Louis Arp

Biography

Timeline

1. after W.W.II

   Bob and Bernard treated for ringworm

   The narrator attributes the epidemic to returning GI's from the South Pacific. Louis Arp treated the boys weekly; Daddy's successful use of Kerodin reportedly became standard treatment after the doctors heard about it.

   Bernie's Chapter

Stories mentioning Louis

• Family Remedies and Memories of Childhood IllnessBernard recalls ringworm treatments for himself and Bob, crediting Daddy's use of Kerodin with becoming a standard treatment after the Arp doctors heard of it. He remembers Daddy's foot fungus and recurring malaria, Gramps's weather-sensitive rheumatism, and Mom deliberately exposing the children to whooping cough. Despite saying he cannot remember childhood sickness, he recalls ringworm, measles, and chicken pox. Other memories include Mom's sewing injuries, sunburn and bursitis, his own dog-bite scar, a girl's scarlet fever that he tentatively attributes to Carol, and the family's belief that childhood vegetables would protect them from cancer.

Referenced in

• Bernie's Chapter — MALADIES