Dilute povidone-iodine solution has been widely used as an irrigant for the treatment of mediastinitis. However, its use is not without adverse effects and often causes poor growth of granulation tissues. To avoid the problems seen with the use of povidone-iodine solution, we applied electrolyzed strong acid aqueous solution (ESAAS) to mediastinal irrigation in 4 patients (2 infants and 2 adult...

T HE practice of chemistry is concerned very largely with the carrying out of chemical reactions whereby new substances are produced from old. The substances entering into the reaction are'known as reagents, and the substances produced as products. One of the factors in chemical reactions which is subject to human control and manipulation is summarized in the Law of Mass Action. This law, in si...

Since Spallanzini first described salamander limb regeneration in 1769, there has been slow progress in understanding this process. Potential treatment benefits from regeneration are worth the effort. A hypothesis that topical iodine would regenerate human scar tissue is tested by applying Lugol’s solution to four scars of various sizes, degree of damage, and location for variable lengths of ti...

In the August number of the Indian Medical Gazette, Captain Windsor experimenting with iodine, found that it was lethal to cholera, typhoid and coli organisms in one minute, when present in the strength of 1 part in 260,000, and lethal to anthrax and Hay bacilli spores in the same time, but in the dilution of 1 part in 8,000. These experiments coincided with mine, as also did his chlorine value...

Nonresonant optical second harmonic generation (SHG) is used to monitor the adsorption of bisulfate, chloride, bromide, and iodide anions at polycrystalline platinum electrodes in aqueous solutions. Different polarization combinations of the fundamental and second harmonic beams are used to probe changes in the surface nonlinear susceptibility tensor elements caused by adsorption, reaction, and...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Congenital hypothyroidism due to iodine deficiency is the most common cause of preventable mental retardation in the world. The lowest level of iodine deficiency during pregnancy could result in disorders such as miscarriage, premature delivery, intrauterine fetal death, low birth IQ, mental retardation, hearing difficulty and speech impediments. This study aimed to ev...

iodine deficiency is the most important preventable cause of mental deficiency. the aim of this study was to specify the phase during fetal and postnatal development when iodine supplementation would have optimum effect on the prevention of brain damage. materials and methods forty schoolchildren aged 7-13 years, from the previously iodine deficient villages of kiga and randan, were divided int...