I'll rush right out and ask for it

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

That name just trips off the tongue, don't you think?



(Good Housekeeping, June 1935)

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[dvdsky81.livejournal.com]

It should totally say "Hexylresorcinox-available at all druggists. ASK FOR IT BY NAME!!!! Tell them you saw the ad in Good Housekeeping!"..lol.

[columbina.livejournal.com]

Apparently they never came up with a better name: The product above is still sold as S.T. 37 -
http://www.amazon.com/S-T-37-Antiseptic-Liquid-Oral-Reliever/dp/B000NUSYC8

Some brands of Sucrets (as well as other cough drops) use it, but don't usually mention it prominently in their name.

[adrienneee.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just phenol?? Same thing that's in chloroseptic spray?

[adrienneee.livejournal.com]

oh, no, not phenol, but chemically similar.

[columbina.livejournal.com]

I went to look it up because my first thought was, "Isn't that the stuff in Chloraseptic?" :) But apparently not.

[bib-specialist.livejournal.com]

It's as good a name as ipecac or Syrup of Squill. I can totally see WC Fields using this name as well.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

D: that it talks about Diptheria... I can't imagine living in times where worrying every sore throat could be the beginnings of that.

[lexixanatos487.livejournal.com]

Or even if it was "just" something like strep throat, your kid could end up deaf and blind, or dead.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

But it sounds so modern and scientific!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

LOL destroying germs other antiseptics can never hope to reach

Those Other Antiseptics: "I feel so useless - what's the point of even trying?" "Me too! I've given up all hope of ever getting at those crevice germs." "I hate Hexy! She's such a stuck up bitch!"

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

Everyone is talking about science and I'm just giggling at "deep sore throat".

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that jumped out at me, too. (snicker snicker)

[queen-fiend.livejournal.com]

Same here! XD