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 ulceration about the cornea, and in granular lids, iodine tincture is a good application; and the liniment, painted round the eye, relieves the photophobia so frequent in scrofulous children.
 
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