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n the Aust. Journ. of Pharm. for May, 1887, occurs the state- 

 ment that a miner at Kimberley, Western Australia, cured 

 himself of scurvy by making a decoction of the leaves of a 

 "White Gum." What species of Eucalyptus is alluded to I 

 cannot guess at. 



The dose of Eucalyptus leaves is given in Martindale and 

 "Westcott's Extra Pharmacopoeia at 5 grains or more, in powder. 

 When coarsely powdered they are employed for smoking in 

 cigarettes in cardiac and aneurismal asthma. 



The following references are obtained from the same source : — 



History of the drug, its uses and botanical origin. Is a febrifuge ; 

 the leaves are also used as a healing application to wounds. {Med. 

 Times and Gaz.; i., 1874, 540; Pharm. Journ., 1874, 872, 1879. 

 865). 



Ague, rapid cure of, by 1 to 2 drachm doses of the tincture. 

 (^Practitioner, xviii., 366). 



In ozsena, bronchitis, with profuse foul expectoration, and 

 uterine catarrh, tincture and infusion used both internally and 

 externally. {Pr. xx. 206). 



Tincture used in intermittent fever. (^Pr. xx., 411, xxiv., 138). 



Use of steam from the infusion of leaves in infectious diseases, 

 especially diphtheria. (Lancet,!., 1883, 316). 



A correspondent writes to the Town and Country Journal of 

 Sydney strongly recommending the use of bruised gum-leaves in 

 fowl-cholera, and other diseases of the poultry-yard. The leaves 

 are astringent, and there is no doubt they would be useful on that 

 account. Our knowledge of the diseases of poultry is almost nil, 

 so the simple and readily available remedy of gum-leaves is worth 

 trying. 



"In France, five different Eucalyptus preparations are in use: — * 



1. A tincture made by an alcoholic maceration of the fresh 

 leaves. 



2. A tincture made from the dry leaves by the same process. 



*These preparations from France were actually on sale at the recent 

 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition. 



