rabbits. The slight depressive effect of chenopodium oil on the oe yn 
is ascribed to the higher content of carbonic acid of the rabbit blood. — 
; Eaocnting y between’ 0.03 nd 0.35. cc. per kilo Sore one withe 
The influence of chenopodium oil on the coritractibility of the bower is 
in a paper by Salant and C. W. Mitchell‘). Given in the form of Locke’s sol | 
chenopodium oil causes a distinct and lasting tonus decrease in the isolated ral 
bowel, and reduces the frequency and strength of the contractions. This, howe e 
disappears after 20 to 25 minutes. In Locke’s solution free from oil recovery sets 
In carnivores American wormseed oil mostly causes. a tonus increase, followed by 
subsequent lasting decrease. The rhythmical contractions increase in frequency bu 
disappear finally. Here, too, in solution free from oil recovery sets in. The reacti 
after chenopodium oil was most pronounced in the colon and was greater than in t 
ileum and jejunum. Caffein does not act antagonistically, it increases, however, t 
tonus reduction. Neither are barium chloride and pilocarpine antagonistical, but, add 
previous to administration, they act retardatively on the tonus depression. Af 
poisoning with chenopodium oil pilocarpine is without effect, on the other hand bariu 
chloride decreases the tonus. Comparatively large doses of chenopodium oil ar 
required in intravenous injection with rabbits in order to decrease the” peristaltic 
movements. The authors presume the presence of antagonistical bodies. 
In a lecture on intestine parasites given in Rostock, Briining*) gave a few particularem 
on the treatment of oxyuris disease. The removal of the worms from the rectum can be 
effected by irrigation with a solution of 15 to 25 drops of chenopodium oil in one litre of. 
water. In the treatment of round-worms the oil may be used as suchas as santoning 
Oil of Wormwood. The legislation relating to absinthe‘*) Hae hit contain district i 
of France very severely. Cultivation of wormwood was looked upon as the principa 
source of income in many places, such as /.i. in the little town Orly in the distr 
of Ivry-sur-Seine which was almost exclusively dependent for its livelihood on t 
income derived from this source®). In order to indemnify the cultivators for th 
considerable losses the whole of the wormwood crop was bought by the Governmen 
and destroyed. In Orly, alone wormwood cultivations of a value of fr. 100000.— we 
thus destroyed in the course of a few days. It appears that the same was done 
the districts of Houdan, Milly, Orsay and in several other places. besides. 
gives the eaitewing: constants: 
For the oil from mature leaves: dis0 0.8437; %p — 6.359; nyo i 4474; acid. ve 0 
sap. v. 2.81; after acet. 20.53; sol. p. +3°. : : ee 
oS ee 5 x 6 ens Oe 
1) Amer. Journ. Physiol. 89 (1915), 37; Chem. Zentralbl. 1916, I. 803. — 2) Locke’s salute Cl 
0.03 per cent. of calcium chloride, 0.9 per cent. of sodium chloride and 0.04 per cent. of bicarbonate of 
— 3%) Zeitschr. f. drztl. Fortbildung 18 (1916), 373. — *) See Report April 1907, 103; April 1908, 116 
1909, 92. — 5) Chemie, Ztg. f. d. ges. chem. Ind. 8 (1915), N° 2006 to 2010 of Nov. 15%. — -8) Foi 
Tokyo 18 (1915), 1077; Journ. Soc. Chem. Industry 84 (1915), 1270. Saye 
