Maclean relates the results of his experiments on patients in the 

 Hospital Wards at Netley, England. He sajs in connection with 

 certain cases of chest aneurisms and cardiac asthma, " With the 

 exception, perhaps of the subcutaneous injection of morphia, I 

 know no remedy so efficacious in allaying pain, restoring dyspnoea, 

 calming irritation, and procuring sleep in such cases, as to be 

 compared to E. globulus.''^ He also refers to the use in Germany 

 of a tincture made of the leaf, which " has been used successfully 

 in 3 ij doses in the treatment of intermittent fevers." It appears 

 that it is not only used medicinally in form of a tincture, but also 

 that cigars are made from the leaves, and its palliative influence 

 obtained by smoking. 



" German physicians, as appears from medical journals, have found 

 a tincture of the leaves of the Eucalyptus globulus, or Australian 

 gum-tree, to be a remedy for intermittent fever. Dr. Lorimer gave 

 it to fifty-three patients, of whom forty-three were completely cured. 

 In five others there was a relapse, owing to a failure in the supply of 

 the tincture. • In eleven of the cases quinine had been used without 

 effect, and nomro f these were cured by the Eucalyptus.^' * 



Other species of the Eucalypti, of great value and well worthy 

 of consideration, are recommended by Dr. Mueller. 



E. AMYGDALINA, Labill, which is sometimes met with 400 feet in 

 height; one specimen in the Dandenong ranges measured 480 feetf 

 surpassing in altitude the gigantic Sequoias of our own State ; the 

 wood of this species is said to be well adapted for " shingles, rails, 

 housebuilding, for the kelson and planking of ships, and other pur- 

 poses ;" in rapidity of growth it equals E. globulus, but is not so 

 easily satisfied with any soil. 



E. DiVERSicoLOR, F. V. Mueller, a native of S. W. Australia, 

 sometimes reaching 400 feet in height, with a proportionate growth 

 of stem. The timber is excellent, and young trees are reported as 

 doing well even " in dry exposed localities in Melbourne." It is 

 regarded by Dr. Mueller as a valuable shade tree for avenues, as it 

 makes a dense growth. 



The Eucalyptus citriodora, Rooker, a native of Queensland, 

 " combines with the ' ordinary qualities of many Eucalypts the ad- 



* Annual Record of Science and Industry, 1871, p. 586. 



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