International Clinics, 1906, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from International Clinics, 1906, Vol. 3: A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and Especially Prepared Original Articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Dermatology Iodine is one of the most diffusible substances in the blood. It can be recovered from the saliva within fifteen minutes after its administration. Aside from its elimination by the kidneys it leaves the body mainly by way of the mucosa of the respiratory tract. If it is true, as claimed, that at the points of elimination of iodine by the mucous surfaces the chemical changes set free ozone which causes what irritation ensues, it is possible to obviate any such effect by the selection of proper preparations, and by correct dosage. The alterative and tonic effect of iodine is a matter of every - day clinical experience. Over thirty years ago, Bouchard ascertained that an increased nitrogeneous metabolism resulted from the administration of iodides, and Duchesne has called attention to the increased excretion of urea from the use of iodides. Whether the tonic effect is simply the reaction of the system when some handicap has been removed, as has been claimed by some syphilo graphers in relation to the action of iodine in specific disease, or whether the tonic action is the result of a more or less maintained dilatation of the finest blood-vessels resulting in improved nutrition, as has been claimed by certain French therapeutists as resulting from the iodine element of the various salts, are matters of theory. The clinical facts of improved nutrition and elimination cannot be denied, and clinical results determine in the end the value of any remedy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.