When, in veterinary medicine, allusion 

 is made to iodine, it is almost, without 

 exception, to one of the following 

 preparations : 



1. Tincture of Iodine. 



2. Ointment of Iodine. 



3. Aqueous solutions of Iodine. 



4. Oily solutions or mixtures of Io- 

 dine. 



Only in rare cases, and then under 

 specific reference, is iodine used in 

 other forms, or in its elemental state, 

 in veterinary medicine. Iodine is a 

 very active agent, chemically as well 

 as therapeutically, and is not readily 

 compatible with other agents. It is for 

 this reason, that combinations of iodine 

 with other drugs and chemicals are not 

 common, and therein lies a distinction 

 for iodme that not many other thera- 

 peutic agents can claim; namely, that 

 beneficial effects resulting from iodine 

 medication are almost, without ques- 

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