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Summary 



The experiments here reported inckuled a large enough number of rats, 

 and the feeding periods were long enough, that it seems probable that any 

 iodine influence would have been noted. It still remains possible, even 

 probable, that the use of iodine in milk may be of value in the treatment 

 of certain human ailments. The experiments here reported, while not 

 necessarily conclusive, indicate that iodine exercises its beneficial effects 

 directly on the body of the patients, rather than indirectly through control 

 of intestinal bacteria. 



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