Q: How was a cold treated?
A1: steam your head by putting boiling water under your head and put towel on forehead and breath steam.
A2: Rub Vicks on your throat tie a hanker chief over it.
Q: Did you usually go to the doctor for colds and other simple illnesses?
A: No, you didn’t.
Q: How was a headack treated?
A: You touk aspirin.
Q: Were headachs different?
A: You had less headacks compared to todays.
Q: How was a stomach bug treated?
A: You drank caned peach juice
A: You also ate and drank tea and toast
Q: Was a stomach bug more serious?
A: It wasn’t more serious
Q: What were simple illnesses and treatments different from
Todays?
A: Measles – you had to stay in a dark room until the Measles were cured
A: Chicken pocks – you were quarantined
A: Bails (skin infection)
Lance it, put heat pads on it
Q: What were simple illnesses and treatments different from
Todays?
A: Measles – you had to stay in a dark room until the Measles were cured
A: Chicken pocks – you were quarantined
A: Bails (skin infection)
Lance it, put heat pads on it
Update: 2003/02/12 03:29:29
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