as cost, danger to the patient's life, pro- 

 tracted period of convalescence, or oth- 

 er equally reasonable objections. 



In the effects that are obtained from 

 the local applications of iodine prep- 

 arations, in chronic pathological con- 

 ditions, these preparations act not only 

 in a palliative or ameliorative sense, 

 but literally in a curative manner. They 

 accomplish, in these conditions, solely 

 and wholly through their own activity, 

 the removal of the condition and the 

 correction of the respective abnormali- 

 ties. While, in some of the conditions 

 under discussion, the desired result is 

 attained only after very prolonged 

 treatment with iodine, the condition is 

 usually of such a character that neither 

 the owner of the animal nor the at- 

 tending veterinarian is averse to lend- 

 ixig the time consumed. In other of 

 these conditions, the desired result 

 comes very promptly, at times with a 

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