In view of this report it is evident that the claim that Iodalia is “always well tolerated” and that it cannot produce “symptoms of iodism” is true only because of the small percentage of iodin it contains.
FREE iodin employed by inunction, without one physical or therapeutic drawback.
This statement, too, is vague, but conveys the impression that 20 grains of saliodin contain an amount of iodin, in combination as an iodate, which corresponds in iodin content to 15 grains of potassium iodid.
The assertion made in the advertising, that iodin may be found in the urine shortly after Iodex has been rubbed on the skin, has been experimentally disproved.
Thus the total iodin content was somewhat less than half of that of the official Tincture of Iodin (Tr.
This “hypodermic treatment of phthisis” was widely advertised in the late nineties by the Bromin-Iodin Chemical Co, Binghamton, N.
When the gland becomes hard and indolent, it may be rubbed daily with iodin ointment 1 part, vaseline 6 parts.
The lameness will often yield to the blistering action of cantharides, in the form of ointment or liniment, and to the alterative preparations of iodin or mercury.
The stump should be washed daily with a disinfectant and either painted with iodin mixture or carbolic acid or dusted with some reliable antiseptic healing powder.
For treatment, remove the hair and apply tincture of iodin or corrosive sublimate lotion, as advised under the last paragraph.
Sometimes, however, preference may be given to a lotion possessing a somewhat different quality, the alterative consisting of tincture of iodin applied to the inflamed spot several times daily.
The stump of the cord is then painted with strong carbolic-acid solution, tincture of iodin, or a mixture of equal parts of tincture of iodin and glycerin.
In erysipelas the skin may be painted with tincture of chlorid of iron, or with a solution of 20 grains of iodin in an ounce of carbolic acid, and one-half an ounce of tincture of chlorid of iron may be given thrice daily in a bottle of water.
Indurated testicles may sometimes be remedied in the early stages by smearing with a weak iodin ointment daily for a length of time, and at the same time invigorating the system by liberal feeding and judicious work.
It may then be painted with tincture of iodin twice a day for two weeks.
If this treatment fails, the use of iodin and mercurial preparations is recommended.
The action of iodoform is not due directly to its ability to destroy germs but to its undergoing decomposition in the presence of moisture, liberating iodin and thus rendering inert ptomains that have resulted from the growth.
A compound of iodin with another element, as iodide of potassium.
In operations about the anus and scrotum, iodin is contraindicated because of its irritating properties; it is painful in these parts and dermatitis is frequently the result of its use.
The disinfection and drainage of the groove can usually be accomplished with iodin on a thin wire or wooden applicator inserted to the extreme depth of the groove, followed by the insertion of a narrow strip of gauze.
The wound was of such an extent as to communicate with a bronchus, and by this means the iodin entered the respiratory tract, causing suffocation.
A blister was applied to the bitten finger, tincture of iodin used, and two ounces of whiskey given every two hours until inebriety was induced.
A curious instance is reported by Gaujot of Val-de-Grace of a soldier who was wounded in the Franco-Prussian war, and into whose wound an injection of the tincture of iodin was made.
For such application, phenol oriodin should not be used, pure or in strong solution.
Removal was advocated, as applications ofiodin had failed; but she would not consent to operation.
The alcohol was then evaporated and theiodin determined by the method described in the U.
Since free iodin, as is well known, readily combines with fats, it was decided to determine the form in which the iodin was present in these preparations.
The claim is, that, the iodinbeing in the colloidal state, it has the properties of elementary iodin and thus the preparations may be used in concentrations and under conditions which would make the use of free iodin impossible.
The amount of iodin absorbed (disappearing as free iodin) by liquid petrolatum, when in contact at room temperature for as long as seven months, or in contact at 100 C.
With careful manipulation you can get prismatic needle point like crystals, looking like spores of glass, these dissolving in water will yield pure Iodin coloring the water Iodin.
The statement of composition is unsatisfactory and misleading in that it suggests that the preparation contains bromin, iodin and phosphorus in the free (elementary) state.
After standing a few hours, with frequent shaking, the iodin in solution was determined.
Third, that iodin dissolves rather slowly in liquid petrolatum at room temperature.
More recently, attention has been directed to the administration of iodin in the form of vapor.
Perhaps more romantic schemes for the cure of all the ills which afflict mankind have centered in iodin therapy than in any other one drug.
One of these schemes, and one so simple that it seems at first sight to be hardly worth serious consideration, is that of a solution of iodin in liquid petrolatum.
It is entirely unjustifiable to credit the known antibacterial qualities of ordinary iodin to “colloid” iodin.
After a given length of time the chemist addsiodin to the two test tubes.
A generation ago applications of iodin to the goiter were reported to have good effects.
Prevention is sought by applying a lotion of carbolic acid or iodin solution to the navel string at birth, or it may be smeared with common wood tar, which is at once antiseptic and a protective covering against germs.
Induration of the udder may be met by rubbing with a combination of iodin ointment 1 part, soft soap 2 parts; mercurial ointment and soap also may be used.
Injections of iodin solution, 5 grains of iodin in 1 dram of 25 per cent alcohol, may also be made into the substance of the gland.
Remove all crusts by washing with soap and water, then apply acetic acid, sulphur ointment, tincture of iodin or nitrate of mercury ointment once a day.
In addition to this the tumor should be painted externally with either the tincture of iodin or Lugol's solution, or the drug should be injected subcutaneously into the tumor.
When poulticing fails to reduce the swelling or produce softening, the inflamed area may be rubbed once daily with camphorated oil, compound iodin ointment, or painted twice daily with Lugol's solution of iodin.
