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The  name  of  the  plant  yielding  these  flowers  is  not  known, 
nor  are  they  sufficiently  perfect  to  enable  the  botanist  to  decide 
where  to  place  them  with  certainty. 
Oil  of  Erigeron  Dr.  El  wood  Wilson,  in  the  Transactions  of 
the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia,  gives  his  experience 
with  oil  of  Erigeron  Canadense  {not  Philadelphicum)  in  five  cases 
of  uterine  hemorrhage,  in  which  it  acted  with  marked  efficiency. 
Dr.  Benjamin  H.  Coates  (in  the  same  work)  suggests  an  infusion 
of  Achillea  millefolium,  (3ss.  herb  to  Oj.  boiling  water  infused  20 
minutes)  as  an  excellent  agent  in  the  same  kind  of  hemorrhage. 
Onions  in  Upistaxis — Dr.  Benjamin  Rorer,  of  Germantown, 
recommends  (Hay's  Journal  for  April)  a  paste  made  by  bruising 
the  inner  portion  of  the  common  onion  with  an  equal  weight  of 
flour  and  sufficient  vinegar  to  form  a  stiff  paste.  This  is  applied 
by  pressing  it  in  the  nostril  from  which  the  hemorrhage  issues, 
until  filled,  and  securing  it  with  a  bandage.  This  was  found  to 
act  after  alum,  nutgall,  and  tincture  of  chloride  of  iron  had  failed; 
Cod-Liver  Oil  with  Quinia. — Mr.  William  Bastick,  at  a  recent 
meeting  of  the  Medical  Society  of  London,  described  the  mode 
of  preparing  a  solution  of  quinia  in  cod-liver  oil,  which  he  has 
brought  to  the  notice  of  the  medical  profession.  Mr.  B.  prepares 
the  solution  (Pharm.  Jour.,  March,  1855,)  by  heating,  in  a  water 
bath  a  mixture  of  powdered  anhydrous  quinia  and  cod-liver  oil, 
in  the  proportion  of  two  grains  to  the  fluid  ounce.  The  oil  ac- 
quires a  darker  color  as  the  quinia  dissolves.  The  quantity  may 
be  varied  to  suit  the  prescriber.  The  quinia  is  obtained  in  the 
condition  proper  for  solution  in  the  oil  by  precipitating  a  solution 
of  sulphate  of  quinia  with  ammonia,  wTashing  the  precipitate, 
drying  it,  and  finally  fusing  it  in  a  porcelain  capsule  by  a  regu- 
lated heat. 
ON  ALUMINIUM  AND  ITS  CHEMICAL  COMBINATIONS. 
ByM.  II.  Sainte-Claire  Deville. 
It  is  known  that  Wohler  obtained  aluminium  in  a  pulverulent 
state  by  treating  the  chloride  with  potassium.  By  carefully  con- 
ducting Wohler's  process,  the  decomposition  of  the  chloride  of 
aluminium  may  be  so  managed  as  to  produce  sufficient  incandes- 
cence to  render  visible  the  agglomeration  of  the  metal  into  glo- 
