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In reply to the discussion: Remember vicks vapor rub and mercurochrome that was the go to in youth [View all]Ocelot II
(115,679 posts)28. Damn, I hated Vicks Vapo-Rub, which was often inflicted on me
when I got a bad cold. When I got stomach flu I was given 7-Up, and sometimes milk-toast (which I also hated). Oddly, I liked the smell of Mercurochrome. I don't think you can buy it any more, at least the original version, which had mercury in it and stained everything it touched.
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Remember vicks vapor rub and mercurochrome that was the go to in youth [View all]
Duncanpup
Sep 2021
OP
I was certain you were gonna say this was the new COVID cure! I was looking for a laugh
brewens
Sep 2021
#1
Really! Bactine was a miracle cure back then. Plus, that orange stain went everywhere.
Hoyt
Sep 2021
#25
Mecurochrome,... with the glass applicator built into the lid to apply the red healing fluid.
magicarpet
Sep 2021
#12
Paregoric in an oddly-shaped brownish bottle with a glass lid/applicator (nt)
wyn borkins
Sep 2021
#16