Iodine, Merck Manual, 1899
A search on "iodine" in the 1899 Merck Manual returns 96 hits. "Iodide", 100 hits. Were I to repeat the search using the term "iodopin" or "iodophorm", even more results would be returned...
Below is a sampling of conditions for which iodine in one or another form was prescribed in 1899. Iodine was certainly NOT the only suggested medicine, I am listing these conditions only to show you the wide range of conditions for which iodine was once prescribed. It was prescribed in many forms, from tincture to potassium iodide to iodized oil, and administered in a variety of ways, from internal dosing to painting to injection to inhalation. Some of the indications are to be expected, such as the use of iodine for goiter or uterine fibroid. Others were unexpected, such as the use of an iodine enema in hepatitis. This manual was published well after the initial iodine enthusiasm in the early part of the century, so I imagine that these treatments were well-established in 1899.
asthma
iodine: painting the line of the pneumogastric nerve with liniment or tincture in pure spasmodic asthma
Hordeolum(stye).- see also, eyelids
Iodine tincture
Meningitis, tubercular
Iodine
Ovarian diseases
Carbolate of Iodine
Smallpox
Iodine
Emphysema
Potassium iodide
Empyela
Iodine
endometriosis
iodine, iodi-tannin, solution of iodine and tannic acid, on cotton wool
Enuresis
Iodine
epydidimitis
iodine
erysypalis
iodine, solution not too strong painted over.
exotosis
iodine, potassium iodide
fever
carbolate of iodine, in the later stages of typhoid, and in chronic malarial poisoning
fractures
iodine, antiseptic dressing
freckles
iodine
glanders and farcy: more info here: Glanders in a Military Research Microbiologist
iodine
glandular enlargements
iodine, internally and painted around, not over the gland.
iodoform, as a dressing to breaking-down glands.
iodoformogen: equitable and persistent in action on open glands.
iodole: internally
lead iodide: ointment
goiter
iodine: internally, and locally as ointment or tincture, and as injection
iodoform
iodoformogen
iodothyrine
potassium iodide
gout
iodide of potassium
iodine
iodoform
iron iodide
gums, diseases of
iodine tincture, locally
hepatitis
iodine, as enema
hepatic diseases
iodine or iodides
hernia
iodine
hydrocele
iodine
hydrocephalus
iodine, potassium iodide
hydrothorax
iodine, injections after tapping.
inflammation
iodine, locally
joint affections, see also arthritis, bursitis, etc
iodine
iodoform
iodoformogen, more diffusible and persistent than iodoform
iodole
iron iodide
keratitis- see also, corneal opacities
potassium iodide
laryngitis, acute
iodine, as inhalation and counter-irritant over neck.
laryngitis, chronic
iodine, as counter-irritant
lupus
iodine, in glycerin
measles
iodine
meningitis, tubercular
iodine
menorhaggia and metrorrhagia- see also, amenorhea, hemmorhage, uterine tumors
iodine
mercurial cachexia - a condition arising from over-use of mercury- containing medications. for more: mercurial cachexia
iodine and iodides
iodopin
iodohemol
nausea
iodine
nevus- see also, tumors, warts
iodine, paint
obesity
iodides
iodoform
iodole
odontalgia
iodine: painted on to remove tartar on teeth; and in exposure of fang due to atrophy of gum.
opthalmia- see also, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis
iodine, iodoform, iodoformogen, iodole
ozena- see also, catarrh, chronic, nasal
carbolate of iodine
glycerine and iodine
iodine: as inhalation. Much benefit is derived from washing out the nose with a solution of common salt, to which a few drops of the tincture of iodine have been added.
iodopin
iodoform
iodoformogen
iodole
pericarditis- see also, endocarditis
iodides
iodine
peritonitis
iodine
pharyngitis- see also, throat, sore, tonsillitis
iodine, iodoform
iodoformogen
phthisis- see also, cough, hemoptysis, hectic fever, perspiration, night sweats, laryngitis, tubercular, meningitis, peritonitis, etc
iodine: liniment as a counter-irritant to remove the consolidation in early stages, and to remove pain and cough later, as inhalation to lessen cough and expectoration.
iodine tincture
iodopin
iodoform: inhalation
iodole
uterine tumors
iodine
a sampling of iodine preparations found in the 1899 Merck Manual:
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