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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3234, 1 July 1879, Page 4

Medical our correspondent—that it would not diisolvo j in spirits of wine ; rather it ie'iinsolubh 1, nnd heavier than spirits of win6"J and settles at the bottom. Wo tried i:i tho same way our manufacture, and tho received information was likewise confirmed ; it dissolved in spirits of v,-inc Tho msinufiKituro of Mr Uoaisto docs not: in conn-quenee, answer to tho requirements of mi etlioric oil, enii he may know all the ..virtues of tho eucalypti ever so well, and treat upon it in scientific writings, but during fifteen years he did not bring before tho public tboso ethoric evaporating particles to which are attributable all tho properties et) much praised by Mr Bosisto. Our manufacture aloue and for tho first time answers these requirements. —We are respectfully yours, Sankes & Sons. Sandhurst, 31st July." As a further elucidation of tho matter, Mr Bosisto wrote again to the same paper, and his letter was published as follows on the sth August, 187G :—" Sir —With reference to tho , reply by Messrs Sander and Sons, contained in yourß of the Ist instant, to mine of the 31st ult.', I deom it but right to say that I desire in no spirit of rivalry to write disparagingly of, or to seek to deteriorate from, tho quality of the 'new industry.' My object has ever been to assist in developing the resourcos^ of our indigenous vegetation. My contention is, first, that being the investigator of every species of-the eucalypti in Victoria, both as to their chemical and 'physical characters, the oil in qmcation ia not 'new;" and, second, that the report forwarded from tho German cor-respondent-is a mere repetition of my original investigations reported long since to -"to©" variouu scientific societies and universal exhibitions. With regard to the solubility of the oil in spirit, ifc is well mown that volatile oils, whether from the eucalypti or any other ■ vegetation, are soluble in -given quantities of alcohol. The wliblo family of the eucalypti contains a volatile oil, a volatile acid, and a volatile oleo resin, and certain tannato principles ; when, for certain medioinai purposes, these arc in combination, the oil is not entirely soluble in spirit. Such is the oil operated upon (coming from myself) by Messrs Sander and Son. Wishing success to every indigenous industry, I am, yours, &c., Joseph Bosisto. 2nd Augußt." To tbe above Messrs Slander and Son replied as follows in the same paper of the 7th of August, .1876. "Sir—You will kindly allow us tdj.give the following short explanation, for the better understanding of the public, in answer to Mr Bosisto's letter in yours of the sth.instant. Mr Bosisto*says— " The oil in question is not new." We have ways indicated by science, by melons of which investigations of any kind are mado, and most likely in the , same way as he and we did. Many more, in possession of chemical knowlodge, may have undertaken preparations of .Jttire volatile dil eucalypti. It we take suoh. ess'iys in view the pure essential oil eucalypti is not new. New, however, it is in the respect '-that it is not .yet known as a commercial article. The preparation, in a large' style, is very slow and tiresome, and involves in goneequence, through loss of time,,|3oneiderable expcnae,4eading tH production of a cheap substitute,' consffcting chiefly of elco ream and tannle particles, a product; tHat is in quality, far inferior to the pure volatile oil.—^"o are, your, etc., Sahdee & Sons, Sandhurst, stli August, 1876." ITS PEESEHT POSITION. Thus far the correspondence shows the nature and character of Eucalyptus Oil, and the steps by which it has arrived of the purity of Sander and Sons manufacture. In order that their oil should be tested by the most approved and rigorous scrutiny, Sander and Sons have forwarded samples to all tho principal medical authorities of the Colonies, as well as to scientific bodies in Europe. By the steamer Somersetshire, which left the Colony on the 20th September, 1576, Messrs Sander and Sons, having received such a flattering testimonial from German scientists, despatched a parcel of their essence to their agents, Messrs Hoclzle and Chelius, of Frank-' furt, with instructions to that firm to bring it . under the notice of—The Emperor of Germany, the King of Bavaria, the Emperor of Austria, the Eing of Saxony, the King of Wurtemburg, and Prince Bismarck. Through these sovereigns and potentates, the Australian Extract will find its way before most of the principal European scientific bodies. In addition to this the Eucalyptus essence of Messrs Sander and' Sons will be : brought under the notice of the South Australian faculty through the columns of the German paper published in that Colony. In this Colony it has been placed before the authorities of the Melbourne Hospital, Ballarat Hospital, Geelong Hospital, Castleinaine Hospital, Eyneton itospital, and Sandhurst Hospital.' In addition to these means of spreading a knowledge of this excellent article to the spublic at large, the -Press, as will be Bhown below, has lent its valuable aid to the furtherance of the object sought. ITS CHARACTER. Tho oil may bo almost summed up aa to its character when it is described as etheric and volatile. It is a condensation of those exhalations of the gum leaves which permeate our Austral atmosphere, and rntxke it one of the most health-sustaining character in the universe. The oil, being a principle of itselt, cannot in tbe strict sense be analysed, because it is incapable of sub-division. The only proof of its being a pure etheric essence is its solubility in spirits of wine.. But medical authorities who have chemically examined the components of the gum, and of this oil, declare that ifc contains much that stimulates the vital particles of the human blood and that increases the health-giving* functions of the common air. "" •: One of the best features in its character is that it absolutely requires no care in its use, but may bo rubbed on external sores, taken internally, exposed to the common atmosphere uatilit is .absorbed, or poured on fine linen or the most delicately tinted paper, without leaving so much as a slain behind. In short, while it is in co many cases extremely beneficial in its use, it is absolutely innocuous in aii; '■ : • ; ITS CLAIM AS A CURATIVE. ] It has now become the fashion with the inventors or discoverers of remedial agents to claim something little short of infallibility and universality of cure for their respective agents. Messrs Sander.and Sons do nothing of the sort. They have confidence .that their oil possesses many virtues; but. the full extent of. these they do not know yet. They are now collecting data, and they are most careful and searching in performing this. Ifc is quite Bure then, that- their eucalypti oil can fairly assert itself to bo a grand panacea for many of the ills that flesh is heir to. In Scarlet, Typhoid, or ary case of Fever, nothing will protect better against cojitafeipn than a few drops bf"th(^ail pbured- i&Hfic puilrn of the hOj&dj nnd; rubbed inj ia^jdei' to liberate the Vapor*, or^spi^klca over the "clothes. 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