THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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I have now endeavoured to state tlie materia medica of the eucalyptus, a 
vegetation full of healthy and healing influences unknown to the medical 
profession twenty-five years ago. Since that time • it has received much 
attention, and now occupies the position of favourable comment in the leading 
medical journals of the day. 
The chemistry of pharmacy is a subject of full interest, and I am gratified 
at its position in Victoria. No one can visit the College of Pharmacy in 
Swanston-street without being assured that whilst the founders of pharma- 
ceutical education in this country are gradually resting from their labours, 
they are striving to raise up educated and well-trained successors. 
The Government, fully alive to the advantages of pharmaceutical education, 
deal out, with no parsimonious hand, aid sufficient to warrant the hope that this 
department of science in this country will remain the faithful and serviceable 
handmaid to the medical profession. 
FoEMULiE. — O l. Eucalypti. 
Tonic, stimulant, and antiseptic. A small dose promotes appetite. In 
stronger doses of 10 to 20 minims, it first accelerates the pulse, produces pleasant 
general excitement, and a feeling of buoyancy and strength. Intoxicating in very 
large doses, but, unlike alcohol or opium, the effects are not followed by torpor, 
but by general calmness and soothing sleep. A strong cup of coffee will at once 
remove any unpleasantness arising from an overdose. 
In cases of rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, chronic hepatitis, asthma, bron- 
chitis, and sprains, requiring a strong liniment — 
01. Eucalypt. 5 iv. 
Vaseline 5 i j . Misce. 
For throat and other painful affections requiring a mild liniment — 
01. Eucalypt. 5 iij. 
01. Olivse oj. Misce. 
The addition of ol. olivas prevents irritation of the skin. The vaseline 
should be warmed before mixing. 
For a Soothing and Steady Action. — Shake well together a tablespoonful of 
the oil with half a pint of warm water ; saturate a 'cloth with this, and apply 
over the painful part — repeating, if necessary, in half-an-hour. 
This oil is a thorough deodorant and disinfectant, and an antiseptic of great 
power. A few drops sprinkled on a cloth and suspended in a sick-room render 
the air refreshing; and for disinfecting and deodorising, a tablespoonful of the 
oil added to two or three pounds weight of sawdust, well mixed and distributed, 
will speedily produce a purifying effect. 
For Internal Use. — For coughs, asthmatic and throat affections — Five-drop 
doses on loaf-sugar occasionally. 
If stronger doses are required, the following form may be prescribed — 
01. Eucalypt. 3j. 
Pulv. Gum Acacise 5iij. 
Saccharum gss. 
Aq. Cinnamon add §iv. Misce. 
Dose — 5ss. for an adult every four or six hours. Or, 
01. Eucalypt. 5j. 
Inf us. Lini. oiij.ss. 
Syrupus 5ss. Misce. 
Dose — Ut supra. 
Anthelmintic — By enema 30 to 60 minims of the oil in mucilage of starch. 
