of animals — a fact that precludes an 

 extensive course of treatment with this 

 preparation — makes iodine, in this form, 

 an agent that is chiefly of use in acute 

 conditions, and it is, therefore, the 

 agent of choice to act as an adjunctive 

 treatment to the internal handling of 

 such conditions as septicemia, strangles, 

 distemper, parotitis, lymphangitis of a 

 localized character, and acute inflam- 

 mations in tendons, ligaments, and 

 synovial bursae. In any of these con- 

 ditions, it is best applied with a small, 

 rather stiff brush, painting it liberally, 

 over the parts involved, several times 

 daily. If the parts become very much 

 irritated from these applications, the 

 treatment must be stopped and the 

 area treated with a coating of vaseline 

 or lard. 



The oily preparations of iodine are 

 especially useful in various skin dis- 

 eases, ring-worm, and the parasitic 

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