During the time of the early polio injections, we lived in southern CA and my mother would not let my brother and I receive them because she said "some kids got polio from the shots." So she had us wait until the tri-Sabin polio drops were given on sugar cubes!! That was the part I hated the most -- the sugar cube--as you can tell I did not like super-sweet candy. I do remember, before the polio shots, that we were told never to walk in the dirty water that ran down our street in the gutter. I got the impression that polio was mostly a summer disease--don't know this for sure! I thought that was because in the summer we went without shoes and maybe could 'catch" polio that way with our bare feet. In 1969, I was a medical assistant at a pediatrician's office. He was an older doctor who used the glass syringes and metal needles. Disposable syringes was just coming out and he only used them for the MMR injections as they were preloaded. All the rest of the time I used the glass syringes and metal needles to give the kids their injections - (Doctor said "you don't say 'shots' as it could scare the child.") The needles were not large at all for kids but maybe to a child they looked HUGE! I did have to sharpen them often because 'barbs' would develop on the needle and then they really did hurt! I sure enjoyed all the 'talking' about polio injections and the one-room schoolhouses. My grandmother, born in 1902, graduated from Normal School (teacher's college) and taught for awhile in South Dakota. She said she was very excited about doing this. Other than that I don't know anything else--sure wish I had talked to her more about that. Trish Morris Port Angeles WA -------------------------------------------------- From: <BHold1@aol.com> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:53 PM To: <iowa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IOWA] polio shots > > In a message dated 3/5/2009 5:57:08 P.M. Central Standard Time, > iowa-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > Some of you might remember those syringes - glass & stainless steel and > evil looking and how long those needles were. The doctor we saw at the > time was an old-time doctor who had an office in the parlor of his > house. > > > > I barely remember getting my polio shot. I do know that we all had them. > Maybe they just used those long big needles in Iowa and not in Oklahoma. > ;-) > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 > easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID > %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >