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secondary effect was that of a sedative on the circulation, Tn 

 remittent fevers In which it was administered, it acted as a 

 diaphoretic, diminishing at the same time the rapidity rather 

 than the violence of the heart's action. Dr. Henderson, of 

 Glasgow, and, m France, Drs. PaBas, Guhler and Simnionet, have 

 directed the attention of European physicians to the valuable 

 properties of the oil as remedy for gonorrhoea, in doses of from 

 30 to 40 minims three times a day, and there i^ now som« 

 demand for it in India for this j)urpose. 



Bi\ Henderson asserts that he always found it inoffensive, even 

 in strong doses ; that at the expiration of forty-eight hours com- 

 plete relief is effected ; besides, it has the important qnalification 

 of pleasing the patient and being agreeable to the stomach ; it is 

 superior to copaiba and cubebs, succeeding where the latter have 

 failed, and with a delicate subject it is to be highly valued as a 



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-remedy uniting a real stomachic to a great specific action, 

 and that, in short, during the last five years, he is indebted to 

 it for a great number of successful oases. {Medical Times and 

 Gaz., Jnne 1865.) In a communication to the Paris Chirurgical 

 Society, Dr. Panas (1865) equally advocated its use. Oleum 

 Santali has also been prescribed in chronic catarrh of the bladder, 

 where it performs the same offices as oil of turpentine, without 

 its injurious effect on the kidneys and alimentary canal, * In ^^1 

 cases it is best administered in the form of Midy's Capsules, ten 

 to twelve of which may be given daily at first, divided into three 

 doses, each of which may be taken a quarter of an hour before 

 meals ; the number of capsules taken daily may be gradually 

 increased to 24, but as soon as the discharge becomes serous, the 

 dose should be gradually diminished. M. C. Mdhu has observed 

 that after the internal administration of oil of sandalwood, a 

 resinous substance is found in the urine having the odour of the 

 wood, which appears to be kept in solution by phosphate of 

 soda, and which has the properties of a very weak acid. This 

 resinous substance can only be obtained in very small quantitie 

 by shaking the urine with ether ; to obtain it in larger quantity, 

 «in acxd must be used (phosphoric or tartaric), which makes the 

 urxue turbid from separation of the resinous matter. If tbe uriua 



