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To: The Philosopher who wrote (52328)	8/20/1999 2:55:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<Medicine for those of us who grew up in the 40s and 50s was a very different thing.>> It was tough on a kid. By the time you figured out you needed to run they had the door blocked.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (52328)	8/20/1999 3:33:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I encountered the last vestige of that in the late 60s. They had one of those rubella immunization drives - and they used a pneumatic injection device. No needle - basically a small-scale squirter that drove the vaccine under your skin with sort of a tearing action. A deliberate power-washer injury. That sucker STUNG. I also remember that the handpiece looked EXACTLY like the phasers in the Star Trek pilot (remade into the two-parter) that was then new.