The country doctor.

these are fun to read Jackknife, kind of similar nostalgia as some of the radio theatre drama shows I used to listen to a few years ago late night working in LA. They stopped the re-runs sadly, so it's nice to have some similar stories here in print. Thanks and keep up the nice work, certainly entertaining. :)
 
7rip13a said:
Great story, as usual. Also glad to have Lizzy as a returning character, good for the imagination.;)

I'm assuming this is a true story from the days of your youth; how did you hear about it?
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No, not a true story, just borrowing some charaters from my youth. I guess Lizzy was one of thse unforgetable people. Of course a true story would be the time there was a bit of a scandle involving one of the town councilmen, Lizzy, and cabin number 2 behind Tinkers. That rocked things a wee bit in town.:D
 
Love the story!

It would be interesting to hear about some of those old remedies. I cut my foot once as a kid and my grandmother heated up an onion and took a slice off it and slapped it on the cut. Not sure if it helped but I never told my grandmother about any cut I had after that!

Another time as a kid I helped my grandfather cut down the corn stalks he had in a garden that we were going to give to an aunt of mine for her pigs. The stalks I was carrying contained a nest of yellow jackets and several of them stung me on the back. My back felt like I had a real bad sunburn. My grandmother smeared some concoction of baking soda and something else on my back and that worked pretty well.
 
texasflyfisher said:
Another time as a kid I helped my grandfather cut down the corn stalks he had in a garden that we were going to give to an aunt of mine for her pigs. The stalks I was carrying contained a nest of yellow jackets and several of them stung me on the back. My back felt like I had a real bad sunburn. My grandmother smeared some concoction of baking soda and something else on my back and that worked pretty well.
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When I was a kid, the standard treatment for a jelly fish sting was a paste of baking soda. By mid summer, the Chesapeake can be pretty thick with them, and no summer outing was complete without a small jar of baking soda. It took the burn right out of the jelly fish sting in a minute or two.

One time when I had a really bad chest cold, grandmam made a mustard plaster for my chest. It worked just as well as the Vic's stuff. Plus dad made me a nice hot toddy, so I didn't really care that I was sick.
 
texasflyfisher said:
Love the story!

It would be interesting to hear about some of those old remedies. I cut my foot once as a kid and my grandmother heated up an onion and took a slice off it and slapped it on the cut. Not sure if it helped but I never told my grandmother about any cut I had after that!

Another time as a kid I helped my grandfather cut down the corn stalks he had in a garden that we were going to give to an aunt of mine for her pigs. The stalks I was carrying contained a nest of yellow jackets and several of them stung me on the back. My back felt like I had a real bad sunburn. My grandmother smeared some concoction of baking soda and something else on my back and that worked pretty well.
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The other ingredient may have been vinegar
 
VCM3 said:
The other ingredient may have been vinegar
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Could've been. Thanks Vince!

My wife's mom used to stuff tomatoes in their socks when they were in bed with a fever. Supposedly it would draw the body heat away. My wife said they would shrivel up.
 
Since I read this tale I have been looking at Dr. knives over the others I have been looking at lately. Gee now I have to add another to the list. Thanks for the great read and I have throughly enjoyed your stories sir.
 
This was another great story jackknife,as usual & Thanks.
I think the Dr. knife is a nice pattern that is good knife for more than just Doctors. The specialized secondary blades & or spatula's,make it more suited for a Dr.,though,on knives with those blades
-Vince
 
Just finished reading and have to say another great story of the past. Thanks for sharing.
Bob.
 
When one of us had a sore throat, my mother would hollow out an onion, put butter in the middle, and heat it in the oven. The prescription was to dip a teaspoon into the butter and suck the oniony butter off it, a tiny portion at a time.

It actually seemed to work.
 
Thats a great one Carl:thumbup:

That storey was told so good I almost felt like I was there. Thanks!


I got my Mothers Ceder Chest about a month ago, and its filled with old letters I've been reading. Those folk put alot of love in every letter they wrote. I guess with most not having a phone, email, etc.., they had to really show how they felt with there letters.
The oldest one I came across was a post card my Grandmother wrote my Grandfather in 1918 when she was a teen. She died giving birth to my Mother in 1926.
 
kamagong said:
Another fine story. I wonder how many doctors today would have a knife, any knife, on them to use for emergency field surgery?

- Christian
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I do. I'm doing my residency in General Surgery, and I always have my Spyderco UK Penknife clipped to my scrubs. It's not exactly a traditional knife, but it does have a flat ground blade and a backspring (no lock). I guess that makes it a hybrid of sorts. Haven't had to use it in an emergency yet, and I'm not sure what the response will be when I do :o.
 
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