Boy, this stuff burns!

[Jazzy1]

My grandma used to put this on any scrapes I got as a kid. Probably to keep me from bothering her for something minor. She called it “monkey blood”. Burned like hell, definitely worse than whatever caused the cut in the first place.

Do you remember the burn/sting from this stuff?

 

[hollydolly]

It was banned in the uk due to the concerns over the mercury content

Merbromin - Wikipedia

 

[Pinky]

I recall Iodine stinging .. but, not mercurochrome.

 

[CallMeKate]

Oh, I sure do remember! And I can still clearly see that little devil bottle sitting in my grandma's medicine cabinet.

 

[CallMeKate]

It was banned in the uk due to the concerns over the merccury content

It's banned here, too.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Remedies like that helped us to become independent and keep our aches and pains to ourselves.

Maybe that was the goal all along!

 

[QuietByNature]

I do recall my mom applying something red with a glass drip stick like that but ido not think it was the same stuff??

 

[Judycat]

Merthiolate looked similar to mercurochrome. That's the one the doc sprayed on my brush burns and made me cry. Good ol' mercurial based antibiotics.

 

[timoc]

My grandma used to put this on any scrapes I got as a kid. Probably to keep me from bothering her for something minor. She called it “monkey blood”. Burned like hell, definitely worse than whatever caused the cut in the first place.

Do you remember the burn/sting from this stuff?

I've never heard of it, but something I use regularly (and it stings when it's applied is 'New Skin' by Germolene.

 

[Paladin1950]

I recall Iodine stinging .. but, not mercurochrome.

I was thinking the same thing. I would go into the medicine cabinet to look for something to put on a cut or scrape. I would see both iodine and mercurochrome. I'd pick mercurochrome every time. My mother put iodine on me for something, and I hated it. That was it for iodine.

 

[jujube]

It was either merthiolate or mercurochrome that we got sprayed inside our throats when we got sore throats.

Mom had a long-nozzled contraption that she'd stick in there and spray. It stung and tasted awful as it dripped down your throat.

Considering what they know now about the dangers of both substances, it's no wonder I'm brain dead these days. Thanks, Mom!

 

[hearlady]

Yes mecurochrome, paragoric....we got all the poison.

 

[Della]

My parents used iodine and mercurochrome until, in their later years, they went on vacation with their doctor friend and he laughed and laughed at them.

As for mercury. My father brought home a 6 ounce jar of it to teach us about its unusual properties. We would often get it out to play with and stick our fingers in it to watch it snap back, or break it into marble size bits to roll across the floor. I'm sure we didn't wash our hands afterward. I don't remember ever washing our hands unless they were caked with mud.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

mercurochrome is banned in Canada also.

 

[Ronni]

Yeah, we had all three in our house when I was little. Mercurochrome, merthiolate, and iodine. Hated them all.

 

[DaveA]

Mercurochrome was common for cuts and scratches. Back in my time as a little guy late 30's-early 40's it was standard in most medicine cabinets.

 

[Jules]

Mom had a long-nozzled contraption that she'd stick in there and spray. It stung and tasted awful as it dripped down your throat.

Was this from the Fuller Brush Man?

 

[OneEyedDiva]

My mother used that when I was a little girl. Like @Paladin1950 I thought it was the iodine that stung, not the mercurochrome. It's been so long, I don't remember for sure.

 

[jujube]

Was this from the Fuller Brush Man?

Good possibility. Mom did buy stuff when he came around.