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/  Miscellanies. 411 
Mr. Oakes informs us that the marl, now mentioned, is on the 
Chesapeake Bay, about sixty miles from the capes, and the deposit — 
is so extensive that millions of bushels may be obtained. Itis con- — 
venient to navigation, and it is supposed that it may be delivered 
on board of vessels at four or five cents a bushel. — How far this 
material may admit of transportation to distant states we cannot say, 
but it admits of no doubt that on certain soils it must be a very val- 
uable manure, and we should be pleased to have the ne tried | 
within those States, which can obtain it with facility. 
‘The subject of marl has received but little attention agiyer in this 
country, parts of the Western States, and particularly in the easterm 
states, while it is well: known that it is highly efficacious in other 
countries, and in some parts of this. On the territory of James 
Wadsworth, Esq., and of his brother; General Wadsworth, at Gen- 
eseo, New York, the soil contains a natural marl, which renders teas 
permanently fruitful in the production of wheat so that it needs — 
the usual additions of animal and —— matter. de 
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12. Iodine in Angina Pion «The case of Dr. B. Ljois 
Oliver, was mentioned in Vol. XVI, p.. 176. From the same gen- 
tleman, under date of May 28, we derive the following statement. 
Mr. W. p, near Baltimore, had been for about five years — 
a 
afflicted with oud Angina Pectoris, to such a degree, that while walk- 
ing he was obliged to stop and stand still two or three times in a 
hundred yards, and during the above period he had no intermissi 
of his symptoms. He then took the Iodine, agreeably to Dr. Oli- 
ver’s prescription,* and in one fortnight was able to walk six miles ° 
without any inconvenience, and with no more fatigue than he had 
usually felt when his health was good. On a return of the symp- 
ms, the iodine was again and again resorted to, and as often as- 
suaged the complaint. In a more recent letter, Mr. Worthington 
says that he has for seven months enjoyed good health, having a re- 
gular pulse, and no symptoms of the Angina Pectoris, except from 
great fatigue or excitement, although he was occasionally seized with 
great weakness. With an abstemious diet, a regular life, and an 
issue in his om: he had been able to live for a good while wanors 
the iodine. ? 
* Solution, 20 grs. iodine to 1 oz. of eo Ea — ina day, bonis 
with six drops, and gradually increasing the dose ‘e 16 or 
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