SPONGIA. 



crystals. If upon the contrary the residue be treated with alcohol, 

 the solution is deep yellow, but carries the iodine. Both solutions 

 turn starch paper dark blue, changing to brown. If a few drops of 

 starch paste be spread over the bottom of a porcelain dish, one drop 

 of a mixture of. Sp. Med. Spongia and .sulphuric acid in its center, 

 will develop a blue color of varying degrees of intensity in accord- 

 ance with the proportion of the ingredients. 



Therapeutical Uses. — In consequence of its neglect by many 

 teachers, as well as by reason of the quickly and yet illogically ac- 

 cepted premise (on the discovery of iodine) that one element, and 

 one only, contributed to its efficacy, the use of spongia usta has been 

 restricted mainly to the Homeopathic and Eclectic members of the 

 American medical profession. These physicians also use iodine and 

 its compounds when they are indicated, but they do not neglect 

 "Spongia" as is shown by the confidence that experienced practi- 

 tioners have in its clinical use, and that, too, a hundred years after 

 the discovery of iodine. The Eclectic uses of Spongia, as given by 

 Dr. George M. Hite, who uses the preparation extensively, are tersely 

 expressed, as follows : 



Uses. — Spongia gives better results than iodine, in the more 

 chronic forms of goiter. It is useful in chronic pharyngitis with thick- 

 ening of the mucous merhbrane. In acute hoarseness from colds, it 

 is the very best remedy of which I know, but it is chiefly as a croup 

 remedy that I have used it. In follicular tonsillitis, Spongia is a most 

 excellent remedy, and combined with other indicated remedies, as 

 aconite, Phytolacca, and bichromate of potassium, will relieve in half the 

 time the same prescription would, without the Spongia. It is a fine 

 remedy in laryngitis, with burning, smarting, raw sensations, as it is 

 also in tubercular laryngitis, relieving the teasing cough, and improv- 

 ing the health of the mucous membrane, overcoming the hoarseness, 

 and improving the voice. I have used Spongia for many years, and 

 always with specific results. 



Indications. — Croup, with rough, parking, crowing, cough; stridu- 

 lous respiratory sound during inspiration, with dry cough ; loud wheez- 

 ing respiration, with suffocative fits of coughing; inability to breathe 

 except with the head thrown backward. 



Dose. — J^ Sp. Med Spongia gtt. x to xxx. 



Aqua Dest § iv. 



M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every fifteen to thirty minutes, to one to 

 two hours, as urgency of symptoms demands. — Geo. M. Hite, M. D. 



PRICES OF SPECIFIC MEDICINE SPONGIA. 



j4-tt> package Soc. each. By mail, $1.02, 



yi-ib package $1.50 each. Not mailable. 



i-tb package , $3.00 each. Not mailable. 



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