It was created as a medical antiseptic. The floor cleaner and gonorrhea remedy uses (in distilled form) came later. Then it became a mouthwash. (Which is when it really took off)
The antiseptic properties being the main goal in all cases so it kind of makes sense really.
snowflake75
8 Feb 16#4
ohhhh Clifford! !!
jhindsight
8 Feb 16#5
it's like gargling paint stripper. one of the few occasions where you're better off sticking to the cheaper brands
bud129
8 Feb 16#6
If its any help Asda has the 500ml for £2 .
Gozer
8 Feb 16#7
It's like the original poster is trying to get a job at a tabloid newspaper. Take a fact and twist it so much to make a sensational headline which has only a tiny trace of truth in it still.
Dusty
9 Feb 16#8
Me and the lad occasionally take the Listerine challenge so we'll have some of this.
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Listerine was originally a floor cleaner.. then used for gonorrhea (No idea how people first put it in their mouths !)
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marketing-campaign-invented-halitosis-180954082/?no-ist
It was created as a medical antiseptic. The floor cleaner and gonorrhea remedy uses (in distilled form) came later. Then it became a mouthwash. (Which is when it really took off)
The antiseptic properties being the main goal in all cases so it kind of makes sense really.