138 Report of Schimmel § Co. April/ October 1917. 



of other suitable remedies which have an anaesthetic effect on the mucous membrane 

 of the mouth and larynx. It runs as follows: — 



Ansesthesine 0.03 



Phenacetine . 0.08 



Thymol 



Menthol 



01. Eucalypti ana . . . . . 0.0015 

 and is termed Thyangol. 



Six to ten tablets are taken daily, and the patient's object is to facilitate the 

 dissolution of the medicine at the back part of the tongue, in order also to moisten 

 the mucous membrane of the larynx with the saliva containing the remedy. 



According to Gutstein 1 ), these tablets have been a decided success in practice, 

 even in cases in which the lower respiratory organs were affected, as for instance in 

 bronchitis and in tuberculosis of the lungs. They are also said to be particularly 

 useful for the treatment of tuberculosis of the larynx. 



On the other hand, F. Bode 2 ) experienced most satisfactory results by eucalyptole 

 menthol injections in cases of bronchitis and pneumonia which had been operated. 

 This treatment was recommended by Technau 3 ); the prescription he employed originally 

 advocated by Berliner is the following: — 



Menthol 10 g. 



Eucalyptol albiss. (Schimmel) 20 g. 

 01. Dericini 50 g. » 



One ccm. to be injected daily intramuscularily. 



Bode was accustomed to make injections of eucalyptole-menthol even a few days 

 before operating on old people and such patients as suffered from existing bronchitis 

 or a tendency to lung affections; this mostly had the satisfactory effect of preventing 

 ulterior complications. It is of importance to continue the treatment for some time 

 in order to obtain satisfactory results. In cases of feverish bronchitis and of broncho- 

 pneumonia, the temperature diminishes lytically in quite a short time, the cough becomes 

 looser, abundant expectoration supervenes and then disappears again totally after a 

 few days. Also in the after-treatment of tracheotomized diphteria-diseased children 

 these injections proved to be most beneficial. In distinction to adults, relatively 

 smaller quantities (about half those mentioned above) were injected; irritation of the 

 kidneys was never observed. 



Methylheptenone as an insecticide. — The tsetse fly which is so much feared as a 

 transmitter of sleeping-sickness is said to have a decided aversion to citronella grass 

 and lemongrass 4 ). 



Probably the effect of the latter depends on its methylheptenone content 5 ). 

 Experiments have been conducted in this direction with the result that methylheptenone 

 is now employed as an insecticide, especially in the French army. 



In point of fact, lemongrass oil does not contain any large quantity of methylheptenone, 

 however it can be obtained in larger quantities by the action of alkalies on citral. 



Methylheptenone is said to be much more efficacious than anisole for this purpose. 





l ) Medizin. Klinik 1915, 1295. — *) Munch, med. Wochenschr. 1916, N° 9; Allg. med. Zentral-Ztg. 86 

 (1917), N° 8, p. 30. — , 8 ) Bruns' Beitrage z. klin. Chirurgie, vol. 91. — *) Vide Report October 1909, 44; 

 April 1910, 75. — 6 ) Perfum. Record 7 (1916), 295. 



