Ohhhh. In the early 1950's, when my sister and I got strep throat, my mother would boil an onion in water and make us drink the juice! I have no idea how that cured strep throat other than the fact that we made a miraculous recovery so we wouldn't have to drink it again! :) Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: "donkelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net> To: <donelias@juno.com> Cc: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] children's early deaths > Remember mustard plasters on the chest? That was a grandma thing. > > donkelly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: donelias@juno.com > To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:24:37 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [IOWA] children's early deaths > > My dad had 2 sisters whe died as small children. I really don't > know how old or am I sure the story is true. But the story that > has been told is they were told for the children to gargle with > kerosene. > > Don > > PS After I wrote this, I googled for gargle and kerosene and > got some hits. A couple are listed below. > By the way, my Juno email program will prabably insert a space > at about the point a line would be filled so you may have to > remove the space(s) to use these URL's. :^( > > http://books.google.com/books?id=FUaaDBFsYFEC&pg=RA1-PA81&lpg=RA1-PA81&dq > =%2Bgargle+%2Bkerosene&source=bl&ots=BYWaiD1YQz&sig=NcZY5z3RvKmZoGDJXm2HX > LAO3Os > > http://www.panjokutch.com/Health/general/tonsils.htm > > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:49:46 -0500 (EST) Wanda <pioneer@rconnect.com> > writes: >> I found the family histories of my side and that of my husband for >> small children very strange. Most still were related to choking, >> things related to chest problems. Small items in the local papers >> of "grandma" helping to care of her grandchild with serious colds, >> etc. Seemed far too many even for those days, families with losses >> of many chidren also many having gastro intestinal problems. The >> problem seemed to be on both sides of the family. My second child >> was born with many problems and a trip to Mayos finally find the >> cause. I believe she was the first child they examined after cystic >> fibrosis was given a name. One may be a carrier of the fibroisis >> when inherited from one side family, but Full blown you inherited >> from both sides family. Sadly it makes following back the family >> genealogy newspaper articles, graveyards, and stories much more >> interesting and easier to trace. Don't forget to check for possible >> family stories and newspaper and death records. Family d! >> iseases are a part of their history and an important part.------- a >> heart breaking part but one families should be aware of > _____________________________________________ > > 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 >