The New York herald., 1863-12-11
IODINE WATER.

ployed in various diseases with the most marked
advantage.
DR.. Alexander Manson. or st. Mary's Hospital
Nottingham, England, in his highly interesting
work on "The Effects Of Iodine uses this Ian
guage:-"My attention had for some time been
directed to discover the active matter in burnt
sponge that proves remedial in Bronchocele
(scrofulous affections of the glands of the neck),
when / learnt through the medium Of the London
medical journals that DR.. Coindet had employed
Iodine in the cure of GOitre with very great sue
cess. Immediately obtained supply of this sub
stance, and experience very soon convinced me of
its superior powers over burnt sponge in the cure
OF that disease When employed in administering
Iodine in the cure of BronchoceeI was SO fortunate
as to discover several new'facts, and partly'trom
these and partly from analogy l was induced to
extend.'the employment Of this medicine TO the
cure OF other diseases, z:-Bronchocele or
Goitre, Paralysis, Chorea or st. Vitus' Dance
scrofua scrofuous Ophthalmia, Deafness Diss
phagia, White swellings and Distortion Of the
Spine. have recommended the treatment by
iodine in these cases, not from caprice or fondness
for novelty but because found it much more eff
cacious than any other method with which am
acquainted. l have treated upward of
eighty cases Of Scrofula and Scrofulous Ophthal
mia with iodine and in very large proportion Of
the cases, when the medicine was persevered in,
the disease was either cured or the general health
and local disease very much ameliorated. am
not without hopes that in Iodine we possess a
remedy that bids fairer than any other to prevent
the formation Of tubercles lin the lungs) or to
dissipate them in their i,cipient state. But, with
respect TO the efficacy Of Iodine in Scrofua and
Scrofulous Ophthamia, ] think my experience
warrants me in prOnouncng it to be, by far the
most powerful and energetic medicine that have
employed in the cure of these diseases.'
Dr. Charles Cogswell, Of Edinburg, remarks
"As Iodine acts powerfully on the digestive
tube, it should also affect the urinary organs;
many OF the members decidedly experienced these
secondary effects. Moreover, since Iodine acts
not only upon the surface Of the intestines, but
also on that of the parts which open into them on
the glands Of the mouth and stomach, it should in.
crease the sGlirGry, gastric, pdncredtic and
bilidry secretione. 1t must, therefore, modify in
high degree the processes of assimilation and
nutrition If properly employed. Should we not
expect the best effects from it in diseases of the
visccra, depending upon weakness and a con.
gested state Of these organs, in scrOfua and SINH
lar Affections" He further says:-"Though
powerful agent, it usually acquires it's sway by
slow and obscure approaches"
at has been proved by DR.. Buchanan, Of Clas-
gov, Cantu and others that Iodine enters into
number Of the secreiOns, and il has been detected
in the urine. sweat, milk and blood; but it does
not accumulate in the system, as was proven by
Drs. Manson, Becgnerel and Datop.'
Iodine has the power Of dissoviDg mercury and
lead, and the presence of organic matter does not
prevent these changes. II dissolves metallic mer.
curry, and all the mercurial compounds which con
possibly occur in the living body. Melsens Is Of
the opinion that Iodine acts curatively in these
cases, by dssolving the fixed union existing be-
tween the metal and the organic tissues and by
forming soluble compound, which passes of by
the kidneys. DR.. Seguin, French physician,
praises its effects In obstinate intermittents which
have resisted 9uinine. DR.. Lugo mentions in.
stances, among his scrofulous patients. in which it
cured obstructed and painful menstruations. II
has been afirmed in the London Lancet, that in
Of suppressed measles and scarlatina it will
frequently induce healthy reaction under the
most desperate circumstances.
The use Of Iodine in Neuralgia has been Of the
utmost benefit. patient whose life had been
embittered for five years with newopdh.fc ndla.
dies and who suffered at the time from very
painful affection of the head and neck, with occa
sional and frequent pain Of the arms and legs, was
speedily relieved, and within six weeks complete
ly cured, after arsenic, mercury and most OF the
narcotics had been prescribed in vain. In differ
ent forms Of rheumatism, Iodine has been given
with the greatest success. When Rheumatism as
sumes chronic form, or if there should exist
strumous or syphilitic taint, remedy is equal TO
Iodine. In glandular engagements and morbid
growth the power of Iodine is highly esteemed.
In induration and enlargement Of the liver or
spleen, where mercury has failed or is inadmissi
bic. Iodine forms the best strecourse."
Dr. Horace Green, President of the New York
Medical College, is Of the opiniontha, an increased
nutrition OF the body, or enb0npo,t is the result
Of the employment of Iodine. He further says, in
the administration Of Iodine in focular diseases
al have found almost invariably specific effect
produced upon the organs OF secretion by the use
Of the medicine, and equally salutary the effects
produced ordinarily on the digestive organs"
In Scrofulous Diseases the most interesting re.
suits have been accomplishedby The use of Iodine.
We are indebted TO the eminent DR.. Lugol, of
Paris for the most extended and valuable re.
searches in the Of Iodine in the different forms
OF Scrofula. This physician began a systematic
course Of treatment with this remedy in the ST.
Louis Hospital, Paris, in 1927. lie made known
his results in three memoirs, published in 1929
1880 and 1881 in which he infers hot he most as
totdsl0g results may be anticipated ,then Iodine
can De tssOlrcd in pure ,rGter.
These memoirs give the details of success
which would stagger belief were not the results
substantiated by committees OF distinguished ply.
scians Of the French Royal Academy Of sciences
The most happy results are also recorded Of the
treatment of rheumatism, both chronic and acute
and in syphilis where the distress and agony were
almost uncomfortable, the patient has been relieved
in an exceedingly short time. Many cases of White
Swelling have been cured and in some where
much disorgsnization had occurred and the loss Of
a whole limb was apprchcnded, the use Of Iodine
arrested the destructive process and the limbs