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Mary wrote on 01 Jun 2004:
[nq:1]When you fall down and scrape your knee, would the scraped spot be called a scrape or a scratch?[/nq]
Probably an abrasion.
[nq:1]What is the red liquid material called that nurses use to put on the spot to help heal?[/nq]
Iodine.
[nq:1]Sometimes a different brown liquid material is used. What is that called?[/nq]
Mercurachrome?

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Mary typed thus:
[nq:1]When you fall down and scrape your knee, would the scraped spot be called a scrape or a scratch? What ... to put on the spot to help heal? Sometimes a different brown liquid material is used. What is that called?[/nq]
US or UK usage? I am UK.
A scratch is a single line on the skin. I think I would call it a graze.
One of the liquids is "Iodine" although it is

[nq:1]Mercurachrome?[/nq]
I thought Mercurachrome was red. (Using 40 year old memories).

And the brown stuff is Betadine.

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[nq:1]Mary typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]When you fall down and scrape your knee, would the ... different brown liquid material is used. What is that called?[/nq]
[nq:1]US or UK usage? I am UK. A scratch is a single line on the skin. I think I would call it a graze.[/nq]
I'd go with that - scratch = thin line, scrape = irregular area. Except for the usage of scratch = insignificant wound. eg:

John Dean typed thus:
[nq:1]Carruthers: Here they come chaps. Fanshawe: Look out, grenade! Fanshawe: I say Carruthers, are you all right? Carruthers: (Crawling to Vickers gun) Just a scratch. Bally painful, though ObRomanticTosh - Who was the original Car(r)uthers?[/nq]
Riddle of the Sands?

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[nq:2]Mary typed thus: US or UK usage? I am UK. ... the skin. I think I would call it a graze.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd go with that - scratch = thin line, scrape = irregular area. Except for the usage of scratch = ... all right? Carruthers: (Crawling to Vickers gun) Just a scratch. Bally painful, though ObRomanticTosh - Who was the original Car(r)uthers?[/nq]
I've always thought of the Carru

Poet Fury wrote on 01 Jun 2004:
[nq:2]Mary wrote on 01 Jun 2004: Probably an abrasion. Iodine. Mercurachrome?[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought Mercurachrome was red. (Using 40 year old memories). And the brown stuff is Betadine.[/nq]
You could very well be correct. I've never used betadine, to the best of my knowledge, and don't even know what it is, and it's been 45 or 50 years since I last used

[nq:1]When you fall down and scrape your knee, would the scraped spot be called a scrape or a scratch? What ... to put on the spot to help heal? Sometimes a different brown liquid material is used. What is that called?[/nq]
The darker stuff used to be Betadine. Betadine, though, leaves permanent stains on everything except skin. There are new products now used in place of Betadine although Bet

[nq:2]When you fall down and scrape your knee, would the ... different brown liquid material is used. What is that called?[/nq]
[nq:1]The darker stuff used to be Betadine. Betadine, though, leaves permanent stains on everything except skin. There are new products ... scratch is the pattern of the lacerations. The scrape describes a wide pattern of multiple lacerations. The scratch is narrow.[/

[nq:1]John Dean typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Carruthers: Here they come chaps. Fanshawe: Look out, grenade! < ... Bally painful, though ObRomanticTosh - Who was the original Car(r)uthers?[/nq]
[nq:1]Riddle of the Sands?[/nq]
Was that Jimmy Riddle?

John Dean
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