Use of Thymol Iodide in Interstitial Keratitis
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Thymol iodide is a compound of iodine and and thymol, sometimes called "Aristol," but more correctly dithymol diiodide. It was introduced into medicine for the purpose of acting as a substitute for iodoform. It should be kept in amber-coloured phials to protect it from light. Its colour varies from that of chocolate to reddish-yellow. This medicine is being sold in the market under the trade name Aristol (Bayer). So far I have not read in any textbook of ophthalmology that thymol iodide is of marked value in interstitial keratitis when dusted into the eye each day, and I think it is not used for this complaint in any of the eye clinics in Northern India. The following case will serve as an illustration:?
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