dowed, certain preparations of iodine 

 are more active in a given condition 

 than others. Others, again, hold the 

 iodine in such a manner that it is more 

 readily available for the needs of the 

 case under treatment, while yet another 

 preparation may hold, within its phar- 

 maceutical dress, greater quantities of 

 available iodine than one very closely 

 allied to it in every other regard. 



Then, too, it is not always the par- 

 ticular form or preparation that in- 

 fluences the effect; frequently this in- 

 fluence is, for the most part, in the 

 pathological condition itself. Without 

 going into the details of what must be 

 especially considered in the selection of 

 the preparation to be used in a given 

 pathological condition, I have here set 

 down the observations that I have 

 made, in my own practice, and which 

 my experience with this branch of vet- 

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