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Mercury was considered a cure – until it killed you

• WheelsAtLarge 6y ago
  As a kid I remember a red liquid that you could buy at the store that had mercury as it's main active ingredient. I remember that every time I cut myself my mother would get this thing out and put a little of it on the cut so it would not get infected. I remember going to school with these red spots. Now it's strange but at the time it was normal for everyone to have them when they cut their skin.
  • pmdulaney 6y ago
    Mercurochrome?
    • WheelsAtLarge 6y ago
      Yup, I never knew the name. Look what I found. "Regulations: In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared that mercurochrome was "not generally recognized as safe and effective" as an over-the-counter antiseptic and banned its sale in the U.S.A" I thought it had been banned many years earlier.
• pmdulaney 6y ago
  I believe arsenic was also used on the old days to improve the complexion.