Mercurochrome
May 7, 2022 08:34:57 #
ddgm
Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL
There's a scene in " Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" where Rachal Ward is going to pour Iodine on Steve Martins scraped knees that is hilarious.
May 7, 2022 08:50:35 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember when you were a kid and you cut yourself? Your mother would put mercurochrome on the wound so it wouldn't sting, like iodine. Watching TV last night, I learned why we no longer use mercurochrome. It contained mercury. We were putting mercury into open wound! 
yeah, and i'm still here at 86...
May 7, 2022 09:25:41 #
Pass-Go wrote:
If it doesn't sting it's not working!!!!!!!!
May 7, 2022 10:05:14 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
My mom used Cornell’s Liniment. I believe it was basically crude oil. Interestingly, wounds that wouldn’t heal did after using the stuff.
May 7, 2022 10:30:10 #
Yes, I still have some and I still use it.....It works. It was a red badge of courage. I have been drinking water out of garden hoses for decades. Why, I even road in cars that did not have seat belts or air bags. Went fishing with real lead sinkers. I have even played with matches. Heavens to betsy we all lived through it.
May 7, 2022 10:50:55 #
ORpilot wrote:
Yes, I still have some and I still use it.....It works. It was a red badge of courage. I have been drinking water out of garden hoses for decades. Why, I even road in cars that did not have seat belts or air bags. Went fishing with real lead sinkers. I have even played with matches. Heavens to betsy we all lived through it.
And a little coal oil moistening a teaspoon of sugar! Maybe I won't live to 127 after all - I'm only at 94 now. Oh well, we all have to go sometime!
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
May 7, 2022 11:07:43 #
May 7, 2022 11:13:10 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Heck, all of this is nothing compared to my wife's cooking..!😜
You like to live on the edge don't you ?
May 7, 2022 11:18:23 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
And we lived through it!!
We SURE did!!!!!
May 7, 2022 11:18:33 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember when you were a kid and you cut yourself? Your mother would put mercurochrome on the wound so it wouldn't sting, like iodine. Watching TV last night, I learned why we no longer use mercurochrome. It contained mercury. We were putting mercury into open wound!
I might have been dead at age 14. Lots of mercurochrome in my family. I also ate black tar from the streets in the summer, played on the railroad tracks, chased the ice truck to steal a piece of ice in the summer and played many sports in the streets. Ah, the "good old days"!!
Mark
May 7, 2022 11:27:34 #
markngolf wrote:
I might have been dead at age 14. Lots of mercurochrome in my family. I also ate black tar from the streets in the summer, played on the railroad tracks, chased the ice truck to steal a piece of ice in the summer and played many sports in the streets. Ah, the "good old days"!!
Mark
Mark
HA, I did the same thing also. That tar tasted sooooo much like licorice!!!
May 7, 2022 11:44:04 #
Rich2236 wrote:
HA, I did the same thing also. That tar tasted sooooo much like licorice!!!
Sure did!!
Mark
May 7, 2022 11:45:42 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember when you were a kid and you cut yourself? Your mother would put mercurochrome on the wound so it wouldn't sting, like iodine. Watching TV last night, I learned why we no longer use mercurochrome. It contained mercury. We were putting mercury into open wound!
It’s what gives us strength and stamina ‘til this day!
May 7, 2022 11:47:18 #
srron wrote:
Funny how so many substances were approved for use only later to be found potentially harmful.
CVS now has both on shelves in Florida!?
May 7, 2022 12:04:59 #
druthven wrote:
Merthiolate did sting because it contained alcohol and acetone.
When I was old enough to make my decisions, one was no one would ever use Merthiolate on me unless I was already dead and not even then if I could stop them.
Of course, I once got road rash on an area 6x8 inches and my wife poured Listeren on it, I nearly passed out.
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