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In reply to the discussion: Father tries to cut BB pellet out of son's skull after mishap [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)When I was coming up, broken leg bones were sent to dr.
Sometimes broken arm bones.
Broken fingers, taped to another finger with a popsickle stick.
cuts, smashes, sprains, wounds, dents, fish hooks...all home treated, unless there were gaping wounds that obviously needed stitched up.
small wounds.....hydrogen peroxide, wrap bandage, observe for change in color every day and any fever.
Huge splinters were even pulled out at home, wound treated.
BB under the skin, visible: home treatment. And loss of BB gun.
Even tho in the 40's, 50's and 60's doctors were actually affordable
( this was before insurance go real big and medical prices went thru the roof)
we were raised that you don't go to a dr.unless it is REALLY a serious injury, like chainsaw cuts,
smashed limbs from a tree falling on you, etc. Not because of the money so much as because of not wanting to bother the busy doc with anything "minor".
Just the way it was.