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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3119, 15 February 1879, Page 4

Medical A CONTEOVEftSY SETTLED, "i TRUTH TRIUMPHANT. EUCALYPTI OIL. LET the Public take notice of a few facts 1 put forward ifor their information in tbis intimetion. They may bo worth their study, and repay perusal in enlightening them upon a subject of praotical utility. THE HISTORY OF THE OIL'S ,•■; i' ,' discovery. ; ■: ■ ■'.',; The Australian anti-fever tree—that is the blue gum, or eucalyptus globulus—han now spread its fame throughout the world, but there are many who do nob properly estimate its splendid qualities. It has been estimated that the Australian blue gums, which stud the face of the coloay, contain about five hundred million -jjalldns of volatile oil, that is the mortal foe of fever and ague. Every day in the year the forests of the colony are giving out and exhaling, in the form of vapor, an aromatic fragrance to our breezes, and a health-giving essence to our people. This fact is now recognised by all the scientists in the world. Years ago enquiring minds bent t heir energies to utilise this splendid quality of the blue gum, and bring it into the reach of the public. AmoDgst these were Mr Bosisto, who over a dozen years since produced a.nd exhibited in Dublin a tannate liquor resenoid of the tree." . . . Thiij.however, was but the first step. The nature of the liquor would not permit of its general use. (since that time it has been somewhat improved,' and a species of the eucalyptus oil was some years ago manufactured. Still, the Brticle being of a resinous turpentiny nature; was. not such'las could over become a public favorite, and it has been reserved for a firm known as SABDEB AMD. SOUS, BiNDHUBST, to purify and bring before the public in a form that is PUKE, ESSENTIAI, AWD V6LATIIB, a genuine essence of the' Australian bluegum. After years of study they have accomplished this point. This is *-fact; which is «ow past the stßge of conjecture. - It is interesting to note how this has, in suecessne stages,, been brought before the s On the 27th of Juiy;iß/76, the Bendigo Advertiser wrote as follow*, quoting •, TEBTIMOHY MOJC A GBEMAN TJBIVEESITY. I , JNbw Locai Ihdustex.—At the erection of the dye works of Messrs Sander and Sons we had occasion to mention the spirit of enterprise displayed by the firm, and; torday another opportunity is offered of mentioning their,inquiring dispoeition as to industries. Messrs Sander and Sons, concluding upon the fact that-the planting of the Australian gum in America and other countries where fevers are prevailing, prevented partially the spread ;of such fevers, manufactured about a year ago small quantities of the essential oil of the gum, and forwarded the same for investigatidn'to one of the universities of Germany. Ifdw they learn that the results of that invesi gation are the most favorable that could be i expected as ;to the sanative power of that product: .."Th'e correspondent's letter to Messrs Sander and Sons says, concerning the matter: I l* We found the essential oil enclosed unsur. pasßed by; any known remedy in all cases of wounds, burns, or cancerous Wounds, inflammation, and in all diseases of the skin, and are of opinion that the oil will be exclusively applied to diieaees of the said kind as soon as ■it 'ca'tf W- "foij! iWe conclsde' further, - from! [the great effect the oil produces in cases of external inflammation, it may be used with the lime success in inflammation of the throat, cp)ds, Bffections. of the longs, etc. Repeated •strong inhaling. <>f the 'smelling vapor m jejiieilif cold*, xlears the nostrils, and gives ionnediate relief,-nod full riddance of the !h,eat.> ABia:disinftctaiiit in general, it may be s»id without: previous observation that it |djß«erveS;the pr/efereß«e [of any,other remedy jto^pitrify. .the., air in ,oase«i qf r fever. In that respect it destfv^ajkU attention of the medical profession of OUr ; crowded cities,? where the iwant of epaoe'anol uqinterrapted presence of ItijiMl. air fite tb6 everlasting r promoters of jepidemic disease*. ( A few drops exposed in iopen vessels at different places ol the sick jroom or ho«Be, in evaporating, clear tha air. The other sample you have forwarded w here already known, 'and represents more oil-like I turpentine: than: an essential oil. It is not soluble in spirts of wine, as ; it ought to be if bf essential, character. In consequence it h»s np fimiliarity^batever with your preparation, and is far inferior in value as a medicament." fiheirecummen.d«,tion from the German; University is a stioKg ono, end our .medical gentkinen, if: they choose, can readily prove its rfcjiapility.:;; Por-tbis purpose . Mcpsrs Sander and Sons are prepared to supply them quantities free of cost..—They have already *e»V, Hioiplcs to tbe various he»pitals in Victoria. . ..--I ;.; ; two bobti ot pn>. Tbus we see' there are two distinct kinds of eucalypti oil—the purified and refined Hftiiclc manufactured'by Messrs Sander and Sons/of Sandhurst,' as well as a grossbr battrial 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, —I ' observe in your issue of the 27th instant, a net ice under the" "Beading ' A New Local Industry,' at the dye-works of Messrs Sander and Son, setting' 'forth the ; hew -guru oil, together with a report from Germany on its virtues, etc. I desire to inform you that for the' past fifteen years I have described the physical and - chemical characters of every species of the eucalyptus growing in Victoria, besides a number of others outside, over and , over again, in medical and scientific journals of Victoria and Great Britain j and moreover that in many museums of Germunyj France, Italy, Spain, India, America and Great Britain, are to be seen not only specimens of the eucalypti oils, but many other serviceable and utilitarian products irom the whole group of Australian eucalypti, presented, during the past fifteen years, by myself. What appears from the correspondent of Germany is merely language rehabilitated from my own writings. —I am rej'ectfully yours, Joseph Bgsisio, Richmond, 27th July, 1876.'* The reply to the above letter camp promptly and sharply frum the new manufacturing firm, who wiote the very next day (August 1) to the editor of the Btme. paper .—^"Sir,— Your issue of the 81st instant contains a letter from Mr Joseph Bofisto, of Richmond, treating upon our, correspondence received from Germany,.concerning- the. investigation of two different sorts of oil (eucalypti) forwarded by us to Germany. We are quite at a "lossto seellie purpose of Mr Bosisto's letter, and whatever celebrity he may have acquired by his scientific writings about the physical* and chemical characters of the eucalypti growing in Victoria, it might be putting too much eelf confidence in one's self believing that in all parts o( the world bis writings will bo taken notice of. We know that German i scientific bodies examine alt new remedies , oflered by Ecience; and then, relying on their, own opinions, either «pprove or reject them.' "Now we learn that the second sort of oil (eucalyptiV mentioned near the end of our correspondent's letter is a product of Mr Bosisto's, who must, probably, feel uneasy in seeing it mentioned .as inferior to our manufacture. However, Mr Bosisto is no more eble to coi.tend against facts than anybody elee, and after having procured a sample' of his manufacture, we tried to dissolve it in spirits of wine, and fountl—quite" 1 "iri aoV ocrdance with the information received from