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I was born in Montreal in 1961 and know I got the smallpox vaccination before grade 1, because I remember the needle scratching, the crusty sore, and the resulting scar on my left arm. I know I went back for some kind of booster in grade 5, probably the Sabin sugar lump, although for the life of me I can't remember. I just remember being in a looooong line-up outside a French church or school, seeing the flickers of the cartoons shown inside for those who had gone through with it, then finally getting inside and -- well, that's it. Might have been a Sabin sugar lump, might have been another shot.

I know we got the rubella shot, which may or may not have consisted of getting scratched three times with a needle on my lower back when I was in grade 3 or 4.

Does anyone else remember getting vaccinated via scratches on the back? If so, what was it for?

The direct link to the Glaucoma Hymn:

http://www.worldglaucoma.org/Download/forcedownload.php?file=Hymn.wma

If you click the link in the lower right corner of the first page, it leads you there.

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