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ITpon the Continent of Europe peppermint became practically- 

 known about tbe latter end of tlie last century {ojj. cit.^ 2nd ed.^ 

 p. 481). Peppermint camphor was first described by Grmelin in 

 1829, who obtained it from tlie European plant. Pereira and 

 Guibourt notice the menthol of China, and in 1862 a 



memoir 



on crystallized oil of peppermint from Japan was presented to 

 the Chemical Society by Oppenheim, who speaks of it as 



comm 



with sulphate of magnesium to the extent of 10 to 20 per cent 



examined bv Moss 



When 



H. Beckett and C. R. Alder Wi 



mended 



ache and neuralg'ia, and was known in France as Gouttes 

 Japomhes. In 1879 Mr. Archibald Duncan, a student of the 

 University of Edinburgh, drew attention in the Lancet to its 



an antiseptic. Dr. A. Rosenberg {Lancet^ 1885) recom- 

 an alcoholic or ethereal solution as a local anaesthetic 

 in affections of the nose, pharynx, and larynx. The use of 

 menthol for these purposes has now become general in Europe 

 and America. Dr. Lahnstein {Thenqy. llonatsk, 1890, No. 5) 

 has used menthol with striking success against vomiting in a 

 child with traumatic peritonitis where opium and morphine 

 had failed. 



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Dr. Drews {T/iemp. Monatsh., 1890, No. 7) has corLditionally 

 confirmed the communications of Gottschalk and Wpi'rs nmi. 



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mi 



Dr. Bronner of Bradford reported at the 62nd meeting of 

 German Scientists and Physicians in Ileidelburg on the success 

 obtained by him with menthol (a few drops of a 20 per cent, 

 solution in olive oil poured on pieces of pumice stone) in 

 obstinate swelling of the tubes as well as in some cases of 

 sclerosis. {Therap. Monatsh., 1890, No. 8.) 



Dr Jones {Beutsch. Apoth-ZeiL, 1890, p. 143) has used 

 menthol successfully in 20 per cent. alcohoHc solution for 

 "'•^x.'^'''' in asthmatic cases. Lastly, the success obtained 

 with menthol against diphtheria must be mentioned 



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