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GEORGE N. KINNELL. 
The stimulant and re-absorbent action of iodine is so well 
known that it requires but passing mention. The beneficial 
results obtained by the use of iodine hypodermically in the cases 
mentioned, is the result of both actions. By the stimulation of 
a low grade of inflammation, into an active form, it determines 
the rapid increase and multiplication of the reparative bone 
cells, and by its re-absorbent action it resolves the organized 
exudate into a liquified mass that is readily taken up and 
carried away from the part. From a general, diffused inflam¬ 
mation of the region, it becomes a localized inflammation, that 
is confined to the place desired. 
I do not wish to be quoted as saying that all cases of spavin, 
ringbone, or splint can be cured by this method, but I do assert 
positively, that any one of these which are curable by any other 
method, may be cured quicker and with less deformity or blem¬ 
ish remaining, by the hypodermic injection of iodine than any 
other method that I have any knowledge of. 
IS TUBERCULIN, AS ORDINARILY USED, TOO DELICATE A 
TEST? A REMEDY SUGGESTED. 
By George N. Kinnell, M.R.C.V.S., Pittsfield, Mass. 
Among careful men who have had the greatest experience, 
it is often a subject of serious and anxious thought whether or 
not the indiscriminate slaughter of animals condemned by the 
tuberculin test is advisable or even justifiable. 
There is probably no practitioner, of any considerable ex¬ 
perience with the agent, who has not at times quailed at his 
work ; and thought with feelings of regret and misgiving of the 
many comparatively healthy creatures on which it has been his 
lot to pass the death sentence. 
Personally I believe in thorough eradication of each and 
every case of tuberculosis, but there are many others who will 
welcome a more modified and less drastic method of handling 
the trouble so long as it holds out fair assurance of ultimately 
