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and cinchona. These can all be combined with malate of 
manganese." 
"In cases where iron has not succeeded, it is desirable 
not to make a sudden transition to manganese, but to com- 
bine the two remedies, as in the following formula. Pure 
crystallized sulphate of iron, 13 ounces; pure sulphate of 
manganese, 3§ ounces; pure carbonate of soda, 17§ ounces; 
honey, 10 ounces; syrup, as much as may be sufficient to 
make a mass, to be divided into four grain pills. Dose, 
from two to ten pills daily. The insoluble preparations of 
manganese should be first used as the carbonate, phosphate, 
and oxide ; then the more soluble preparations, the tartrate, 
malate, &c, may be employed. The use of this medicine 
should not be persevered in so long as that of iron, as its 
preparations are more rapidly assimilated." 
ART. LXVT. — ON THE CULTIVATION OF WORMSEED, AND 
ON THE PREPARATION OF ITS OIL. AS CONDUCTED 
NEAR BALTIMORE. 
[The substance of the following remarks was received in 
a communication from a druggist in Baltimore, with per- 
mission to publish any part of it which we might deem 
useful to our readers. The gentleman, though urged to 
let his name appear, modestly declines, but we can vouch 
for his credibility. — Editor.] 
Oil of Wormseed (Chenopodium anthelminticum) was 
formerly much more used in this country than it is at pre- 
sent. We believe the disrepute into which it has fallen with 
physicians has chiefly arisen from the large amount of the 
oil brought from the Western States, the best of which, al- 
though raised from Baltimore seed, possesses much less of 
the peculiar fragrance and pungency of the Baltimore oil. 
Some druggists mixed it with the latter, and others sold it 
as equal in value ;but experience has proved them to be in 
