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" I cannot describe to you the horror I felt on seeing the mangled condition she was in : almost every inch of skin on her body had been burnt off; her legs and thighs, her arms and back were completely raw, her breasts were dreadfully torn, and the skin... "
Life in India - Page 124
by Caleb Wright - 1854 - 304 pages
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India and Its Inhabitants

Caleb Wright - India - 1855 - 318 pages
...his arms, begging him to save her. " I cannot describe to you," says one present at the scene, i:the horror I felt at seeing her mangled condition ; almost...length desisted from their efforts. We sent her to Jie hospital. Every medical assistance was given, but, after lingering twenty hours, in excruciating...
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The Natural History of Man: Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, America, Asia ...

John George Wood - Anthropology - 1870 - 918 pages
...gentleman rescued her from them, and she immediately ran into his arms and cried to him to save her. and were hanging to the back of her hands. In fact,...picture of misery as this poor woman displayed. She seemed to dread being again taken to the fire, and called out to " the Ocha Sahib " to save her. Her...
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Natural History of Man: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the ...

John George Wood - Ethnology - 1870 - 888 pages
...thighs, her arms and back, were completely raw, her breasts were dreadfully torn, and the skin hanging from them in threads ; the skin and nails of her fingers...picture of misery as this poor woman displayed. She seemed to dread being again taken to the fire, and called out to " the Ocha Sahib " to save her. Her...
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The Methodist Magazine, Volume 7

Methodist Church - 1824 - 510 pages
...were completely raw ; her breasts were dreadfully torn, and the skin hanging from them in shreds ; the skin and nails of her fingers had peeled wholly off and were hanging to the back off her hands. In fact,, Sir, 1 never saw or even read of so entire a picture of misery as this poor...
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Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India

Lata Mani - History - 1998 - 268 pages
...completely raw, her breasts were dreadfully torn and the skin hanging from them in shreds, the skins and nails of her fingers had peeled wholly off and were hanging. The widow was taken to hospital where she lingered "in the most excruciating pain for about 20 hours...
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