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lioRiflto’s onterprising circumspeotncRS, needs 
probably to be classed, according to its derivation, 
for llierajieutic and surgical purposes. The 
Eucalyj)tcn, derivable from distillation of Eu- 
ealyjitol over JMiosphoric anliydriile, seems not 
yet to have eub^red tlie realm of medicine. In 
18()1 already the oils of 12 specues of Eucalyptus 
were, on tlie writer’s suggestion, examined here 
with reference to some of their physical proj)erties, 
by Mr. J. W. Osborne, the inventor of photo- 
lithograjdiy. 
The third chapter of Professor Schulz’s work 
comprehondH results of the action of eucalyptus 
oil in processes of fermentation and putridity. The 
study of tlie antiseptic properties of the oucaljp- 
tol as well as of tlu> ordinary encaly])tus oil has 
been carried on with particular care by Hiegen 
and Mees.* — Gimbert** liad already remarked 
before, that oil of eucalyptus injected into the 
veins of rabbits prevented piitriil decomposition, 
and that the cadaver of nninmls thus treated be- 
came munimitiod. 8iogou found that one part 
of the eucalyptol in 8800 parts of waterf was 
Buniciont to retard the decay of boiled albumen, 
in v(Tj favourable contrast with the value of 
tpiinine in that dilution. Merely one half per 
cent, of eucalyptol with addition of a little acacia 
gum mixed with water, kept raw meat from 
* Soo their inaii{3:ural ilisBcrtiitionH, Groeniiipen ami Bonn, 1873. 
** L’eno. Globulus, on apriculturo, h^pli’iio et modeciue, 1870. 
t (No more bciug disisolved without other admixtures.) 
