Eye ointment in the General packet. What is it?

[danpass]

What is it intended to do/prevent?

 

[wlawr005]

It's possible to get splinters, shards of glass, or dirt embedded in your eyes during crash/ejection. Supposedly the ointment will ease the discomfort and protect your eye from infection...but some are skeptical.

 

[danpass]

Do you know what it is, like 5% Supercalafragalistic? Or perhaps what brand it is?

 

[wlawr005]

Don't know, but if I had to guess it's probably really close to Neosporin with some sort of steroid thrown in to minimize swelling.

 

[BusyBee604]

What is it intended to do/prevent?

Do you know what it is, like 5% Supercalafragalistic? Or perhaps what brand it is?

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BzB

 

[Catmando]

... Supposedly the ointment will ease the discomfort and protect your eye from infection...but some are skeptical.

Didn't have that, back in the day.

Never tried it but I'll bet the morphine we carried would "ease the discomfort" somewhat.

 

[Renegade One]

What is it intended to do/prevent?

It's an emergency condiment…looks like mayonnaise…tastes like wasabi mustard. Go easy…

Or it could be for what wlar005 said earlier…I dunno…probably.