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re: Does anyone still use mercurochrome or merthiolate for cuts and scrapes
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:05 am to tigerdude12
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:05 am to tigerdude12
My brothers and I still joke about it. Our grandpa used it for everything and it burned like hell. Were they both the same thing, orange?
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Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:07 am to The Mick
It hasn’t been made in years!
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:08 am to Bayouboogaloocrew
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One burned like hell and one didn’t. Can’t remember which was which.
right you are. Mercurochrome didn’t burn, but merthiolate did (probably had alchohol in it). I remember telling my mother - use the one that doesn’t burn. This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:09 am to tigerdude12
I was more orange during the summertime than Donald Trump. Road rash and brush burns from crashing my bike were met with copious amounts of monkey blood.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:17 am to Captain Ray
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neosporen
I prefer Paleosporin.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:18 am to Flashback
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Monkey blood has been banned for quite awhile because it worked
FIFY
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:21 am to tigerdude12
TripleA FTW.....
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:35 am to tigerdude12
Use both. You can get them out of Mexico. Mercurochrome no longer contains Mercury.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 11:59 am to CaptN
You can get both, at least the modern versions,through Amazon.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 12:10 pm to tigerdude12
This thread explains a lot about what's wrong with your generation
Posted on 8/9/20 at 12:16 pm to BowlJackson
When I was in Vietnam my Mom sent me two tinctures (small bottles) of straight iodine. I used them to heal my whole squad’s jungle rot. It burned like fire but that was the least of our pains. And it worked fast.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 12:19 pm to tigerdude12
I still use Iodine. I think these things are almost obsolete because of Neosporin.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:02 pm to tigerdude12
The old formulations are still available on eBay from time to time. Fun fact: the old formulations stung like heck because the solvent used was usually acetone. Both mercurochrome and merthiolate are still used in other countries but they use water as the solvent so it doesn’t burn as bad.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:06 pm to tigerdude12
Don't need them any more. Kids are not likely to get cuts and scrapes playing a video game.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:28 pm to tigerdude12
I heard people also used to use kerosene on cuts.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 2:25 pm to tigerdude12
Yeah, we always had that stuff in the house when I was a kid.
One of my aunts was a firm believer in the healing properties of "Dr. Tichenor's" and she'd pour that stuff over cuts, scrapes, bug bites, you name it.
Hardly see it any more to be honest.
One of my aunts was a firm believer in the healing properties of "Dr. Tichenor's" and she'd pour that stuff over cuts, scrapes, bug bites, you name it.
Hardly see it any more to be honest.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 3:43 pm to gumbo2176
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One of my aunts was a firm believer in the healing properties of "Dr. Tichenor's" and she'd pour that stuff over cuts, scrapes, bug bites, you name it.
This right here. The first sign of a sore throat and I start gargling with Dr. Tichenor’s. This stuff will cure anything.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 3:46 pm to ElderTiger
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The first sign of a sore throat and I start gargling with Dr. Tichenor’s. This stuff will cure anything.
Every once in a while I'll get one of those nasty mouth ulcers and Dr. Tichenor's is my go-to for getting rid of them. Burns like hell at first but numbs them a bit and they go away in about 2 days once I start using it
Posted on 8/9/20 at 4:04 pm to tigerdude12
It’s like ipecac Can you still buy it.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 4:18 pm to tigerdude12
Yes. If my Mom wasn’t using Mercurochrome she was putting what she called “purple medicine” on my cuts and wounds. I believe it was called Gentian Violet. Came in the same kind of bottle with a little stick attached to the cap to apply.
This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 11:48 pm
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