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As other minerals Iodine also has many uses in different fields. Iodine is combined with many other components based on the necessity to yield better advantages. Following are the vital uses of Iodine:

1. 1. It is the main ingredient of table salt which adds taste to food.
   2. When formed as tincture it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
   3. Used to eliminate fibrocystic breast disease and thyroid related diseases.
   4. Used as an X-ray contrast media.
   5. Used as catalysts in many chemical reactions.
   6. Used in heat stabilizers and other electrical applications.
   7. Used in the field of photography.
   8. Used in herbicides.
   9. Enhances metabolic activities.

Increases body immunity.

The Mohorovicic discontinuity is to be found between the earth’s crust mantles. Mohorovicic was a famous Croatian scientist a seismologist. He specialized in the composition of the earth, and particularly in earthquakes and in faults in the structure of the earth, which are the cause of earthquakes. Mohorovicic made up a series of layers rather like an onion. There are many of these layers all of different materials and all in a different state of development. The main layers are called the crust, the mantle, the liquid core and the solid core. The great pleasure inside the earth force the weaker areas of the rocky layers out of alignment and this pushing; twisting movement is experienced as an earthquake on the surface.

The main gold-production regions of the world are in the republic of south Africa, Ghana, southern Rhodesia, the soviet union, Canada the united states, Australia, Columbia and the Philippines. Many wars of ancient times were fought principally to secure gold as loot. Alexander the great brought back vast quantities of gold from his Persian expeditions. During the middle ages alchemists sought the philosopher’s stone which would turn base metals into gold. Exploration was stimulated by the search for the metal. The promise of it form the Indies helped Columbus to get support for his expedition. Spanish gold from Mexico and Peru greatly increased the stock held in Europe.

Some 200 surgical instruments of various kinds have been discovered in the ruins of Pompeii but, in general, the contribution of Rome to medicine was not very great. The Romans said Pliny, in the 1st century A.D., got along without doctors for 600 years. In fact if it had not been for the Greeks they might well have never had any. In the early days the Romans relied on herbs and salts as well as some horrible potions like gladiator’s blood and human fat. The first Greek doctor to win fame was Asclepiads in about 91 B.C. and he insisted upon regular diet and exercise, fresh air and cleanliness.