A doctor took blood from my mother’s arm and gave her a shot with it in her rear and she got over shingles in short order. He called it “treating you the old fashion way.” That was about 50 years ago...he couldn’t do it because of red tape today. But it worked. He was a neighbor and family friend. He also was a genius. Really.
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Was the outbreak on her rear end?
LOL! No...that's the customary place to give shots where we live.
BTW, that really happened. I wish I had asked more questions at the time. Now they are both dead.
I knew a young man who had been to docs from Dallas to Houston with a form of Athlete's foot. Finally he went to Dr. Joe who got some bottles out of a cabinet, mixed ingredients from each up, put it in a bottle and told him to put it on his feet morning and night. It went away within a week.
The doctor was also on the Atomic Energy Comm. as a young man, and was an authority on the Shroud of Turin.
He practiced med until about 96. The FBI showed up whrn he was 95 because they thought somebody had stolen his ID and was practicing medicine.
He is one of my MOST unforgettable characters. Knowing him was priceless.
And he knew WHERE to give a shot! LOL!