Mecurochrome

The blue stuff? We called it Blue Iodine.

We has Mecurachrome, merthiolate, and yes I also remember Paragoric. Vile green stuff for stomach aches and other things. Contained a small amount of opium.

A while back Coke came out with Coke with Lime. Nasty stuff; I was talking to me older sister and she said she had tried id and couldn't place the taste. I said paragoric and got the "That's It" light buld going on.
 
We had a small tin in our medicine cabinet that had "drawing salve" hand written on the top. It was on the same shelf as the Mecurachome and Iodine. It looked and smelled like petroleum-based, asphalt driveway filler. But was good for boils, blisters, cysts and infection. Or so I was told by my mom. Proof that nastiness comes in small packages (the drawing salve, not my mother).:o:eek::rolleyes:
 
sceva said:
A while back Coke came out with Coke with Lime. Nasty stuff; I was talking to me older sister and she said she had tried id and couldn't place the taste. I said paragoric and got the "That's It" light buld going on.
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Coke with lime tastes nothing like paregoric. Jägermeister, on the other hand tastes exactly like paregoric.
 
Back in England we had TCP, which was an acronym for Tom Cats' Pee according to my grandfather. The smell was pretty potent. Diluted and used for gargling at the first sign of a sore throat was a cold cure that actually seemed to work.

TCP (antiseptic - Wikipedia)
 
BB57 said:
Gentian Violet.

Good for fungal infections, ringworm, etc, not so good as an antibiotic but still got used that way.
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That's probably it, butchered by a central Virginia country accent into my memory.

kozmic said:
We had a small tin in our medicine cabinet that had "drawing salve" hand written on the top. It was on the same shelf as the Mecurachome and Iodine. It looked and smelled like petroleum-based, asphalt driveway filler. But was good for boils, blisters, cysts and infection. Or so I was told by my mom. Proof that nastiness comes in small packages (the drawing salve, not my mother).:o:eek::rolleyes:
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My mother in law used to keep a tube of stuff she called "Black Salve" around for use on boils and such. Probably the same thing.

It worked.
 
lihpster said:
Mom was also an RN. Which meant, barring a severed artery or 2 she didn't much disturb herself. She was fond of saying, "Rub it. It'll feel better."
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my ex-wife's mom was a Viet Nam army nurse. She once snapped at my ex-wife as a kid "Quit complaining. At least your leg is still attached"

No offense to any vets here.

And I frequently tell my youngest step-kid. "There are literally billions who would beg for the life you have. Quit complaining."

My dad used to say "Eat up, there are millions of starving children in Africa" I had the idiotic idea to respond "I'll pay the postage if you have a box" There was nothing but a silent stare back at me. I ate my peas.
 
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DWalt said:
My mother’s cure-all for burns cuts, and scrapes was Bag Balm. Sort of like Vaseline, intended for use on cow udders. It came in a square metal can. I wouldn’t be surprised if it weren’t still available.
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Bought some at Walgreens a few years ago.

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DWalt said:
My mother’s cure-all for burns cuts, and scrapes was Bag Balm. Sort of like Vaseline, intended for use on cow udders. It came in a square metal can. I wouldn’t be surprised if it weren’t still available.
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AMEN & HALLELUJAH!

A pediatrician recommended this to prevent diaper rash on our first born. Smeared a bunch on at every diaper change, no more rash.

When my daughter was born we started her on the same routine after she got out of the NICU. She never had diaper rash.

Miracle juice in a green tin can!
 
Puller said:
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Know the feeling. I could come into the house with my right arm torn off and my beloved grandfather would utter the following, "what you crying about boy, I have had bigger scratches on my right eyeball".
Living in a tiny rural Colorado village, any doctor was an hour away. Playing with a neighbor kid, he split his head wide open, running headfirst into the corner of a concrete wall. Billy was bawling of course, and his mother made him bend over and she poured gasoline over his head. He had been bawling now he was screaming. If you ever make it to the little village of Twin Lakes, listen close and you should still be able to hear his screams echoing around the mountains.
 
With Mercurochrome now being illegal in the US, it just goes to show that medical science of the day isn't always spot on.
 
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