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ov(^rwliolmlng t(^stiniony oi’ the spceial value ol 
tlie oil as an antipyretic and antiseptic from 
jihroad, that- tlie new observations of Professor 
Sell III deserve also liero a carelul and extensive 
study by medical practitioners. In bringing liis 
obstMwations before the ])rofession here, was it 
deemed desirable to juld Irom still later literature 
tlie opinions of some other observers, who em- 
])loyed the oil or indeed also other active princi- 
ples of Kiiealyptus in their calling ; these addi- 
tions have bc(ui made, though under extreme 
abridgment, in parenthetic notes. 
Ih-ofosKor Schulz divides the results of his 
em|uirI('S and own obs(‘rva,tions on the l^jiu^alyptus 
oi! into 1 (> (ihapiers, ol thes(^ only such are here 
i’('(‘apii ulated at some huigth, as are of paiticular 
meilical inten'st ; from the other chapters only 
brief notes could lind space for the present pur- 
poses. His ireatiee closes with references to the 
literature on Kucalypta, mainly so far ae it bears 
on chemistry, jiathology and therapy, the quota- 
tions extending from 18(>5 to I860. Dr, Qrisaid 
gave a list of publications on Eucalyptus in the 
Ibilletin do la Societe d'Acclimatation, Paris, 
1877; in the sixth decaile of the Eucalyptus- 
Atlas this list has been augmented considerably. 
It will thus bo seen, that the whole medical his- 
tory of the Eucalyptus oil extends over less than 
M years, although the very similar Cajuput oil 
(of Melahmea Li'ueadendron) has been in popular 
