This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
In this malady, especially when occurring in strumous subjects, and accompanied with enlarged mesenteric glands, the external use of iodine in the form of ointment, liniment, or compress, should be conjoined with internal treatment.
 
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