probably mercurochrome; pretty potentially nasty stuff, but perhaps when JUST on surface cuts, the mercury in it wouldn't be a problem, but there were some pretty dangerous things they used to do before finding out how bad it was, like lead in paint, high-power x-rays for exams, etc.
probably mercurochrome; pretty potentially nasty stuff, but perhaps when JUST on surface cuts, the mercury in it wouldn't be a problem, but there were some pretty dangerous things they used to do before finding out how bad it was, like lead in paint, high-power x-rays for exams, etc.
Maybe that was it or was it iodine?