form results, it becomes imperative that 

 the practitioner acquaint himself with 

 these facts and phenomena. Not only 

 this, but he must acquaint himself, as 

 well, with the peculiar and individual 

 effects and actions, in a clinical sense, 

 of the different forms in which iodine 

 is used as a topical or regional appli- 

 cation. 



What may be an indication for the 

 use of iodine in one form, may lack the 

 requisite pathological status for its ap- 

 plication in a successful manner in one 

 of its other forms. Thus, in a given 

 pathological condition, an ointment of 

 iodine may fall far short of the thera- 

 peutic power that the practitioner ex- 

 pects it to exert, despite the fact that 

 the case is clearly one for iodine ther- 

 apy. When, on the other hand, in the 

 same case, use is made of the tincture 

 of iodine, or of an aqueous solution of 

 iodine, the desired results may be ob- 

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