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    purple wound spray...

    When dad and I were running the cow/calf operation at the ranch back in the 60's ( I started working there really young...was driving tractors, moving irrigation pipe, etc. by the time I was 8) we had this great purple spray we used to doctor cattle with (the purple dye was to remind you to reapply when it wore off).

    It said in big bold letters "For Veterinarian use only!" I don't know what was in it but it was a freaking miracle drug. It wasn't the same as the purple wound spray you get now. I'm assuming it had some ingredient that the government now requires to be eliminated or diluted because the stuff you get today isn't nearly as good.

    I was an active kid and constantly getting cut and scraped and used that purple wound spray on them. I would heal 5 times as fast as I would using the "people" drugs...

    The only real downside was the social stigma of going to elementary school with big purple splotches on elbows, knees, cut fingers, etc. I thought it was definitely worth it to get healed.

    Anyone else "go purple" when they were a kid?

    #2
    i used monkeys blood, does that count??

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      #3
      I have some

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          #5
          Probably not the same stuff but I still use the spray.

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            #6
            You were probably treating yourself for screwworms in the 60's. Some ingredient related to that may be left out now.

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              #7
              I've been using that stuff for the last 30+ yrs. I don't think it's changed at all

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                #8
                The gentian violet is what treated ringworm with that stuff and also what turns it and you purple

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                  #9
                  This works fantastic
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by flinch View Post
                    You were probably treating yourself for screwworms in the 60's. Some ingredient related to that may be left out now.
                    Probaqly so...

                    It is the same stuff we treated screw worms with.

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                      #11
                      Yep, used the same stuff........It did work well.....

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                        #12
                        both excellent products. have used them on 'humans' a time or two.

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                          #13
                          Yup, used it and still use a few "vet use" products on myself.

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                            #14
                            besides the screwworm treatment, it also contained iodine which was (and is) a powerful healer...

                            I hated that stuff because bein' the "baby" of the bunch, it was always my duty to dob it on the calves when we de-horned, castrated, etc. Always went to school in the spring with that purple crap on my hands and arms... It flat won't wash off!!

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                              #15
                              Yes sir. I went to school with purple patches many a time. Still use it and I like you believe it is not as good as it used to be.

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