Re: Re: [CHATnow IOWA-

My mother painted my mouth with that awful flourescent purple stuff -- "something" violet. As if having a mouth like that wasn't bad enough. <LOL>
zem
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To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: [CHATnow IOWA-


In a message dated 4/3/06 8:58:13 PM, tchessie1@sbcglobal.net writes:



What is trench mouth??
Theresa, I have not heard of it since childhood but it was nasty. As I
remember our gums were swellen and there was risk of losing your teeth. We were
always warned to not touch drinking fountains as that was possibly where we got
it. I did a search and found Mayo has an article on it which states it was
prevalent with WW 1 soldiers. Now, I was not around at that time!! WW2,
yes.
It is also known as Vincent's stomatitis & acute necrotizing ulcerative
gingivitis. We never, never went to the dr so you can guess what a big deal it
was to have the dr visit us at home and for all four of us to have it. I'm
sure it was a huge financial burden for my parents who struggled so just to
provide our basic needs.
Ceres

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