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and  glandular  systems,  brings  morbid  deposits  in  the  organic 
tissues  into  a  solvent  condition,  and  promotes  their  removal  out  of 
the  system  by  the  increased  secreting  and  excreting  activity  of 
the  kidneys,  and  this  whether  the  same  have  been  occasioned  by 
simply  inflammatory,  scrofulous,  syphilitic,  or  gouty  affections. 
The  diseases  in  which  extensive  experience  has  proved  its  cura- 
tive effects,  are,  scrofula  and  glandular  swellings,  bronchial  affec- 
tions, disordered  condition  of  the  follicles  of  the  mucous 
membrane,  and  thickening  of  the  membane  itself,  mesenteric 
disorders,  enlargement  or  hardening  of  the  testicle,  female  dis- 
orders of  the  womb  generally.  It  is  especially  distinguished 
above  all  ordinary  remedies  for  its  effects  in  urinary  diseases. 
Also  in  diseases  of  the  bones  and  joints.  In  one  case  of  exces- 
sive obesity  it  effected  a  cure  by  a  reduction  in  the  weight  of  the 
body  of  133  pounds.  It  only  remains  to  state  that  the  water  pre- 
serves its  equality  for  years,  in  fact  indefinitely,  and  that  the 
salt,  &c,  that  it  contains  are  brought  into  a  saleable  form,  and 
that  both  the  water  itself  and  the  salts  will  soon  be  probably  on 
sale  in  London. — London.  Pharm.  Journ. 
ANALYSIS  OF  HIGHLAND  "  CUTWEED "  KELP. 
By  John  Lamont,  Student  in  Dr.  Wallace's  Laboratory,  Glasgow.* 
Although  kelp  is  prepared  in  large  quantities  for  the  iodine 
manufacture,  very  few  analyses  have  been  made  of  it.  Indeed, 
the  only  reliable  analysis  published  in  the  chemical  journals  is 
that  of  a  specimen  of  Orkney  «  drift-weed  "  by  Mr.  George  W. 
Brown. f 
The  subject  of  the  present  analysis  is  cutweed  kelp,  so  called 
from  its  being  prepared  from  sea-weeds  cut  away  from  the  rocks 
at  low  water.  It  was  manufactured  at  the  Island  of  Uist,  one 
of  the  Hebrides,  during  the  summer  of  1858. 
The  method  of  analysis  was  similar  to  that  adopted  by  Mr. 
Brown,  with  improved  processes,  however,  for  the  estimation  of 
the  phosphoric  acid,  alumina  and  iodine.  The  phosphoric  acid 
existing  in  the  insoluble  matter  is  calculated  into  phosphate  of 
*  Communicated  b}r  the  Author. 
f  Proceedings  of  the  Phil.  Soc.  of  Glasgow,  vol.  iii.  p.  208, 
