Date:  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 18:53:04 CDT

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re: monkey blood



I grew up knowing that Mercurocrome was monkey blood, or vice versa.

This was part of our family language that has origins in southwest Arkansas.

My recollection is that Merthiolate is a later product.

We didn't use 'monkey blood' to refer to iodine. We had another name for

that but I can't remember what it was.

The time frame for all this is language from at the latest the 1930s.

I have no way of knowing how long ago my Arkansas relatives began using

this term.

                     DMLance