COTYLEDONS  OF  SIMABA  CEDRON. 
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The  following  table  exhibits  the  comparative  value  of  the  me- 
tallic productions  of  different  countries,  from  which  may  be  seen 
the  ratio  of  their  production,  as  compared,  first,  with  that  of  this 
country  taken  as  the  unit,  and,  secondly,  with  that  of  Great  Britain. 
United  States, 
Great  Britain, 
Australia, 
Mexico, 
Russian  Empire,  - 
France, 
Chili,  - 
Rest  of  South  America, 
Austrian  Empire,  - 
Prussia, 
Belgium, 
Spain,  - 
Sweden  and  Norway, 
Saxony, 
Hartz,"  - 
Italy,    -       -  - 
Switzerland,  - 
Value  of  metals 
produced. 
$79,827,000 
96,169,800 
39,428,000 
30,480,000 
25,240,000 
15,252,500 
13,144,000 
16,176,000 
11,708,000 
9.(580,000 
9.375,000 
8.016,416 
5^460,896 
1^455,000 
1.147,588 
'832,500 
375.000 
Ratio  of  production  to 
that  of 
U.  States. 
205 
494 
382 
316 
191 
165 
203 
147 
121 
118 
100 
068 
018 
014 
010 
005 
Gr't.  Britain. 
56 
1 
5- 12 
1-3 
1-  6 
4-15 
2-  15 
1-6 
1.8 
M0 
1-10 
112 
117 
1-67 
1  86 
1120 
1-240 
The  great  importance  of  our  own  metallic  resources  will  be  a* 
once  apparent  from  an  inspection  of  the  above  table.  It  will  be 
seen  that  we  are  second  only  to  Great  Britain  in  our  production, 
as  we  are  also  in  our  consumption  of  the  metals.  The  two  great 
Anglo-Saxon  countries  stand  far  before  all  others;  and  Australia, 
a  colony  of  England  of  but  a  few  years  growth,  is  the  next  compe- 
titor on  the  list.  As  our  production  of  gold  which  now  forms  so 
important  an  item  of  our  metallic  wealth,  falls  off,  as  it  assuredly 
will,  the  deficiency  may  be  more  than  made  up  by  the  development 
of  our  resources  for  the  production  of  other  metals. 
ON  THE  MEDICINAL  PROPERTIES  OP  THE  COTYLEDONS  OF 
SIMARA  CEDRON. 
Bf  S,  S.  Purple,  M.  D. 
In  the  September  number  of  the  New  York  Journal  of  Medicine, 
Dr.  Purple  has  published  a  paper  on  the  medicinal  properties 
of  cedron  seeds,  especially  as  regards  their  anti-periodic  power 
as  a  substitute  for  quinine  in  intermittents.    We  have  already 
noticed   the  history  and  botanical  origin  of  these  seeds,  and 
the  observations   of  Dr.  Purple   are  too  strictly  medical  and 
extended  to  transfer  them  to  our  pages;  yet  whilst  referring 
