For what ails you.. Something or a combination of items here, were used when I stayed home, sick, from school. I remember watching the "Morning Matinee" which had great old movies.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Something or a combination of items here, were used when I stayed home, sick, from school. I remember watching the "Morning Matinee" which had great old movies. Back then the movies weren't THAT old. My Mom would wait on me "hand and foot". God rest her soul.

FreddB Loc: PA - Delaware County

Dr Mom could cure ALMOST anything with those, but I don’t see any Milk of Magnesia, or the last resort - hot water bottle for the enema. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤬💩😱

Mike D. Loc: Crowley County, CO.

FreddB wrote:

Dr Mom could cure ALMOST anything with those, but I don’t see any Milk of Magnesia, or the last resort - hot water bottle for the enema. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤬💩😱

Okay Fred, the hot water bottle is setting the way-back machine just a little too far but ironically, you are not wrong!

cliff Hilbert Loc: Plano, TX

Where is the "Good old Dr. Tichenors, the best antiseptic in town"? You must have been raised in the woods not to have had Dr. Tichenors.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Ava'sPapa wrote:

Something or a combination of items here, were used when I stayed home, sick, from school. I remember watching the "Morning Matinee" which had great old movies. Back then the movies weren't THAT old. My Mom would wait on me "hand and foot". God rest her soul.

Reminds me of my early years and my Mom. We didn't have color TV and only three channels, but it got me through the sicknesses. THank you for the momories.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Prid Salve and Sloans Liniment were my Grandmother's cure-all for whatever ailed me. She would give me a spoon of sugar with a bit of Sloans in it. She used Prid for ticks she would pull off me or thorns and splinters that I would pick up while tromping through the woods and fields.

pendennis

Mom also kept Merthiolate in the medicine cabinet, and boy, did it sting! My grandmother used Mercurochrome in hers, which didn't sting so badly.

pbearperry Loc: Massachusetts

Mom also used Pepto- Bismol.

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

cliff Hilbert wrote:

Where is the "Good old Dr. Tichenors, the best antiseptic in town"? You must have been raised in the woods not to have had Dr. Tichenors.

what is that?

cliff Hilbert Loc: Plano, TX

pendennis wrote:

Mom also kept Merthiolate in the medicine cabinet, and boy, did it sting! My grandmother used Mercurochrome in hers, which didn't sting so badly.

Yep, I remember merthiolate, and it did sting!

cliff Hilbert Loc: Plano, TX

lukevaliant wrote:

what is that?

It was a liquid in a bottle that we used on mosquito bites, tick bites, bee stings, etc. I think we also used it on cuts, also. I think I remember applying it on sun burns to cool the burn.

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

cliff Hilbert wrote:

It was a liquid in a bottle that we used on mosquito bites, tick bites, bee stings, etc. I think we also used it on cuts, also. I think I remember applying it on sun burns to cool the burn.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Ava'sPapa wrote:

Something or a combination of items here, were used when I stayed home, sick, from school. I remember watching the "Morning Matinee" which had great old movies. Back then the movies weren't THAT old. My Mom would wait on me "hand and foot". God rest her soul.

I remember those!

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

Just this past week, my wife was suffering from stomach pains. She had tried a number of remedies. Finally, she sent me out for a bottle of "good" Ginger Ale. That and some crackers did the trick! 😲

--Rich

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

RiJoRi wrote:

Just this past week, my wife was suffering from stomach pains. She had tried a number of remedies. Finally, she sent me out for a bottle of "good" Ginger Ale. That and some crackers did the trick! 😲

--Rich