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" Dr. Gimpert, of Cannes, the celebrated consumption specialist, 

 believes it to be of benefit in tubercular diseases, but warns, 

 however, against exhibiting the drug in too large doses, lest 

 haemoptysis should set in." {La France Medicale, loc. cit.). 



The value of Eucalyptus oil in the various catarrhal affections 

 of the urino-genital apparatus is likewise great. (I hope to deal 

 with oils on a subsequent occasion). 



Dr. Owen reports in the Australian Medical Journ. of Sep- 

 tember 15th, 1885, the case of a child 17 months old which was 

 poisoned by drinking a few drops of Eucalyptus extract out of a 

 supposed empty bottle. The symptoms were alarming, but the 

 patient recovered under proper treatment. 



Eamel is to be credited with having first suggested the idea of 

 planting Eucalyptus trees in Europe, with the view of thus ridding 

 territory from baneful marsh and malarial fevers. The same 

 object led to its cultivation at the Cape. It was this ingenious 

 transplantation of species of this genus to the vicinity of Rome that 

 enabled the Trappists of Tre Fontane to recover and render 

 habitable a vast area formerly exposed to the ravages of malai-ia. 

 It is highly probable that the disinfectant power of the tree 

 depends largely upon its capacity to absorb large quantities of 

 water from the surrounding soil, and thus desiccate the germs of 

 malaria. 



Baron Mueller's services in forwarding the seeds of E. globulus 

 and other species to the Trappist Fathers of Tre Fontane (through 

 the late Archbishop Gould of Melbourne), must not be forgotten. 



Those who care to further pursue the subject of Eucalyptus 

 forests in regard to health, will find the matter discussed in some 

 of its bearings in the learned Baron's Eucalyptographia ; (where 

 the hygienic properties of the trees are summed up), and in various 

 other works and papers. 



The subject of Eucalyptus preparations from a medicinal point 

 of view has even now a voluminous literature. 



Eucalyptus kinos are exceedingly astringent substances. The 

 majority ax-e ruby-coloured and soluble in water without turbidity. 



