large as a man's head; the edges could not.be 
brought together from ulceration; wet eucalyptus 
bandage ; closing up of the wound in three 
weeks, except a narrow line of granulation, 
8. Abscess on the right side of the thorax, 
originating from caries of the fourth rib. Open- 
ing by incision ; excochliation of the carious 
place ; wet eucalyptus bandage ; healing in two 
weeks. 
9, Abscess on the right foot from superficial 
caries of the tibia; incision; excochliation of the 
carious bone. Eucalyptus bandage; healing in 
four weeks. 
10. Phlegmone of the right foot, brought on 
through piercing by a nail ; two parallel incisions 
into the back of the foot forward to the tarsal 
joint; drainage; eucalyptus bandage; healing in 
two weeks. 
In the treatment of greater operations, thus 
performed by Siegen, the eucalyptus oil was 
always used on compresses, although during the 
operation itself the spray of carbolic acid or 
thymol came into play. To show, however, that 
the eucalyptus oil alone can effect, whatever is 
expected from an antiseptic, the following case is 
specially related : — 
11, Hygroma cysticum congenitum axillare, of 
the size of a middling apple in a child of only 10 
weeks old. Cutting of the wall of the cyst ;in 
its whole length; treatment with a lotion Con- 
