[graciegirl]

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

Very LARGE Smallpox vaccinations.

Blue light on our heads in grade school, a class at a time to look for ringworm.

Terrible earaches.

Friends and or family who died or who were permanently disabled by polio.

Radiation therapy for enlarged tonsils.

Having a family member blow cigarette smoke in your ear as treatment for earache.

Croup. Asthma, Coughing for months with no known treatment.

Visits by the doctor to our home where they gave your parents a small envelope with pills and told them to feed us "tea and toast" for a few days.

Signs on our front windows warning of contagious disease within that quarantined the home.

Did I think of everything?

[dewilson58]

Spankings..................ahhhhhhhhhhhh the good old days

[Barefoot]

When I had a cough, my grandmother would put Vicks Vapour Rub on my chest with a paper bag over it.
I wonder if the paper bag had healing qualities ... perhaps she just didn't want me to mess up my pajamas.
Anyway, it was very comforting. I miss my Nana -- Grandparents are great are offering unconditional love.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

When I had a cough, my grandmother would put Vicks Vapour Rub on my chest with a paper bag over it.
I wonder if the paper bag had healing qualities ... perhaps she just didn't want me to mess up my pajamas.
Anyway, it was very comforting. I miss my Nana -- Grandparents are great are offering unconditional love.

At last the paper bag would disintegrate and become part of nature after awhile...now if she had used plastic...

I sure agree with you about grandparents.

[jsnj33]

A shoe store would XRAY kids feet in the store to offer visual proof to the parents that the shoes fit well.

Also, playing outside and the DDT truck passing by while spraying for mosquitos.

[l2ridehd]

And being allowed to climb trees and build a tree house.

BB guns, even had a single shot 22 at 12

Milking cows at 5:00 AM and cleaning the stalls before school.

And having whipped cream on everything.

45 minute ride on the school bus to high school

Actually having to kill and pluck the chickens for dinner

And oh yes, the older girls up the street that taught me all kinds of neat things.

And our local doctor also did house calls and had the little paper envelopes with the pills.

Cod liver oil

All these and yet somehow we grew up healthy

[DruannB]

Getting my mouth washed out with soap because I said a bad word. Notice I didn't even type the word now. Lesson learned.

[villagerjack]

Enemas

[villagerjack]

Making own margarine, Ration Stamps. Ice Boxes. 5 story walk up apartment. 10 cent weekly allowance. Stickball in the street.

[RickeyD]

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[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

When I had a cough, my grandmother would put Vicks Vapour Rub on my chest with a paper bag over it.
I wonder if the paper bag had healing qualities ... perhaps she just didn't want me to mess up my pajamas.
Anyway, it was very comforting. I miss my Nana -- Grandparents are great are offering unconditional love.

Same here, but the paper bag was put over my head.............one ugly baby!!

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

Very LARGE Smallpox vaccinations.

Blue light on our heads in grade school, a class at a time to look for ringworm.

Terrible earaches.

Friends and or family who died or who were permanently disabled by polio.

Radiation therapy for enlarged tonsils.

Having a family member blow cigarette smoke in your ear as treatment for earache.

Croup. Asthma, Coughing for months with no known treatment.

Visits by the doctor to our home where they gave your parents a small envelope with pills and told them to feed us "tea and toast" for a few days.

Signs on our front windows warning of contagious disease within that quarantined the home.

Did I think of everything?

Johnson's Baby Oil [AKA suntan lotion]

[Jaggy]

Fire SIren rang in town every night at 6pm, and that was the sign for me to hurry home for dinner, no matter where I roamed.. Ahhh... roaming the streets , woods, creeks , etc without any worries..

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Johnson's Baby Oil [AKA suntan lotion]

We even added iodine to the baby oil. Makes you tan faster.