I think you are thinking of sulfa--not sulpher. That was one of the first "new" drugs that came out in the 1940's. My father raised bees and because of the sugar shortage he was allowed to get sulfa to feed the bees in the spring to keep them healthy so they would produce to the maximum. The bees got something called "foul brood" and we always held our breath until the state bee inspector came every spring and declared them healthy. If he found any, the bees had to be burned so as not to infect the other hives or carry it afar. At one time my father had 85 hives and it was a real job extracting and bottling all the honey every fall. The first money I every earned was filling the basket of my bicycle and going to a different area every day and selling the honey--in bottles or combs. Can you imagine letting a preteen kid doing that in todays world? It was good experience and we really weren't in any danger. In the same area today all the parents walk their kids to and from school. Besides the dreaded blue bottle, my mother also gave us a tablespoon of Cod Liver oil daily. Must have helped, we almost never had colds, and had good strong bones. I was surprised when before I had my knee replacement the doctor who was doing the pre exam mentioned that I must have had a lot of exercise all my life because I had good strong leg muscles. It was from walking to and from school uphill both ways. Ha. We are between "clipper systems" today--a little rain, sleet, snow and then sunshine, until another comes through this evening. We are having a weird winter in Chicago--at least the weather men are keeping busy. Grace On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Barbara <barb1228@comcast.net> wrote: > I remember Castor Oil.. for everything! I was never sick after a few > doses of that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> > To: "memory-lane" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:41:29 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] How far we have come > > When I was a youngster, penicillin was sold over the counter. My mom was a > nurse and everytime one of us sneezed, Mom would get her needles out and > give us a shot. We soon learned to not complain about a sore throat or > anything that suggested we might have a cold. lol .. > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Lisa Lepore <lisa.lepore2@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > We were talking about this the other day. We remember getting penicillin > > shots, not oral > > medication. > > > > I remember when I was about 8 or maybe even younger, my grandmother > trying > > to get me to take > > milk of magnesia. It made me gag, and I spit it out. Grandma was not > > happy.... > > > > Lisa > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane- > > > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Helen Ware > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:52 PM > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [ML] How far we have come > > > > > > So interesting, my brother was born in 1944, when he was a year old he > > > got pneumonia. I would have been close to four years old but I remember > > > how sick he was. The doctor then made house calls and it was the first > > > time anyone had used penicillin in our family. It was liquid, white > > > and chalky looking and my brother hated it-they had to hold him down-I > > > remember it to this day. > > > We thought our parents were hurting him, holding his little arms and > > > legs still and trying to get it in his mouth and swallowed- We were > > > just talking about it the other day. > > > It did make him better-but traumatized me and my sister! > > > Now the flavor it etc. so children take things much easier. > > > Back then meds were yukky! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >