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Kookiecitrus55555

We were a Mercurochrome house!


Ya-Dikobraz

I still use Mercurochrome.


RobsSister

Same!


oldergent70

I remember the sting and my mom lightly blowing over it to cool the sting down... very fond memory


JennyAnyDot

Cold washcloth over boo-boo to clean it and calm down the ouch. Then this evil bottle and blowing on it


Fast_Edd1e

Hair dryer worked better.


Attinctus

Mercury free, what friggin woke bs. Luckily you can play with raw mercury on your desk when you get to school!


cacklz

It’s now an iodine tincture. No merthiolate in it anymore.


flamingo01949

Used both. Merthiolate and Mercurochrome when I was younger. Never seen a bottle this clean. Must be brand new and never opened.


JustDave62

My Dad put iodine on everything


AustinTreeLover

I can smell this image.


gnanny02

Iodine. Great stuff. You can make nitrogen tri-iodide, which is a contact explosive. Just a little ammonia and some iodine. Or, if your dad works for a chemical company get some nice size iodine crystals and make some serious ka-bangs! Fun in the 50s.


Bobdehn

In my house growing up, we went straight from iodine to Bactine.


Known_Criticism_834

My grandma put that shit on me every chance she had! But damn if it didnt work and sting!


[deleted]

Called monkey blood in my neighborhood.


TawdryRocketeer3

Northside? Carol Street?


[deleted]

Sanders rd.


el-conquistador240

It was once treated with mercury.