Cooties And Creep

In the last 100 years we have eliminated such diseases as the slobbers, palsy, quincy, the crud and the croup and we didn’t have to have a single telethon, marathon or beg for money on TV to do it. How easy we forget the pain and discomfort that diseases such as puking fever, English sweating fever, the grip and the screws caused. And in all that time I can’t ever remember getting a piece of junk mail that gave me a nickel in hopes that I’d contribute to a campaign to cure dropsy, breakbone fever, ague, carbuncles, boils or piles.