I hated this stuff as a kid, made you tough out ANY cut so because this stuff burned so bad! Mercurochrome was finally banned in the US only because it contained mercury! Tags:MercurochromeorMethiolade Added: 11th February 2008 Views: 750 Rating: Posted By:Old Fart
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Oh boy, do I remember those...usually a day didn't go by without my mother having to dab a bit of it on a knee, a shin or an elbow! And when things got really serious there was always the dreaded IODINE!!!!
My mom would become a tattoo artist with Mercurochrome(sounds like film)and iodine with that applicator. I requested Popeye anchors always.Liked that mercury with the mother's touch.lol
Oh do I remember this ...I used to put it in the baby oil and use it as a suntanning lotion,, A dropper full in a bottle of baby oil made the best sun tanning or so we thought !! We were dorks back in the 60's Lovable dorks but dorks !! LOL LOL LOL DOH !!
This was nothing compared to home remedies that would be carried down through the generations. I used to think this was primarily a remedy used by Italians, but after talking to other members here I found out it was universal. I'm speaking of the 'MUSTARD PLASTER' I was probably 4-5 when my grandmother made up this concoction to get rid of chest congestion. I would lay on my stomach and she would put a linen dish towel on my back and spread hot mustard on it! It seemed that just the smell would kill any germs lurking around. I suppose it must have worked and it didn't kill me...
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