My granddaughter scraped her leg and her mother applied antiseptic cream guaranteed not to sting or stain. Bree hopped up afterwards and was off to play immediately. I’m glad it was painless for her.

People of a certain age may remember Merthiolate and Mercurochrome in the household medicine chest. Whenever someone skinned a knee or scraped an elbow, one of these topical antiseptics was often ...

Tincture of Merthiolate is widely used as a skin antiseptic and a preoperative preparation. This tincture is a 1:1000 alcohol acetone aqueous solution of sodium ethyl mercurithiosalicylate.

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