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Ohiogal

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4. It must have been the early 60s

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 11:08 AM

Mar 2020

The doctor came to our house because my sister was sick with something. She had to lie on the couch while he gave her a shot in the butt. Of course I was standing right there watching everything with big eyes. Neither one of us will forget that unpleasant memory. I think I was 4 and she was 6. He was kind of a gruff old guy and he smoked. I used to wonder why he ever became a pediatrician. Certainly he did not have much of a bedside manner.

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Who is old enough to remember when doctors made house calls? [View all] milestogo Mar 2020 OP

Yeah we're old. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #1

Yes I do remember very well. katmondoo Mar 2020 #8

Me too! SouthernLiberal Mar 2020 #49

Long, long ago The Blue Flower Mar 2020 #2

I remember our doctor coming into our house & bedroom spanone Mar 2020 #3

It must have been the early 60s Ohiogal Mar 2020 #4

Absolutely! Dave in VA Mar 2020 #5

Yes frazzled Mar 2020 #22

Oh yes, the beloved Dr. Truitt in Chester County PA. NT enough Mar 2020 #6

I do. And they also provided medical care themselves, without sinkingfeeling Mar 2020 #7

Everybody specializes now. Butterflylady Mar 2020 #56

Only just treestar Mar 2020 #9

Yes, Dr.Santa HockeyMom Mar 2020 #10

Sure. I remember house calls from our family doctor, back MineralMan Mar 2020 #11

I remember eyeofnewt Mar 2020 #12

It's really interesting to look to see what the population was in the 1950s. MineralMan Mar 2020 #13

Oh, yeah... PlanetBev Mar 2020 #14

William Carlos Williams "The Doctor Stories" are early 20th century milestogo Mar 2020 #15

I remember when I had the measles at age 5 the doctor came to our house twice kimbutgar Mar 2020 #16

And milk was delivered to a box by the back door central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #17

Not only did Doc Nagle make house calls, but so did his patients. WheelWalker Mar 2020 #18

I lived in France in the early 90s. Doctors made house calls then. I imagine they still do... blitzen Mar 2020 #19

Depends on the airport. milestogo Mar 2020 #21

In 1968, I had the flu. Our small town doctor came to my bedside. Last time that happened. northoftheborder Mar 2020 #20

I'm old enough to remember onethatcares Mar 2020 #23

I remember came to my house when I marlakay Mar 2020 #24

Early forties. Our whole family (5) came down with food poisoning. justhanginon Mar 2020 #25

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My brother fell Skidmore Mar 2020 #27

That's me mshasta Mar 2020 #28

I do. I got scarlet fever, and the doctor came to the house. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #29

I remember once when my brother had mumps back in the early 50s Dr. Dannenberg came to our house. doc03 Mar 2020 #30

I do dflprincess Mar 2020 #31

Yup jpak Mar 2020 #32

Hospitals are (or were) doing in home urgent care visits underpants Mar 2020 #33

My dad was just released from rehab phylny Mar 2020 #34

put me in this category ronatchig Mar 2020 #35

Yup...early 60's...came with the black bag too! Satch59 Mar 2020 #36

Yes, our milk was delivered, too, in bottles that we put out for him to collect when empty. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #41

Absolutely. nt Atticus Mar 2020 #37

The doctor came to the house when I had measles in 1973. Mariana Mar 2020 #38

I don't think there were ant-vaxxers in those days. milestogo Mar 2020 #39

One or both of us got measles from an unvaccinated person Mariana Mar 2020 #42

Wow. Thanks for the link. milestogo Mar 2020 #43

I am. When my brother had whooping cough, the doctor came to our house to examine tblue37 Mar 2020 #40

My Grandfather did that musicman65 Mar 2020 #44

My grandfather did the same. I remember it well. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #54

I got 2 broken ribs CanonRay Mar 2020 #45

I'm so old that I was born at home malaise Mar 2020 #46

My mom was born at home... milestogo Mar 2020 #47

Only big sister was born in a hospital malaise Mar 2020 #48

Ours still does. frogmarch Mar 2020 #50

My dad did. I have his doctor bag. So Proud!! mucifer Mar 2020 #51

Doctor Smith Turbineguy Mar 2020 #52

One uncle and an aunt were physicians, they'd always stop by when we were sick. sop Mar 2020 #53

Me me me me me!!!!! Butterflylady Mar 2020 #55

No, except I remember when Dr. Jack Kevorkian was making house calls. Tanuki Mar 2020 #57