After thoroughly cleansing the opening of the wound and its surroundings, tincture of iodin should be injected directly into the wound.
Starch-granules are recognized by their concentric striations and the fact that they stain blue with iodin solutions.
Ruhemann's reagent consists ofiodin and potassium iodid, each 1.
To a few cubic centimeters of urine or distillate in a test-tube add a few drops of tincture of iodin {85} and of ammonia alternately until a heavy black cloud appears.
The alcoholic solution is acidulated with dilute sulphuric acid, a drop of an alcoholic solution of iodin (tincture of iodin diluted about ten times) is added, and the mixture is warmed.
By this method the Spirochaete pallida appears of a violet color, which can be changed to bluish black by flooding with Gram's iodin solution for fifteen or twenty seconds.
In either case, the reaction with iodin will distinguish them.
Overlay the urine with tincture of iodindiluted with nine times its volume of alcohol.
Apply Gram's iodin solution one-half to two minutes.
Thoroughly wash off the iodin with alcohol and dry in the air.
They stain brown with iodin solution, which distinguishes them from Leptothrix buccalis (p.
This iodin reaction occurs in all purulent conditions except abscesses which are thoroughly walled off or purely tuberculous abscesses.
They are recognized by their concentric striations and their blue color with iodin solution.
Tincture of iodin may be injected into the joint capsule where there is provision for its ready evacuation, as conditions seem to require.
The dilution of iodin with an equal amount of alcohol has been practised by the author in many cases, but later this was found unnecessary.
Care is taken to apply the iodin also to the surface immediately surrounding the wound.
Where a perfect technic is executed (and no other is excusable in this operation), no infection will occur if a reasonable amount of iodin is injected.
Tincture of iodin is injected into the cavity and the parts are covered with cotton and bandaged.
Tincture of iodin was injected into the wound and towels dipped in hot antiseptic solutions were applied for several hours daily until the acute stage had passed.
The fetlock region is then enveloped with a poultice or an iodin and glycerin combination (iodin one part to seven parts of glycerin) is applied and a dressing of cotton is kept in contact with the inflamed region.
Even though the joint appears to be clean some tincture of iodin is used, as it checks the secretion of synovia and is, in every way, beneficial.
The injection of undiluted tincture of iodin in ounce quantities, it must be remembered, is not to be done unless there is provision for its free exit.
The author has made use of tincture of iodin and glycerin in the proportion of one part of iodin to seven parts glycerin, with very satisfactory results.
Except in nail pricks of the foot, occasioned by punctures, a five per cent tincture of iodin is injected into open joints, if the wound remains sufficiently open, and this treatment is continued so long as there is a discharge of synovia.
An ounce of tincture of iodin was injected into this joint after having cleansed the margin of the wound and the mare was cross-tied in a single stall to keep her from lying down.
Tincture of iodin was injected; the wound was bandaged and dressed for a month in the manner heretofore described, when all discharge had stopped.
In such cases, equal parts of tincture of iodin and glycerin are employed.
Beebe has shown that electric stimulation of the nerve supply of the thyroid diminishes the amount of iodin which it contains, and it is known that in the hyperactive thyroid in Graves' disease the iodin content is diminished.
No drug in therapeutic dosage except the iodin compounds causes a febrile response; no drug causes a chill; on the other hand, all specific toxins cause febrile responses and many cause chills.
Iodin is stored in the colloid lacunae of the thyroid and, in combination with certain proteins, is the active agent of the thyroid.
Excessive doses of iodin alone cause most of the symptoms of Graves' disease.
As we have stated, the active constituent of the thyroid is iodinin a special protein combination which is stored in the colloidal spaces.
Therefore the only laboratory studies which have been satisfactory thus far are those by which the iodin content of the thyroid has been established.
Thyroid extract and iodin have the same effect as muscular exertion and infection in the production of fever and the production of brain-cell changes.
This treatment does not affect the starch, and when cool add iodin, preferably potassium iodid-iodin (potassium iodid, 0.
When it has cooled add a drop of iodin in potassium iodid, and if starch is present there will be a blue coloration.
Cover the bottom of a porcelain capsule with the finely ground pepper, and add just enough of the iodin mixture to wet the entire mass, and mix well till it has the same consistency throughout.
Boil 50 grams of the meat for a half hour with water, strain, and to a portion of the filtrate add a few drops of potassium iodid-iodin solution (potassium iodid 0.
After it is cool, add a few drops of iodin solution slowly, avoiding a large excess though having a little uncombined iodin.
Do this by boiling some of the sample in water, and when cool adding a drop or two of iodin reagent.
If the starch is normally present the grains will be seen within the cell walls after the iodin treatment.
If the exudate tends to decrease, it perhaps may be hastened by the local application of tincture of iodin over the cardiac region.
Various iodin or iodid ointments have been used, but they probably have no more value than the administration of small doses of iodid.
Whether this iodid or iodin acts per se, or acts by stimulating the thyroid gland to increased activity and therefore to more normal activity, so that it is the thyroid secretion which is of benefit, it is difficult to decide.
Large amounts of iodin are not needed to saturate the requirements of the system for iodin, from 0.
It has long been believed that iodin in the blood tends to promote absorption of thickened, left-over material from exudates, and to prevent the formation of strong fibrous adhesions.
Iodin most readily reaches the blood as sodium or potassium iodid.
It has long been considered that iodin would inhibit abnormal connective tissue growth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "iodin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
