This belief is the result of actual con- 

 tact with ample clinical material and 

 the observations made in actual prac- 

 tice covering-, a period of time extending 

 over more than fifteen years. 



Other chronic pathological condi- 

 tions, in which iodine applications are 

 frequently serviceable, are various new- 

 growths in the integument, underlying 

 tissues, and in the glandular tissue near 

 the body surface. It is often possible 

 to accomplish, with topical iodine ap- 

 plications, results in these conditions 

 which could only be equalled by surgi- 

 cal interference of much more costly 

 and dangerous character. Iodine ap- 

 plications are at times resorted to in 

 such conditions as these, to obviate the 

 scar formation that might result from 

 a surgical operation. At other times, 

 resort is had to iodine on account of 

 such objections to surgical interference 

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