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practitioner or medical officer of health is. The 

 danger of conveyance of n In pencils, I 



though it may not be mentioned in text-books 

 I believe, well known to school medical officers. 

 You will find it referred to in the enclosed memo- 

 randum." 



A NOTE TO MY MEDICAL CRITICS. 



In the British Medical Journal ^of January 23, 

 1909, a claim is made by Dr. J. Saddler Curgern 

 that his father was the first to use eucalyptus in 

 the treatment of scarlet fever, and that he used it 

 twenty years ago. His letter leaves the impression 

 that eucalyptus oil was used by his father in the 

 same manner as I myself have used it. His 

 father wrote (in his first paper on the subject) : 

 "For the above reason I have used 'Tucker's 

 Oleusaban Eucalyptus Disinfectant,' which consists 

 of two or three essential oils of different densities 

 with thymol and camphor dissolved in the oil of 

 eucalyptus globulus." This preparation, the exact 

 composition of which is unknown to the medical 

 world, was sent out by the " Oleusaban Eucalyptus 

 Company." Yet, as a matter of fact, I myself 

 used many bottles of this preparation years ago. 

 It had the advantage of being much more pleasant 

 for the patient than pure eucalyptus oil, but I 

 found it unsatisfactory, and I fell back upon what 



