290 
REVIEW-- COGSWELL ON IODINE. 
be received as a public and sincere acknowledgment of our obliga- 
tions to him, for his kindness in extending the benefit of his 
lectures to the students of the veterinary school. 
Mr. Ferguson proposed “ The Veterinarian, and the health 
of Mr. Youatt.” 
He was sure every member of the profession would join him in 
this toast. The Veterinarian had, for a series of years, af- 
forded a medium of communication of the greatest practical im- 
portance to the profession ; and he trusted that the old Editor and 
the new ones would continue to exert themselves as they have 
hitherto done, in placing and ever upholding the veterinary art 
in the high standing it is entitled to occupy. He trusted that, 
in despite of any misunderstandings which might occasionally 
take place, this periodical would continue to flourish. 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hon. 
COGSWELL ON IODINE. 
[ Continued from page 224. ] 
Of the various forms in wdiich iodine has been used medicinally, 
its combination with potash — the preparation called the hydriodate 
of potash, or iodide of potassium — appears deservedly, both in 
human and veterinary practice, to have obtained the highest 
repute. The form, of all others, most approved of, seems to be 
“ the conj unction of the pure principle with the hydriodate of pot- 
ash, whether it be for internal or external use.” Iodine combined 
with sulphur has been a good deal used, and by Mr. Youatt, for 
canine bronchocele, is, indeed, preferred. In the horse, the iodide 
of potassium appears to have been the preparation commonly 
prescribed. In doses from one to two drachms it may be safely 
exhibited ; though, as yet, veterinarians have not made up their 
minds in what diseases — the horse being but rarely the subject of 
bronchocele — it is likely to prove beneficial. 
As an external application, the iodide of potassium has been 
employed by veterinarians with a good amount of success. The 
writer of this is in the habit of using an ointment composed of a 
drachm and a half of the iodide of potassium, to an ounce of lard, 
adding, by way of imparting colour and odour to it, a drachm or 
so of the compound tincture of lavender —for all sorts of chronic 
