1 64 EUCALYPTUS. 



The following telegram appeared in the papers too late 

 for verification: 



FOR YELLOW FEVER. 

 BRAZILIAN PHYSICIANS SAID TO HAVE DISCOVERED A CURE. 



(Scripps-McRea League Special Service.) 



Buenos Ayres, January 29. Rio Janeiro advices state that a physician 

 of that city declares that he has found a cure which is almost certain in 

 its effects in yellow fever. The physician's new remedy consists of the 

 internal use of doses of the extract of eucalyptus. The extract has been 

 tried in the hospitals in Rio Janeiro with astonishing results in favor of 

 the patient. 



Besides these general reports there are a number of re- 

 ports on special uses of Eucalyptus preparations favorable 

 to their value. 



EUCALYPTUS KINO, 



Prof. J. H. Maiden divides the Eucalyptus kinos into 

 three classses, viz., the Ruby, Gummy and Turbid. 



The members of the first of these are soluble both in 

 alcohol and water, giving a ruby colored solution ; those of 

 the second are practically insoluble in alcohol, and the 

 third, when treated with hot water and allowed to cool, 

 contains a body or bodies which render the liquid turbid." 



The only analysis I have seen of these kinos is by 

 Prof. Maiden and of his turbid group. This is the largest 

 of the groups and includes, amongst others the following 

 species well known here: Eucalyptus melliodora, Eucalyptus 

 leucoxylon, Eucalyptus cornuta, Eucalyptus rostrata, Euca- 

 lyptus viminalis, Eucalyptus Stuartiana, Eucalyptus Gunnii, 

 Eucalyptus longifolia, Eucalyptus calophylla, Eucalyptus 

 globulus. I give the following analysis from Prof. Maiden. 



