450  Note  on  Sandal  Wood.  {Amsi&STm- 
municated  the  results  obtained  to  the  Medical  Times  and  Gazette  of 
June  3,  1865. 
In  the  month  of  July  following  mention  was  made  in  the  Societe 
de  Chirurgie  of  the  employment  of  oil  of  sandal  wood  in  blennor- 
rhagia.  At  that  time  Dr.  Panas  made  some  experiments  with  cap- 
sules containing  40  centigrams  each  in  the  Lariboisiere  hospital, 
and  on  the  20th  of  September  of  the  same  year  he  communicated 
to  the  Societe  de  Chirurgie  the  results  obtained,  stating  that  oil  of 
sandal  wood  is  very  well  tolerated  by  the  most  delicate  stomachs 
and  does  not  occasion  any  disturbance  either  of  the  digestive  canal 
or  of  the  kidneys.  Some  months  later  Dr.  Simonet  confirmed  the 
statements  made  by  Dr.  Panas. 
Formerly  three  kinds  of  sandal  wood  were  recognized  : 
(1)  Red  sandal  wood,  from  Ptcrocarpus  santalinus  (Leguminosae). 
This  wood  possesses  no  medicinal  properties  and  is  used  exclusively 
in  dyeing  on  account  of  the  red  coloring  matter  it  contains. 
(2)  White  and  (3)  yellow  sandal  wood.  The  last  two  kinds  are 
the  produce  of  several  trees  of  the  genus  Santalum  (Santalaceae). 
Certain  authors  have  stated  that  they  represent  one  the  sap  wood 
and  the  other  the  heart  wood ;  but  it  has  long  been  recognized  that 
the  depth  of  color  of  these  woods  depends  solely  upon  the  species 
that  yields  them,  and  the  two  sorts  are  in  fact  confounded  under  the 
same  name. 
This  wood  is  very  hard,  of  a  more  or  less  dark  yellow  color,  and 
has  a  very  pronounced  aromatic  odor.  The  hard  trunk  wood  is 
alone  sent  to  Europe,  the  branches  and  white  wood  having  no  value; 
the  roots  are  utilized  in  the  country  where  they  are  grown  in  the 
preparation  of  essential  oil. 
Sandal  wood  came  originally  from  India.  The  Santalum  album 
is  still  cultivated  there  in  the  mountains  of  Mysore  and  at  Arcot  in 
Madras.  The  cultivation  is  protected  by  the  government,  which 
decides  every  year  the  number  of  trees  to  be  cut  down.  The  seeds 
of  the  tree  are  sown  together  with  capsicum.  The  latter  spring  up 
very  quickly,  and  the  young  capsicum  plants  protect  the  young 
sandal  plants  from  the  fierceness  of  the  sun.  They  also  serve  the 
purpose  of  providing  nourishment,  as  the  young  sandal  plants, 
being  parasitic,  fix  themselves  upon  the  roots  of  the  capsicum  plants 
and  draw  from  thence  the  necessary  juices  until  they  have  attained  a 
development,  when  they  can  nourish  themselves  directly  by  the  aid 
