George Cook

also written Dr. Cook in the book

Biography

Became the family doctor after Dr. Menton. Made frequent house calls, supplied large bottles of pills or cough syrup in anticipation of illness spreading among the children, and became a family friend who followed their progress through the years.

Timeline

In the Forties
Doctors make house calls
Mom changed the children's bed sheets before the doctor arrived. Dr. Cook supplied pills or cough syrup, anticipating that more children would develop the same ailment.
Carol's Chapter
After Dr. Menton went to jail
George Cook becomes the family doctor
George Cook became the family's doctor and, through frequent visits, a family friend who tracked the children's progress through the years.
Carol's Chapter

Stories mentioning George

Clean Sheets, Warm Flannel, and a Family DoctorCarol recalls doctors making house calls in the Forties. However sick the children were, Mom had them leave their beds so she could put on clean sheets before the doctor arrived. Mom also treated colds with Vicks and warm flannel cloths. Carol remembers Dr. Menton as their first doctor; he went to jail after being caught supplying illegal drugs to his wife. His successor, George Cook, provided medicine expecting more children to fall ill, visited frequently, and became a lasting family friend.

Referenced in

Carol's Chapter — DOCTORING

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