Mahommedans, do not regard it as a fatal sin to be seen or attended by a man, and the hospital was accordingly placed under the direction of Surgeon-Colonel Cook, whose kindliness and skill rapidly won for him the deepest gratitude of the native women, who, as the



repute of the institution spread, came from great distances to benefit by it. By 1887 another ward became necessary, and this Sir Savalay Ramasawmy added as his personal offering in commemoration of the Queen-Empress's Jubilee. Yet another ward was wanted, and this its generous founder gave in honour of the visit paid to, and satisfaction expressed at, the hospital by the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale.