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Wheneyer tlie cases did not yield to treatment, 
the condition of tlie patient became ameliorated, 
(Detroit Therapeutic Gazette^ Feb., 1883.) 
Dr. D. E. Smith, of New York, corroborates 
from 3 years’ experience the prompt action of 
eucalyptus as a febrifuge, especially in cases of 
simple malarian and remittent type, after failure 
of the cinchona alkaloids and other remedies, 
the form of administration being the fluid extract. 
(Medical Tribrnie, 1883). 
Dr. H. A. Foster confirms by independent ob- 
servations the value of eucalyptus in malarian 
fever, recent as well as chronic, in catarrhal 
affections of the air passages, from coryza to 
bronchitis, in diseases of the alimentary canal, 
such as ulcers in the stomach and chronic 
diarrhoea, also in affections of the urinary tract, 
such as blennorrhoea and cystitis. This observer 
praises the remedy as particularly available in 
the last-mentioned disease, and this is borne out 
by the experiences of Dr. J. C. Roberts, of 
Pulaski, Tennessee, even chronic cases with 
hseraaturia being relieved almost immediately. 
Dr. Ch. Jas. Fox found the tincture of eucalyp- 
tus, in 3 doses, 3 times a day, promptly com- 
bating chronic diseases of the stomach and 
bowels. (Detroit Therap. Gazette^ 1881.) 
Dr. Benj. Bell, by administering the tincture 
of eucalyptus leaves in the treatment of typhoid 
fever, noticed the duration of the disease short- 
