Ointments of iodine are especially serviceable in all conditions in which it is desired to obtain the remote effects of topical iodine medication, and in which the effect desired is a gradual, intensive saturation of the parts treated with the iodine. In choosing an iodine ointment for this use, the veterinarian should select a preparation in which the iodine exists free and uncombined with other agents, in a vehicle that is blandly penetrating and non-irritating. I can highly recommend Iodex, as fulfilling exactly these requirements. It can be applied freely and indefinitely, and, even when the course of treatment is exceptionally prolonged, the parts to which it is being applied show no sign of being irritated. With other preparations, it is often necessary to discontinue the applications for a time because of the local irritating effect. This delays not only the ultimate recovery of the patient, but may even result in the cure being only partly satisfactory. In addition to its non-irritating properties, Iodex is much more active than any other ointment preparation of iodine with which I am acquainted, and it has the remarkably noteworthy property of leaving no stains. Although the ointment is a rich blue-black in appearance, it may be applied to the treated area with the bare hand, and will not stain the fingers. This is a quality not possessed by any other active iodine ointment to my knowledge. Iodex can be obtained from all large wholesale drug houses and distributors of veterinary supplies. It is a Menley & James product. Should the veterinarian have difficulty in obtaining Iodex from his regular supply house, I would advise him, rather than accept a substitute, to obtain it from them direct, by writing to their New York Office at No. 168 Duane Street. I have used many iodine preparations in my practice during the past fifteen years, and have found in Iodex the ideal veterinary iodine ointment because, as I have already pointed out, the iodine in it appears to be in a free state, uncombined with detracting agents, it is blandly penetrating and, therefore, will positively not irritate the most tender animal skin, and it does not stain the hands with which it is applied.
Comparing its properties and its marked activity with that of other iodine ointments, it is by far the most economical for the veterinarian to use.
Iodex is one of those preparations, so rare, that the veterinarian soon learns to appreciate highly and without which he finds it difficult to conduct his practice, once he has made its acquaintance. He finds that there are so many conditions in which it is the only pharmaceutical article that exactly fills all the therapeutic requirements, and he is able to obtain with it results that he did not think possible before he made its acquaintance. Iodex exceeds in activity the other iodine preparations to the same extent that an autogenous bacterin exceeds in specificity that of a stock bacterin, and I would advise that every practitioner of veterinary medicine who has not yet made its acquaintance write at once to Menley & James, No. 168 Duane Street, New York City, for a trial package. I make this recommendation with a full realization of the fact that Iodex is a proprietary agent, and the veterinarian will, in the light of my numerous contributions to ethical veterinary literature, correctly infer that Iodex must indeed be an agent of more than ordinary merit.
Oily Solutions or Mixtures of Iodine.
Sub-acute and chronic skin lesions.
Acute, dry skin diseases.
For injection into synovial bursae when the tincture of iodine is contra-indicated.
To anoint arms and hands in the handling of obstetrical cases.
For direct application to mucous membranes.
Ringworm.