IV. 



The Selection of Iodine Preparations 

 for Practical Use. 



Next in importance to the proper 

 selection of cases amenable to topical 

 iodine application, is the selection of 

 the particular preparation of iodine to 

 be applied. As I have already pointed 

 out, in the chapter on the general con- 

 sideration of local iodine therapy, what 

 may be an indication for the use of 

 iodine in one form may lack the re- 

 quisite pathological status for its suc- 

 cessful application in another. 



While the effect that the various 

 preparations produce probably does 

 not vary to a great extent, the ability 

 to exert this effect does vary in the 

 different preparations. Because of 

 certain physical properties with which 

 the vehicle carrying the iodine is en- 

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