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tered in the home. For my part I think that these old 

 fashioned ways of using nature's remedies are too much 

 neglected. If there is any laugh on such a question it 

 would round itself out much better in the confusion of drug 

 ^quality in a regular drug store than in the fresh infusion 

 from the leaves of a medicinal plant picked when needed 

 -or in the various poultices, etc., of the now nearly extinct 

 medically competent housewife. 



There have been various examinations of drugs taken 

 .from different drug stores. The extraordinary variations in 

 .both the strength and quality of drugs thus shown are 

 'enough to seriously shake our confidence in the use of any 

 drugs. New York State drug examinations have made 

 expositions of drugs too strong, drugs too weak, and drugs 

 entirely devoid of qualities for which they are used. This 

 point is noted because where the Eucalyptus will grow the 

 .leaves can be had at any time. Their use for a tea and 

 especially in external application, as in poultices, or in 

 fumes when burning or steamed, can be had in all the 

 force of freshness. 



One of the great advantages of the Eucalyptus medici- 

 nally is its soothing quality and non-irritant effect, espec- 

 ially on the kidneys. It is in this respect very different 

 from the .product of the pine, the camphor tree, etc. This 

 characteristic gives Eucalyptus preparations great value in 

 the cure of troubles of the mucous membrane of the stom- 

 .ach, bladder and urethra. An appendix gives the official 

 status of the Eucalyptus in medicine. 



The principal claim for medicinal virtue in the Eucalyp- 

 tus has been prophylactic. The Eucalyptus tree's power of 

 preventing disease has not, I believe, been claimed to go 

 beyond those forms due to malaria. It gained such a rep- 



