Generous splash of hydrogen peroxide from Mom on my heel at ten. All summer barefoot but in Sept of that year I stepped on a jaggedbroken bone behind the neighbor’s barn.
Not a mom but a plant nurse – My dad got a cut at work that he took to the nurse for treatment. She painted it and, since it stung, Dad blew on it. She grabbed his hand and applied more since he blew germs into the cut. Blowing was decided counterproductive that time.
I remember the Mercurochrome in the bottle with the glass rod applicator. The Merthiolate came in little heavy paper tubes and you had to crush the glass ampule inside and let the Merthiolate saturate the gauze tip before applying. Both stung like heck! Both applicators would be deemed a safety hazard today
I miss the old formulation Merthiolate, some anyway. Dad used to call it monkey blood and it burned like the dickens on a cut. And when mother would put it on a cut, she’d blow on it. But, it contained mercury and people were getting sick, so it was reformulated and the mercury removed.
Prof. Mementomori's Deep-Fried Pressure Suit over 1 year ago
Mercurochrome, too. And that’s not counting the hot tar-stick drops for deep splinters.
Zykoic over 1 year ago
Generous splash of hydrogen peroxide from Mom on my heel at ten. All summer barefoot but in Sept of that year I stepped on a jaggedbroken bone behind the neighbor’s barn.
in-dubio-pro-rainbow over 1 year ago
A mother’s love goes far – but what if the kiddo sits on a bank of rough wood and gets a splinter in his…yaknowwhat?
juicebruce over 1 year ago
Happy Mother’s Day !
bblosser over 1 year ago
Not a mom but a plant nurse – My dad got a cut at work that he took to the nurse for treatment. She painted it and, since it stung, Dad blew on it. She grabbed his hand and applied more since he blew germs into the cut. Blowing was decided counterproductive that time.
zerotvus over 1 year ago
I still have a bottle of that in the cabinet……….
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
Mercurochrome was cool, but Bactine was safer.
pathfinder over 1 year ago
I’m so old we (my Mom) kept a bottle of iodine in the medicine cabinet. Made us leery of getting small injuries.
ctolson over 1 year ago
I remember the Mercurochrome in the bottle with the glass rod applicator. The Merthiolate came in little heavy paper tubes and you had to crush the glass ampule inside and let the Merthiolate saturate the gauze tip before applying. Both stung like heck! Both applicators would be deemed a safety hazard today
tcayer over 1 year ago
How about “If your mother used a cloth with her spit on it to wash your face?”
Just-me over 1 year ago
I miss the old formulation Merthiolate, some anyway. Dad used to call it monkey blood and it burned like the dickens on a cut. And when mother would put it on a cut, she’d blow on it. But, it contained mercury and people were getting sick, so it was reformulated and the mercury removed.
Crandlemire over 1 year ago
Mercurochrome — that’s what we used growing up — disinfecting with mercury — no wondering I’ve lost all my hair.
i_am_the_jam over 1 year ago
…not that it actually helped, mind you… :P :P :P
Bruce1253 over 1 year ago
You’re an old Plugger if you can remember getting your cuts swabbed with Iodine.
kathleenhicks62 over 1 year ago
I’m too old to remember anything like that.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
There was alcohol in the solution, which would make it sting, but blowing on it had a cooling effect, which eased the pain.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Merthiolate – is that iodine? My mother never blew on any of my cuts.
dkolsen1125 over 1 year ago
Your a Plugger if your mother licked her hankie and then wiped some dirt off of your face.
anomalous4 over 1 year ago
Ahhh yes, that “red sting-y stuff”…I don’t remember anyone ever blowing on it; we always got a Band-Aid right away!
Kawasaki Cat over 1 year ago
When I was a kid my Mom spreayed Bactine on cuts and scatches.
pheets over 1 year ago
Mercurochrome…. in the glass bottle with the rubber cap/ glass applicator, like this one. Didn’t sting as much as Merthiolate.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
That disinfectant sure stings.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 1 year ago
I don’t how good Merthiolate was at “fixing” a wound, but it burned so much you forgot how much the wound hurt.
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
How about iodine?
Space Man Spiff over 1 year ago
Wow, I remember that!
[Unnamed Reader - f2fd67] over 1 year ago
IODINE REALLY BURNED TOO. GATHERED ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO BLOW ON THE SCRAPE DURING RECESS IN 2ND GRADE.