Anecdote/legend about an (anemic?) White Englishwoman in the British Raj mistaken for a vampire?

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The 1960’s through 1980’s saw so many popular anthologies and compendiums of vampire lore—often assembling pop culture, folklore, classic literature, psychology, and occultism together—that I have no memory now of where I encountered this story.

Content advisory: blood ingestion; colonialism; racism; ableism, eugenics, and medical abuse in a footnote link. ( Continue. )

If I can track down the book, that might give me a lead as to who originated it (and what their assumptions and agenda might be.)