# mercurochrome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercurochrome/533027>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercurochrome/533027 "2010-03-19T16:31:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercurochrome/533027/21 "2010-03-21T11:01:27Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Don’t we all?

SSSHHH!

The Earthmen will hear, & the Invasion plans will be spoiled!

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercurochrome/533027/22 "2010-03-21T11:19:16Z")

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> [@Ispolkom](#):
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> When my mother was patching us up 40 years ago, she swore by hydrogen peroxide, while every other kid on the block got mercurochrome. I can’t tell you why she kept to this practice (was it cheaper?), but it seemed to work just fine, and we found the foaming impressive.

It was probably cheaper, yes. It’s amazingly cheap today, I think a big bottle costs less than a dollar.

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