[Report 1926] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1926] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![this, both were cases that I should have predicted as likely to prove brilliant successes. On the other hand, several cases in which I thought any line of treatment hopeless, have been amongst the most successful. This brings up the question of method of treatment. In the earlier cases, all were treated on the same lines, starting with Collosol Iodine Liq., a dram three times daily, reducing to twice daily after seven days. Following on this Iodised sweets were given, either in the form of chocolate, butter¬ scotch or pastilles. In the two former, one sweet was taken every fifth day, in the latter one pastille twice daily. While a certain amount of success was obtained with the liquid iodine, it was not so marked, nor were the effects seen so soon as when sweets were used, and as a result of a year’s experience, I am gradually discarding the use of liquid iodine, and pinning my faith to iodised sweets. In one or two instances cases have responded in a most remarkable way to the pastilles ; while every other form of Iodine was, by comparison, a failure. There is apparenth^ no reason why this should be, more particularly when it is borne in mind that in other cases this particular method of administration produced little, if any, effect. This only goes to show that a considerable amount of further experience will be necessary before things begin to fall into their proper places. At present I find it impossible to foretell which cases will respond to any one method, or whether they will respond at all. No use was made of Tincture of Iodine in milk, a most perfect colloidal solution, though \'ery good results have been obtained by this method, especially in cases of actinomycosis. This method appears to me to be impracticable in the case of School Clinics, owing to the impossibility of supervising each dose taken. Nor has any nse been made of Collosol Iodine Oil, whieh ])romises well in cases of ringworm and alopoecia. In a further report at the end of the ])resent year, it is hoped that it will be possible to furnish some notes on these cases.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132368_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
