Essay on the effects of iodine on the human constitution : with practical observations on its use in the cure of bronchocele, scrophula, and the tuberculous diseases of the chest and abdomen / by W. Gairdner.
- Gairdner, William, 1793-1867.
- Date:
- 1824
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Essay on the effects of iodine on the human constitution : with practical observations on its use in the cure of bronchocele, scrophula, and the tuberculous diseases of the chest and abdomen / by W. Gairdner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Those parts, also, which were most exposed to the action of the poison, were thinner and more transparent than the others, and were easily torn asunder. The mucous membrane in the neighbourhood of the pylorus was found much inflamed, swelled, and covered with a crust of coagulated lymph. •rorfJogoJlf? o-iov/ to 'tTto tttroiiU aboa Joao-iow Ytibosqi! 010m dpum eMir nosioq orii fy&fi]]&&i The affection of the alimentary canal which we have described above, is plainly to be ascribed to the acrid operation of iodine on its mucous membrane. I have never witnessed it in any considerable degree when this medicine had not been taken internally. But I have seen slight pains of stomach, accompanied with copious bilious evacuations, attend its external use. These never proceed to the degree of violence which marks the internal exhibition. Indeed, it is rare to see them .cjuin&fty considerable degree disturb the comfort of the patient. It is not thus when> taken into the stomach. The case of the young lady related above, sufficiently shows its](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2146151x_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
