A local pediatrician orders some kind of witches' brew for diaper rash that includes tincture of benzoin, and that's almost as bad. People who are parents have, however, told me that stuff works.
I also had to compound gentian violet at my last job. While it doesn't smell, it stains even worse than coal tar.
When I had rotations, I had one - and thankfully, it was the last - where the main preceptor "pimped" me - in other words, demanded things that were so far beyond the scope of my knowledge, I didn't even know how to look them up, and then insulted me for not knowing. I said something to another preceptor, and later that day I saw him lead her into a meeting room and close the door, and she never insulted me again. I also learned very quickly not to tell anyone where I would be working upon graduation, because once they heard the words "mail order", they stopped making eye contact, would not sit with me in the cafeteria, answered questions incorrectly on purpose, etc.
