Billingsley99 Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 Any person over 30 will remember slinking their knee and Mom or Grandma putting a red medicine from a dropper on.it. it.might start with a T. Been driving me crazy for some reason. This might be it but I don't remember it being this. Mercurochrome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Any person over 30 will remember slinking their knee and Mom or Grandma putting a red medicine from a dropper on.it. it.might start with a T. Been driving me crazy for some reason. This might be it but I don't remember it being this. Mercurochrome Bactine perhaps? I'm not remembering it being a dropper product, but a spray/aerosol. So, probably not the correct answer. Edited July 9, 2021 by jv1972iu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Any person over 30 will remember slinking their knee and Mom or Grandma putting a red medicine from a dropper on.it. it.might start with a T. Been driving me crazy for some reason. This might be it but I don't remember it being this. Mercurochrome That's what we always called it...Mercurochrome...or methylate... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, IUFLA said: That's what we always called it...Mercurochrome...or methylate... Yep. Orange color on the boo boo. 😊 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, IUFLA said: That's what we always called it...Mercurochrome...or methylate... Is there a methylamine?? Maybe my family just were not smart enough to pronounce it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Billingsley99 said: Is there a methylamine?? Maybe my family just were not smart enough to pronounce it correctly. I can remember as a kid calling it...muh-thigh-uh-laid. LOL!! 😂 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, jv1972iu said: I can remember as a kid calling it...muh-thigh-uh-laid. LOL!! 😂 That's it!! My brain can relax thank you!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 55 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Is there a methylamine?? Maybe my family just were not smart enough to pronounce it correctly. That's the substance that Walter and Pinkman were short on during one of the first seasons of Breaking Bad 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Billingsley99 said: Any person over 30 will remember slinking their knee and Mom or Grandma putting a red medicine from a dropper on.it. it.might start with a T. Been driving me crazy for some reason. This might be it but I don't remember it being this. Mercurochrome We called it Indian paint. It healed everything. Especially when grandma would hold you, tell you it was alright, and give you a big kiss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison22 Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) Haha, yes, it was Mercurochrome in our house. If we had a tiny scratch, mom would draw little pictures of cats or dogs on the "wound." We loved it. They were temporary tattoos. We would fake cuts to get one. Then in the summer, we'd eat watermelon on the back porch, and have contests to see who could spit seeds the farthest. We had no money, and lived like kings. Replying to: @Billingsley99 @IUFLA @jv1972iu @NotIThatLives Edited July 9, 2021 by Madison22 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Billingsley99 said: Any person over 30 will remember slinking their knee and Mom or Grandma putting a red medicine from a dropper on.it. it.might start with a T. Been driving me crazy for some reason. This might be it but I don't remember it being this. Mercurochrome We rubbed dirt on our skinned knees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 53 minutes ago, Madison22 said: Haha, yes, it was Mercurochrome in our house. If we had a tiny scratch, mom would draw little pictures of cats or dogs on the "wound." We loved it. They were temporary tattoos. We would fake cuts to get one. Then in the summer, we'd eat watermelon on the back porch, and have contests to see who could spit seeds the farthest. We had no money, and lived like kings. Replying to: @Billingsley99 @IUFLA @jv1972iu @NotIThatLives You described my childhood. Lots of hide n go seek too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1972iu Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Madison22 said: Haha, yes, it was Mercurochrome in our house. If we had a tiny scratch, mom would draw little pictures of cats or dogs on the "wound." We loved it. They were temporary tattoos. We would fake cuts to get one. Then in the summer, we'd eat watermelon on the back porch, and have contests to see who could spit seeds the farthest. We had no money, and lived like kings. Replying to: @Billingsley99 @IUFLA @jv1972iu @NotIThatLives Was always told not to swallow the seeds..."They'll make you sick!". Just another version of "You'll shoot your eye out!" 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 9, 2021 Report Share Posted July 9, 2021 External-methylate Internal-Castoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 hours ago, rico said: We rubbed dirt on our skinned knees. We were too poor to have dirt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted July 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Madison22 said: Haha, yes, it was Mercurochrome in our house. If we had a tiny scratch, mom would draw little pictures of cats or dogs on the "wound." We loved it. They were temporary tattoos. We would fake cuts to get one. Then in the summer, we'd eat watermelon on the back porch, and have contests to see who could spit seeds the farthest. We had no money, and lived like kings. Replying to: @Billingsley99 @IUFLA @jv1972iu @NotIThatLives Great memories. Life sure was much more simple. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 13 hours ago, rico said: We rubbed dirt on our skinned knees. My neighbor now Brother-In-Law used to rub dirt in my mouth just so he could laugh! Love the guy, no seriously, anybody that could put up with my sister these many years is a Saint! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merthiolate Merthiolate. Yep, my parents rubbed mercury on my boo-boos too.🤣 Incidentally, Merthiolate is still on the market although it's been completely reworked without the mercury or the bright red color. No idea if it still stings like it used to. Edited July 11, 2021 by FKIM01 Spelling & additional info 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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