Do you miss it?
Not Iodine, or Mecurochrome, the real deal.

Some how I scraped my gut, looks like a good 2nd degree burn, about the
size of a quarter. Not quite life threatening, just annoying.


40 years ago, 3 applications of Satan's Blood would have had it dried up with
a tough layer over it. Unfortunately, that miracle cure is bad for you.


Instead, I'll fight band aids all day. Still ending up with a nice green crust on it
from T-shirt lint.

Monkey blood.

yes ,i do miss it.

Yes I miss it pops sink always had some on the back ready for any injury he used it everyday

Mercurochrome and merthiolate were banned because they contained mercury. There have been a bunch of well-known and widely-used antibacterials that have been banned, including ones like Cetaphil.

I shake my head at decisions like these. We ban things that have a very minor risk but which protect us from the very real risk of infection.

The Leg Cramp pills that had a miniscule amount of Quinine in them were banned probably because they worked but the Vaccines, ahh no. We keep them and promote them because they don't work except for killing people.

Always crashing in burning in the gravel at the trailer park.

We rode and made jumps always gettin road rash

😱😱😱

My folks went to mexico a couple of years ago and one of the things my mom brought back was a case of merthiolate! My family now has a lifetime supply.

Mercurochrome and merthiolate worked great on cuts and scrapes. seemed to always have that stuff on skinned knees and elbows. Iodine worked good too. It did sting a little more than merthiolate. As a kid many years ago, my doctor would use merthiolate and one of those swabs on a wooden sitck to treat a sore throat. The thing looked like a giant Q-tip. He would swab, or as the Doc would say, mop out your throat. It would make you gag. But it knocked the $hit out of a sore throat fast. Unbelievable how quick the pain would go away.

You can still get it on Amazon

We talking the little bottle with the glass applicator? I remember that stuff.

I remember it very well, cshit hurt on cuts

You guys should start using leaches and willow bark next.

Were you one of those Bactine sissies?

jc189,

You are the first person I’ve known of to experience the throat painting, as old Doc Colvin, used to call it.

No other docs here did it.


Was your Doc a WWii vet by chance?

Colvin was a Navy Doc.


Mathman,
Mom made fun of Bactine.



Tried to find some Bactine in the closet, don’t have any.

Dumped alcohol on it, by the third time it was dried up enough it didn’t sting. Too bad!😏

At work now, dried up no band aid. Good to go.

No. They used the old, out dated shìt on us too. Probably because they had so much left from not using that.old outdated shìt on themselves.

Most of you big tough guys probably won't eat canned tuna.....

You're barking up the wrong tree on that one. Canned tuna is gourmet stuff compared to the potted meat and Vienna sausages I've consumed over the years.

i remember Mercurochrome very well. i don't know if the cuts or Mercurochrome hurts worse.

Brings back memories!

Old guy I knew here used a cotton ball impaled on a fork for the throat swabbing. I know people who still lament his passing when they get a sore throat.

Either that or BFI powder were the go to for cuts and scraps when I was a kid.

What was BFI powder, never heard of that one. I like Bactine and the clear iodine, no orange stain.

Still use it, still believe in it.

It’s difficult to get, about 10 years ago my wife found an internet source….. it required buying a case/package of 6. Still have some but getting low, we may be internet shopping once again! memtb

When I was a kid, we had an “atomizer” bottle, I think that’s what it was called. When any of us had a sore throat, my Dad would put Merthiolate in it and spray our throats with it. And before some of you smart asses make a comment……inside the mouth, not on the outside of your neck!

We didn’t enjoy the application at all, but it darn sure helped relieve a sore throat! memtb

Bactine? Ha! It couldn’t be any good….it didn’t burn enough to be effective 🔥

Just get a tetanus shot ever decade or so and wash your hands before supper.

City boys......

My dad would paint our throats with merthiolate. It worked for sure.

As noted above, all of the stuff that actually works, gets banned. There is no profit in a 1 oz bottle of effective treatment that lasts a lifetime. Big Pharma wants recurring revenue.

The cynical statement above would be funny, if not true...

Neosporine + pain! Fug that fiery stuff.

The stuff on Amazon is the same name but not at all the original ingredients. Contains acetone, alchohol, red #22, purified water, and the active ingredient is benzalkonium chloride. Probably burns like hell fire to remind you of the old stuff, but it's not.

In college the school nurse and the pharmaceutical factory nurse would swab our throats and knock out sore throats, strep and the like. We were too poor to get sick. Had to keep working to pay bills. Didn’t have student debt either. Was a zombie for a few years but made it.

Just go to your feed store and get 7% strong iodine.

It’ll get your attention.

Mom would just dump that stuff on until we quit bleeding and send us back outside. Wish I had a few bottles now, the add this pic came from on ebay is asking $350 for it!

If we ran out of merthiolate, mom just grabbed the rubbing alcohol. Not sure if her motive was disinfecting or teaching me a lesson to be more careful.

