[eddie willers]

Funny how some folks know the details of their early medical history, while others (like me) never committed those things to memory.

The smallpox inoculation was memorial.

It was not a simple injection, but many punctures similar to a tattoo procedure.

Hurt like hell. Not a baby in the world would have been tough enough not to howl.

Pretty memorial childhood memory to say the least.

[kempster]

Let me tell you. During that time just about everything we did that was not good for us was going to cause polio. From drinking out of the hose to touching and playing with pollywogs everything caused it. When they gave us a shot or a sugar cube to guarantee we could drink from the hose it was damn memorable.

[Stentor]

Hurt like hell. Not a baby in the world would have been tough enough not to howl.

Produced a hell of a scab and a lovely scar. I remember it like yesterday. There's a picture of the needle on Wikipedia.

[Windflier]

The smallpox inoculation was memorial. It was not a simple injection, but many punctures similar to a tattoo procedure. Hurt like hell.

I definitely would remember something that painful. Nope - never had it.