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For even now, all the species of fucus in the world's oceans are no longer sufficient to meet the necessary demand for iodine, since nothing more than the tincture is obtained from it. What will happen when they have produced a whole range of ointments, plasters, pills, and other compounds in polygamy with each other, which such a powerful remedy cannot do without? Since there has been no sign of such a treasure trove so far, I therefore make the following suggestion for finding it. In future, only miners afflicted with goiters and scrofula, and women suffering from menstrual disorders, should be allowed to work in the mines. If it is found that a goiter sinks here, a tarnished gland disappears there, or a woman's menstruation returns, then one has eo ipso proof that this mine must contain iodine, and one can now boldly use the earth from it as iodine-containing in suitable compounds against the aforementioned diseases. In a similar way, the effectiveness of brownstone against scabies was discovered, except that here I am reversing the conclusion, although I hope that I have not violated the rules of logic.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Thirteenth Lecture","site_heading":"Modern Consciousness and the Struggle for Spiritual Knowledge","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. Cite the unit by its title and locus, never by this heading, and do not quote it.","date":"1915-11-07","location":null,"word_count":312,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/254/1915-11-07/p018","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Dorothy S. 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