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From: Andrea Ramsay <>
Subject: [TXREDRIV-L] Re: TXREDRIV-D Digest V01 #15
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 08:56:09 -0600
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Jim, I tried to think of Mentholatum. I knew there was something else,
besides Vicks, but for the life of me, I couldn't think what it was.
Scratches got Mecurcrome (that's probably not the correct spelling; it
doesn't look right, but it's been a long time since I have seen it.),
Merthiolate or Iodine. Tonsils got swabbed with Mecurcrome, I think.
Yuck! Ringworm, which I was unfortunate to have one time, got treated
with Iodine. It was not unusual to see kids with red marks painted on
their skin. I'd forgotten the smoke in the ear for earache until you
mentioned it. "Risin's" (small abscesses) and boils were treated with
Antiphlogestine (not at all sure of the spelling) covered with a cloth,
or with the lining from the inside of an eggshell, to draw the
infection out. I don't know if that's what they used for the more
serious "carbuncles", multi-headed abscesses, or not, as I never saw one
of those treated. Andrea Ramsay


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