Wild Things That Baby Boomers Grew Up Doing

Mercurochrome

There's a reason most kids haven't heard of Mercurochrome. If a little kid ever scraped their elbow or cut a finger playing, Mercurochrome was the chemical in question to stop infection. We don't use it anymore because it was bright red which is a little too creepy looking...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.