| Show Nora Reynolds doing capable dependable plodding through and from how many to bring into after an early morning light stove wonder helped snow with coal honors Nora the functioning heat the from God kerasene bless titioner took over only if there as the motherdeveloping milk her were leg the lamp The babies world -summons and with general prac complications such or if wet nurse had to be Tocated Generally speaking at that time of the century people who were wick either got well or died from self administered home remedies There were medical books to consult ofcourse books purchased had suchwonder book Womanhood for Maidens Sometimessneakedcolored pictures both Mama cookbook however without on sting bee Wives Mothers What look through its pages scary and exciting was helpful too with even or consulting spider bite book drew out an application of turpentine brought out under the skin Truly medical wonders Many medicines olive oil commonly household cupboard throat And child Watkin Syrup molasses of growing pains Grime sassafras many the Druggist everything from Everyone knew putting poison wood tick mud and that embedded had common usage whenwaschild called sweet 0il was stored in every for supposedly it healed earache sore salve Figs cured its that the volume finding innumerable printed cures for to dog bites and bee stings Department and summer compaint from door to door salesmen Mama1901 publication titled Perfect ills and many black ointment tea of mind or and mixture other complaints Castoria of sulphur and body There were no wonder antibiotic drugs as such Even so our family managed to escape dreaded diseases such as diphtheria and typhoid fever And we survived common childhood diseases with few complications Measles mumps whooping cough and chicken pox with all the itching and scratch ing as as Doc Winters wasgeneral practitioner and he functioneddentist as well remember his holding me on his Tap he performed the task of pulling my baby teeth with plain ordinary pincers yanked out by tying other end todoor Sometimes loose baby tooth was one end ofstring to the tooth and the knob and then closing the door real fast -86 |
