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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3111, 6 February 1879, Page 4

Medical A CONTItOVEBSY SETTLED. TRUTH THIUMPHAHT, EUCALYPTI OIL. LET the Public take notice of a few facts put. lorwtird for their information in this inniiiuiioii. llit-y inwy be worth tlifir study, and repay perusal in enlightening tbem upon a subject of practical utility. THE HISTORY OJL THE OIL'S * DISCOVERY. The Australian anti-fever tree—that is the blue gum, or eucalyptus glolulus—h&s now spread its fame throughout the world, but there are many who do not proj erly estiuiute its splendid qualities. It has been estimated that the Australian blue gums, which stud the face of the colony, contain about five hundred million gallons of pure volatile oil, that is the mortal foe of fever and ague. Every day in the year the forests of the colony ore giving out and exhaling, in the form of vapor, an aromatic fragrance to our breezes, and a be><lth-giving essence to our people. Thißfaet is now recognised by all the scientists in thf world. Years ago enquiring minds bent (heir energies to utilise (his ephndid quality of ihe blue gum, and biing it into the reach of the public. Amongst these were Mr Bosislo, who over a dozen years since produced and exhibited in Dublin a tannate liquor resenoid of the tree. This, however, was but the first step. Jne 1 nature of the liquor would not permit of iis general use. t-ince that time it las been somewhat improved, end a species of the eucalyptus oil was some years ago manufactured. Still, the article being of a reeinous turpentiny nature, was not euch as could <ver become a public favorite, and it has been reserved for a firm known as SAHDEB ADD EONS, SANDHUBST, to purify and bring before the public in a form that is PUBE, EBSKKTIAi, AJTD VOXATIIE, a genuine essence ef the Australian bli.eg' m. After years of study they have accomplished this point. This is a fact whith is now patt the stage of coij^cture. It is interesting to note how this has, in successive stages, been brought before the public. On the 27ib of July, 1876, the Bendigo Advertiser wrote as follows, qiu-ting a TEHiMOUY FBOM A 6EEMAK rKIVEBSITY. Kew Local Imjustky.—At the erection of the djewoiks of Messrs Sander and Sons we had occasion to mci lion ihe spirit of enterprise difplayed ry the firm, and to day another opportuimy is off red of mentioning I heir inquiring disposition bb to industries. Mes-rs frander and fobs, corcluding upon the. f&ct that the planting t>l ihe Australian gum in America and other countries where fevers »re prevhiling, prevented partially the spread of such fevers. manufbC ured a- cut a year ago small quantities of the essential oil ot Ite gum, and f'oiwarded the same for investigation to one of the universities of Germany. N«»w they learn that the results of that invesgation ate the most favorable that could be expeittd as to the sanative power ot that product. Thecorrefpondeht'e letter to Messrs fiai<oer aid Sons says, <-oi cerning the matter : "We found the etsrntial oil enclosed unsur. \ asoed by, any known remedy in all cases of vi oui.ds, burn*, or cnnceious wounds, inflammation, and in.ail duenses of the skin, aid are ot opinion that the oil will be inclusively applied lo diseases of the said kind as soon a* it can be pot. Vie cone ude fun her, fr<m the great i fleet Ihe oil produces iv cafes of exten al inflammation, it may be u'ed with tbr some si.cci 8- in ii flanmatton of the tbroot, poldc, ailectioris of the lunge, etc. Bepeuled •trot g inhbliig of the smelling v«por in cafes of colds, clears the nostrils, and gives immediate relief, and full ridd»nce oi the heat. As a disinfectant in general, it may be said without pnvious observation that it deserves the preference of any other remedy to puri'y the air iv cases of fever. In thai rccpect it deserves all attention of the medical profession , of our crowded cities, where the want of space and uninterrupted pretence of foul air are the everlasting promoters of epidemic diseases. A few drops exposed in open vessels at different places oi the sick room or house, in 'evaporating clear Un air. The other sample you have (orwarded is here already known, and represents more oil-like turpentine than an essential oil. It is not soluble in spirts of wine, aa it o- ght to be if of essential character. In consequence it has no familiarity whatever wiih your preparation, and is far inferior in value as a medicament." '1 he recommendation from the German University is a strong one, and our medical gentlemen if they choose, can readily \ rove its reliability. For this purpose Messrs Sander and Sons are prepared to supply ttftm quantities free of cost. They have aJready sent samples to the various hospitals in Tiotoria. TWO SOBTR OF OIL. Thus we see there are two distinct kinds of eucalypti oil —the purified and refined article manufactured by Messrs Sander and Sons, of 'Sandhurst, as well M a grosser material that must not be confounded with it. Apparently not recognising this, Mr Bosisto wrote to the Bendigo Advertiser in reference to the above as follows :—•'Sir,—l observe in your issue of the 27th instant, a notice under the beading 'A New Local Industry,' at the dye works of Messrs Sander and Son, setting forth ihe new gum oil, together with a report from Germauy on its virtues, etc. 1 desire to inform you that for Ihe pa>t fifteen- years I have described the fbysuttd and chemical ibaracters of every f>pe<ies of the eucalyptus growing in Victoria, b> sides a number of others outside, over and over again, in tmdicHl and scientific journals of Victoria and Great Britain ; and moreover that in ruuny museums of Gerihany, France, Irnly, fc-pmn, India, America and Great Britain, ate to be seen not only specimens of the eucalypti < ils, but many other serviceable and utilitarian products from the whole group of Australian eucalypti, presented, during the past fifteen years, by mjself. "Whit appears from the cot respondent ot Germany is merely language rehabilitated from my own writings. —] am repeetfully yours. JoaiPH BosiSXO, Kichmond, 27th July, 1876.''

The reply to the above letter came promptly and fhnri ly fr. m the new manufacturing firm, who wiote the ve»y next, day (August 1) to the fdi or of the st-nie paper.—'• Kir, — Your iet-ue of the 31st instant contains a letter from Mr Joseph Bomto, of Richmond, treating upon our correspondence received from i. pimariy, concerning the investigation of two different fons of oil (eucalypti) forwarded by us .to Germany. VV« aie quite at a loss to see I he purpose ot Mr BosiMo's letter, und whatever celebrity he may have acquired by his scientific wtitings about the physical and clumicul characters of the eucalypti growing in Viitoria, it mipht be putting too much pelf coi fidence in ene's self believing that in all pans of the world his writings will betoken notice of. We know that German scientific bodies exanine all sew remedies ofiered by tcience j and then, relying on their own opinions, either approve or reject them. Kow we learn that the second sort of oil (eucalypti mentioned near the end of our cormpondent's letter is a product of Mr Bosisto'e, who must, probably, feel untasy in seeing it laentionid as inferior to our inanufurtui'o. Howtver, Mr TSothio in no more nble to coi lend uguinst facts than any« body else, and after having procured n sanaple of his muDufucture, we tried to dissolve it in Bpirits of wine, and found—quite in accordance with the information received from