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Effects of Iodine in Scrofulous Diseases 1831

Title: Essays on the Effects of Iodine in Scrofulous Diseases; Including an Inquiry into the Mode of Preparing Ioduretted Baths
Author: Lugol, Jean Guillaume Auguste
Description: xiv, 218 pp. (8vo) 9x5½, original boards. First English Edition.Translated from the French by W.B. O'Shaughnessy. "Lugol made a number of important contributions in the classification, etiology, and treatment of tuberculosis including the employment of iodides, which he also used to treat goiter and other maladies. The iodide compound, Lugo's solution, still bears his name." (Heirs of Hippocrates).
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: S. Highley
Date Published: 1831