There is still another point that I wish to bring out, and that is in regard to the fee that the practitioner charges for the handling of a case with more or less costly iodine preparations. Usually, his fee is too low. The practitioner should consider the fact that, in not a few of the cases in which he uses topical iodine treatment, he is actually depriving himself of a surgical fee, and the charge that he makes for the treatment, in place of the operation that would otherwise be required, should, in some degree at least, offset the loss thus apparent. In some cases, it is even possible to get a larger fee under these conditions, for, frequently, the owner of an animal would much prefer that a given condition be cured without a surgical operation, and would offer no serious objection to a higher fee for the correction of the condition by a prolonged course of topical iodine medication. In the case of a valuable animal, where scar formation might depreciate the value, the smooth results, that are not uncommonly attained with iodine preparations, actually deserve to be rated as much more agreeable, and, therefore, worth a larger fee, than a surgical operation. Whenever resort is had, by the veterinarian, to applications of iodine, in considerable amounts, he should not hesitate to inform the client that the agent used is costly, and that a special charge will be made therefor. Many veterinary practitioners have come into the habit of writing prescriptions for all iodine preparations that they find it necessary to use, while all other medicines they dispense out of their own pharmacy. I do not consider this good practice, for several reasons. The main fault that I find in this is the one making it possible for the client to have the prescription refilled without consulting the veterinarian. It is nothing unusual for a prescription to be given to neighbors or relatives, thus depriving the veterinarian of his fee. Another reason that I have for finding fault with this practice, is that many druggists will not fill a veterinary prescription honestly; seeing that it is “only for a horse” or a cow, they do not hesitate to use drugs, in compounding the prescription, that they would not think of putting into a prescription for a human being--old drugs, drugs of inferior quality, and the like. For these, as well as other equally important reasons, the veterinarian should dispense all iodine preparations, just as he does all others. He should not be deterred, from using these preparations, on account of the slightly higher price which he must pay for them, if he makes it a point to impress the worth of the article on his client, and charges the fee that he should. V. Method of Using Regional Iodine Therapy in the Correction of Various Pathological Conditions.