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is said that in the form of an enema (one part of Wermolin to four of glycerine and y : 
water), it is effective for threadworm. 
Experiments with Wermolin made by Bruning on children between the ages of 
2 and 14 confirm the efficacy of the remedy. Children of all ages take the emulsion 
without trouble, in the required dose, although the peculiar strong odour and taste of 
the wormseed oil are not covered in any marked degree. In every case the remedy 
was effective. It is advisable to give an aperient (castor oil or “Laxine”’ tablets) about 
two hours after the last dose of Wermolin. Brtining thinks that the remedy is probably 
effective also in threadworm, but he has made no observations in regard to this. 
Prof. R. Kobert of Rostock has written to inform us that he has succeeded in 
detecting the presence of two saponin-bodies in the herb and the seeds of Chenopodium 
ambrostoides, L. var. anthelminticum, Gray as well as in other plants belonging to the 
N. O. Chenopodiacee, such as sugar-beet and spinach. Of these two, the acid saponin 
body, which has a powerful action upon the blood, occurs in considerable proportions. 
This discovery is of particular interest inasmuch as the anthelmintic action of the 
powdered drug is due to these saponin-bodies as well as to the essential oil. Kobert 
suspects that these bodies are found in the leaves and are then deposited in the seeds, 
and that this apparently applies not only to Chenopodium but to all the represen- 
tatives of the Family of the Chenopodiacee. Where tubers are present, the saponin- 
bodies are also deposited in them. 
Wormwood Oil. According to the report supplied by our New York friends the 
last crop, owing to the dry weather which prevailed, has been smaller than that of 
1912, but as the consumption in many of the former markets has been greatly reduced 
owing to legislative measures, large stocks, estimated at not less than two-thirds of 
the total yield of the crop, have accumulated both in the West and in NewYork. It 
will be necessary to abate the quotations considerably if this excess of wormwood 
oil is to be liquidated before the next crop comes in. Our own German wormwood 
oil from herb grown at Miltitz is in better demand than the American oil, and the 
supplies of it which are still available may be just sufficient to hold out until the 
arrival of the new crop. 
Ylang-Ylang Oil. The sale of our “Sartorius” brand, which continues to receive 
the preference, and to lead the market in respect of quality, has been normal, but in 
the prevailing conditions it is difficult to find new customers for the article, the reason 
being that the superiority of our brand usually only makes itself perceptible in the 
finished perfumes. Hence it is natural that the cheap Réunion- and Madagascar-oils 
which are being offered from France constitute a great temptation to discard the 
Manila oil. Unfortunately the statistics published by the Chamber of Commerce of 
St.-Denis no longer give particulars from which the exports of Réunion oil can be 
seen, but to all appearance the total for 1913 was about the same as that for 1912. 
In the Jahresbericht of the Biological-Agricultural Institute of Amani*) for April 
1912 —13 we find a notice relating to the distillation of ylang ylang flowers”) which 
has been carried out there. The distilling-plant available at Amani is very unsuitable 
for the purpose, because it is bricked-up at the laboratories, at a distance of about , 
1) Der Pfanzer 10 (1914), 32. — *%) Comp. Report October 1911, 102. 
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