Ef'CAL YPTUS. 



( From Pharmacology of the Materia Medica.) 



EUCALYPTU6 (iLOBULUS, 6abil. 



Synonyms. Australian Gum Tree. Blue Gum Tree, Fever Tree, Iron 

 Bark, Woolly Butt. 



(Iron Bark and Woolly Butt are not synonyms of Eucalyptus 



globulus. ED.) 

 Part Employed. The leaves. 

 Natural Order. Myrtaceae. 

 Habitat. Australia. 



Properties. Stimulant, aphrdoisiac, antispasmodic and eminently anti- 

 septic in its action ; recommended in the treatment of intermittents, 

 especially in those chronic varieties in which quinine has failed; also 

 in septic fevers, diphtheria, etc. As an antispasmodic it is useful in 

 asthma, but its chief uses depend upon its antiseptic character. 

 Thus it is employed in the treatment of foetid breath, ulcers (syphi- 

 litic and otherwise), purulent catarrhal affections. of the bladder, 

 urethra and vagina, spongy and bleeding gums, etc.; externally, 

 suitably diluted, the fruit extract is employed also as a disinfectant 

 lotion in gangrenous or foetid suppuration, foul ulcers and offensive 

 discharges of the skin. 

 Preparations. Eucalyptus Oil; dose, 5 to 30 minims (0.3 to 2 C. c.). 



Capsules. Oil Eucalyptus, in soft gelatin; Oil Eucalyptus, 

 true, 5 minims; Oil Sweet Almond, 5 minims; also 

 in hard gelatin, substituting olive for the almond 

 oil; a favorite method of Prof. H. C. Wood of exhi- 

 biting this remedy as a stimulating expectorant; he 

 recommends that it be given 4 times daily in 10- 

 minim doses. 

 Fluid Extract Eucalyptus. I?. S. P.; not miscible with 



water; dose, 15 to 60 minims (i to 4 C. c.). 

 Powdered Extract Eucalyptus; of the same strength as 

 the solid extract, prepared by evaporating, at a low 

 temperature, the solid extract, and replacing the 

 moisture with powdered Eucalyptus leaves; dose, 3 

 to 10 grains (02 to 0.65 Gm.). 

 Solid Extract Eucalyptus; one part equals 5 leaves; 



dose, 3 to 10 grains (0.2 to 0.65 Gm.). 

 Elixir Eucalyptus Compound ; each fluid ounce repre- 

 sents ingredients specified; Eucalyptus Globulus, 15 

 grs. ; Wild Cherry, i6grs.; Gentian, 4 grs.; Licorice- 

 15 grs.; Dandelion, 20 grs.; Syr. Yerba Santa Arom., 

 30 minims. 



