Note on the Utility of Iodoform in the Treatment of Phthisis, and Its Occasional Toxic Effects

Righini, who maintains that this substance is superior to other preparations of Iodine in possessing anaesthetic as well as antiseptic and antimiasmatic properties. It does not cause the local irritation and other symptoms which result from other preparations of iodine. The drug was found in the excretions, also in the blood, in saliva, sweat, milk, tears, mucus of nose, menstrual fluid, urine, bile, faeces, and liq. ammii. Emaciation was never observed. It was given in doses amounting to three grammes daily; after very large doses Maitre observed appearances of iodism.* Attention was directed to this drug by Semmola at the