for the handling of a case with more 

 or less costly iodine preparations. 

 Usually, his fee is too low. The prac- 

 titioner should consider the fact that, 

 in not a few of the cases in which he 

 uses topical iodine treatment, he is 

 actually depriving himself of a surgical 

 fee, and the charge that he makes for 

 the treatment, in place of the operation 

 that would otherwise be required, 

 should, in some degree at least, offset 

 the loss thus apparent. In some cases, 

 it is even possible to get a larger fee 

 under these conditions, for, frequently, 

 the owner of an animal would much 

 prefer that a given condition be cured 

 without a surgical operation, and would 

 offer no serious objection to a higher 

 fee for the correction of the condition 

 by a prolonged course of topical iodine 

 medication. In the case of a valuable 

 animal, where scar formation might 

 depreciate the value, the smooth results, 

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