My grandfather, who would be 116 if still alive, used to carry his own little first aid kit around in the form of - "black drawing salve". I cannot imagine what was in that stuff, the smell was awful, but you can take my word for it - he used it on infected teeth, cuts, bruises , eye styes etc. He would even put small amounts around the inside of his nose when he had a head cold - to "clear his head up". You name the problem, he had the cure - Black drawing salve.

Anybody else here subjected to that stuff?? To this day I can conjure up THAT smell.

Regards
D. Smith

You might want to go to your local pharmacist and ask about the salve. I purchased some about 10 years ago. I don't know if it is still available. You're right about one thing...it does smell badly!

I still have an old tin container of this salve, it has to be at least 60 years old. It came in a small tin like a snuff container but smaller, less than 2 inches across, orange with black letters. " SMILE'S PRID Salve ", it has rosin and beeswax base with other healing ingredients like sulphur, Acidum Aarbolicum. I can't make out the rest of the ingredients because this tin is so old. My grandmother used this stuff for everything and used it on me. It really works. Smells like pine tar, it was thick and sometimes needed to be heated up to get it to spread on a bandage.