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"Looking at Carroll" Part II Page 11
Page 11
In 1897 after the death of David Brobst, the house he had built for his daughter Alice and Dr. John Nau was sold to Dr. Barr who came with his family of five children from Minnesota. He owned and operated the first X-ray machine in town, which was a great curiosity and a thrill to the whole community,
Later doctors were Dr. Gage, Dr. H. A. Brown and his son Dr. A. A. Brown, Dr. C. A. Barrow, and Dr. Harry Bounds.
Contagion was a serious thing in the early days. Dogs ran loose and many of them had rabies. If a person was bitten he died. The only exception to this I ever knew was my Grandfather Chaney’s brother John. Grandfather told us the story that after John was bitten his father, Judge John L. Chaney of Canal Winchester took him to New York City to an institute where they applied a “mad stone”. No one saw it or how it worked but John was cured and the bill for everything was a thousand dollars.
In the eighties, typhoid was a dreadful disease. One family lost four members, father and three children. Typhoid was common all over Greenfield and Bloom townships as long as the canals were here. Smallpox was another terrible disease in the early days. It was here long before I was born, for I remember as a child seeing people with terrible scars on their faces as a result of this disease. I remember two smallpox epidemics during which Carroll was quarantined. The first was in March 1898 and again in 1903 or 04. Dr. Gage was the doctor at this time. In the first siege there was one death and the last time none.
As I look back on the past hundred years, I think of the many changes which have taken place, many of which I remember personally, and some that were told to me by older people. Some of the changes have been good, and some not so good. As science has conquered the dreaded diseases of my early years, so other scientists have developed means of destroying life. Everyone these days seems to be trying to see how fast they can go, and the results is that many people wake up in the morning perfectly healthy and before night falls they are at the undertaker’s parlor.
With all of this I do not long for the “good old days”. I love to relive them in memory but I will take the present with all its modern conveniences. Many of the old friends are gone, but there are always new ones to take their place. My neighbors are always there when I need them, my telephone brings the voices of my friends right into my living room and television brings me the news of the world, education and amusement. In this modern day, with my memoriies of the past, I am happy and content.
Later doctors were Dr. Gage, Dr. H. A. Brown and his son Dr. A. A. Brown, Dr. C. A. Barrow, and Dr. Harry Bounds.
Contagion was a serious thing in the early days. Dogs ran loose and many of them had rabies. If a person was bitten he died. The only exception to this I ever knew was my Grandfather Chaney’s brother John. Grandfather told us the story that after John was bitten his father, Judge John L. Chaney of Canal Winchester took him to New York City to an institute where they applied a “mad stone”. No one saw it or how it worked but John was cured and the bill for everything was a thousand dollars.
In the eighties, typhoid was a dreadful disease. One family lost four members, father and three children. Typhoid was common all over Greenfield and Bloom townships as long as the canals were here. Smallpox was another terrible disease in the early days. It was here long before I was born, for I remember as a child seeing people with terrible scars on their faces as a result of this disease. I remember two smallpox epidemics during which Carroll was quarantined. The first was in March 1898 and again in 1903 or 04. Dr. Gage was the doctor at this time. In the first siege there was one death and the last time none.
As I look back on the past hundred years, I think of the many changes which have taken place, many of which I remember personally, and some that were told to me by older people. Some of the changes have been good, and some not so good. As science has conquered the dreaded diseases of my early years, so other scientists have developed means of destroying life. Everyone these days seems to be trying to see how fast they can go, and the results is that many people wake up in the morning perfectly healthy and before night falls they are at the undertaker’s parlor.
With all of this I do not long for the “good old days”. I love to relive them in memory but I will take the present with all its modern conveniences. Many of the old friends are gone, but there are always new ones to take their place. My neighbors are always there when I need them, my telephone brings the voices of my friends right into my living room and television brings me the news of the world, education and amusement. In this modern day, with my memoriies of the past, I am happy and content.