Young guy here but still remember it , Granny used to keep some in medicine cabinet. What about Gentain Violet? or something like that , used more for fungal stuff - athletes foot and jock itch. would burn like fire and stain your skin purple. But man that stuff worked too... Joe

Does anyone remember Niter and Paragoric? When I was growing up in the 50s they were a staple in our house to cure all types of ailments. I think they went the way of mercurochrome and methiolate also.

I certainly remember taking Paragoric as a kid! memtb

Merthiolate, mercurochrome and were staples in my misspent youth thanks to Grandpa’s doctoring. I remember my grandpa having hands like bear paws the arm muscles of Popeye and he ALWAYS had Merthiolate on some injury or another. If grandpa used it then you can be DAMN sure I used it. 😀

I miss the good old days…

That schit stang and stunk at the same time

Frank Glaser bought a glass vial of iodine corked for his first aid kit at his Savage River cabin. The cork dried out over the years and allowed the water and alcohol in the iodine to evaporate which condensed the iodine into a very very strong and potent iodine which, according to Frank, had the “consistency of molasses”. Frank was working on a moose hide that he had in a bucket soaking while the mosquitoes drove him crazy. He, without thinking, scratched at a bite with his dirty hands and accidentally scratched himself and drew a little blood. That mosquito bite and “moose hand” scratch got infected and swelled up something fierce. Frank was really sick and he knew that he was going to die without intervention so he decided to take his knife and “open his neck” to reduce the swelling. Frank said it “hurt like hell” but then he took the vial of condensed iodine and poured a little into his wound. He could immediately taste the iodine and then the room started spinning and he passed out. He survived after a stay in the Fairbanks hospital but the doc said he wasn’t long for the world if he hadn’t struggled to get to town. He had iodine poisoning on top of the bad “moose hand” (or seal hand or salmon hand or bear hand…they’re the “same-same”) but Frank was as tough as they come.

A local pharmacy makes an. "Intestinal Mixture" that is great if you
have the puking chits.

It contains Paragoric.

Before the Opiod "Epidemic" it was on the shelf.

Now you need a prescription.

Our doc gives us one twice yearly. Just to have if you need it.
Unfortunately it doesn't have an indefinite shelf life.

No. We don't ban vaccines or wet backs.

Damn straight - and if that don't work, rub some dirt on it.


Kinda funny story, a few years ago I cut myself pretty bad on a rusty piece of metal. My hands were filthy, greasy, and I was pumping blood like a stuck pig.

After I went inside and scrubbed it with Lava soap (fuggin' ouch!), realized I wouldn't be able to stitch it up myself. Plus, I was heading out backpacking to a spike camp in a couple days.

So, I went in to see my doc to get it stapled shut and a tetanus booster.

She took a look at it and said, and I sheit you not, "I'm surprised you didn't just rub some dirt on it. You're getting soft."

Damn I miss that doc. She passed away not too long ago, just about broke my heart.

Campho Phenique. We didn't go for the sissy stuff.

Not heard of it.

Forgot about that, used it a lot when I was younger….probably have a bottle around here somewhere! memtb

Burnt like the devil for a few seconds.

The replacement today is betadine.

I superglue all of my wounds.

Black pepper will stop blood.
The finer ground the better.
It feels like you expect pepper in an open wound to feel,
but the bleeding stops. Right now.

Satan's spit.

Works on minor radiator leaks too. Cheaper and handier than stop-leak. Or paying some asswhole $200 and he couldn't find it, much less fix it. 2 years later I hit a moose with that F150, which finished the radiator, the truck, and the moose, but that sucker still wasn't leaking! The radiator, not the moose.

A less painful use!



Another Kill or Cure involves being gaulded.


Also learned from Mom.

White vinegar or rubbing alcohol.

You'll grit your teeth, maybe lose a few drops of pee.
But after the burning stops (a looonnng minute?) It's all over.
That raw, chafed area is now dried over and you can go on without it bothering you.
I'll take that every time over powder or lotions, stuff that let's it drag on.

Jc189 we had the same doctor, I don’t know how many times in my life ive had mythroat "MOPPED “ with merthiolate and it was cleared up next day! And its not banned unless just recently,i bought a new bottle a year or less back at wallgreens I believe.

We always had some home remedies which were highly valued. Some were more effective than others but most, while they might not produce a cure, would at least take your mind off the malady. Bag Balm was a perennial favorite for any sort of skin problem. Iodine was the go to for cuts, but we kids preferred Murthiolate because it didn't burn as bad. Camphor oil was good for anything. Watkins Horse Linament was good as a rub or taken orally with hot milk. Masengill douche powder was used for bee stings (mixed with just enough water to make a paste) or for most anything where an anti-bacterial wash might be used. It was actually very effective. I think carbolic acid was a main ingredient.
The efficacy of many home remedies was questionable but was certainly better than the covid vaccines. GD

Very true!

My mom used campho phinique on everything from scratches to bee stings to broken bones to squeaky door hinges and leaky radiators.