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News18
03-05-2025
- Health
- News18
Nurse Unearths Grandma's 1965 Texas Hospital Booklet Packed With Outdated Advice For New Mothers
The booklet shared by the nurse on social media contains surprising advice, such as waiting 21 days before taking car rides and 118 days before driving a car. A nurse in the US recently discovered an old sheet of paper from 1965 that has sparked amusement on social media. Traci Clark found a 60-year-old hospital discharge booklet while sorting through her grandmother's belongings, which contained outdated medical advice for new mothers. Titled 'Home Instructions For The New Mother,' the booklet, which she shared with her followers on Instagram, included surprising advice, such as waiting 21 days before taking car rides or climbing stairs, and 118 days before driving a car. The three-page document was given to her grandmother after she gave birth in Houston, Texas. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), she shared the video of the booklet, writing, 'Giving birth in Texas in 1965 earned you a three page pamphlet!" In the video clip, Clark said, 'We're going through my grandmother's stuff, and I just found her discharge instructions. She was in bed 327A." She further read aloud some of the directions mentioned in the booklet, which vary from perplexing to weird. 'When the baby is 21 days old, you may take a car ride. How were they supposed to get to the hospital before that?" Clark asked. 'And then, I don't know what this is — 118 days old, they may drive a car? Could they drive a car before that? This is so confusing," she added. The nurse then pointed out another instruction, 'At 21 days old, you may walk up and down the stairs. How was she supposed to get into her house before that? This is awful." The booklet further mentioned 'sleeping" as one of the special exercises. To which Clark said, 'This is my favourite—special exercises: sleeping." the post quickly went viral and gained about 1.2 million views on the social media platform. The clip has also raised several questions on the surprising medical advice given half a century ago. Many users shared personal anecdotes, highlighting the differences between then and now. 'Wish I would have had this pamphlet to throw in their face!" a user wrote, while another said, 'A lot better than what we get now." 'At least they emphasised rest, now they expect you to go back to work like nothing happened," read another comment. In a similar incident, a resident of Chile, Exequiel Hinojosa, became a millionaire overnight due to an old piece of paper. While clearing his house, he found a 62-year-old passbook of his father, who had deposited about Rs 1.4 lakh in the bank in the 1960s-70s. First Published:
Hindustan Times
02-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Nurse finds grandma's 1965 Texas hospital booklet with strange post-delivery advice: ‘No car ride for 21 days'
A recent discovery made by a US nurse has sparked widespread amusement online. While going through her grandmother's belongings, Traci Clark found an old hospital discharge booklet from 1965, which she quickly shared with her followers on Instagram. The clip, which has since garnered over 1.2 million views, has left many questioning the surprising medical advice given to new mothers half a century ago. (Also read: 'Eerie green flames' come out of manhole after explosion in Texas college: 'It was freaky') In the video, Clark explains, 'We're going through my grandmother's stuff, and I just found her discharge instructions. She was in bed 327A.' The booklet, a three-page document, had been issued to her grandmother after giving birth in Houston, Texas. Clark reads aloud some of the instructions, which range from perplexing to downright bizarre. 'When the baby is 21 days old, you may take a car ride. How were they supposed to get to the hospital before that?' she asks, puzzled by the outdated advice. 'And then, I don't know what this is—118 days old, they may drive a car? Could they drive a car before that? This is so confusing.' Clark also points out another curious recommendation: 'At 21 days old, you may walk up and down the stairs. How was she supposed to get into her house before that? This is awful.' But what truly took the cake for Clark was the suggestion for physical activity. 'This is my favourite—special exercises: sleeping,' she said, laughing. Take a look here at the video: A post shared by Traci Clark RN, BSN, OCN, PHN (@poppielady) Clark's post has sparked a flood of comments, with people reflecting on how far medical advice has come in the last few decades. One user remarked, 'At least they emphasised rest, now they expect you to go back to work like nothing happened.' Another chimed in, 'This is 10x better than the current hospital instructions, which are: 'Come back if you die.'' (Also read: Who is Thomas J Henry? High-powered Texas lawyer vows to give away $1 million to strangers for his birthday) Many shared personal anecdotes, with one commenter writing, 'My mum was telling me that she stayed in the hospital for a week after I was born in 1965.' Another added, 'I was shocked to see how little guidance was given compared to what we have now.'
