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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3220, 14 June 1879, Page 4

Medical A CONTEOVEESY SETTLED. TRUTH TRIUMPHANT. EUCALYPTI OIL. LET the Public take notice of a few facts put forward for their information in this; intimation. They may be worth their study,! and repay., perusal in enlightening them upon, a subject of practical utility. ! THE HISTORY OP THE OIL'S DISCOVERY. The Australian anti-fever tree—that is the blue gum, or eucalyptus globulus —has now spread its fame throughout the world, but there are many who do not properly estimate! 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 forestß of the colony are .giving out and exhaling, in. the. form of vapor,, an aromatic fragrance to bur 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 their, energies to utilise this splendid quality of the; blue gum, and bring it into the reach of the; public. -Amongst these were Mr Bosislo,' who over a'dozen years; since produced and; exhibited in Dablin a tannate liquor resecoid of the tree. '■ This, however, was but the^first step. The nature of the liquor would not permit of itSi general use. fcinee that time it has been somewhat improved, and a species of the eucalyptus oil was some years ago manufactured. Still, the artie'e being of a resinous turpentiny nature, was not such as could ever become a public favorite, and it has been reserved for a firm known as ■■■■ SAHDEB AND. SONS, SANDHUBST, _ _ to purify and bring before the public in a form that is : SXJBBJ ESSENTIAL, AND VOLATILE, a genuine essence of s the Australian bluegum. After years of study they have accomplished this point. This is' a fact which is now past the stage of conjecture. It is interesting to iiote howithis has, in successive stages, been brought before' the public On the 27th of July, 1676, the Bendigo Advertiser wrote as follows, quoting a l' r ". M&rkowx fbom: A; geeman rmvEßSiTr. New Locali Ihjhtstby.—■ '-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 to-day another: opportunity is offered of mentioning their inquiring, dispoiition 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 feversi manufactured about a year ago small quantities of the essential oil of the gum, and forwarded the same for investigation to one of the: universities of Germany.; Now they learn that the results of that invesgation are the most favorable that could be expected as to the sanative power of .that product. The correspondent's letter to Messrs: Sander and Sons says, concerning the matter : "We found the essential oil enclosed,unsuiV; passed, by any-known remedy in all .cases of wounds, burns, or cancerous jwpunds,- inflamr : mationj and. in all diseases of theßkin, ,and are of opinion that the, pil wilL be exclusively applied to diseases of the said kind aB soon as. it can be got. ..We conclude, further', from the great effect the oil produces in. cases of external;inflammation, it may' be used witE the same success in inflammation of the throat, colds, affections of the: lungs, etc; . Repeated strong! inhaling of the smelling; vapor in cases of, cbldsj clears the nostrils, and gives immediate relief, and full riddance of the heat. As a disinfectant in general, it m&y fbe said without previous observation that it ■ deserves the preference of any other remedy to purify the air in cases of fever. -In,that respect it deserves all attention of the medical ; profession of our; crowded cities, where the ; want of Bpace and, uninterrupted presence ?of ■ foul air are : the everlasting promoters 'of epidemic diseases. A few drops exposed in I open vessels, at different places ot the sick room or house, in evaporating, clear the air. The other sample you have forwarded is here ; already known, and represents mote oil-like turpentine than ;an-essential oil. It'is not soluble in spirts of wine,'i as it' ought .to'be if »of essential character. In consequence it has ! no familiarity whatever with your preparation, 'and is far'inferior in value as a medicament." sTherecommendatibn from f the ■) German ?Uniiversity is ; as strong one,; end our medical Igentlemen if they choose, ban readily prove its reliability. For this purpose Messrs Sander and Sons are prepared to supply thain quantities-free of cost. They; have already? sent samples to the various hespitals in Victoria.- l^-'^-J .-> .;. -fKt >:!, ,':•■('■ ' ."■■■;'■-: iwo'soßTß 01 OHh ; • -■ /:'>•■'/>*: Thus.we see there are two distinct kinds !of eucalypti oil —the purified and refined article manufactured by Messrs Sander and ;Spns, of Sandhurßt,_as well as ,a grosser material that must not be confounded with it. Apparently ,■ not recognising r thisj, Mr Boßistb wrote to-the Bendigo Advertiser in reference to the ;ahove as follows :—"Sir, —I ;obscrve in your isßue of the 27th instant, a notice under the, 'heading • A New Local-! Industry,'at the dye-works of JMkssrs' Sander and Son, seating forth the new gum oil, together with a report'from Ghermany on its' Virtues, etc.; il'desire to-inforiiiyoja that for the pasji. fifteen years I have described the physical and chemical characters of every species qf theeucalyptusf growing in Victoria, besides a, number" of others, outside, over and pvor again, in medidal and scientific journals of Victoria and Great Britain ; aid moreover Ihat in many museums of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, !Ihdia, America • and ; Grisat Britain, are to; he seen not only specimens',pf the eucalypti oils^ bdt nfiany other serviceabl6 and utilitarian proaucts from; the whblegr'pup; of Australian eucalypti, presented, during the past fifteen years, by myself. What.appeara, from the cPrrespondent of .Germany is'mei'ely language rehabilitated from my own writings. -—I am repectfully yours, JO9BPH; BOSISTO, Richmohd, 27th July, 1876." .; ; ; : The, reply to the above letter came promptly and. sharply from the new manufacturing' firm, who wrote the very next day. (4 vu gUBt 1) to the editor of the same paper.—" Sir,— Your issuo/'jofyjbhe; 31st instant'contains a; letter from Mr Joseph Bosißto, 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 loss to seethe purpose of Mr Bosisto's letter, and whatever celebrity he may have acquired by his Bcientjfie ■ writings about the physical and chemical characters of the eucalypti growingin Victoria^ it might beputting 1 too; much\self confidence in one's, self believing; that:in;all parts of the worldhis writings;will he taken notice of; ,We know that German; scientific bodies examine all,new remedies offered by mencej and then, relying on their, own opinions, either approve or reject them. Now we learn that the second sort of oil (eucalypti^ mentioned, near the end of our correspondent's; letter .is a; product of, Mr Bosisto's, who must, probably/feel uneasy in sfeeing it mentioned as inferior to our mannfacture. However, Mr Bosisto is no more oblo to contend against facts thanlanybody else, aud.aftor having procured a sample of bia manufacture,: we tried to dissolve;it in spirits of wine, and found —quite iv aoc rdance with the information received from