Observations on the remarkable effects of iodine, in bronchocele and scrophula : being a translation of three memoirs / originally published in the Bibliothèque Universelle ; by J. R. Coindet.

  • Jean-Francois Coindet
Date:
1824
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    I desired him to use a solution of hydriodate of potass, in the dose of twelve drops three times a day. In the course of two months, the swellings in the neck, which had pained him from his infancy, were quite dispersed, and at the same time his sufferings in the chest were so much diminished, that he requested to be allowed to continue the medicine. I allowed him to use it a fortnight longer, at the end of which time he was quite free from complaint.* CASE, By Dr. KoUey, of Breslau. From the London Medical and Physical Journal. Scarcely had the account of iodine been published, when Dr. Kolley resolved to try it upon himself for a goitre of con- siderable size, and of ten years' standing, which had already resisted all the supposed remedies of this disease. His re- spiration was much impeded; he could neither walk quickly, nor for any considerable length of time; he could not go up stairs without difficulty, nor exert his voice. To these symp- toms were added frequent and violent congestions about the head- During the employment of the iodine he scrupulously ^ followed the prescription of M. Coindet (ten drops of the > tincture three times a day in syrup) for a fortnight: this dose was taken without any inconvenience. During the second fortnight he experienced disagreeable effects from the increase * This young gentleman ultimately fell a victim to the com- plaint in his chest. The case is only brought forward as one il- lustrative of the effects of iodine, in discussing scrophulous tumours. Dr. Gairdner, in allusion to the beneficial effects of iodine, re- marks, I have used this medicine in cases where I had good evidence of the presence of tubercles in the lungs; and 1 do not doubt that it will be found to be serviceable in the incipient stages of the disease. But in advanced periods, where extensive dis- organisation has taken ])lace, I think the symptoms may be aggra- vated by its use. Some cases in which it was prescribed were benefited in so marked a manner as to induce me to suppose that I had at length met with a remedy for that intractable and cruel malady. I have not the smallest doubt of its efficacy in relieving many diseases of the chest. Dr. Coindet, I am well aware, for-
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