| Show i v T cT T HE FAMILY DOCTOR I By John Joseph Gaines M M. D. D 1 11 THE OLD RELIABLE Say what we will will try will tryout try out what we may may may- the fact remains remains re re- mains ins that our old friend IODINE IO IODINE IODINE IO- IO DINE remains the cheapest most reliable best antiseptic The fhe tourist with a couple of ounces of tincture of iodine in liis his kit may feel absolute assurance as- as assurance assurance that he has the best emergency application known for possible recent open wounds Indeed no tourist-kit tourist is complete without this time honored time proven enemy of oft dangerous d s bacteria t Let het L t us rem remember that the I skilled n 4 surgeon preparing pre Pre- paring g to cro y ca capi pi piS tal tai o opera opera- ra- ra S 1 first cr cleanses the site of t. t incision jn incision isio with soap and water th then n he swabs the entire field I with tincture of iodine then thena 1 a gash of pure grain Brain alcohol to rem remove ve the stain stain stain- stain and and the operation opI op op- I er proceeds boldly boldy Y an and d safely ly for the patient Nothing c c c cn n be better than perfection in antisepsis I The uses o of Iodine are man many Y Yf 1 f tj I rry ry r and internally iodine ranks ranks' among our first agents as a t I blood It purifies bad blood by destroying the i i agent or ag- ag ag ag- J Iodine in the form of of I iodides combats the most serious ser ser- ious ioUi of blood toxemias would think of iodine first if I were I to name humanity's greatest I benefactor in the way of m med med- d- d dI I I I This week I was informed inform d by bya a friend of a new use for iodine He had acquired d an r acute case of sunburn amounting amount ing almost to blisters In agony I he took the first agent at atI I hand liand He put a t teaspoonful of tincture of iodine into a glass of water vater and bathed the affected skin freely freely freely- furious furiously ly furious he said said- He tried it again and again in similar conditions always with perfect relief Is s snot not this worth a trial I am very slow to abandon old reliable remedies for the new r d products |
