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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:22 PM Original message |
Who remembers having a doctor make house calls? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Dr. Cronin was our doctor and he made house calls. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yup. I also remember being quarantined. (Sign on the door and all that.) |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Right there with you TahitiNut |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. We had Dr. Wilson who made housecalls. |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dr. Jay Gordon makes house calls when necessary |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Relevant article in Salon |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That was my grandfather |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. the only house call I ever had... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. I go to one who still does. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That's wonderful. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not since about 1964 |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. My dad made housecalls in the middle of the night until the year he retired |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. my doctor does... |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. My Doctor comes by every Tuesday night. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yep, I got quarantined for having whooping cough when I was 12 |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm sure its easier for the doctor to see patients in the office |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I do |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good for you! |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Thanks |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. My husband does it |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. I had the mumps in 1967 |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. I do |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. In Europe this is not all that unusual. |
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petersjo02 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yup. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Definitely remember house calls and our family doctor |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. I do. I'm old enough to remember when dirt was clean. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yes, when I had pneumonia back in 1954. Dr. Nels Olson who |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Dr. Roy Goddard |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. The doc that delivered me was making a house call |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. I know one doctor in Athens, Tn who still makes house calls... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. i do....in the 50`s...... but-> |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. When I was a kid, early 1960s, our family doctor made house calls. |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. If you lived in France, housecalls wouldn't be a thing of the past. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. Never had em |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. Our Dr. came to the house when 7 of us had measles |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Dr. Judy Steinberg Dean makes housecalls in Vermont. |
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