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and stopping the putrid smell, so often present, 
in half a day. [Detroit I'herap, Gazette^ Feb., 
1883). 
Dr. Padiera, of New York, treated successfully 
a chronic ulcer of the stomach with the fluid 
extract of eucalyptus leaves. Unfortunately, the 
precise mode of the preparation of the various 
eucalyptus remedies, their exact strength, and 
the source of the utilized material are not generally 
recorded. (The “ liquid extract ” of eucalyptus, 
as prepared according to the Pharmacopoeia of 
the United States, is a very concentrated alcoholic 
tincture, containing the soluble principles of about 
as much in weight of dried leaves as quantity of 
tincture is obtained). 
Among the early authors on the therapeutic 
value of eucalyptus globulus not alluded to by 
Professor Schulz are : — Dr. Carlotti, of Ajaccio 
(with whom, as well as some of the following 
physicians, the writer corresponded for many 
years on this important subject) ; Dr. Tedeschi, 
also of Corsica ; Drs. Leuglet, Eaveret-Wattel, 
and Pepin, of Paris ; Dr. Saccharo, of Palermo ; 
Dr. Aberg, in Buenos Ayres ; Dr. Pietra Santa, 
of Algiers ; Professor Planchon, of Montpellier. 
As the supplemental notes, here offered, are 
travelling beyond the scope of Professor Schulzes 
work, in so far as they pertain also to eucalyptus 
remedies other than the oil, it may be needful to 
say a few words on the solid chemical principles 
