Tiny Bottle....Contents??

[mojjax]

A little amber bottle . Most of the label is gone , The last 4 letters... "SOTE"

Just the top of the 1st letter is visible - Could be a " Q , O, C, S , " . Any ideas on what was in it ?
I removed the glass stopper - it's empty .... but still has a strong smell of something ?

mojjax

 

[PBK]

Creosote?

 

[savant365]

creosote,,,used to help with toothaches


Toothache Relief Using Old Style Toothache Remedies:
If the toothache is particularly troublesome, oil of cloves, creosote, chloroform, laudanum, or Jamaica ginger can be used as a toothache remedies. First clean the tooth with the toothache, place about five drops of one of toothache remedies onto a small piece of fabric and place the fabric into the cavity or tightly against it. Toothache relief should come quite quickly, but again, these toothache remedies do not cure.

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice bottle. Creosote is a tar like resin . There were many types of creosote. Some were used as medicines and some were used to treat wood. Later linked to cancer. Tony

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

creosote,,,used to help with toothaches


Toothache Relief Using Old Style Toothache Remedies:
If the toothache is particularly troublesome, oil of cloves, creosote, chloroform, laudanum, or Jamaica ginger can be used as a toothache remedies. First clean the tooth with the toothache, place about five drops of one of toothache remedies onto a small piece of fabric and place the fabric into the cavity or tightly against it. Toothache relief should come quite quickly, but again, these toothache remedies do not cure.

I have used oil of cloves. It works good for about 5 minutes. Use too much it will gag you. :P

Check out this 1895 New York Times article on Creosote poisoning:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archiv...E123DE433A25750C0A9679C94649ED7CF&oref=slogin

 

[mojjax]

That must be it ! Kinda like an old railroad tie smell
.... My neighbor , last month , asked us if he could have all crap we clean out of our chimney- to make a creosote solution for the floor in his shed . He' s quite old .He said " you can't get the good stuff no more"

Thanks ! ..........and Yuck !

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Description
This section of the book is from the "Household Companion: The Family Doctor" book

Creosote.
A product of tar. A hot-tasting, sooty-smelling liquid; poisonous if swallowed in moderately large quantity; burning the mouth or skin which it touches.

Physicians advise it in one-drop doses for sick stomach, ulcer of the stomach, etc.

In domestic practice it should be on hand as the most effective remedy for toothache in a hollow tooth The end of a bodkin or knitting-needle should be wrapped around with a little piece of cotton, and this be dipped into creosote. Then, carefully, the cotton should be pressed into the hollow of the aching tooth. (It won't hurt, as it at once kills the sensibility of the exposed nerve-end in the tooth.) If any spills over and burns the gums or lips, rinse at once with cold water. Creosote, so used, does no harm to the teeth.

 

[Monty]

Oily creosote like used on RR ties is one of those chemicals much like asbestos. After the american public wallowed in it for years, it was decided it was dangerous. I don't know if they even make it anymore. My wife worked for a RR and they had started having to replace ties in about half the time because they had to stop using creosote. Monty

 

[Felinepeachy]

I love the smell of it.

 

[silverswede]

Though Creosote is probably right in this case, my partner and I once found a brown bottle with a glass stopper and no label. It was 3/4 full of white crystals which we had analysed and it proved to be strichnine(s). We had a terrible time deciding what to do with it. It now is buried more than 3 feet deep under a large rock.
Be careful out there!

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

t is still sold today as an antiseptic - diluted with water and put in a sprayer, they disinfect cattle pens and other livestock areas with it.

B

 

[lumbercamp]

As SWR mentioned, only I use creosote to keep porcupines from chewing boards at my camp. I am down to my last half gallon.