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eligibility of eucalyptus oil in surgical treatment. 
In his own clinic he applied in a case of contused 
wound of the back of the foot, simply eucalyptus 
leaves fixed by bandage, and although the case 
presented a bad aspect, and its surroundings were 
oedematous, granulation had commenced in 24 
hours under the development of inodorous pus, 
and perfect healing took place in eight days. (In 
this way eucalyptus leaves have long been a 
popular remedy in Australia, as well as the solu- 
tion of eucalyptus-kino.) In treating a gunshot 
wound of the thigh of two months standing, 
Gimbert applied contused fresh eucalyptus leaves ; 
and although the ulceration had been unsuccess- 
fully treated with carbolic acid, and caustics under 
pressure bandage, and although the periosteum 
had become infiltrated and discolored, and the 
bone was already aSected with pain, yet the case 
improved in 24 hours ; after the contused euca- 
lyptus leaves were closely applied by bandage, the 
pus became free of smell, healthy granulation set 
in, and the case progressed completely to recovery 
in two and a half months under this simple treat- 
ment. 
A gangrenous wound of the leg of a man seventy 
years of age, with diffuse, secondary oedema, and 
foetid exhalation, yielded also to the treatment 
with crushed eucalyptus leaves, and the wound 
came, after three months, to a close. Fouque 
found in defects of the cutis after variola, that 
