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IODINE IN INFLAMMATIONS OF THE EYEBALL. 
generations. Organization of individuals for the advancement 
of any particular profession is one of the best means for accom¬ 
plishing definite progress, and has the advantage of imparting 
stimulation to latent powers and talents which might otherwise 
remain dormant and sterile. 
The veterinary profession is not different from other profes¬ 
sions in relation to this general principle. The veterinarian 
can work to better purpose and to nobler end if he be encour¬ 
aged and stimulated by the co-operation and sympathy of his 
fellows. Association with others having the same vocation de¬ 
velops and strengthens the bonds of brotherhood ; tends toward 
a larger conception of professional duty and amenity 5 gives 
incentive to study and scientific reflection ; encourages honesty 
of purpose, better business methods, manliness and self-respect; 
affords a higher quality of companionship and that attrition, 
that intellectual friction, which leads to better thinking and a 
more perfect application of veterinary science, and provides an 
intelligent, forceful body to work for higher and better sanitary 
and veterinary practice regulations. 
[Written Specially for the American Veterinary Review.] 
THE USE OF IODINE IN INFLAMMATIONS OF THE 
EYEBALL. 
By John Lockwood, National Veterinary Hospital, Washington, 
D. C. 
Whether from its specific action upon those conditions which 
are present in glaucoma and periodic ophthalmia, or from its 
production of external irritation and consequent external press¬ 
ure upon the eyeball, by which means the severe intra-ocular 
tension appears to be speedily overcome, iodine (in the form of 
a compound aqueous solution) appears to have an immediately 
beneficial effect in internal ophthalmia. But as its action is 
perhaps as much dependent upon the method of administration 
as upon its own therapeutic value, I will give an account of the 
manner in which I have employed the solution. To one drachm 
