That reminds me of some stuff, a stick of it really, called Wintergreen.
It served a similar purpose.
An old friend we visited today mentioned a type of glue we used to used called Tenacitine. I just remembered another called Secotine.
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Gordon
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Sorry to get so far off-track, but there are a
bunch of things that used to be better in the
old days...for instance --7-UP. Mom used to
give that to us when we were ailing. Today,
it seems not to be nearly as good, or is it
these old taste buds?
..............
Daisy
When I was a kid and had a sore throat (which was often), my mother would swab my throat with mercurochrome. I don't know if it did any good, but I still remember the nasty taste. We always had a bottle in the medicine cabinet for cuts. It didn't sting like merthiolate, which we also had.
Now I understand that it has been banned from sale in the U.S. because it contains mercury. I wonder if I would have turned out a little smarter.......?? Oh well.
Does anyone else have memories of this stuff?
Don
When I was a kid and had a sore throat (which was often), my mother would swab my throat with mercurochrome. I don't know if it did any good, but I still remember the nasty taste. We always had a bottle in the medicine cabinet for cuts. It didn't sting like merthiolate, which we also had.
Now I understand that it has been banned from sale in the U.S. because it contains mercury. I wonder if I would have turned out a little smarter.......?? Oh well.
Does anyone else have memories of this stuff?
Don
When I was a kid and had a sore throat (which was often), my mother would swab my throat with mercurochrome. I don't know if it did any good, but I still remember the nasty taste. We always had a bottle in the medicine cabinet for cuts. It didn't sting like merthiolate, which we also had.
Now I understand that it has been banned from sale in the U.S. because it contains mercury. I wonder if I would have turned out a little smarter.......?? Oh well.
Does anyone else have memories of this stuff?
Don
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